_As Seen on the Hudson River Day Line Steamers._
_Desbrosses Street Pier._ On leaving landing a charming view is
obtained of New York Harbor with Bartholdi Statue to the south.
_Stevens Castle._ Above Jersey City docks on the west, crowning a
commanding site.
_St. Michael's Monastery_, or Monastery of the Passionist Fathers, on
west bank above Elysian Fields; distinguished by large dome and towers
of the St. Paul (London) style of architecture. This dome is 300 feet
high, and its summit is 515 feet above the Hudson.
_42d Street Pier._ Midway to the dwellers of Greater New York and
convenient to all Elevated, Subway and Trolley Lines.
_Weehawken_, on the west bank, about opposite 50th Street. Near the
river bank was the scene of the Hamilton and Burr duel, 1804.
_Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument_, 89th Street, New York. Dedicated
May 30, 1902. Corner stone laid in 1900 by President Roosevelt when
Governor.
_Columbia University._ Stately buildings on east bank.
_St. Luke's Hospital._ Beautiful dome in the distance southeast of
college.
_The Cathedral of St. John the Divine_, now in construction, will be
one of the finest structures in the world.
_General Grant's Tomb_ at Riverside Drive and 123d Street.
_129th Street Pier._ Above this landing is the Steel Viaduct of the
Boulevard Drive.
* * *
The land that from the rule of kings
In freeing us itself made free,
Our old world sister to us brings
Her sculptured dream of liberty.
_John G. Whittier._
* * *
_Carmansville_ (where Audubon, the ornithologist lived), a city suburb
at 152d Street.
_Trinity Cemetery_, 152d Street, and above this Audubon Park.
_Old Fort Washington_ once crowned the hills on the east bank. Fort
Lee was almost opposite on the southern point of the Palisades.
_Stewart Castle_, east bank, formerly owned by A. T. Stewart.
_University of City of New York_ with dome, in distance.
_Inwood._ Station on the Hudson River Railroad, above the heights.
Place once known as Tubbie Hook.
_Palisades_, on west bank, extend fifteen miles from Fort Lee to
Piermont, a sheer wall of trap rock from 300 to 500 feet high.
_Spuyten Duyvil_, on east bank northern boundary of Manhattan Island.
_Site of Fort Independence_, east bank, on height north of Spuyten
Duyvil.
_Riverdale Station._ Station on the Hudson River Railroad above
Spuyten Duyvil. Yonkers rising on the green slope to the north; and
the Palisades blending in the far distance with green headlands of the
Ramapo Range.
_Convent of Mount St. Vincent._ The gray, castle-like structure in
front, was once the home of Edwin Forrest.
_Yonkers_, seventeen miles from Battery.
_Greystone_, on east bank, crowning hill, about one and a half miles
north of Yonkers. Once property of Samuel J. Tilden.
_Hastings_, pleasant village on east bank.
_Indian Head_ (510 feet), opposite Hastings, highest point of
Palisades.
_Dobb's Ferry_, on east bank, named after an old Swedish ferryman.
_Cottinet Place_, on east bank, built of stone brought from France.
Easily distinguished by light shade through trees.
_George L. Schuyler's Residence_, near east bank. The late Col. James
A. Hamilton's house almost east of Mr. Schuyler's. Stiner's place
distinguished by its large dome.
* * *
From this brow of rock
That overlooks the Hudson's western marge,
I gaze upon the long array of groves,
The piles and gulfs of verdure drinking in the grateful heat.
_William Cullen Bryant._
* * *
_Ardsley_, on east bank, just above Dobb's Ferry.
_Ardsley Club_ and Golf Links.
_Irvington_, 24 miles from New York, named after Washington Irving.
_Piermont_, on west bank, with pier almost one mile in length
extending into river.
_Sunnyside_, home of Washington Irving, east bank, one-half mile north
of Irvington Station, close to river bank and scarcely seen through
the trees.
_Helen M. Gould's Residence_, east bank, prominent Abbey-like
structure, known as "Lyndehurst."
