When Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson River in 1609, laying claim to the valley for the Dutch Crown, the east bank of the river had been home for centuries to the Wappinger Indians and other members of the Algonquin Federation. They called one of their encampments Poughkeepsie, "the reed-covered lodge by the little water place". In 1683, the colonial assembly established the twelve original counties of New York. Dutchess was among them, named after Mary of Modena, then Dutchess of York and wife of the future King James II of England. The county's name derives from the seventeenth-century spelling of "duchess".
This cache is near, but not in the rock wall.
This cache was placed for the "Run Wild in the Park" event on 5/7/22.