The view of The Park and the Olana House from the middle of the frozen lake, January 2025Inbocht Bay and “the bend in the river” (right) and the Olana Lake (left), October 2018An Olana visitor admires the “Bend in the River,” October 2014
The Becraft Hills, looking east from Ridge Road. At left: the ruins of the Universal Atlas Cement Co., on Route 9Land transaction no. 57, as recorded in Shirley W. Dunn’s important book “The Mohicans and Their Land, 1609-1730.” It’s plausible Becraft Mountain was part of this transaction.
“View of Hudson City and the Catskill Mountains,” 1881. Artist: W.H. Bartlett; Engraver: Robert Brandard. New York Public Library Digital CollectionsWarren Street, as Frederic Church would have known it. At left: City Hall, today’s Hudson Hall. Photo Courtesy Hudson HallThe Hudson Sperm Oil and Candle Factory, 1841, from the front page of Rural Repository, April 10, 1841View across the river of the town of Athens from the Hudson Iron WorksThe former grain elevator on the Hudson waterfront, a relic of the city’s industrial past, August 2025Stone barges at the Colarusso dock complex, waiting to be shipped on the river. In the background the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, August 2025
City Hall, today’s Hudson Hall, in 1871. Source: Map of the City of Hudson, NY, Alex S. Rowley, Draftsman. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. Warren Street, as Frederic Church would have known it with City Hall, today’s Hudson Hall, at left. Photo Courtesy Hudson Hall