_Tarrytown_, east bank, 26 miles from New York.
_Nyack_, west bank, opposite Tarrytown.
_J. D. Rockefeller's New Home_ on Kykuit or Kake-out Mt. back of
Tarrytown.
_Tappan Zee_, reaching from Dobb's Ferry to Croton Point, is about
three miles wide at Tarrytown.
_Sleepy Hollow_, east bank, north of Tarrytown; burial place of
Washington Irving. The tall shaft visible from steamer, erected by the
Delavan family, is near his grave.
_Kingsland Point_, east bank, above lighthouse.
_Rockwood_, home of William Rockefeller. One of the most imposing
residences on the river.
_Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard's Residence_, on east bank.
_Ramapo Mountains_, on west side above Nyack, known as "Point No
Point."
_Ossining_, on east bank, six miles north of Tarrytown. Prison
buildings are near the river below the village.
_Rockland Lake_, opposite Sing Sing, between two hills; source of the
Hackensack River.
_Croton River_, on east bank, meets the Hudson one mile above Sing
Sing; crossed by drawbridge of the Hudson River Railroad.
_Teller's Point._ That part of Croton Point which juts into the Hudson.
This point separates Tappan Zee from Haverstraw Bay.
* * *
O Tappan Zee! with peaceful hills,
And slumbrous sky and drowsy air,
Thy calm and restful spirit stills
The heart weighed down with weary care.
_Wallace Bruce_.
* * *
_Haverstraw Bay_, widest part of the river; over four miles in width.
_West Shore R. R. Tunnel_ under mountain.
_West Shore Railroad_, west bank, meets the Hudson south of
Haverstraw.
_Haverstraw_, on west bank, with two miles of brickyards.
_Treason Hill_, where Arnold and Andre met at the house of Joshua Hett
Smith, northwest of Haverstraw.
_Stony Point_, west bank. Lighthouse built on site and from the
material of old fort captured from British by Anthony Wayne in 1778.
_Verplank's Point_, on east shore, full of brickyards. It was here
Baron Steuben drilled the soldiers of '76.
_Tompkin's Cove_, on west bank. Lime kilns and quarries.
_Peekskill_, east bank, pleasantly located on Peekskill Bay.
_New York State Encampment_, on bluff north of Peekskill Creek.
_Kidd's Point_, on west bank, where steamer enters Highlands almost at
a right angle.
_Dunderberg Mountain_, west bank, forming with Manito Mountain on the
east southern portal of Highlands.
_Iona Island_, former pleasure resort for excursions, now converted to
Government use.
_The Race._ The river channel is so termed by navigators, between Iona
Island and the east bank.
_Anthony's Nose_, east bank, with railroad tunnel.
_Montgomery Creek_, on west side, empties into the Hudson about
opposite the point of Anthony's Nose. _Fort Clinton_ was on the south
side of this creek, and _Fort Montgomery_ on the north side.
_J. Pierpont Morgan's Residence_, on west bank.
_Sugar-Loaf_, east bank, resembling an old "sugar-loaf" to one looking
north from Anthony's Nose.
* * *
From Stony Point to Bemis Height,
From Saratoga to the sea,
We trace the lines, now dark, now bright,
From seventy-six to eighty-three.
_Wallace Bruce._
* * *
_Beverley Dock_, at foot of Sugar-Loaf, from which point Arnold fled
to the "Vulture."
_Lady-Cliff Academy_, (west side) on bluff.
_Hamilton Fish's Residence_, on hill, east side.
_William H. Osborne's Residence_, on east bank; house with pointed
tower north of Sugar-Loaf.
_Sam Sloan's_ lookout tower, east side, on top of mountain. Residence
on hillside below.
_Buttermilk Falls_, on west bank.
_West Point_, 50 miles from New York, Academy Buildings and Parade
Grounds.
_Memorial Hall_, building on bluff above landing.
_Kosciusko's Garden_ with monument and spring below Memorial.
_Garrison_, opposite West Point on east bank.
