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{{Regions of New York}}
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 (state)|New York]]. The region stretches from the [[Capital District (New York)|Capital District]] including [[Albany, New York|Albany]] and [[Troy, New York|Troy]] south to [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]] in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], bordering [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.travelhudsonvalley.org/ |title=Mountains, Valleys and the Hudson River |publisher=Hudson Valley Tourism |year=2009|access-date=2011-09-29}}</ref>


==History==
The '''Hudson Valley''' refers to the [[canyon]] of the [[Hudson River]] and its adjacent communities in [[New York State]], generally from northern [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] northward to the cities of [[Albany, New York|Albany]] and [[Troy, New York|Troy]]. Historically a cradle of European settlement in the northeastern United States and a strategic battleground in colonial wars, it now consists of suburbs of the metropolitan area of [[New York City]] at its southern end, shading into rural territory farther north.
{{Main|History of the Hudson Valley}}


===Pre-Columbian era===
Geographically the Hudson Valley could refer to all areas along the Hudson River, including the Bronx or even northeastern New Jersey. However, this definition is not commonly used.
The Hudson Valley was inhabited by indigenous peoples long before European settlers arrived. The [[Lenape]], [[Wappinger]], and [[Mahican]] branches of the [[Algonquin peoples|Algonquins]] lived along the river,<ref name="Marist Native Americans" /> mostly in peace with the other groups.<ref name="Marist Native Americans" /><ref name="Native Americans HVMag" /> The lower Hudson River was inhabited by the Lenape.<ref name="Native Americans HVMag" /> The Lenape people waited for the explorer [[Giovanni da Verrazzano]] onshore, traded with [[Henry Hudson]], and sold the island of [[Manhattan]].<ref name="Native Americans HVMag" /> Further north, the Wappingers lived from Manhattan Island up to [[Poughkeepsie]]. They lived a similar lifestyle to the Lenape, residing in various villages along the river. They traded with both the Lenape to the south and the Mahicans to the north.<ref name="Marist Native Americans" /> The Mahicans lived in the northern valley from present-day [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]] to [[Lake Champlain]],<ref name="Native Americans HVMag" /> with their capital located near present-day [[Albany, New York|Albany]].<ref name="Marist Native Americans" /> The Algonquins in the region lived mainly in small clans and villages throughout the area. One major fortress was called Navish, which was located at [[Croton Point]], overlooking the Hudson River. Other fortresses were located in various locations throughout the [[Hudson Highlands]].<ref name="Native Americans HVMag" />


===Hudson River exploration===
==History==
In 1497, [[John Cabot]] traveled along the coast and claimed the entire country for England; he is credited with the [[Old World]]'s discovery of continental North America.<ref name="Hudson, Charles H 1874, p. 1-2" /> Between then and about 1609, exploration took place around [[New York Bay]], but not into the Hudson Valley. In 1609, the [[Dutch East India Company]] financed English navigator [[Henry Hudson]] in his attempt to search for the [[Northwest Passage]]. During this attempt, Henry Hudson decided to sail his ship up the river that would later be named after him. As he continued up the river, its width expanded, into Haverstraw Bay, leading him to believe he had successfully reached the Northwest Passage. He also proceeded upstream as far as present-day Troy before concluding that no such strait existed there.<ref name="Henry Hudson" />


===Colonization===
At the time of the arrival of the first Europeans in the [[17th Century]], the area of Hudson Valley was inhabited primarily by the [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian-speaking]] [[Mahican]] people.
After Henry Hudson realized that the Hudson River was not the [[Northwest Passage]], the [[Dutch empire|Dutch]] began to examine the region for potential trading opportunities.<ref name="Overview of Dutch colonization NPS" /> Dutch explorer and merchant [[Adriaen Block]] led voyages there between 1611 and 1614, which led the Dutch to determine that fur trade would be profitable in the region. As such, the Dutch established the colony of [[New Netherland]].<ref name="Block's voyage" /> The Dutch settled three major fur-trading outposts in the colony, along the river, south to north: [[New Amsterdam]], [[Wiltwyck]], and [[Fort Orange]].<ref name="Overview of Dutch colonization NPS" /> New Amsterdam later became known as [[New York City]], Wiltwyck became [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]], and Fort Orange became [[Albany, New York|Albany]].<ref name="Overview of Dutch colonization NPS" /> In 1664, the British invaded New Netherland via the port of New Amsterdam.<ref name="Overview of Dutch colonization NPS" /> New Amsterdam and New Netherland as a whole were surrendered to the British and renamed New York.<ref name="Capture of New Amsterdam" />


Under British colonial rule, the Hudson Valley became an agricultural hub, with manors being developed on the east side of the river. At these manors, landlords rented out land to their tenants, letting them take a share of the crops grown while keeping and selling the rest of the crops.<ref name="Colonial British NY" /> Tenants were often kept at a subsistence level so that the landlord could minimize his costs. Landlords held immense political power in the colony due to driving such a large proportion of the agricultural output. Meanwhile, land west of Hudson River contained smaller landholdings with many small farmers living off the land. A large crop grown in the region was grain, which was largely shipped downriver to New York City, the colony's main seaport, for export back to Great Britain. In order to export the grain, colonial merchants were given monopolies to grind the grain into flour and export it.<ref name="Colonial British NY" /> Grain production was also at high levels in the Mohawk River Valley.<ref name="Colonial British NY" />
The first [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] settlement was in the [[1610s]] with the establishment of [[Fort Nassau]], a trading post (''factorij'') south of modern-day Albany, with the purpose of exchanging European goods for [[American Beaver|beaver]] pelts. Fort Nassau was later replaced by [[Fort Orange]]. During the rest of the [[1600s]], the Hudson Valley formed the heart of the [[New Netherland]] colony operations, with the [[New Amsterdam]] settlement on [[Manhattan]] serving as a post for supplies and defense of the upriver operations.


===Revolutionary War===
During the [[French and Indian War]] in the [[1750s]], the northern end of the valley became the bulwark of the [[Great Britain|British]] defense against [[France|French]] invasion from [[Canada]] via [[Lake Champlain]].
[[File:NY-NJ-retreat-1776.svg|300px|thumb|upright|Map of [[New York and New Jersey campaign|Washington's retreat]] through New York and New Jersey]]
The Hudson River was a key river during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. The Hudson's connection to the Mohawk River allowed travelers to get to the Great Lakes and the [[Mississippi River]] eventually. In addition, the river's close proximity to Lake George and Lake Champlain would allow the British navy to control the water route from [[Montreal]] to New York City.<ref name="West Point Chain" /> In doing so, the British, under General [[John Burgoyne]]'s strategy, would be able to cut off the [[Patriot (American Revolution)|patriot]] hub of [[New England]] (which is on the eastern side of the Hudson River) and focus on rallying the support of loyalists in the South and Mid-Atlantic regions. The British knew that total occupation of the colonies would be unfeasible, which is why this strategy was chosen.<ref name="Saratoga" /> As a result of the strategy, numerous battles were fought along the river, including several in the Hudson Valley.<ref name="CengageRevWar" />


