Editing Peekskill, New York (section)

==History==

===Pre-Revolution===
In September 1609, English explorer [[Henry Hudson]], captain of the ''[[Halve Maen (ship)|Half Moon]]'', anchored along the reach of the [[Hudson River]] at Peekskill. His first mate noted in the ship's log that it was a "very pleasant place to build a town".<ref>{{Citation  | last = Sandler   | first = Corey   | title =  Henry Hudson Dreams and Obsession   | publisher = Citadel Press   | year = 2007   | isbn = 978-0806528533   }}</ref> After the establishment of the province of [[New Netherland]], [[New Amsterdam]] resident Jan Peeck made the first recorded contact with the [[Lenape]] people of this area, then identified as "Sachoes".{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} The date is not certain (possibly early 1640s), but agreements and merchant transactions took place, formalized in the Ryck's Patent Deed of April 21, 1685.
[[File:BookRecords190L.jpg|thumb|First page of Ryck's patent with the name of Sachem Sirham, chief of the Sachoes.]] Peekskill'' derives from a combination of Peeck's surname and the Dutch word for stream, ''[[kill (creek)|kil]]'' or ''kill''.