Winter on the Hudson River

Winter on the Hudson River

This piece draws from Benson John Lossing's 1866 classic The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea, documenting a strikingly different winter landscape along the Hudson River compared to modern times.

Lossing describes arriving at Peek's Kill Bay on a cold moonlit evening, where "the river presented a smooth surface of strong ice" and young skaters glided across the frozen expanse. The following morning brought crowds of all ages enjoying winter sports—skating, ice-

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