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Jacky
Brook
Sylvia Rozzelle Written by Jack Bierhorst |
| The Jacky Brook is named for an African American freedman, Jack Crispell, who made his home along its banks. Crispell, a horse trainer, was one of the early residents of West Shokan. No longer standing, his house dates from the period 1800-1850. The Jacky Brook rises on the northeastern slopes of High Point Mountain, the highest peak in the Town of Olive. Flowing toward the Esopus Creek, impounded since 1916 to form the Ashokan Reservoir, it joins the Beekman Brook just east of Route 28A in West Shokan. | |