===Industrial Revolution===
The valley became one of the major regions of conflict during the [[American Revolution]]. Part of the early strategy of the [[Great Britain|British]] was to sever the colonies in two by maintaining control of the river.
[[File:View of the Hudson River-Robert Havell Jr-1866.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Robert Havell, Jr.]], ''View of the Hudson River from Tarrytown'', {{Circa|1866}}]]


In the early [[1800s]], popularized by the stories of [[Washington Irving]], the Hudson Valley gained a reputation as a somewhat gothic region inhabited by the remnants of the early days of the Dutch colonization of New York (see ''[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'').
In the early 19th century, popularized by the stories of [[Washington Irving]], the Hudson Valley gained a reputation as a somewhat gothic region characterized by remnants of the early days of the Dutch colonization of New York (see "[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]"). The area is also associated with the [[Hudson River School]], a group of American [[romanticism|Romantic]] painters who worked from about 1830 to 1870.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Hudson: America's river |first=Francis F. |last=Dunwell |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-231-13641-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/hudsonamericasri0000dunw/page/100 100] |url=https://archive.org/details/hudsonamericasri0000dunw/page/100 }}</ref>


Following the building of the [[Erie Canal]], the area became an important industrial center and remained so until the mid [[20th century]], when many of the industrial towns went into decline.
Following the building of the [[Erie Canal]], the area became an important industrial center. The canal opened the Hudson Valley and New York City to commerce with the Midwest and [[Great Lakes]] regions.<ref>Stanne, Stephen P., et al. (1996). ''The Hudson: An Illustrated Guide to the Living River'', p. 120. Rutgers University Press. {{ISBN|0-8135-2271-4}}.</ref> However, in the mid 20th century, many of the industrial towns went into decline.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hirschl |first1=Thomas A. |last2=Heaton |first2=Tim B. |year=1999 |title=New York State in the 21st Century |pages=126–128 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=0-275-96339-X}}</ref>


The first railroad in New York, the [[Mohawk and Hudson Railroad]], opened in 1831 between [[Albany, New York|Albany]] and [[Schenectady]] on the Mohawk River, enabling passengers to bypass the slowest part of the Erie Canal.<ref name="Hudson River Course Description south of Troy Dam" /> 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, New York|East Greenbush]] (east of Albany). The [[Hudson River Railroad]] was chartered the next year as a continuation of the Troy and Greenbush south to New York City, and was completed in 1851. In 1866, the [[Livingston Avenue Bridge|Hudson River Bridge]] opened over the river between Greenbush and Albany, enabling through traffic between the Hudson River Railroad and the New York Central Railroad west to [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]. When the [[Poughkeepsie Bridge]] opened in 1889, it became the longest single-span bridge in the world.
It also was the location of the estates of many wealthy New York industrialists, such as [[John D. Rockefeller]], and of old-moneyed tycoons such as [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]], who was a descendant of one the early Dutch families in the region.


The [[West Shore Railroad|New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway]] began at [[Weehawken Terminal]] and ran up the west shore of the Hudson as a competitor to the merged [[New York Central and Hudson River Railroad]]. Construction was slow and was finally completed in 1884; the New York Central purchased the line the next year.
The area is associated with the [[Hudson River School]], a group of American [[Romantic]] painters who worked from about 1830 to 1870.


During the Industrial Revolution, the Hudson River Valley became a major location for production. The river allowed for fast and easy transport of goods from the interior of the Northeast to the coast. Hundreds of factories were built around the Hudson, in towns including Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Kingston, and Hudson. The [[North Tarrytown Assembly]] (later owned by [[General Motors]]), on the river in Sleepy Hollow, was a large and notable example. The river links to the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes, which allowed manufacturers in the Midwest, including automobile factories in Detroit, to use the river for transport.<ref name="Industry" />{{rp|pages=71–2}} With industrialization came new technologies, such as streamboats, for faster transport. In 1807, the ''[[North River Steamboat]]'' (later known as Clermont), became the first commercially successful steamboat.<ref name="Hunter1985" /> It carried passengers between New York City and Albany along the Hudson River. At the end of the 19th century, the Hudson River region of [[New York State]] would become the world's largest brick manufacturing region, with 130 brickyards lining the shores of the Hudson River from Mechanicsville to Haverstraw and employing 8,000 people. At its peak, about 1 billion bricks a year were produced, with many being sent to New York City for use in its construction industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/culture/article/Brick-collectors-Hudson-Valley-17271119.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-latest-news|title=Brick collectors of the Hudson Valley|work=www.timesunion.com|first=Michelle|last=Falkenstein|date=June 28, 2022|accessdate=June 28, 2022}}</ref>
The natural beauty of the Hudson Valley earned the Hudson River the nickname '''America's Rhine''', the natural beauty of the Hudson Valley being compared to that of the famous 40-mile (65 km) stretch of Germany's [[Rhine|Rhine River]] valley between the cities of [[Bingen]] and [[Koblenz]].


Tourism became a major industry as early as 1810. With convenient steamboat connections in New York City and numerous attractive hotels in romantic settings, tourism became an important industry. Early guidebooks provided suggestions for travel itineraries. Middle-class people who read [[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s novels or saw the paintings of the Hudson River School were especially attracted to the region.<ref>Richard H. Gassan, '' The Birth of American Tourism: New York, the Hudson Valley, and American Culture, 1790–1835'' (2008)</ref>
==Pollution and Urban Sprawl==
Due to the rapid decrease in [[industry]] within New York State over the past 40-50 years, the Hudson Valley has been heavily plagued by [[economic decline]] and [[unemployment]] at a degree much greater than any other area in the state. Today the valley is littered with old abandoned [[factories]] and buildings that show evidence of a once bustling [[metropolis]] (upscale theatres, lavish homes and [[resort-hotel|resort-hotels]], [[health spa|health spas]]). Much of the Valley today is heavily plagued with [[crime]] and [[poverty]].


==Geology and physiography==
The numerous factories that at one time lined the [[Hudson River]] poured their [[industrial waste]], [[garbage]] and other [[chemicals]] directly into the river, a problem that was only assessed in the [[1970s]]. By that time, the only company who still operated factories in the area was [[General Electric]], who became primarily responsible for cleaning the Hudson River. As of [[2005]], they have still not complied with their government orders to do so. However, the river's pollution has been steadily declining, and as a result, some municipalities have begun to allow people to swim in it; swimming was banned in the early [[1960s]].
[[File:Hudson_River_Valley,_N.Y,_by_Singley,_B._L._(Benjamin_Lloyd).png|alt=Man standing on a rock outcrop at a high elevation on a mountain with a view of the valley below. He has one hand in his pocket and is holding a hat with the other.|thumb|Stereoscopic view Hudson River Valley, 1902. Caption reads "Ever charming, ever new. When will the landscape tire the view!" ]]
The Hudson River valley runs primarily north to south down the eastern edge of New York State, cutting through a series of rock types including [[Triassic]] sandstones and redbeds in the south and much more ancient [[Precambrian]] [[gneiss]] in the north (and east). In the Hudson Highlands, the river enters a [[fjord]] cut during previous ice ages. To the west lie the extensive Appalachian Highlands. In the Tappan Zee region, the west side of the river has high cliffs produced by an erosion-resistant [[diabase]]; the cliffs range from {{convert|400|to|800|ft}} in height.<ref>Van Diver, B. B. (1985). ''Roadside Geology of New York''. Mountain Press, Missoula. Pp. 59-63.</ref>


