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Founded by Thomas Cole in the 19th century, the Hudson River School featured American landscape and wilderness painters.
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Catskill Mountains
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Poughkeepsie
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Reference Sources in the Library

A Digital Tour of Poughkeepsie
Call Number: DVD 974.733 F573d
Publication Date: 2006
"A Digital Tour of Poughkeepsie is an attempt to understand the City of Poughkeepsie as a small urban center that has an important human history and continues to evolve over time."
Mid-Hudson Valley Through Our Eyes by Pediment Publishing (Compiled by)
Call Number: 974.733 P872
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
A pictorial history of the Hudson Valley as published by the Poughkeepsie Journal

Local Newspaper Links

The Daily Freeman
Newspaper publication based out of Kingston, NY
Newsday
Newspaper based out of Long Island
The Poughkeepsie Journal
Local paper based out of Poughkeepsie, NY
Times Union
Capital Region News

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Departmental Information

The Department of History, Government and Economics

Local News and History is part of the HGE Department, which is located in Hudson Hall, H-403.

Department Phone: (845) 431-8522

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