_Fort Putnam_ (596 feet), above the Hudson on west.
_West Point Hotel_, west bank, wide outlook to the north.
_Battle Monument_, surmounted by Statue of "Victory."
_Constitution Island_, on east bank; chain was thrown across the river
at this point during the Revolution.
_Old Cro' Nest_, picturesque mountain north of West Point on west
bank.
_Cold Spring_, on east bank, opposite Old Cro' Nest.
_Undercliff_, once the home of George P. Morris, on slope north of
Cold Spring.
_Break Neck Mountain_, on east bank, from which point the Highlands
trend away to the northeast, known as the Beacon Mountains or the
Fishkill Range.
_Storm King_, on west bank, marking northern portal of the Highlands.
_Cornwall_, under the slope of Storm King.
_Pollopel's Island_, at northern portal of the Highlands.
_Idlewild_, above Cornwall, former home of N. P. Willis.
_Washington's Headquarters_, Newburgh, seen as the boat approaches the
city. A flag-staff marks the point.
_Newburgh_, west bank, 59 miles from New York.
_Fishkill Landing_, on east bank, opposite Newburgh.
* * *
Let us toast our foster-father, the Republic as you know--
Who in the path of science taught us upward for to go--
And the maidens of our native land whose cheeks like roses glow,
They're oft remembered in our songs, at Benny Havens--oh!
_Benny Havens, West Point._
* * *
_Low Point_ or _Carthage_, 4 miles above Fishkill.
_Devil's Dans Kammer_, point on west bank covered with cedars.
_New Hamburg_, above Low Point, on the east side.
_Hampton Point_, opposite New Hamburgh. Here are the finest white
cedars on the river.
_Irving Grinnell's Residence, "Netherwood,"_ east bank, just
distinguished through the trees.
_Shawangunk Mountains_, on the west side, reach away in the distance
toward the Catskills.
_Marlborough_ and _Milton_, on west bank.
_Locust Grove._ Home of the late Prof. S. F. B. Morse on east bank, with
square central tower.
_The Lookout_, a wooded hill owned by Poughkeepsie Cemetery.
_Livingston Place_, now occupied by a rolling mill.
_Vassar Brothers Hospital_, brick building on the hillside.
_Poughkeepsie_, 74 miles from New York.
_Poughkeepsie Bridge_, 12,608 feet in length. Track 212 feet above
tide-water.
_Mrs. John F. Winslow's Residence_, seen through opening of trees on
east bank.
_Hudson River State Hospital._ Large red buildings on east bank, two
miles north of Poughkeepsie.
_Hyde Park_, on the east side.
_Residence of Frederick W. Vanderbilt_, with white marble Corinthian
columns.
_Manresa Institute_, large building above Crum Elbow, on west side.
_A. R. Frothingham._ Grecian portico with columns.
_John Burrough's_ brown stone cottage, north of Frothingham's.
_The Novitiate of the Redemption Fathers_, a large new building on
west bank at Esopus.
_Staatsburgh, on east side._ Dock and ice houses in foreground.
* * *
While fashion seeks the islands
Encircled by the sea,
Taste finds the Hudson Highlands
More beautiful to see.
_George P. Morris._
* * *
_D. O. Mills' Mansion_, palatial residence on the east bank above
Staatsburgh.
_Dinsmore's Residence_, a large building charmingly located on
Dinsmore Point, east bank.
_Ellerslie_, residence of Ex-Vice-President Levi P. Morton, below
Rhinecliff.
_Rhinecliff_, on east bank.
_City of Kingston_, embraces Kingston and Rondout.
_Kingston Point._ Delightful park and picnic grounds near the landing.
_Old Beekman Place_, on east bank, a short distance above Rhinecliff.
One of the old Revolutionary houses.
_Ferncliff, Residence of John Jacob Astor._ Fine villa with pointed
tower.
_Out-of-Door Sports._ A large building on east bank, erected by Mr.
Astor.
_Garretson Place_, north of Ferncliff, on east bank.
_"Leacote," Douglas Merritt's Residence_, north of Clifton Point.