The Hudson Valley is one [[Physiographic regions of the world|physiographic section]] of the larger [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians|Ridge-and-Valley]] province, which in turn is part of the larger [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian]] physiographic division.<ref name="USGS-Water">{{cite web |title=Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S. |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |url=http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/metadata/usgswrd/XML/physio.xml |access-date=2007-12-06 }}</ref> The northern portions of the Hudson Valley fall within the [[Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands (ecoregion)|Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands Ecoregion]].
Today, as the [[cost of living]] associated with the [[metropolitan New York]] area skyrockets, more and more people have been moving from these densely populated [[suburbs]] and into areas as far north as greater [[Poughkeepsie (NY)|Poughkeepsie]] and commuting into [[New York City]] to work. This has caused housing costs to greatly increase in the mid-Hudson Valley, and has brought in numerous new [[developers]] eager to take advantage of this by building [[shopping malls]], [[condominiums]] and other landmarks of [[suburbia]] and [[urban sprawl]]. Many long-time residents have reacted to this by forming large [[historical societies|historical society]] and [[environment|environmental]] groups dedicated to the preservation of the area.


During the last ice age, the valley was filled by a large glacier that pushed south as far as [[Long Island]]. Near the end of the last ice age, the Great Lakes drained south down the Hudson River, from a large glacial lake called [[Glacial Lake Iroquois|Lake Iroquois]].<ref>Eyles, N. ''Ontario Rocks: Three Billion Years of Environmental Change''. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside.</ref> [[Lake Ontario]] is the remnant of that lake. Large sand deposits remain from where Lake Iroquois drained into the Hudson; these are now part of the [[Rome Sand Plains]].
[[Image:Wpdms_ev26188_hudson_valley.jpg]]


Due to its resemblance, the Hudson River often has been described as "America's Rhine". In 1939, the magazine ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' described the river as such, comparing it to the {{convert|40|mi|adj=on}} stretch of the [[Rhine]] in Central and Western Europe.<ref name="America's Rhine"/>
==Regions==


==Major industries==
The Hudson Valley is divided into three regions: Lower, Middle and Upper. The following is a list of the counties within the Hudson Valley sorted by region.
===Agriculture===
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[[File:Stone Barns and Blue Hill 2017 04.jpg|300px|thumb|The [[Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture]] is a leading nonprofit farm and educational center in the region.]]

The Hudson Valley has a long agricultural history and agriculture was its main industry when the region was first settled. Around the 1700s, [[tenant farming]] was highly practiced.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ellis |first=David M. |date=1944 |title=Land Tenure and Tenancy in the Hudson Valley, 1790-1860 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3739598 |journal=Agricultural History |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=75–82 |issn=0002-1482}}</ref> The farms' main products were grains (predominantly wheat), though [[hops]], [[maple syrup]], vegetables, dairy products, honey, wool, livestock, and tobacco were produced there. The region became the [[breadbasket]] of colonial America, given that the surrounding New England and Catskills areas were more mountainous and had rockier soils. In the late 1800s, most farms transitioned from tenant farming to being family-owned, with more incentive to improve the land. Grain production moved west to the [[Genesee Valley]], and so Hudson Valley farms specialized, especially in [[viticulture]], berries, and orchard cultivation. Agriculture began to decline in the 19th century, and rapidly declined in the 20th century.<ref name="ag"/><ref name="Adams">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=As5tyLSVC5wC&pg=PA33|title=The Hudson Through the Years|isbn=9780823216772|last1=Adams|first1=Arthur G.|year=1996}}</ref>

By the 1970s, the United States' [[culinary revolution]] began, and the Hudson Valley began to lead the [[farm-to-table movement]], the [[local food movement]], and [[sustainable agriculture|sustainable agricultural practices]]. The fertile [[Black Dirt Region]] of the [[Wallkill Valley|Wallkill]] and [[Schoharie Valley|Schoharie]] valleys also began to be farmed. Dairy farms are predominant, though fruit, vegetable, poultry, meat, and maple syrup production are also common.<ref name="ag"/> Orchard cultivation is common in Orange, Ulster, Dutchess, and Columbia counties.<ref name="Adams"/>

===Winemaking===
{{see also|Hudson River Region AVA}}
The Hudson Valley is one of the oldest winemaking and grape-growing regions in the United States, with its first vineyards planted in 1677 in current-day [[New Paltz, New York|New Paltz]].<ref name="ag">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/July-2014/The-Hudson-Valleys-Farm-to-Table-Movement-Is-Growing-Faster-than-Ever/|title = The Hudson Valley's Farm-to-Table Movement is Growing Faster Than Ever|date = 25 June 2014}}</ref> The region has experienced a resurgence in winemaking in the 21st century. Many wineries are located in the Hudson Valley, offering wine-tasting and other tours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hudsonvalleywinecountry.org/|title=The Roots of American Wine since 1677|publisher=HUDSON VALLEY WINE COUNTRY.ORG|access-date=October 26, 2015|archive-date=October 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011132158/http://www.hudsonvalleywinecountry.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Numerous [[wine festival]]s are held in the Hudson Valley, with themes often varying by season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hudsonvalleywinecountry.org/events.html|title=The Roots of American Wine since 1677 - Calendar of Festivals and Events|publisher=HUDSON VALLEY WINE COUNTRY.ORG|access-date=October 26, 2015|archive-date=October 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012061040/http://www.hudsonvalleywinecountry.org/events.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rhinebeck is home to the Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest, hosted at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hudsonvalleywinefest.com/ |title=Home |website=hudsonvalleywinefest.com}}</ref>

The region has sunlight, moisture, chalky soil, and drainage conducive to grape growing, especially grapes used in Champagne.<ref name="Adams"/>

===Tech Valley===
{{main|Tech Valley}}
[[File:IBM Yorktown Heights.jpg|thumb|300px|The main laboratory building of the [[IBM Research|IBM]] [[Thomas J. Watson Research Center|Watson Research Center]] is located in [[Yorktown Heights, New York|Yorktown Heights]].]]

[[Tech Valley]] is a marketing name for the eastern part of New York State, including the Hudson Valley and the [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]].<ref name=Chambercoalition>{{cite web|title=About Tech Valley |publisher=Tech Valley Chamber Coalition |access-date=2009-09-27 |url=http://techvalley.org/Pages/Live/About%20Tech%20Valley.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103032600/http://www.techvalley.org/Pages/Live/About%20Tech%20Valley.html |archive-date=2008-11-03 }}</ref> Originating in 1998 to promote the greater Albany area as a [[high-tech]] competitor to regions such as [[Silicon Valley]] and [[Boston]], it has since grown to represent the counties in New York between [[IBM]]'s [[Westchester County]] plants in the south and the Canada–US border to the north. The area's [[entrepreneurial ecosystem|high technology ecosystem]] is supported by technologically focused [[academia|academic institutions]] including [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] and the [[State University of New York Polytechnic Institute]].<ref name="MadeInAlbany" /> Tech Valley encompasses 19 counties straddling both sides of the [[Adirondack Northway]] and the [[New York Thruway]],<ref name=Chambercoalition/> and with heavy [[subsidy|state taxpayer subsidy]], has experienced significant growth in the [[computer hardware]] industry, with great strides in the [[nanotechnology]] sector, [[digital electronics]] design, and water- and electricity-dependent [[integrated circuit|integrated microchip circuit]] manufacturing,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/print-edition/2014/06/27/better-than-advertised-hip-plant-beats.html|title=Better than advertised: Chip plant beats expectations|author=Keshia Clukey|publisher=Albany Business Review|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref> involving companies including IBM in [[Armonk, New York|Armonk]] and its [[Thomas J. Watson Research Center]] in [[Yorktown, New York|Yorktown]], [[GlobalFoundries]] in [[Malta, New York|Malta]], and others.<ref name=MadeInAlbany>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Made-in-Albany-IBM-reveals-breakthrough-chip-6376816.php|title=Made in Albany: IBM reveals breakthrough chip made at SUNY Poly|author=Larry Rulison|newspaper=Albany Times-Union|date=July 10, 2015|access-date=July 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalfoundries.com/manufacturing/fab-8-overview|title=Fab 8 Overview|publisher=GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc|access-date=July 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-27/ibm-intel-to-invest-4-4-billion-in-new-york-state-nanotechnology.html|title=IBM, Intel Start $4.4 Billion in Chip Venture in New York|publisher=2011 Bloomberg|author1=Freeman Klopott |author2=Xu Wang |author3=Niamh Ring |date=September 27, 2011|access-date=July 12, 2015}}</ref> Westchester County has developed a burgeoning [[biotechnology]] sector in the 21st century, with over US$1&nbsp;billion in planned private investment as of 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realestateindepth.com/news/1-2-billion-project-could-make-westchester-a-biotech-destination/|title=$1.2 Billion Project Could Make Westchester a Biotech Destination|author=John Jordan|publisher=Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors|date=January 2016|access-date=April 9, 2016}}</ref> earning the county the nickname ''Biochester''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westchestermagazine.com/914-INC/Q2-2015/Westchesters-Unexpected-Powerhouse-Position-In-the-Biotech-Industry/|title=Westchester's Unexpected Powerhouse Position In the Biotech Industry - Four years after our initial look at Westchester's biotech industry, the sector has gone from fledgling to behemoth.|quote=All around, there are signs of a Biochester bloom:|author=Steve Ditlea|date=7 May 2015|publisher=Today Media|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref>

=== Tourism ===
The [[Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area]] promotes historic, natural, and cultural sites in 11 counties.

==Regions==
[[File:Map of New York highlighting Hudson Valley.svg|300px|thumb|Upper Hudson (light yellow),<br />Lower Hudson (blue){{efn|name=definition|Albany, Rensselaer, Greene, and Columbia counties are sometimes considered to be a part of the [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]] region, while Sullivan County is sometimes considered to be a part of the [[Catskill Mountains|Catskill region]].}}]]

The Hudson Valley is divided into three regions: Upper, Middle, and Lower. The following is a list of the counties within the Hudson Valley sorted by region.<ref>Silverman, B ''et al''; ''Frommer's New York State'' Frommer's 2009, p196</ref> The Lower Hudson Valley is typically considered part of the [[Downstate New York]] region due to its geographical and cultural proximity to [[New York City]].
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'''Lower Hudson'''
'''Lower Hudson'''
*[[Westchester, New York|Westchester]]
*[[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]]
*[[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]]
*[[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]]
*[[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]]
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*[[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]]
'''[[Mid-Hudson Region|Mid-Hudson]]'''
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'''Mid-Hudson'''
*[[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]]
*[[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]]
*[[Orange County, New York|Orange]]
*[[Orange County, New York|Orange]]
*[[Ulster County, New York|Ulster]]
*[[Ulster County, New York|Ulster]]
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<p>
'''Upper Hudson'''
'''Upper Hudson/<br />[[Capital District, New York|Capital District]]'''
*[[Albany County, New York|Albany]]
*[[Columbia County, New York|Columbia]]
*[[Columbia County, New York|Columbia]]
*[[Greene County, New York|Greene]]
*[[Greene County, New York|Greene]]
*[[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer]]
*[[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer]]
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*[[Albany County, New York|Albany]]

==Infrastructure==
{{see also|List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River}}
[[File:MidHudson.JPG|300px|thumb|The [[Mid-Hudson Bridge]], connecting Poughkeepsie and [[Highland, Ulster County, New York|Highland]]]]
Major interstates in the Hudson Valley include [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]] (part of the [[New York State Thruway]]), a small section of [[Interstate 95 in New York|Interstate 95]] in Southeastern Westchester County, [[Interstate 287]] serving Westchester and Rockland Counties, [[Interstate 84 in New York|Interstate 84]] serving Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange Counties, and [[Interstate 684]] serving Westchester and Putnam Counties. [[parkway]]s in the region include the [[Bronx River Parkway]], the [[Cross County Parkway]], the [[Hutchinson River Parkway]], the [[Sprain Brook Parkway]], and the [[Saw Mill River Parkway]] serving solely Westchester County, the [[Taconic State Parkway]] serving Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, and Columbia Counties, and the [[Palisades Interstate Parkway]] serving Rockland and a very small portion of southwestern Orange County. [[New York State Route 17]] operates as a freeway in much of Orange County and will be designated [[Interstate 86 in New York|Interstate 86]] in the future.

Hudson River crossings in the Hudson Valley region from south to north include the [[Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present)|Tappan Zee Bridge]] between [[South Nyack, New York|South Nyack]] in Rockland County and [[Tarrytown, New York|Tarrytown]] in Westchester County, the [[Bear Mountain Bridge]] between [[Peekskill, New York|Peekskill]] in Westchester County and [[Fort Montgomery, New York|Fort Montgomery]] in Orange County, the [[Newburgh-Beacon Bridge]] between [[Newburgh (city), New York|Newburgh]] in Orange County and [[Beacon, New York|Beacon]] in Dutchess County, the [[Mid-Hudson Bridge]] between [[Poughkeepsie, New York|Poughkeepsie]] in Dutchess County and [[Highland, Ulster County, New York|Highland]] in Ulster County, the [[Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge]] between [[Rhinecliff, New York|Rhinecliff]] in Dutchess County and [[Kingston (city), New York|Kingston]] in Ulster County, and the [[Rip Van Winkle Bridge]] between [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]] in Columbia County and [[Catskill, New York|Catskill]] in Greene County. The [[Walkway Over the Hudson]] is a pedestrian bridge which parallels the Mid-Hudson Bridge and was formerly a railroad bridge.

[[NY Waterway]] operates the [[Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry]] between [[Haverstraw, New York|Haverstraw]] in Rockland County and [[Ossining (village), New York|Ossining]] in Westchester County, as well as ferry service between [[Newburgh (city), New York|Newburgh]] in Orange County and [[Beacon, New York|Beacon]] in Dutchess County. Intercity and commuter bus transit are provided by [[Rockland Coaches]] in Rockland County, [[Short Line (bus company)|Short Line]] in Orange and Rockland Counties, and [[Leprechaun Lines]] in Orange and Dutchess Counties. There are also several local bus providers, including the [[Bee-Line Bus System]] in Westchester County and [[Transport of Rockland]] in Rockland County.

