Special Quadricentenniel Celebration: 1609 - 2009

Vol. 8, No. 1

Special Quadricentennial Celebration Issue: 1609–2009

In this issue:

• President’s Letter
• The Hudson-Fulton Quadricentennial of 2009, Joan K. Davidson
• The Hudson River Valley Information Map, Reported by Joan K. Davidson
• “Folie A Deux” – A Tale of Two Visionaries, Isabel Livingston and Nan Taylor, Ph.D
• The 1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration, Roderic H. Blackburn
• Historic Traffic on the “Great River of the Mountains”, Alexandra Anderson-Spivy
• From Hudson to Van Alen – Why So Long?, Ruth Piwonka
• A Historic Farmhouse in Zeeland, William M. Engelberts
• Book Reviews: “The Spirit of the Place”, Bonnie Eyre
• The General Worth Hotel, Louise Hardenbrook
• Remembering the Mohicans, Interview with Kent Comer and Donald Shriver
• Putting Down the Anchor, Shirley W. Dunn
• “Passing by high Mountaines”, David William Voorhees
• A Relic of the First Steamboat, Diane Schewchuk
• Hudson & Champlain – The Dreamers, Paul T. Veillette
• Columbia County’s Forgotten Immigrants, Dale Nicholson
• Technology & Beauty: The North River Steam-Boat in Art, Ashley Hopkins-Benton
• From the Collections of the Columbia County Historical Society
• Quadricentennial Events
• News of the Columbia County Historical Society
• Quadricentennial Events Calendar

On the Cover: We are very pleased to present Hudson illustrator Arlene Boehm’s concept of the Gala Concert and Fireworks, Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, to take place on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and the Hudson (NY) Quadricentennial Committee.