Harness 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.