Dick Perry has lived much of his life on the 100-acre farm on Peekskill Hollow Road that his family has owned for 123 years- since his great-grandparents Emily and Miles Perry moved there during the presidency of Chester Alan Arthur. "I love this land," he said as he stomped through the crusty snow on a mild Friday in early March, showing a visitor around. "I don't want to see it developed.

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