1797
James Vassar settled in Dutchess County, purchasing a farm on Wappingers Creek near Manchester Bridge. In 1799, his brother Thomas Vassar sowed the first acre of barley grown in Dutchess County.
James Vassar settled in Dutchess County, purchasing a farm on Wappingers Creek near Manchester Bridge. In 1799, his brother Thomas Vassar sowed the first acre of barley grown in Dutchess County.