... the record back to the mid-seventeenth century.Accordingly, consistent with the focus of thisvolume, Environmental History of the Hudson Val-ley, and the four hundred-year anniversary of the arrival ... HenshawCHAPTER 19Birth of the Environmental Movementin the Hudson River Valley 279Albert K. ButzelCHAPTER 20 The Influence of the Hudson River School of Art in the Preservation of the River,Its Natural ... activity, in the western end of the blocknear Whitehall, was matched by a zone of boat re-pair and construction facilities fronting the easternend of the block at the outlet of the ditch or“Graft,”...