HERstory: Effie Newell Smiley
Updated April 8, 2025 For the past 150 years, our historic resort has been owned and operated by the Smiley family. 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment,...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #4
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #4: Passing the Baton 2021 will be forever etched in my mind, not only because of our country’s climb out of...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #3
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #3: Eliza and Effie—Sisters in Grief and Love In order to understand the special relationship between Eliza and Effie Smiley, you...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #2
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #2: Garden Musings In a private office on the ground floor of Mohonk Mountain House live grand old bookshelves lined with...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #1
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #1: “Love controls all things” When I first read one of my Great-Grandmother Effie’s letters in the Mohonk Archive, over a...
HERstory: The Women of Mohonk
For the past 150 years, our historic resort has been owned and operated by the Smiley family. August 26, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the implementation of the Nineteenth...
