This is very interesting, as the song has long been associated with the Erie Canal.  It has appeared in numerous compilations of Erie Canal song and verse.  Hmmm......I wonder how I can find out more.
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  From: James Corsaro 
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  Subject: Re: Yewdall's Mill


  I think the Yewdall's Mill you are speaking about is in Pennsylvania. There was a Yewdall's Mill in Philadelphia in the 19th century and there was and is still a Phoenixville, PA near Reading, PA today. There is a Fairmount Park in Philadelphia and a couple of Fairmount towns in PA. as well.

  Jim Corsaro
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    Subject: Yewdall's Mill


    A resident of my town has asked me if Yewdall's Mill, featured in the folk song, "The Girl From Yewdall's Mill," was real or fictitious.  The canal song also mentions Fairmount and Phoenixville and Ginea Hill.  French's Gazetteer lists Fairmount as a canal stop in the town of Camillus in Onondaga County.  Phoenixville may be Phoenix in the town of Schroeppel in Oswego County.  Neither French's nor Spafford's refer to Yewdall's Mill.
    Does anyone have any knowledge of this place?

    Mary Jo Lanphear
    Town of Brighton Historian