Families

Farming Families of Red Hook

Explore the history of agricultural change in the Hudson Valley by following the narratives of these farming families from northern Dutchess County, New York. Each family farm demonstrates the different approaches that growers in the Hudson Valley have taken over the past 250 years through the way ownership passed through the generations, how each used the land, who they employed, and the kinds of products they grew.

Fraleigh

The Fraleigh family at Rose Hill contributed to the development and changes in the agriculture of the Hudson Valley for the more than two hundred years that they spent farming in Red Hook, New York.

Teator & Losee

By following these two Red Hook families through the early twentieth century, we see significant technological and commercial advancements as well as a number of difficulties faced by apples growers in the Hudson Valley.

Delafield

Under the Delafield family, as with previous Livingston/Montgomery generations, Montgomery Place retained the structure of a riverside manor, with a landowner overseeing the property and employees managing and doing the work.