The Algonquins christened the Hudson River “The River that Flows Both Ways,” while Congress called the Hudson River Valley “the fountainhead of a truly American identity.” When explorer Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson River on his ship, the Half Moon, his crewmembers reported that the lands were as “pleasant with grass and flowers and goodly trees as ever they had seen.” Since then, the Hudson River Valley has inspired and delighted generations, from the mid-19th century Hudson River School landscape painters to iconic American authors such as Nathanial Hawthorne; from presidents such as Teddy Roosevelt to industrial barons such as the Rockefellers.
 

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