Saugerties

Ever since Governor Andros negotiated a deal with the Esopus tribe in 1677, Saugerties, strategically located between the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River, has lured entrepreneurs, visionaries, and working folk. It was for centuries a no-nonsense mix of agrarian and early industry, where farmers harvested ice from the Hudson in winter, quarried bluestone and brick from surrounding hills, milled lumber, and made paper. With one of the few deepwater ports along the river, Saugerties was once a thriving riverfront town, loading its wares onto southern-bound steamboats and building racing sloops.