_Flatbush_, on west bank opposite Clifton Point.
_Rokeby, Residence of late William B. Astor_, above Astor's Point.
_Barrytown_, on east side.
_Aspinwall Place_, north of Barrytown, formerly John R. Livingston's
place.
_Montgomery Place_, east bank, among the trees.
"_Annandale_," name of John Bard's place. East of this is St.
Stephen's College, a training school for the ministry.
_Cruger's Residence_, on Cruger's Island--once called Lower Red Hook
Island.
_Tivoli_, on east side, 100 miles from New York.
_Glasco_, south of Tivoli on the west side.
_Saugerties_, on the west side.
_Idele_, property of Miss Clarkson, known as the old Chancellor Place,
on east bank.
_Hotel Kaaterskill_ is plainly seen from this point.
* * *
O would that she were here,
Sure Eden's garden-plot,
Did not embrace more varied charms
Than this romantic spot.
_George P. Morris._
* * *
_Malden_, above Saugerties, on west side.
_Clermont_, above Tivoli. The original Livingston manor.
_West Camp_, on west side, above Malden.
_Four County Island._ The "meeting point" of Dutchess, Columbia,
Greene and Ulster.
_Germantown_, on east side, 105 miles from New York.
_Man in the Mountain._ Between Germantown and Catskill we get a fine
view of the reclining giant, traced by the following outline:--the
peak to the south is the _knee_; the next to the north is the
_breast_; and two or three above this, the _chin_, the _nose_, and the
_forehead_.
_Roeliff Jansen's Kill_ meets the Hudson on east bank above what is
known by the pilots as Nine Mile Tree.
_Herman Livingston's Residence_, on point above.
_Catskill Creek_ joins the Hudson south of Catskill.
_Catskill_, 110 miles from New York. Route from this point to Catskill
Mountains, via Catskill Mountain Railroad.
_Prospect Park Hotel_, on west bank, north of Catskill.
_Cole's Grove_, north of Catskill. Here was the residence of Thomas
Cole, the artist.
_Frederick E. Church's Residence._ One of the most commanding sites
and finest residences, opposite Catskill.
_Rodger's Island_, on the east side, where the last battle was fought
between the Mohawks and the Mahicans.
_Mount Merino_, two miles north of Roger's Island.
_State Reformatory for Women_, on bluff south of Hudson.
_Hudson_, 115 miles from New York. Promenade Hill just north of
landing.
_Athens_, quiet village, on the west bank.
_Stockport._ On east side, four miles north of Hudson, near the mouth
of Columbiaville Creek, formed by the union of the Kinderhook and
Claverack Creeks.
_Four-mile Point._ On west side, about 125 feet high; four miles from
Hudson and four from Coxsackie.
_Coxsackie._ On west side, 8 miles from Hudson.
* * *
For while the beautiful moon arose,
And drifted the boat in the yellow beams,
My soul went down the river of thought
That flows in the mystic land of dreams.
_Richard Henry Stoddard._
* * *
_Newtown Hook_, opposite Coxsackie. The wooded point is called
Prospect Grove.
_Stuyvesant._ On the east side. Once called Kinderhook Landing.
_Schodack Island._ On east side, about two miles above Stuyvesant. The
island is about 3 miles long.
_New Baltimore._ About opposite the centre of Schodack Island; fifteen
miles from Hudson and fifteen from Albany. The Government dykes begin
opposite New Baltimore.
_Berren Island._ Site of the famous "Castle of Rensselaerstien."
_Coeymans._ Right above Berren Island. Above Coeymans is what is known
as the Coeyman's Cross Over.
_Shad Island._ The first island to the westward above Coeymans; 3
miles long; old Indian fishing ground.
_Castleton_, on east bank, in the town of Schodack.
_Mourdeners Kill_, a small stream which empties into the Hudson above
Castleton.
_Sunnyside Island_ near east bank.
_Cedar Hill_, above, on west bank.
_Staats Island_, settled by the Staats family before the arrival of
the Van Rensselaers.