The Hudson Valley is served by two airports with commercial airline service: [[Westchester County Airport]] (HPN) near [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]] and [[Stewart International Airport]] (SWF) near [[Newburgh (town), New York|Newburgh]].

===Rail service===
[[File:Samsebeskazal-02273.jpg|300px|thumb|The [[Yonkers station]] serves [[Amtrak]] intercity trains and [[Metro-North]] commuter trains.]]

[[Commuter rail]] service in the region is provided by [[Metro-North Railroad]] (operated by the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]). Metro-North operates three rail lines east of the Hudson River to [[Grand Central Terminal]] in Manhattan, from east to west they are the [[New Haven Line]] (serving southeast Westchester County), the [[Harlem Line]] (serving Central and Eastern Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties), and the [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]] (serving western Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties). West of the Hudson, [[New Jersey Transit]] operates two lines rail service under contract with Metro-North Railroad to [[Hoboken Terminal]]: the [[Pascack Valley Line]] (serving central Rockland County) and the [[Port Jervis Line]] (serving western Rockland County and Orange County).

[[Amtrak]] serves [[Yonkers (Metro-North station)|Yonkers]], [[Croton-Harmon (Metro-North station)|Croton-Harmon]], [[Poughkeepsie (Metro-North station)|Poughkeepsie]], [[Rhinecliff-Kingston station|Rhinecliff-Kingston]], and [[Hudson station (New York)|Hudson]] along the eastern shores of the Hudson River, as well as [[New Rochelle (Metro-North station)|New Rochelle]] in southeastern Westchester County.

{{Further|List of tallest buildings in the Hudson Valley}}

==Sports==
{{see also|Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|Mid Hudson Conference}}
The [[Hudson Valley Renegades]] is a minor league baseball team affiliated with the [[New York Yankees]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Yankees announce new Minor League affiliation structure |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-yankees-announce-new-minor-league-affiliation-structure |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The team is a member of the [[Mid-Atlantic League]] and plays at [[Dutchess Stadium]] in [[Fishkill, New York|Fishkill]]. The [[New York Boulders]] of the independent [[Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball|Can-Am League]] play at [[Clover Stadium]], in [[Pomona, New York|Pomona, NY.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-25 |title=Boulders' Home Park Renamed Clover Stadium |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/boulders-home-park-renamed-clover-stadium/n-5785099 |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=OurSports Central |language=en}}</ref>

[[Kingston Stockade FC]] is a soccer team representing the Hudson Valley in the [[National Premier Soccer League]] (NPSL), a national [[semi-professional]] league at the fourth tier of the [[American Soccer Pyramid]]. They compete in the North Atlantic conference of the NPSL's Northeast region, and began their first season in May 2016.

== See also ==

* [[Anti-Rent War]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}


==References==
==Cities and Towns==
===Citations===
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Hudson, Charles H 1874, p. 1-2">History of the County of Hudson, Charles H. Winfield, 1874, p. 1-2</ref>
<ref name="Marist Native Americans">{{cite web|last1=Alfieri|first1=J.|last2=Berardis|first2=A.|last3=Smith|first3=E.|last4=Mackin|first4=J.|last5=Muller|first5=W.|last6=Lake|first6=R.|last7=Lehmkulh|first7=P.|title=The Lenapes: A study of Hudson Valley Indians|url=http://www.localarchives.org/nahc/themes/native-americans/NAHC%20Lenapes%20in%20the%20Hudson%20River%20Valley.pdf|publisher=Marist College|access-date=May 25, 2017|location=Poughkeepsie, New York|date=June 3, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313071731/http://www.localarchives.org/nahc/themes/native-americans/nahc%20lenapes%20in%20the%20hudson%20river%20valley.pdf|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="Native Americans HVMag">{{cite news|last1=Levine|first1=David|title=Hudson Valley's Tribal History|url=http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/July-2016/The-Native-People-of-the-Hudson-Valley/|access-date=May 24, 2017|publisher=Hudson Valley Magazine|date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Henry Hudson">{{cite web|last1=Cleveland|first1=Henry R.|title=Henry Hudson Explores the Hudson River|url=http://history-world.org/henry_hudson.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112063535/http://history-world.org/henry_hudson.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 12, 2006|website=history-world.org|publisher=International World History Project|access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="America's Rhine">{{cite magazine|title=The Hudson River: Autumn Peace Broods over America's Rhine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0IEAAAAMBAJ|magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]]|date=October 2, 1939|page=57|access-date=December 31, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="Block's voyage">{{cite news|last1=Varekamp|first1=Johan Cornelis|last2=Varekamp|first2=Daphne Sasha|title=Adriaen Block, the discovery of Long Island Sound and the New Netherlands colony: what drove the course of history?|url=http://media.ctseagrant.uconn.edu/publications/magazines/wracklines/springsummer06/block.pdf|access-date=June 11, 2017|publisher=Wrack Lines|date=Spring–Summer 2006|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623113906/http://media.ctseagrant.uconn.edu/publications/magazines/wracklines/springsummer06/block.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="Overview of Dutch colonization NPS">{{cite web|title=Dutch Colonies|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm|website=nps.gov|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=June 26, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Capture of New Amsterdam">{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|title=350 Years Ago, New Amsterdam Became New York. Don't Expect a Party.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/nyregion/new-yorks-350th-birthday-party-your-invitation-isnt-lost-in-the-mail.html?_r=0|access-date=June 26, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 25, 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="Colonial British NY">{{cite journal|last1=Leitner|first1=Jonathan|title=Transitions in the Colonial Hudson Valley: Capitalist, Bulk Goods, and Braudelian|journal=Journal of World-Systems Research|year=2016|volume=22|issue=1|pages=214–246|doi=10.5195/jwsr.2016.615|url=http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/615/737|access-date=January 4, 2017|doi-access=free}}</ref>
<ref name="West Point Chain">{{cite web|last1=Mansinne|first1=Major Andrew Jr.|title=The West Point Chain and Hudson River Obstructions in the Revolutionary War|url=http://desmondfishlibrary.org/lisa/RevolutionaryWarLocalHistorychain.pdf|website=desmondfishlibrary.org|publisher=Desmond Fish Library|access-date=March 8, 2016|archive-date=March 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326221606/http://desmondfishlibrary.org/lisa/RevolutionaryWarLocalHistorychain.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="Saratoga">{{cite book|last1=Carroll|first1=John Martin|last2=Baxter|first2=Colin F.|title=The American Military Tradition: From Colonial Times to the Present|date=August 2006|publisher=Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=9780742544284|pages=14–18|edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UMuKtxqRH8wC&pg=PA14|access-date=March 8, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="CengageRevWar">{{cite book|last1=Ayers|first1=Edward L.|last2=Gould|first2=Lewis L.|last3=Oshinky|first3=David M.|last4=Soderlund|first4=Jean R.|title=American Passage: A History of the United States|date=2009|publisher=Wadsworth, Cengage Learning|location=Boston, MA|isbn=9780547166292|edition=4th|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SbXS5-4QGAUC&q=Washington+retreats+to+Pennsylvania+from+New+York&pg=PA149}}</ref>
<ref name="Hudson River Course Description south of Troy Dam">{{cite web|title=The Hudson River Guide|url=http://www.offshoreblue.com/cruising/hudson-river.php|website=www.offshoreblue.com|publisher=Blue Seas|access-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Industry">{{cite news|last=Harmon|first=Daniel E.|title=The Hudson River|publisher=Chelsea House Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94vtvTNIjycC|date=2004|isbn=9781438125183|access-date=June 23, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Hunter1985">{{cite book|last=Hunter|first=Louis C.|title=A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1730–1930, Vol. 2: Steam Power|year=1985|publisher=University Press of Virginia|location=Charlottesville, Virginia}}</ref>
}}


