As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Sanford Robinson Gifford is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his connections to the Hudson River school.

Analysis of Cole's famous landscape of a bow-shaped bend in a river conveys all the essential qualities that typify works by Hudson River school artists.

Site from NY DEC gives general information on estuaries and their ecological importance to the NY and NJ coastal areas. Gives more specific information on the Peconic Estuary and the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary, with a focus on...

Profiles the life and career of Thomas Cole, an Anglo-American landscape painter who was a founder of the Hudson River School.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Thomas Doughty, American landscape painter who was associated with the Hudson River School.

Biographical account covers the life and career of George Inness, American landscape painter and a member of the Hudson River School.

Ironically, Henry Hudson, English explorer, was in the employ of the Dutch West India Company when he explored what is now the New York area. Read about the colony the Dutch established at the mouth of the Hudson River and see how the...

Find out about Dutch exploration and settlement in the area explored by Henry Hudson. Scrolling through will take you to information about New Netherland and the settling of New Sweden which later became Maryland.

This site provides a brief introduction to the river system and canals of Ohio. Includes a history of the canal system, details and maps of the drainage throughout the state, and how the river systems are used today.

Kids learn about the major rivers of the United States including the Mississippi, Missouri, Rio Grande, Colorado, and the Hudson. Geography of the US.

A map of the region explored by Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson south of the St. Lawrence River in 1609. The map shows the area from the St. Lawrence down the Richenlieu south to Lake Champlain to the southernmost point reached by...

A map of the Hudson River area from West Point to the Long Island Sound showing the Revolutionary War posts along the river, including West Point, Peekskill, Verplanck's Point, Stony Point, New York, Brooklyn, and the forts Montgomery,...

A road map of Hudson, New York, from the 1920 Automobile Club of Rochester, showing the Hudson River, principal roads, railroads and stations, ferry route, parks, cemeteries, and major landmarks.

A road map of Hudson, New York, from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing the Hudson River, principal roads, railroads and stations, ferry route, parks, cemeteries, and major landmarks.

Henry Hudson was an explorer who discovered the Hudson River.

A map of the forts along the Hudson River during the American Revolution from West Point to Stony Point.

Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the early trade routes used in western Canada before the construction of the railway. The site also provides digital maps showing the locations of the land and...

A comprehensive site on the colonization of New Netherland by the Dutch. Find maps, pictures, and artifacts on this interesting tour.

A great museum with a wonderful collection. See works of art, schedule tours for students, and see current (and past) exhibitions. Located in Hartford, Connecticut.

A book by Virginia Baker that was published in 1907. It tells the story of a Dutch settler child's life 200 years previously. It recounts Henry Hudson's discovery of the Hudson River, which paved the way for the Dutch settlement of New...

Read about the Dutch colonization of the Hudson River Valley in this comprehensive essay about the Dutch in America. Pages 3-7 deal with the Dutch colonies.

Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time....

American Civil War battleground, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.

A digitized reprint of the Red River Settlement's census in 1834 is presented in this National Library of Canada website. This census includes all immigrants from the original land grant given to Lord Selkirk and under control of the...