The Story of New Netherland: Dutch Colony 1624 – 1644 via Zoom by historian and former teacher Thomas Riley of New Jersey. This presentation traces the history of the Dutch Colony from the early explorations of Henry Hudson in 1609 to the Village of New Amsterdam (New York City) governed by Peter Stuyvesant, to the spread of settlers throughout the colony into the Hudson Valley and beyond. Local Sullivan and Ulster County Dutch history will also be explored.
