Hudson River

Hudson River

Landscape: After visiting the historic Huguenot Street, I was impressed with the diversity of the landscape. I have created a comparative analysis of the early and present landscape of the New Palz area based upon information obtained from the tour and personal research. On Huguenot Street, the present landscape showed diverse growth with countless trees and different plants. The tour guide made it abundantly clear that the original landscape of the historical Huguenot colony was never filled with the lavish landscape growth of today. History tells us that the initial landscape purchased from the Esopus natives consisted of rich fertile farm land, which the Huguenot leaders intended on building a prosperous agricultural community. Numerous cash crops were cultivated daily on the endless flood plains. Pictures of the Jean Hasbrouck household were passed around our group from the early 1900’s, which depicted the miles of farm land accessible to the Huguenot community. This informs us that the Huguenot community landscape has evolved drastically within the past few centuries from fertile farm land to the plentiful growth that we know today. The field trip to Huguenot Street was a very positive, educational experince. My favorite part of the tour was the historical churchyard. Being from Florida, it's not likely to see churchyards filled with people that have been dead for over three hundred plus years. You watch movies that depict the Revolutionary War period and yesterday I stood over a particular grave that had lived during that time. It amazes me that some of these places are still standing and accessible to the public. Our tour guide was very knowledgable of the Huguenot community history and provided us with valuable material for our research assignments. She handed out authentic pictures from the Hasbrouck house to give us a visual comparsion of the original and remodel. Overall, the field trip was very enjoyable and I felt fortunate to experience historical...

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