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Yelverton Inn

... that Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington all visited the Yelverton Inn (pictured) in Chester, New York?
... that due to a lack of freight crossings of the Hudson River, trains must take a 280-mile (450 km) detour, the Selkirk hurdle, to cross into New York City from the south or west?
... that the Hunt Memorial Building in Ellenville, New York, has served as a public library, an appliance store, and several other things?

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