Willa SkinnerWilla Skinner holds a journalism degree from New York University and is one of the founding members of the Fishkill Historical Society, which owns and operates the Van Wyck Homestead Museum. She serves on the publication committee of the Dutchess Couty Historical Society, is a member of the Dutchess County Municipal Historians Association and, on the state level, the Association of Public Historians of New York State (APHNYS).
She is the author of Signal Fires in the Highlands, a town history, and taught a class entitled Tracing Your House's Roots for Dutchess County Community College. She has conducted classes on local history for area schools and recently retired as columnist with Southern Dutchess News and Beacon Free Press. Read More Read Less