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Pearl River High School Students Present On Pearl River History
They participated in the Historical Society of Rockland's first ever High School Local History Conference
The Historical Society of Rockland hosted its first ever High School Local History Conference Tuesday at the Comfort Inn in Nanuet.
The conference featured guest speakers, including a keynote address from local author Linda Zimmermann. About 50 students attended in total from Clarkstown High School North, Clarkstown High School South, Nanuet High School, Pearl River High School, Albertus Magnus High School, Ramapo High School, North Rockland High School, Spring Valley High School, Suffern High School and Tappan Zee High School.
The students from each school gave presentations on local history from their own parts of Rockland.
The students from Pearl River were Paige O’Flynn, Brandon Ilie, Amanda McCarthy and Bridget Wynne.
The students mentioned that Pearl River’s name was originally Muddy Brooks, but was changed to Pearl River after pearls were found in the river that travels through the hamlet. They also talked about the impact of residents Julius Braunsdorf, the industrial developer and inventor, and Ernest Lederle. who set up Lederle Laboratories. They also discussed the Rockland County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which takes place in Pearl River annually.
