Transforming Hempstead Plains

In partnership with the Jacob Leisler Institute, the Hudson Area Library presents a talk with Professor Jennifer Anderson exploring the historical transformations of Hempstead Plains–the only prairie in the northeast. Celebrated as a natural wonder by early Dutch and English settlers, these vast grasslands were initially regarded as a valuable shared resource, then as a barren wasteland, and now–long vanished–as one of the United State’s most populous suburbs.