Cole took a steamship up the Hudson in the autumn of 1825 , the same year the Erie Canal opened , stopping first at West Point , then at Catskill landing .
The artist Thomas Cole is generally acknowledged as the founder of the Hudson River School .
Thomas Cole took a steamship up the Hudson in the autumn of 1825 , the same year the Erie Canal opened , stopping first at West Point , then at Catskill landing .
The artist Thomas Cole is generally acknowledged as the founder of the Hudson River School .