_The Overslaugh_ reaches from Van Wies' Point (the first point above
Cedar Hill), on east bank, about two miles up the river.
_Albany_, 142 miles from New York, is now near at hand, and we see to
the south the Convent of the Sacred Heart; to the north the Cathedral,
the Capitol, the State House, the City Hall, etc.
_Rensselaer_, opposite. Connected with Albany by ferries two railroad
bridges, and carriage bridge.
_Old Van Rensselaer Place._ One of the Van Rensselaer houses on the
east bank, built before the Revolution. The tourist will note the port
holes on either side of the door as defense against Indians.
* * *
In love to the deep-bosomed stream of the west
I fling this loose blossom to float on its breast.
_Oliver Wendell Holmes._
* * *
* * * * *
[Transcriber's Note--Errata (Old Typos) and Corrections
TOC:--
Entries for "New Amsterdam" and "The Dutch and the English"
reversed, and page number for New Amsterdam changed from 25 to 23.
Page number for "New York" changed from 26 to 27.
Page number for "Yonkers to West Point" changed from 59 to 60.
Changed: '97-104' to '97-103', to match entry.
Changed: '152' (1st listing) to '151', to match entry.
Page number for "Source of the Hudson" changed from 201 to 202.
Changed: 'Colombia County' to 'Columbia Springs', to match entry.
Page 9: Restored missing period and missing half of closing quote.
[Illustration: Hendrick Hudson's "Half Moon."]
Page 35: added 's' to 'landing' (...steamers make their various
landings.)
Page 43: removed extraneous closing quote.
Page 46: added comma after 'erection' (..., now in process of
erection, ...)
Page 55: added 's' to 'make' (forgetting even, as Bryant did, that a
vertical line from the top of the cliff on account of the crumbling
debris of ages make(s) it impossible for even the strongest arm to
hurl a stone from the summit to the margin of the river).
Page 59: missing closing quote, and possibly also missing text in
paragraph?
(one narrator says: "remarkable disappearances ...)
Page 76: changed 'materal' to 'material'.
Page 80: changed 'Revoluton'to 'Revolution'.
Page 94: added missing comma after 'library': "The Library, founded
in 1812, has about 50,000 volumes."
Page 95: changed 'Seige' to 'Siege'"... Siege Battery on the slope...."
Page 96: changed 'pictureque' to 'picturesque'.
Page 107: changed (Major Tench) 'Tighlman' to 'Tilghman'.
Page 107: added opening quote ..."the proclamation of Congress and
the farewell orders of Washington were read, and the last word
of command given."
Page 108/9: changed 'proclams' to 'proclaims'.
Page 110: changed: 'The Marquis De Chastelleaux' to 'The Marquis De
Chastellux' (ref.: google)
Page 113: changed: 'The Marquis De Chastelleux' to 'The Marquis De
Chastellux'
Page 125: added 's' to 'thousand' (thousands of young men)
Page 129: (While sunset gilds) 'theee', to 'thee',
Page 139: changed 'openng' to 'opening'.
Page 145: changed 'Sofly' to 'Softly'.
Page 153: changed 'communicaton' to 'communication'.
Page 153: added closing quote (in about 32 hours.")
Page 155: changed 'wth' to 'with'
Page 173: changed 'thousand' to 'thousands' (...thousands of
laboring men... )
Page 205: added 's' to 'brick' (thousands of bricks)
Page 212: added " to para beginning ("Viewed from the railroad ...)
Page 212: added 's' to 'thousand' (Thousands of travellers ...)
Also added: Periods and commas, various (in the poetry footnotes). The
text appears worn; there is space for a period (and a couple of letters
are missing), so I am assuming that the missing punctuation may have
been rubbed off the page.
I have also encountered a number of instances throughout the book where
the author quoted from an external source and omitted either the opening
or closing quotation mark, and it is not obvious from the text just
where the quote began or ended. In a couple of instances I have hazarded
a guess, but have otherwise left the single quotaton mark in place, as it
appears in the original.]