Spectators in front of the old Kensico dam and spillway watching the Briarcliff International Road Race, April 24, 1908. The 240-mile race began in Briarcliff, passing through Merrit Corners, Pines Bridge, Mount Kisco, Armonk, Kensico, Valhalla, Eastview, and back to Briarcliff. Twenty-two cars from the US, Italy, Austria, France, and Germany paid the $1000 entry fee to race on the 32-mile circuit for the Briarcliff Trophy. Lewis Strang, racing for Italy in an Isotta won with an average speed of 46 mph. Barney Oldfield, a famous American race driver of the day, had his engine die on Grasslands Road hill, and he finished 13th.

This oak tree stood for many years at the intersection of North Broadway and Virginia Road. This is now a busy intersection looking much different from this view. A bit up the road to the left stands the small house used by General Washington as a headquarters during the Battle of White Plains during the American Revolution.