VILLAGE OF CROTON - ON - HUDSON NEW YORK Mayor Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Treasurer ALBERT ROZELL F. EARL LEACH FORDYCE E. EDWARDS FRED B. DORNER MILLARD K. BEYER FRANK FINNERTY Clerk Village Attorney Chief of Police Police Justice Water Works Supt . Recreation Director Supt . of Public Works Building Inspector Assessor Assessor Assessor JOSEPH A. ZERELLO CARL R. D'ALVIA GEORGE DOBBS , JR . JOHN J. SLATTERY BURLIN MUNSON RALPH DAMIANO JOSEPH GILBERT ALAN MacDOUGALL LEONARD W. SHARPE SALVATORE VASSALLO WILLIAM A. PORTCHMOUTH A Brief Historical Sketch of Croton - on - Hudson By O. Wendell Hogue and Veronica Gilbert Agne The Beginning For hundreds of years , no one knows how long , the Kitchewan In- dians lived in what is now Croton- on - Hudson . Arrowheads and various implements which have been found on Croton Point in recent years bear evidence of the inhabitance of the Indians in this area . They roam- ed the forests , picked fruit , hunted wild animals for food and clothing and caught fish in the river . History records little of their activities in this region . The First White Man Contrary to popular opinion , the first white man to sail up the Hud- son River was Giovanni Da Verra- zano , the explorer . He discovered New York Bay and sailed his boat some distance up the river in 1524. * For some years after this French navigators sailed up the river to trade with the Indians , and while history does not record where they stopped , one naturally concludes that they could hardly have avoided stopping at Croton Point . They did not settle here , however , as did the Dutch and English later . The Advent of Henry Hudson The popular history of our com- munity begins on September 3 , 1609 .