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3 dagen geleden · In 1812, Putnam County was detached from Dutchess. From 1683 to 1715 most of the settlers in Dutchess County were Dutch. Many of these moved in from Albany and Ulster Counties. They settled along the Fishkill River and in the areas that are now Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck. From 1715 to 1730 most of the new settlers in Dutchess county were Germans.
2 dagen geleden · Orange County is in southeastern New York State, directly north of the New Jersey-New York border, west of the Hudson River, east of the Delaware River and northwest of New York City. It borders the New York counties of Dutchess , Putnam , Rockland , Sullivan , Ulster , and Westchester , as well as Passaic and Sussex counties in New ...
- November 1, 1683; 339 years ago
- William III of Orange
4 dagen geleden · Dutchess County is located at the center of New York’s beautiful and historic Hudson River Valley. Just 90 miles south of Albany and 80 miles north of Manhattan, New York City. Dutchess County renowned for historic landmarks (including the home and museum of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill retreat and the ...
2 dagen geleden · Upstate New York has a long shared border with the Canadian province of Ontario stretching from Western New York across Northern New York. It is primarily divided by water boundaries along Lake Erie , the Niagara River , Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River .
4 dagen geleden · Next, check out 27 Historic Estates to Visit in New York’s Hudson Valley and explore Inside the Abandoned Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Also view our Guide to Kingston in NY’s ...
3 dagen geleden · About The History of Poughkeepsie, New York. The site of Poughkeepsie was purchased from Native Americans in 1686 by Robert Sanders, an Englishman, and Myndert Harmense Van Den Bogaerdt, a New Netherland-born Dutchman. The first settlers were the families of Barent Baltus Van Kleeck and Hendrick Jans van Oosterom.
2 dagen geleden · One-quarter of Orange County is open space with vast parks that offer recreation from golf and tennis to hiking, biking, and kayaking. We are the only county in New York located between two rivers, the Delaware for canoeing and rafting, and the Hudson for cruising (we have 2 excursion boats). Between those rivers, the interior rolling hills of ...
