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Hudson River Valley Hudson River ValleyNational Heritage Area, New Yorkwww.hudsonrivervalley.com
New Yorkers met at the Senate House inKingston in 1777 and formed a new gov-ernmental system that continues to guidethe state today. The patriots thwartedBritish attempts at controlling the Hudsonby fortifying the Hudson Highlands atWest Point and installing two massivechains across the river.
In October 1782, a year after the Britishsurrendered at Yorktown, Gen. GeorgeWashington moved his army of7,000 men to New Windsor,where the soldiers lived inlog huts until June 1783.Maj. Gen. Henry Knoxmoved into the Ellisons’house nearby whileWashington establishedhis headquarters at theHasbroucks’ farmhousein Newburgh. It was therethat Washington defused apotential mutiny by officers,made plans to disband the army,and awarded three badges of MilitaryMerit that would become the Purple Heartin the 20th century.
In the 1800s, the valley played an importantrole in another epic struggle as fugitiveslaves made their way north along the
river. Harriet Tubman, who led countlesssouthern slaves to freedom along the
Underground Railroad, visited Troy,where in April 1860 she incited a riotto protect a fugitive slave, CharlesNalle. At the Ulster County Court-house in Kingston, Sojourner Truthmade an eloquent appeal that rescued her son from slavery.
In the 20th century, President Franklin D.Roosevelt led the United States out of theGreat Depression and through the turmoilof World War II. Roosevelt was born atSpringwood, the family estate in Hyde Park.Though it remained his lifelong home,Roosevelt felt the need for greater privacyand solitude while he was President and
designed a small stone house that wasconstructed on Dutchess Hill. He used TopCottage as a personal retreat and as aplace for family gatherings and to enter-tain kings, queens, and other dignitaries.During the Great Depression, EleanorRoosevelt and a few friends operated asmall furniture factory at another Hyde
Park retreat. She closed the factory in 1936and converted it into a residence, which shecalled Val-Kill Cottage. After her husbanddied, she lived there for 17 years whileengaged in her humanitarian causes. Nextto Springwood is the first presidentiallibrary, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library andMuseum, which celebrates the legacies ofFranklin and Eleanor Roosevelt through itsextensive collections and informative exhibits.
River Paddle in July, Hudson River ValleyRamble Hiking Weekends in September,and Revolutionary War reenactments andcommemorations in the spring and sum-mer. For information on these events andother projects of the National Heritage Area,please visit www.hudsonrivervalley.com.
America’s vision of itself as a wild,untamed wilderness is rooted artis-tically in the Hudson River Valley.
Varying in style from the realistic to theallegorical, Thomas Cole, Asher Durand,Frederic Church, and many other 19thcentury artists depicted landscapes with a dramatic sense of light and atmosphere.
Freedom and Dignity
Nature and Culture
Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh Ted Spiegel
Today, Cole’s Cedar Grove home and studio,near Catskill, and Church’s Olana estate,near Hudson, offer glimpses into the livesof the two artists and their legacies aspainters and conservationists.
Olana, Hudson James Bleecker
Vanderbilt Mansion overlooking the Hudson at Hyde Park Ted Spiegel
Revolutionary War reenactors at Kingston Ted Spiegel
Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth LibrarySUNY at New Paltz
The writings of Washington Irving andother Knickerbocker authors also shapedAmerican attitudes toward nature. Irving,the author of Rip Van Winkle and otherstories, built Sunnyside as his retreat in Tarrytown.
The U.S. environmental movement beganin earnest in the 1960s when grassrootsorganizations launched a 17-year cam-paign that saved Storm King Mountainfrom becoming the site of a mammothhydroelectric project. The court decisionprovided the framework for the firstNational Environmental Policy Act.
Today, the Hudson River provides recre-ational opportunities for kayakers, canoeists,and other boaters. The Hudson RiverValley National Heritage Area supportsactivities such as the 10-day Great Hudson
Boscobel, Garrison Charles Lyle
Several sites along the Hudson Rivercommemorate the AmericanRevolution, the abolition of slavery,
and Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt.Together, they underscore the nation’sstruggles to honor the basic human rightsof liberty, equality, and dignity.
