Page 40 of Hudson Valley Region - County Scenic & Historic Drive Tours by Dutchess County Tourism

tour 7 tour 7 mount gulian historic site tallix inc madame brett homestead welcome to wappingers falls fishkill beacon and east fishkill wappinger takes its name from the wappinger indians beacon is named for its nearby mountain landmark and who lived in dutchess along the hudson settled in the 18th c and established as a town in 1875 it measures 27.05 square miles and includes the village of wappingers falls new hackensack hughsonville chelsea myers corners and stringham mill the wappinger and sprout creeks as well as the hudson river and king s highway rt 9 made the area appealing for early industry grain and timber mills became commercial and population centers eventually replaced by larger and more diverse industry farms gave way to suburbia and shopping malls along the old king s road today a multi-lane highway fishkill is named for the creek that drains its area in dutch was created as a city in 1913 the city measures 5.5 square miles with fishkill creek its main waterway the ferry to newburgh was a key transportation link during the american revolution mt beacon visible for miles around and used for beacon fires that warned of troop movements during the revolution saw manufacturing growth and developed as an attraction in the 19th and 20th c beacon s leaders recognize its beauty history and architecture as most important assets east fishkill was divided out of fishkill in 1849 meaning fish creek established in 1788 it measures 35.36 square miles centers fishkill village glenham brinckerhoff and dutchess junction waterways fishkill and clove creeks european squatters began settling here in the late 17th c the terrain provided a rallying point for washington s forces during the american revolution farming milling and mining were early industries with textiles taking advantage of the area s waterpower in the 19th c today industry is technology and research-based measuring 53.10 square miles its centers are hopewell junction stormville and wiccopee waterways fishkill and sprout creeks sparsely settled this was the home of the last sachem leader of the wappinger daniel nimham and was on the route of sybill luddington s ride to call out revolutionary forces against the british in 1777 east fishkill remained a farming community until ibm began to develop its semi conductor manufacturing plant on rt 52 in the 1960s 40

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