Tag: Hudson Highlands

Critical Thinking Posted on July 1, 2020June 29, 2020

Lessons from an Outbreak: Smallpox in the Hudson Highlands, 1781

On January 20, 1781, near New Windsor in the Hudson Highlands of New York, Dr. Samuel Adams wrote a brief entry in the diary he had kept throughout his service as a surgeon attached to the Continental Army’s artillery: “inoculated my waiter and three children of Mr. Smith for the smallpox.”[1] Adams did not seem […]

by Steven Elliott

Critical Thinking Posted on November 20, 2013August 28, 2016

Too Little, Too Late: Battle of the Hudson Highlands

On late summer days, sailboats of all sizes dot the Hudson River like so many white specks against a blue-gray background. But when the changeable weather of October arrives the river can become an unpredictable waterway, covered in mist or heavy fog. In the Hudson Highlands, a majestic series of mountains beginning about a third […]

by Steven Paul Mark