Mobissimo

Back in the founding days for the United States, well even way before 1776, New York was a backwater, the grounds for trappers and riches seekers.  The Hudson Valley was a major waterway, but little explored.  Today, the Hudson Valley celebrates 400 years of discovery, read more here via Yahoo!

ALBANY, N.Y. – When explorer Henry Hudson got as far north as he could go on the waterway that would later bear his name, he didn't stick around long or wander much beyond the riverbank.

"They did not venture far from shore," said William "Chip" Reynolds, captain of the Half Moon, a full-scale replica of the ship that Hudson, an Englishman, sailed for the Dutch during his 1609 voyage to the New World.