===Further reading===
*[[Albany, New York|Albany]]
*[[Annandale-on-Hudson, New York |Annandale-on-Hudson]]
{{Portal|Geography|Hudson Valley|New York (state)}}
* {{Cite book |title=Historic houses of the Hudson valley |year=1942 |first1=Harold |last1=Donaldson Eberlein |first2=Cortlandt |last2=Van Dyke Hubbard |publisher=Architectural Book Pub. Co |location=New York |oclc=3444265}}
*[[Beacon, New York |Beacon]]
* {{Cite book |title=Visions of Washington Irving: Selected Works From the Collections of Historic Hudson Valley |year=1991 |author=Historic Hudson Valley |author-link=Historic Hudson Valley |publisher=[[Historic Hudson Valley]] |location=Tarrytown, New York |isbn=978-0-912882-99-4}}
*[[Catskill, New York |Catskill]]
* {{Cite book |title=The Hudson River and Its Painters |year=1972 |publisher=[[Viking Press]] |location=New York |first=John K. |last=Howat |isbn=978-0-670-38558-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/hudsonriveritspa00howa }}
*[[Cold Spring, New York |Cold Spring]]
* Jacobs, Jaap and L.H. Roper (eds.) (2014). ''The Worlds of the Seventeenth-Century Hudson Valley.'' Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
*[[Fort Montgomery, New York|Fort Montgomery]]
* Levine, David (2020). ''The Hudson Valley: The First 250 Million Years.'' Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot.
*[[Haverstraw, New York|Haverstraw]]
* {{Cite book |title=Literature of the Mid Hudson Valley: A Preliminary Study |year=1973 |first=Alfred H. |last=Marks |publisher=Center for Continuing Education, State University College |location=New Paltz, New York |oclc=1171631}}
*[[Highland Falls, New York |Highland Falls]]
* {{Cite book |title=The Catskill Witch and Other Tales of the Hudson Valley |year=1974 |first1=James |last1=McMurry |first2=Jeff |last2=Jones |publisher=[[Syracuse University Press]] |location=Syracuse, New York |isbn=978-0-8156-0105-0}}
*[[Hudson, New York |Hudson]]
* {{Cite book |title=Biography of a River: The People and Legends of the Hudson Valley |year=1969 |publisher=Hawthorn Books |location=New York |first=John |last=Mylod |oclc=33563}}
*[[Hyde Park, New York |Hyde Park]]
* Scheltema, Gajus and Westerhuijs, Heleen (eds.),''Exploring Historic Dutch New York''. New York: Museum of the City of New York/Dover Publications, 2011.
*[[Kingston, New York |Kingston]]
* {{Cite book |title=River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River |year=2009 |first=Hudson |last=Talbott |author-link=Hudson Talbott |publisher=[[G. P. Putnam's Sons]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-399-24521-3}}
*[[Middletown, Orange County, New York|Middletown]]
* Vernon, Benjamin. ''The History of the Hudson River Valley'' (New York: Overlook, 2016. xiv, 625 pp.
*[[Newburgh, New York |Newburgh]]
* {{Cite book |title=The Historic Wallkill and Hudson River Valleys |url=https://archive.org/details/historicwallkill07wall |author=Wallkill Valley Publishing Association |year=1904 |publisher=Wallkill Valley Publishing Association |location=Walden, New York |oclc=13418978}}
*[[New Paltz, New York |New Paltz]]
* {{Cite book |title=Hudson River Bracketed |year=1929 |first=Edith |last=Wharton |author-link=Edith Wharton |publisher=[[D. Appleton & Company]] |location=New York |oclc=297188}}
*[[Nyack, New York|Nyack]]
* {{Cite book |title=Dutch houses in the Hudson Valley before 1776 |year=1965 |first=Helen |last=Wilkinson Reynolds |publisher=[[Dover Publications]] |location=New York |oclc=513732}}
*[[Peekskill, New York |Peekskill]]
*[[Piermont, New York|Piermont]]
*[[Poughkeepsie, New York |Poughkeepsie]]
*[[Red Hook, New York |Red Hook]]
*[[Rhinebeck, New York |Rhinebeck]]
*[[Saugerties, New York |Saugerties]]
*[[Stony Point, New York|Stony Point]]
*[[Tivoli, New York |Tivoli]]
*[[Troy, New York|Troy]]
*[[Washingtonville, New York|Washingtonville]]
*[[West Point, New York|West Point]]


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* [http://www.hudsonrivervalley.com/ Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area]
* [http://www.hudsonvalleydirectory.com/ Hudson Valley Directory] at hudsonvalleydirectory.com
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This article is about the region. For the magazine, see Hudson Valley (magazine).

Hudson Valley
Region
Farm in Brunswick
Farm in Brunswick
Downtown Ossining
Downtown Ossining
Hudson River at Bear Mountain
Hudson River at Bear Mountain
The United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy
Getty Square in Yonkers
Getty Square in Yonkers
Kykuit mansion
Kykuit mansion
Empire State Plaza in Albany
Empire State Plaza in Albany
Counties usually (green) and sometimes (gray) considered to be a part of the Hudson Valley region[a]
Counties usually (green) and sometimes (gray) considered to be a part of the Hudson Valley region[a]
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesPutnam, Rockland, Westchester, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer
Area
 • Total7,228 sq mi (18,720 km2)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total2,323,346
 • Density320/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
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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.[1]

History[edit]

Main article: History of the Hudson Valley

Pre-Columbian era[edit]

The Hudson Valley was inhabited by indigenous peoples long before European settlers arrived. The Lenape, Wappinger, and Mahican branches of the Algonquins lived along the river,[2] mostly in peace with the other groups.[2][3] The lower Hudson River was inhabited by the Lenape.[3] The Lenape people waited for the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano onshore, traded with Henry Hudson, and sold the island of Manhattan.[3] Further north, the Wappingers lived from Manhattan Island up to Poughkeepsie. They lived a similar lifestyle to the Lenape, residing in various villages along the river. They traded with both the Lenape to the south and the Mahicans to the north.[2] The Mahicans lived in the northern valley from present-day Kingston to Lake Champlain,[3] with their capital located near present-day Albany.[2] The Algonquins in the region lived mainly in small clans and villages throughout the area. One major fortress was called Navish, which was located at Croton Point, overlooking the Hudson River. Other fortresses were located in various locations throughout the Hudson Highlands.[3]

