OUR HERITAGE
• American Indian tribes settled the valley
• Escaped slaves find support, refuge on way to freedom
• Hudson River School artists find inspiration in those hills
• History and government in the Hudson Valley
• Dutchess' rich heritage reflects growth of nation
• NAACP nurtured in Amenia
• By the time we got to Woodstock, music and hope united
• Poughkeepsie Journal's mission timeless

Revolutionary War
• The Revolutionary War and the Hudson Valley
• New Windsor steeped in early U.S. history
• Alone in the wilds, 'Madam' Brett thrived

Environmental delights
• Visitors can explore on bike, boat or foot
• Wing's castle is man's home
• Eruptions splintered unlikely castle on Bannerman Island
• Historic Mt. Beacon resort affords striking scenic views
• Rocks serve as snapshot of valley's timeline
• Dan Smiley put love, respect of land first
• Vigilant lighthouses reflect Hudson that was, and is
• Struggles define railroad bridge's 126-year history
• Burroughs' 'Boyhood Rock' tales send geologist on quest
• Region's waterfalls soothe, inspire
• Innisfree Garden blends beauty and art
• Recreation and education team up at Cary arboretum

High-tech trippers
• Area's talent moved leader of Big Blue

U.S. Military Academy

• Sites, museums boast deep history of influential American figures
• Hidden treasures spice up the Hudson Valley
• Historic Hyde Park strives to mix past, future

U.S. Military Academy at West Point
• West Point proudly stands tall
• Academy trained military engineers
• West Point bridges military past and future
• West Point known for history, scenery

• Hudson Valley home to nation's visionaries
• Leaders shaped face of the valley
• Doris Kearns Goodwin: Best presidents inspire the nation
• Hudson Valley's rich and famous

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt
• FDR always proud of valley roots
• FDR left mark on nation — and area's buildings
• FDR legacy molds policy of present
• Radio launched new era of political persuasion
• Roosevelt's life, death still mystify
• Together, Burroughs and Roosevelt champion nature

Eleanor Roosevelt
• First lady's dream of rights unfulfilled
• Roosevelt's touch felt around the world

George Washington
• Washington conquers hurdles in Newburgh
• Washington got around the region

Matthew Vassar
• Family's generosity is all around us
• Vassar realized women's need for college study

• Martin Van Buren - Van Buren known as political manager
• Marquis de Lafayette - Dutchess embraces Lafayette, hero of American Revolution
• Smith Brothers - Smiths' famous drops born in Poughkeepsie
• Samuel F.B. Morse - Morse's genius sparks a revolution
• Frederick Vanderbilt - Hyde Park estate persistent lure to Vanderbilt, wife
• Isabella Van Waegner - Sojourner Truth led rights fight
• Pete Seeger - Seeger powers dream of a better river
• Norman Vincent Peale - Peale accentuated the positive
• Washington Irving - Washington Irving's stories have timeless appeal
• Henry Hudson - Pursuit of shortcut opened the Hudson
• Sybil Ludington - Sybil's brave ride meets test of legends
• Andrew Jackson Downing - Downing etched indelible mark on nation's landscape
• Frederic Church - Church’s art takes form as Persian villa
• Thomas Cole - Treasures of Cole's come out of hiding
• John Burroughs - Burroughs' noble legacy spans nation, generations
• Livingston Family - Livingstons' mark is indelible
• John Miller - Aviator's dream born in a field 89 years ago
• Maria Mitchell - Mitchell pushed Vassar to astronomy forefront

• Ivy halls adorn valley landscape
• Dr. Bard's touch felt in college’s creation
• On highest hill, a place for learning exists
• New Paltz school shaped generation of state's teachers
• West Point the nation's oldest service academy
• Marist Brothers couldn't have foreseen high-tech future
• Culinary Institute has been whipping up chefs since '46
• Bard's philosophy same as in 1860: Learning as a way of life
• Mount Saint Mary celebrating more than 40 years
• DCC founded by, and for, citizenry
• Expanding Ulster college answers call of changing county
• A promise of equal education fulfilled at Vassar