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Historic Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit educational and historic preservation organization headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. The organization runs tours and events at five historic properties in Westchester County , in the lower Hudson River Valley .
The Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society is a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS). It focuses on the history of the railroads and related social, economic, and cultural institutions of the Catskill and Hudson Valley regions.
Some of these landmarks have earned distinction as members of other notable designations including the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area list. Still others are on New York State's Path Through History or Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail.
The inaugural issue, dated 1914-1915, included a copy of the Hudson Valley portion of the 1779 map, an article about the Society's first meeting was held, the initial reporting of local cemeteries, an article about Brick House Farm, early divisions of the county, and a membership list. [20]
Operated by the Historical Society of Rockland County, mid-19th-century period farmhouse Jacob Purdy House: White Plains: Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house Maintained by the White Plains Historical Society, George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of White Plains 1776 and in 1778 Jacob T. Walden Stone House: Walden: Orange Mid ...
The Hudson Valley proved attractive for railroads, once technology progressed to the point where it was feasible to construct the required bridges over tributaries. The Troy and Greenbush Railroad was chartered in 1845 and opened that same year, running a short distance on the east side between Troy and Greenbush, now known as East Greenbush ...
Great Houses of the Hudson River. Preface by Mark Rockefeller. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, in association with Historic Hudson Valley. ISBN 0-8212-2767-X. Moore, Lela (1921) A Brief History of Tivoli (pamphlet) pp. 11–14
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.