Henry Hudson

<p><span class="deck">Over 350 years a mighty pageant of history has moved through the myth-haunted valley of the “Great River of the Mountains”</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The Indians who sold Manhattan were bilked, all right, but they didn’t mind—the land wasn’t theirs anyway</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle">The Elizabethans and America: Part II -- The fate of the Virginia Colony rested on the endurance of adventurers, the financing of London merchants, and the favor of a courtier with his demanding spinster Queen.</span> </span></p>

<p>It started as Claverack Landing in 1662, developed into a gambling and fleshpot retreat, and is now a haven of historic homes.</p>

<p><span class="deck">Henry Hudson’s first American adventure</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">New York Indians discover Henry Hudson and his crew in 1765.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The journeys 400 years ago of a French and Dutch explorer would forever alter the history of North America.</span></p>