Fort Montgomery Jack Mead
Springwood, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s home, Hyde ParkTed Spiegel
Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt’s retreat, Hyde ParkNational Park Service
Samuel Morse’s Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie Ted Spiegel
The Hudson River Valley NationalHeritage Area was established byCongress in 1996 to recognize, pre-
serve, protect, and interpret the nationallysignificant history and resources of the valley for the benefit of the nation. Thisfour-million-acre heritage area betweenWaterford and the northern border of
New York City is a partnership of local,state, and federal sites with the HudsonRiver Valley Greenway serving as its man-ager. The National Park Service providestechnical and financial support.
Hikers above the Hudson James Bleecker
Clearwater at Catskill James Bleecker Farm market at Croton Point Park Ted Spiegel Kayaking on the Hudson at Kingston Point Park Ted Spiegel Rock climbing on the Shawangunks Ted Spiegel
Lyndhurst, Tarrytown James BleeckerState Capitol, Albany Ted SpiegelU.S. Military Academy, West Point Ted SpiegelHuguenot Street, New Paltz G. Steve JordanKykuit, Tarrytown Ted Spiegel
Iliad by Alexander Liberman, Storm King ArtCenter, Mountainville Ted Spiegel
National Heritage Area
National Heritage Area
Explore the 150-mile valley and discover its richscenic, historical, cultural, and recreationalresources from Troy to Yonkers. Wander the
streets of old steamboat ports on both sides of theHudson. Stop in villages containing stone houses andchurches built in the 1600s and 1700s by Dutch, English,and Huguenot settlers.
Tour stately mansions built for the Livingstons,Vanderbilts, Roosevelts, and Rockefellers. Stroll throughgrounds designed by Calvert Vaux, Andrew JacksonDowning, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Beatrix Farrand.
Immerse yourself in the settings of legends and storiesby Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, andother Knickerbocker writers. Tour Washington’sHeadquarters in Newburgh and Revolutionary War for-tifications at West Point and Fort Montgomery, where
the views of the Hudson Highlands are spectacular. Hike the region’s more than 3,000 miles of trails in theCatskills, Shawangunks, Hudson Highlands, andPalisades and view the majestic panoramas that inspiredThomas Cole, Frederic E. Church, and other HudsonRiver painters.
Visit the many nature preserves and parks that protectwoodlands, wetlands, and islands and do some bird-watching, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, or boating.
Walk west on the Appalachian Trail across the BearMountain Bridge to the summit of Bear Mountain—where the 2,167-mile trail originated in the 1920s—orhike south along a portion of the 214-mile Long Pathbetween the northern Catskills and the George WashingtonBridge. Our website www.hudsonrivervalley.com provides information on the heritage sites and hospitalityfacilities within the region.
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Major highways, such as I-87 (New York State Thruway), I-90, I-84, and the Palisades and Taconic State Parkways, provideaccess from New York City and the bordering states to the Hudson RiverValley National Heritage Area. U.S. 9, 9D, and 9W, the primary travelroutes in the valley, connect with a network of country roads leadingto places of interest.
There are 90 heritage sites designated in the Hudson River Valley, and allare shown on this map in bold.
A few of the valley's heritage sites are described at right from north tosouth. For more information, visit this website:www.hudsonrivervalley.com
The heritage sites shown on this map in bold are operated byfederal, state, local, and private not-for-profit organizations.The federal sites—Roosevelt Homes and Library, Vanderbilt,and Van Buren—are open all year except for Thanksgiving,December 25, and January 1. Many of the other sites are closedMondays or Tuesdays and are likely to be closed January through March.Please send map corrections to Hudson River Valley Greenway,Capitol Building, Room 254, Albany, NY 12224; 518-473-3835;fax 518-473-4518 or e-mail [email protected]
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Troy’s RiverSparkVisitor Center andwalking tours cele-brate the area’s his-toric sites, includingthe Mutual BankBuilding, scene of anantislavery eventsparked by HarrietTubman.
Major sites in Albanyinclude the StateCapitol, Empire StatePlaza Art Collection,and New York StateMuseum, AlbanyInstitute of History &Art, and SchuylerMansion.
In Old Chatham, theShaker Museum andLibrary displays boxes,furniture, and otheritems created by theShakers. The city ofHudson offers a walk-ing tour of its historic district. Nearby is Olana, Frederic E. Church’s Persian-style estate,which has been restored with original paintings and furnishings.
