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Hudson River school
(Encyclopedia) Hudson River school, group of American landscape painters, working from 1825 to 1875. The 19th-century romantic movements of England, Germany, and France were introduced to the United…Bear Mountain
(Encyclopedia) Bear Mountain, peak, 1,284 ft (391 m) high, SE N.Y., overlooking the Hudson River. The Bear Mt. section of the Palisades Interstate Park (see under Palisades), with facilities for both…Doughty, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Doughty, Thomas, 1793–1856, American painter of the Hudson River school, b. Philadelphia. Although self-taught, he was one of the first American landscape painters to win widespread…Storm King
(Encyclopedia) Storm King, mountain, 1,355 ft (413 m) high, SE N.Y., on the west shore of the Hudson River near West Point. It is included in the Palisades Interstate Parks.Hudson, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Hudson, river, c.315 mi (510 km) long, rising in Lake Tear of the Clouds, on Mt. Marcy in the Adirondack Mts., NE N.Y., and flowing generally S to Upper New York Bay at New York City;…Marcy, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Marcy, Mount, 5,344 ft (1,629 m) high, NE N.Y., in the Adirondack Mts.; highest peak in the state. Lake Tear of the Clouds, on its southern slope, is the source of the main headstream…Erskine, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Erskine, Robert, 1735–80, geographer and surveyor general to the American Revolutionary army, b. Dunfermline, Scotland. His several hundred detailed maps of the region W of the Hudson…Cliffside Park
(Encyclopedia) Cliffside Park, borough (2020 pop. 25,693), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Palisades above the Hudson River, opposite New York City; inc.…Constitution Island
(Encyclopedia) Constitution Island, in the Hudson River opposite West Point, SE N.Y.; part of the U.S. Military Academy. The ruins of Fort Constitution, built in 1775, are there. During the American…Tenafly
(Encyclopedia) TenaflyTenaflytĕnˈəflī [key], affluent residential borough (1990 pop. 13,326), Bergen co., NE N.J.; settled 1640, inc. 1894. It is a suburb lying along the Palisades and the east bank…Trending
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