In the 19th century and into the early 20th, shipbuilding was one of the many major industries found up and...

Long before bagels or pizza, New York City was famous for its oysters. Best served fresh from the nearby bays...

Brickmaking along the Hudson River dates back to the early 1600s, but New York City’s growing building-material needs during the...

Among the natural wonders of the Hudson Highlands is a man-made curiosity that speaks of wealth and power from an...

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...

Thousands are expected to line the streets of Pearl River, N.Y., this year to watch the 62nd annual Rockland County...

The Hudson River has provided a way of getting from here to there since humans first appeared in the region....

From the mid-19th century to the 1930s, few people would think of leaving home without putting on a hat. With all...

Before the mid-1850s, Hudson Valley farms kept a cow or two to supply the family’s dairy needs. It took a...

Block ice was once a can’t-live-without-it piece of American culture. For about a century beginning in the 1830s, keeping food...