Hudson River exploration[edit]

In 1497, John Cabot traveled along the coast and claimed the entire country for England; he is credited with the Old World's discovery of continental North America.[4] Between then and about 1609, exploration took place around New York Bay, but not into the Hudson Valley. In 1609, the Dutch East India Company financed English navigator Henry Hudson in his attempt to search for the Northwest Passage. During this attempt, Henry Hudson decided to sail his ship up the river that would later be named after him. As he continued up the river, its width expanded, into Haverstraw Bay, leading him to believe he had successfully reached the Northwest Passage. He also proceeded upstream as far as present-day Troy before concluding that no such strait existed there.[5]

Colonization[edit]

After Henry Hudson realized that the Hudson River was not the Northwest Passage, the Dutch began to examine the region for potential trading opportunities.[6] Dutch explorer and merchant Adriaen Block led voyages there between 1611 and 1614, which led the Dutch to determine that fur trade would be profitable in the region. As such, the Dutch established the colony of New Netherland.[7] The Dutch settled three major fur-trading outposts in the colony, along the river, south to north: New Amsterdam, Wiltwyck, and Fort Orange.[6] New Amsterdam later became known as New York City, Wiltwyck became Kingston, and Fort Orange became Albany.[6] In 1664, the British invaded New Netherland via the port of New Amsterdam.[6] New Amsterdam and New Netherland as a whole were surrendered to the British and renamed New York.[8]

Under British colonial rule, the Hudson Valley became an agricultural hub, with manors being developed on the east side of the river. At these manors, landlords rented out land to their tenants, letting them take a share of the crops grown while keeping and selling the rest of the crops.[9] Tenants were often kept at a subsistence level so that the landlord could minimize his costs. Landlords held immense political power in the colony due to driving such a large proportion of the agricultural output. Meanwhile, land west of Hudson River contained smaller landholdings with many small farmers living off the land. A large crop grown in the region was grain, which was largely shipped downriver to New York City, the colony's main seaport, for export back to Great Britain. In order to export the grain, colonial merchants were given monopolies to grind the grain into flour and export it.[9] Grain production was also at high levels in the Mohawk River Valley.[9]

Revolutionary War[edit]

Map of Washington's retreat through New York and New Jersey

The Hudson River was a key river during the Revolutionary War. The Hudson's connection to the Mohawk River allowed travelers to get to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River eventually. In addition, the river's close proximity to Lake George and Lake Champlain would allow the British navy to control the water route from Montreal to New York City.[10] In doing so, the British, under General John Burgoyne's strategy, would be able to cut off the patriot hub of New England (which is on the eastern side of the Hudson River) and focus on rallying the support of loyalists in the South and Mid-Atlantic regions. The British knew that total occupation of the colonies would be unfeasible, which is why this strategy was chosen.[11] As a result of the strategy, numerous battles were fought along the river, including several in the Hudson Valley.[12]

Industrial Revolution[edit]

Robert Havell, Jr., View of the Hudson River from Tarrytown, c. 1866

In the early 19th century, popularized by the stories of Washington Irving, the Hudson Valley gained a reputation as a somewhat gothic region characterized by remnants of the early days of the Dutch colonization of New York (see "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"). The area is also associated with the Hudson River School, a group of American Romantic painters who worked from about 1830 to 1870.[13]

Following the building of the Erie Canal, the area became an important industrial center. The canal opened the Hudson Valley and New York City to commerce with the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.[14] However, in the mid 20th century, many of the industrial towns went into decline.[15]

The first railroad in New York, the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, opened in 1831 between Albany and Schenectady on the Mohawk River, enabling passengers to bypass the slowest part of the Erie Canal.[16] 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 (east of Albany). The Hudson River Railroad was chartered the next year as a continuation of the Troy and Greenbush south to New York City, and was completed in 1851. In 1866, the Hudson River Bridge opened over the river between Greenbush and Albany, enabling through traffic between the Hudson River Railroad and the New York Central Railroad west to Buffalo. When the Poughkeepsie Bridge opened in 1889, it became the longest single-span bridge in the world.

The New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway began at Weehawken Terminal and ran up the west shore of the Hudson as a competitor to the merged New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Construction was slow and was finally completed in 1884; the New York Central purchased the line the next year.

During the Industrial Revolution, the Hudson River Valley became a major location for production. The river allowed for fast and easy transport of goods from the interior of the Northeast to the coast. Hundreds of factories were built around the Hudson, in towns including Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Kingston, and Hudson. The North Tarrytown Assembly (later owned by General Motors), on the river in Sleepy Hollow, was a large and notable example. The river links to the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes, which allowed manufacturers in the Midwest, including automobile factories in Detroit, to use the river for transport.[17]: 71–2  With industrialization came new technologies, such as streamboats, for faster transport. In 1807, the North River Steamboat (later known as Clermont), became the first commercially successful steamboat.[18] It carried passengers between New York City and Albany along the Hudson River. At the end of the 19th century, the Hudson River region of New York State would become the world's largest brick manufacturing region, with 130 brickyards lining the shores of the Hudson River from Mechanicsville to Haverstraw and employing 8,000 people. At its peak, about 1 billion bricks a year were produced, with many being sent to New York City for use in its construction industry.[19]

Tourism became a major industry as early as 1810. With convenient steamboat connections in New York City and numerous attractive hotels in romantic settings, tourism became an important industry. Early guidebooks provided suggestions for travel itineraries. Middle-class people who read James Fenimore Cooper's novels or saw the paintings of the Hudson River School were especially attracted to the region.[20]

Geology and physiography[edit]

Man standing on a rock outcrop at a high elevation on a mountain with a view of the valley below. He has one hand in his pocket and is holding a hat with the other.
Stereoscopic view Hudson River Valley, 1902. Caption reads "Ever charming, ever new. When will the landscape tire the view!"

The Hudson River valley runs primarily north to south down the eastern edge of New York State, cutting through a series of rock types including Triassic sandstones and redbeds in the south and much more ancient Precambrian gneiss in the north (and east). In the Hudson Highlands, the river enters a fjord cut during previous ice ages. To the west lie the extensive Appalachian Highlands. In the Tappan Zee region, the west side of the river has high cliffs produced by an erosion-resistant diabase; the cliffs range from 400 to 800 feet (120 to 240 m) in height.[21]

The Hudson Valley is one physiographic section of the larger Ridge-and-Valley province, which in turn is part of the larger Appalachian physiographic division.[22] The northern portions of the Hudson Valley fall within the Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands Ecoregion.

During the last ice age, the valley was filled by a large glacier that pushed south as far as Long Island. Near the end of the last ice age, the Great Lakes drained south down the Hudson River, from a large glacial lake called Lake Iroquois.[23] Lake Ontario is the remnant of that lake. Large sand deposits remain from where Lake Iroquois drained into the Hudson; these are now part of the Rome Sand Plains.

Due to its resemblance, the Hudson River often has been described as "America's Rhine". In 1939, the magazine Life described the river as such, comparing it to the 40-mile (64 km) stretch of the Rhine in Central and Western Europe.[24]

Major industries[edit]

Agriculture[edit]

The Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is a leading nonprofit farm and educational center in the region.

