Irish Draught Horses for Sale near Silver Creek, NY

About Silver Creek, NY

The community was first settled around 1803, and the first school house was erected around 1823. In 1822 a well-known black walnut tree, measuring about 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter, was blown over in a storm. The village of Silver Creek was incorporated in 1848, and was an important port on Lake Erie until railroads reduced shipping. The village is home to a skew arch railroad bridge, one of the few bridges in the country built on an angle. Silver Creek's best-known resident was Howard "Bob" Ehmke, the pitching hero of the 1929 World Series.