From Cedar Grove, across the river in Catskill, Thomas Cole could see the high Kaaterskillescarpment that figured prominently in his paintings. Trails in the Catskills take hikersalong the escarpment and past old hotel ruins, mountain lakes, and the 260-footKaaterskill Falls.
After his Presidency, Martin Van Buren returned to Kinderhook, where he spent the restof his life as a gentleman farmer at Lindenwald, a Federal-style mansion that has beenrestored by the National Park Service.
Clermont was theGermantown home ofthe Livingstons from1730 to 1962. In 1777 the Britishburned the originalmanor house of theindependence-mind-ed family.
South of Clermont isMontgomery Place,an estate that wasfounded in 1802 byJanet LivingstonMontgomery.Architect AlexanderJackson Davisenlarged the houseinto a 23-room man-sion, and AndrewJackson Downingdesigned the gardensand grounds.
Kingston offers awalking tour reflect-ing its Dutch roots, the Senate House representing New York’s governmental origins, and the Hudson River Maritime Museum interpreting the river commerce story.
At Rhinebeck, the Suckley family’s Wilderstein mansion features interior decorationsdesigned by Joseph Burr Tiffany and ornamental grounds designed by Calvert Vaux.
To the south, overlooking the Hudson, are two elaborately furnished, beaux-arts man-sions exemplifying America’s opulent Gilded Age. Staatsburgh (Mills Mansion), inStaatsburg, was remodeled and expanded to 65 rooms by McKim, Mead & White forOgden and Ruth Livingston Mills. The same architectural firm designed the 50-roomVanderbilt Mansion, in Hyde Park, for Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt.
Hyde Park commemorates Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt at the Home of FDR, hisbirthplace and their primary home; the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum; Val-Kill, Mrs. Roosevelt’s retreat; and Top Cottage, the President’s hilltop retreat.
Artist-inventor Samuel F. B. Morse’s Poughkeepsie villa, Locust Grove, features historicgardens, paintings, and early telegraph equipment.
Huguenot Street in New Paltz, with its stone church and houses, commemorates the vil-lage’s settlement in the 1690s by French emigrants. West of New Paltz, the MinnewaskaState Park Preserve and the Mohonk Preserve offer hikers numerous trails in theShawangunk Mountains.
Marlboro’s GomezMill House, the oldestsurviving Jewishhomestead in NorthAmerica, tells the sto-ries of five successivefamilies who livedthere from the 1700sto the 1980s.
In Newburgh are theDutch ReformedChurch of 1835designed byAlexander JacksonDavis andWashington’sHeadquarters, thefirst publicly ownedhistoric house muse-um in the UnitedStates, where thecommander in chiefstayed for 16 monthsat the close of theRevolutionary War.Nearby, at Vails Gate,are the New Windsor Cantonment, where Washington’s troops stayed, and General Knox’s Headquarters.
More than 120 sculptures—by Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Mark di Suvero, IsamuNoguchi, David Smith, and others—are exhibited outdoors at the 500-acre Storm KingArt Center in Mountainville.
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point offers guided tours of its grounds and a muse-um with a vast collection of military items. Forts Putnam, Clinton, and Montgomery andStony Point Battlefield commemorate Revolutionary War events.
Boscobel, in Garrison, is an early 19th century mansion that was saved from demolitionin the 1950s. Besides featuring Federal period decorative arts and extensive gardens,Boscobel is host to the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival every summer.
Bear Mountain State Park and Harriman State Park offer opportunities for hiking, camp-ing, cross-country skiing, swimming, boating, and fishing. Visit the Trailside Museumsand Wildlife Center and take a ride on the merry-go-round.
Such skills as blacksmithing, hearth cooking, and brickmaking are demonstrated at Van Cortlandt Manor, which includes an 18th-century tavern and tenant farmer’s house.Nearby is Kykuit, the Rockefellers’ hilltop estate, which features an extensive art collec-tion, terraced gardens, and outdoor sculptures. Kykuit tours begin at Philipsburg Manor,an 18th-century farm and gristmill in Tarrytown.
Lyndhurst, a castle-like mansion designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, contains elabo-rate furnishings, artwork, and stained glass. And Sunnyside, with its many gables andweathervanes, exhibits the imagination of Washington Irving, author of The Legend ofSleepy Hollow.
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