Note: circa 1979. This is the south river bank of the City of Poughkeepsie looking at the Hudson River.
History:The site of Poughkeepsie was first settled by a Dutchman, Barent Baltus, before 1659. It was founded in 1687 by his son, Baltus Barent van Kleeck, who built the first house of record there in 1702. The community was set off from the Town of Poughkeepsie when it became an incorporated village in 1799. The City of Poughkeepsie was chartered in 1854. Outside of municipal designations, the City and Town of Poughkeepsie are generally viewed as a single place, and are commonly referred to as Poughkeepsie, with a current combined population of approximately 75,000.
Spared from battle during the American Revolution, Poughkeepsie became the second capital of New York. In 1788 the Ratification Convention for New York State, which included, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay , and George Clinton, assembled at the courthouse on Market Street, debated and ratified the United States Constitution. With its ratification, New York entered the new union as the eleventh of the original thirteen colonies to join together as the United States of America.
Early on, the city was also a major center for whale rendering, and during the 1800s industry flourished through shipping, hatteries, papermills, and several breweries along the Hudson River, including some owned by, Matthew Vassar, founder of Vassar College. Due to the area’s natural beauty and proximity to New York City, families such as the, Astors, Rogers, and Vanderbilts built palatial weekend homes nearby. The city is also home to the oldest continuously operating entertainment venue in the state, the Bardavon 1869 Opera House.
This was taken from the south river bank of the City of Poughkeepsie looking at the Hudson River. The City of Poughkeepsie is in the western part of Dutchess County; Up State New York, and is bordered by the Hudson River on the west and by the Town of Poughkeepsie on the north, east and south. The name derives from a native american word, meaning "the reed covered lodge by the little-water place," referring to a spring or stream feeding into the Hudson River, south of the present downtown area. Poughkeepsie is known as "The Queen City of the Hudson."
The image was painted with an Asahi Pentax ME 35mm film camera, using a Pentax SMC Pentax-m 50mm f/1.4 lens. The negative was scanned into digital jpeg format.
Gus, I like the history lesson-very interesting-But I love your shot!Just my kind of thing-The lack of color only adds to the color punches in scene! Nice!!!!
Motif: Snow - "Poughkeepsie On The Hudson"
