With next year's celebration honoring the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, it's the perfect time to visit some of the region's historical sites.

Anna Plesset, "Value Study 1: A View of the Catskill Mountain House/ Copied from a picture by S. Cole copied from a picture by T. Cole" (1848 , 2020), oil and graphite on canvas, 15 3/8 x 23 7/16 ...

An author of three Hudson Valley books reveals his favorite sites and walking trail and sites that often go under the radar of locals and visitors in southern New York. Contributor. Forbes ...

Gift Pick: “The River Indians: Mohicans Making History” by Shirley Dunn. A thoughtful gift for the local history lover. This reissued classic shines new light on the Mohican people of the Hudson ...

Each year, Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site selects a recipient for the Martha Washington Woman of History Award ...

GREENE COUNTY — Most local history books are just that — “local” — and while excellent works, plus being beloved by the interested readership, they are still limited by their very nature to a ...

More than just a date on the calendar, July 4 is a symbol of American independence. But another independence was also achieved on July 4, this one in 1827. That’s the day that slavery officially ended ...

Basketball’s origin story is well documented. The game was invented by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Mass., in 1891. It flowered over the next two decades, mainly in the Young Men’s Hebrew ...

Picture Hudson Valley attractions of the 1600s: Grand schooners sailing the swift currents and Canadian fur trappers paddling the river. Times have changed, but intrepid families from Brooklyn to ...