The Hudson Valley has a long agricultural history and agriculture was its main industry when the region was first settled. Around the 1700s, tenant farming was highly practiced.[25] The farms' main products were grains (predominantly wheat), though hops, maple syrup, vegetables, dairy products, honey, wool, livestock, and tobacco were produced there. The region became the breadbasket of colonial America, given that the surrounding New England and Catskills areas were more mountainous and had rockier soils. In the late 1800s, most farms transitioned from tenant farming to being family-owned, with more incentive to improve the land. Grain production moved west to the Genesee Valley, and so Hudson Valley farms specialized, especially in viticulture, berries, and orchard cultivation. Agriculture began to decline in the 19th century, and rapidly declined in the 20th century.[26][27]

By the 1970s, the United States' culinary revolution began, and the Hudson Valley began to lead the farm-to-table movement, the local food movement, and sustainable agricultural practices. The fertile Black Dirt Region of the Wallkill and Schoharie valleys also began to be farmed. Dairy farms are predominant, though fruit, vegetable, poultry, meat, and maple syrup production are also common.[26] Orchard cultivation is common in Orange, Ulster, Dutchess, and Columbia counties.[27]

Winemaking[edit]

See also: Hudson River Region AVA

The Hudson Valley is one of the oldest winemaking and grape-growing regions in the United States, with its first vineyards planted in 1677 in current-day New Paltz.[26] The region has experienced a resurgence in winemaking in the 21st century. Many wineries are located in the Hudson Valley, offering wine-tasting and other tours.[28] Numerous wine festivals are held in the Hudson Valley, with themes often varying by season.[29] Rhinebeck is home to the Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest, hosted at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds.[30]

The region has sunlight, moisture, chalky soil, and drainage conducive to grape growing, especially grapes used in Champagne.[27]

Tech Valley[edit]

Main article: Tech Valley
The main laboratory building of the IBM Watson Research Center is located in Yorktown Heights.

Tech Valley is a marketing name for the eastern part of New York State, including the Hudson Valley and the Capital District.[31] Originating in 1998 to promote the greater Albany area as a high-tech competitor to regions such as Silicon Valley and Boston, it has since grown to represent the counties in New York between IBM's Westchester County plants in the south and the Canada–US border to the north. The area's high technology ecosystem is supported by technologically focused academic institutions including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute.[32] Tech Valley encompasses 19 counties straddling both sides of the Adirondack Northway and the New York Thruway,[31] and with heavy state taxpayer subsidy, has experienced significant growth in the computer hardware industry, with great strides in the nanotechnology sector, digital electronics design, and water- and electricity-dependent integrated microchip circuit manufacturing,[33] involving companies including IBM in Armonk and its Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, GlobalFoundries in Malta, and others.[32][34][35] Westchester County has developed a burgeoning biotechnology sector in the 21st century, with over US$1 billion in planned private investment as of 2016,[36] earning the county the nickname Biochester.[37]

Tourism[edit]

The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area promotes historic, natural, and cultural sites in 11 counties.

Regions[edit]

Upper Hudson (light yellow),
Lower Hudson (blue)[a]

The Hudson Valley is divided into three regions: Upper, Middle, and Lower. The following is a list of the counties within the Hudson Valley sorted by region.[38] The Lower Hudson Valley is typically considered part of the Downstate New York region due to its geographical and cultural proximity to New York City.

Lower Hudson

Mid-Hudson

Upper Hudson/
Capital District

Infrastructure[edit]

See also: List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River
The Mid-Hudson Bridge, connecting Poughkeepsie and Highland

Major interstates in the Hudson Valley include Interstate 87 (part of the New York State Thruway), a small section of Interstate 95 in Southeastern Westchester County, Interstate 287 serving Westchester and Rockland Counties, Interstate 84 serving Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange Counties, and Interstate 684 serving Westchester and Putnam Counties. parkways in the region include the Bronx River Parkway, the Cross County Parkway, the Hutchinson River Parkway, the Sprain Brook Parkway, and the Saw Mill River Parkway serving solely Westchester County, the Taconic State Parkway serving Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, and Columbia Counties, and the Palisades Interstate Parkway serving Rockland and a very small portion of southwestern Orange County. New York State Route 17 operates as a freeway in much of Orange County and will be designated Interstate 86 in the future.

Hudson River crossings in the Hudson Valley region from south to north include the Tappan Zee Bridge between South Nyack in Rockland County and Tarrytown in Westchester County, the Bear Mountain Bridge between Peekskill in Westchester County and Fort Montgomery in Orange County, the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge between Newburgh in Orange County and Beacon in Dutchess County, the Mid-Hudson Bridge between Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County and Highland in Ulster County, the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge between Rhinecliff in Dutchess County and Kingston in Ulster County, and the Rip Van Winkle Bridge between Hudson in Columbia County and Catskill in Greene County. The Walkway Over the Hudson is a pedestrian bridge which parallels the Mid-Hudson Bridge and was formerly a railroad bridge.

NY Waterway operates the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry between Haverstraw in Rockland County and Ossining in Westchester County, as well as ferry service between Newburgh in Orange County and Beacon in Dutchess County. Intercity and commuter bus transit are provided by Rockland Coaches in Rockland County, Short Line in Orange and Rockland Counties, and Leprechaun Lines in Orange and Dutchess Counties. There are also several local bus providers, including the Bee-Line Bus System in Westchester County and Transport of Rockland in Rockland County.

The Hudson Valley is served by two airports with commercial airline service: Westchester County Airport (HPN) near White Plains and Stewart International Airport (SWF) near Newburgh.

Rail service[edit]

The Yonkers station serves Amtrak intercity trains and Metro-North commuter trains.

Commuter rail service in the region is provided by Metro-North Railroad (operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority). Metro-North operates three rail lines east of the Hudson River to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, from east to west they are the New Haven Line (serving southeast Westchester County), the Harlem Line (serving Central and Eastern Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties), and the Hudson Line (serving western Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties). West of the Hudson, New Jersey Transit operates two lines rail service under contract with Metro-North Railroad to Hoboken Terminal: the Pascack Valley Line (serving central Rockland County) and the Port Jervis Line (serving western Rockland County and Orange County).

Amtrak serves Yonkers, Croton-Harmon, Poughkeepsie, Rhinecliff-Kingston, and Hudson along the eastern shores of the Hudson River, as well as New Rochelle in southeastern Westchester County.

Further information: List of tallest buildings in the Hudson Valley

Sports[edit]

See also: Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Mid Hudson Conference

The Hudson Valley Renegades is a minor league baseball team affiliated with the New York Yankees.[39] The team is a member of the Mid-Atlantic League and plays at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill. The New York Boulders of the independent Can-Am League play at Clover Stadium, in Pomona, NY.[40]

Kingston Stockade FC is a soccer team representing the Hudson Valley in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national semi-professional league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. They compete in the North Atlantic conference of the NPSL's Northeast region, and began their first season in May 2016.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Albany, Rensselaer, Greene, and Columbia counties are sometimes considered to be a part of the Capital District region, while Sullivan County is sometimes considered to be a part of the Catskill region.

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

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