“When the dream-plane leaves its hanger,
Outward bound o’er land and sea,
And the pilot questions ‘Whither?’
Always shall my answer be –
To the valley where the Hudson’s
Mighty waters ebb and flow,
‘Shatemuc’ the Red-man called it
In the days of long ago.
There on hillside and in valley
Villages and cities rest,
‘Beautiful for situation,
’Gems on mother nature’s breast.”
— Cornelia F. Bedell,
To the Hudson and its Valleys, 1941
