Not a Castle, Never a Mansion: Bannerman Island’s Surprising Past
Among the natural wonders of the Hudson Highlands is a man-made curiosity that speaks of wealth and power from an...
The Valley’s World-Beating Natural Cement Industry
Along with brick-making and ice harvesting, the manufacturing of natural cement earned the region national renown in the 19th century. It also helped fuel...
How Irish Immigrants Helped Build the Hudson Valley
Thousands are expected to line the streets of Pearl River, N.Y., this year to watch the 62nd annual Rockland County...
Sloops: the Special Boats That Transformed the Hudson
The Hudson River has provided a way of getting from here to there since humans first appeared in the region....
Hats Off to Beacon
From the mid-19th century to the 1930s, few people would think of leaving home without putting on a hat. With all...
How Valley Milk Helped Win the Civil War
Before the mid-1850s, Hudson Valley farms kept a cow or two to supply the family’s dairy needs. It took a...
The Glory Days of Hudson Valley Ice Harvesting
Block ice was once a can’t-live-without-it piece of American culture. For about a century beginning in the 1830s, keeping food...