Thank you, Cliff. What a great picture - it really puts matters into perspective. I'm bothered by the lack of the hill, though. State Street and the present capitol building would be outside the walls, to the right, I guess? So the fort was all between what's now Madison and State, or even less? Still, when someone says a church was in the Pastures neighborhood, it seems too vague. Everything outside must have been pastures. Interesting ... Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> To: <nyalbany@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 2:11 AM Subject: [NYALBANY] Fort Orange & The Pastures of Albany > http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/exploration/bogaert.jpg > > Len Tantillo, well-known local artist living in Rensselaer County (near > Albany), has created many historically accurate paintings. Take a look > at his painting of Fort Orange. The boat could not be the Half Moon of > Henry Hudson, but it flies the Dutch flag (red-white-blue), so it is > probably similar. The fort is also flying the Dutch flag. > > Think of the left edge of the fort as being Madison Ave (on the south > side of the fort) which presently goes up the hill to the Museum (and > NYS Library and Archives). Think of the front of the fort as being the > present Broadway. Uphill, as well as to the left of the fort, were what > I think were the Pastures. Having been cleared of the trees, the area > was suitable for gardening and pasturing animals. To the right (north) > of the fort, some houses were built. These houses were not included in > Beverwyck which was constructed a little to the right of the area shown > in the painting and was surrounded by a stockade (palisade). > > If you are familiar with Albany, the fort's location will seem to be > much too close to the Hudson River. However, in later (relatively > modern) times, fill was added along the shore to extend the land out > into the river. > > Cliff Lamere > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ====NY-Albany Mailing List==== > Check out the mailing list's website > at:http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Albany/ > Add/check your Albany surnames on the Surname Registry. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYALBANY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message