'Wizard Of Oz' Yellow Brick Road Westchester Tale Is Disproved

One of the city's most enduring tales is that when L. Frank Baum, author of "The Wizard of Oz," arrived in Peekskill by boat from his hometown of Chittenango, N.Y., to attend Peekskill Military Academy, he asked someone how to get to the school. Baum was told to follow "the yellow brick road" at West Street in Peekskill.

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