“Po-can-tee-co,” or dark swift river running between two hills in Algonquin, was first charted in 1609 by Henry Hudson, as he and the crew of the Half Moon made their historic voyage in search of the Northwest Passage. Sailing up what would become known as the Hudson River, he anchored at the mouth of the Po-can-tee-co tributary, and its discovery led settlers to the fertile Pocantico Hills that became an early hub of agricultural development in New Amsterdam (www.pocanticohills.org/history/toll.htm).
Today, the region is home to the Rockefeller estate of Kykuit, the World Heritage site of Phillipsburg Manor, the original landmarks made famous by Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the majestic Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a working farm and non-profit educational center for advancement of sustainable agriculture.
It is also the place Pocantico Resources calls home. When our founders laid the cornerstone of the company in 2004, it seemed only fitting that the venture reflect the heritage of bountiful harvest and agricultural resourcefulness that inspired their vision of what a 21st century company should be.
Today, the region is home to the Rockefeller estate of Kykuit, the World Heritage site of Phillipsburg Manor, the original landmarks made famous by Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the majestic Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a working farm and non-profit educational center for advancement of sustainable agriculture.
It is also the place Pocantico Resources calls home. When our founders laid the cornerstone of the company in 2004, it seemed only fitting that the venture reflect the heritage of bountiful harvest and agricultural resourcefulness that inspired their vision of what a 21st century company should be.
