The Hudson Through the Years Book

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