Hudson Through the Year

Hudson Through the Years

A nostalgic, retrospective history of this scenic part of New York State and its rich culture, sights, and sounds, and its long history from its early Native American inhabitants to its first Dutch and English settlers to the present. The most comprehensive and readable history of the Hudson; excellent for reference or casual reading.

Table of Contents

	Page
Indian Period	1
Period of Discovery	5
Period of Settlement and Patroonship	7
Dutch and English Colonial Periods	11
Colonial Architecture of the Hudson	17
French and Indian War	21
The American Revolution	23
Peace and a New Nation	33
The Early Ferries	37
The Coming of the Steamboat	41
The War of 1812	49
Early Steam Ferries and Horseboats	51
Further Developments of Ferryboat Technology	55
Early Nineteenth Century Developments	59
The Fulton-Livingston Steamboat Monopoly	61
The Erie and Champlain Canals	65
The Iron and Anthracite Canals	73
Art in the Hudson Valley	81
Hudson Valley Resorts	93
Riverside estates, Country Homes, and Famous Architects	107
The Upriver Ferries	117
The Manhattan Ferries	137
Ferries of the Lower Waters	169
Steamboats Come to Maturity	177

The Hudson River Steamboat Lines	185
Down Bay Steamboats	197
The Coming of the Railroads	203
Mid-Nineteenth Century Developments	241
The Late Nineteenth Century	249
The Interurban and Trolley Era	257
The Turn of the Century	265
The Early Twentieth Century	269
The Mid-Twentieth Century	277
The Last Third of the Twentieth Century	287
Plus: extensive indices and appendixes

By Arthur Adams
7" x 10"
334 pages
B/W photographs
softcover
$19.95