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The Hudson Valley was inhabited by indigenous peoples ages before Europeans arrived. The Algonquins lived along the Hudson River, with the three subdivisions of that group being the Lenape (also known as the Delaware Indians), the Wappingers, and the Mahicans. [2] The lower Hudson River was inhabited by the Lenape Indians. [3]
The Senate House, in Kingston, is where the U.S. state of New York was founded in 1777. [1] The predecessors of Hudson Valley towns predate the state. The towns and cities of the Hudson Valley were created by the U.S. state of New York as municipalities, in order to perform the services of local government. [2]
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County , bordering New York City .
The creek name is a derived from the Dutch language Timmer Kill as recorded by David Pietersen de Vries in his memoirs of his journey of 1630–1633. [6] The Delaware Valley and its bay was called the "South River" (Dutch: Zuyd Rivier); the "North River" of the colony was the Hudson River. [7]
David Hudson (February 17, 1761 – March 17, 1836) was an American businessman noted for founding Hudson Township, now Hudson, Ohio.Hudson was born in Branford, Connecticut, and lived there until the age four when his family moved to Goshen, Connecticut, where he lived for many years, owning a farm, marrying Anna Norton in 1783, and raising the oldest seven of their nine children.
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County , bordering New York City .
The Gansevoorts of Albany: Dutch Patricians in the Upper Hudson Valley (Syracuse Univ Press, 1969) McEneny, John. Albany, Capital City on the Hudson: An Illustrated History. Sun Valley, California: American Historical Press; 2006. ISBN 1-892724-53-7. Merwick, Donna. Possessing Albany, 1630–1710: The Dutch and English Experiences (1990) excerpt
The Hudson Valley from the Poughkeepsie Bridge. The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area is a congressionally designated National Heritage Area which includes the Hudson Valley in the U.S. state of New York from Saratoga Springs south almost to New York City. It is one of 62 National Heritage Areas in the United States.