History pf Pawling Township and Village of Pawling

Dutchess County, New York

West Pawling

Whaley Lake

Holmes

Woodville

Hurd Corners

Baker Corner

Quaker Hills

X   Village of Pawling

Mizzentop

1703 -- Beekman's 1703 Patent

town named for Widow Pawling, Beekman heiress, who inherited some of Beekman's 1703 Patent

c. 1728 -- Quaker Nathan Birdsall settles in the area

1731 -- Treaty of Dover confirms land titles and settlement from New England and Long Island begins

1849 -- the Harlem Line reaches the Harlem Valley; Gorestown becomes Pawling

1893 -- Pawling Station becomes Pawling Village

John Dutcher and Albert Akin become boosters.

Famous Pawling residents:
1. Admiral John L. Worden -- commander of the Monitor
2. Lew Wallace -- creator of Ben Hur
3. Thomas E. Dewey -- governor of NY and twice ran for president of the US
4. Lowell Thomas -- famous journalist and world traveler
5. Edward R. Murrow -- CBS television journalist
6. Norman Vincent Peale -- author of "The Power of Positive Thinking"

Ghee, Joyce C. And Joan Spence. 1998. Image of America: Harlem Valley Pathways: Through Pawling, Dover, Amenia, North East, and Pine Plains. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing.