The Hudson River Through the Years

Arthur G. Adams has nurtured a lifelong interest in the Hudson River and its surrounding region. He has spent much of his life exploring its highways, byways, waterways, and foot trails from the Atlantic Coastal inlets to the Catskill and Berkshire Mountain Peaks. The Hudson Through the Years chronicles the history of the Hudson River region of New York State through five centuries, from its early inhabitants: its main Native American tribes and early Dutch and English settlers, through its current day residents. Tracing the history of the region from the American Revolution to the present, Adams incorporates the spread of industrialism, infrastructure, and trasnportation with tales of the early steamboats, ferries, horseboats, the Erie, Champlain, Iron and Anthracite canals, through the development of the trolleys, railroads, and automobiles. The book also includes details about the art and architecture of the region. Included in the book are data about New York's governors, political administrations, U.S. presidents, and British sovereigns, ferry and train routes and schedules, maps and tables, and statistics for population growth over the last five centuries. Also included is a helpful selected bibliography.

Acknowledgments
Introduction and Reminiscences
Indian Period	p. 1
Period of Discovery	p. 5
Period of Settlement and Patroonship	p. 7
Dutch and English Colonial Periods	p. 11
Colonial Architecture of the Hudson	p. 17
French and Indian War	p. 21
The American Revolution	p. 23
Peace and a New Nation	p. 33
The Early Ferries	p. 37
The Coming of the Steamboat	p. 41
The War of 1812	p. 49
Early Steam Ferries and Horseboats	p. 51
Further Developments of Ferryboat Technology	p. 55
Early Nineteenth Century Developments	p. 59
The Fulton-Livingston Steamboat Monopoly	p. 61
The Erie and Champlain Canals	p. 65
The Iron and Anthracite Canals	p. 73
Art in the Hudson Valley	p. 81
Hudson Valley Resorts	p. 93
Riverside Estates, Country Homes, and Famous Architects	p. 107
The Upriver Ferries	p. 117
The Manhattan Ferries	p. 137
Ferries of the Lower Waters	p. 169
Steamboats Come to Maturity	p. 177
The Hudson River Steamboat Lines	p. 185
Down Bay Steamboats	p. 197
The Coming of the Railroads	p. 203
Mid-Nineteenth Century Developments	p. 241
The Late Nineteenth Century	p. 249
The Interurban and Trolley Era	p. 257
The Turn of the Century	p. 265
The Early Twentieth Century	p. 269
The Mid-Twentieth Century	p. 277
The Last Third of the Twentieth Century	p. 287
Situation in 1983	p. 289
Status Report - 1996	p. 293
Selected Bibliography	p. 299
App. Hudson River Ferry Routes	p. 302
App. Partial Ferry Vessel Rosters of Recent Times	p. 304
App. Major Railroad Passenger and Ferry Terminals Along the Hudson in New Jersey	p. 308
App. Manhattan North River Pier Occupancy in 1934	p. 310
App. Some Famous Hudson River Steamboats	p. 313
App. British Sovereigns	p. 314
App. Presidents of the United States	p. 315
App. Governors of New York	p. 316
App. Population Growth of New York State	p. 318
App. Those Confusing Clintons	p. 318
App. Counties Along the Hudson River	p. 319
App. Present Areas of Counties in Square Miles	p. 319
General Index	p. 321
Vessel Index	p. 337
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