The Hudson

The Hudson

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Title: The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention
Author: Wallace Bruce
Release Date: February 22, 2006 [EBook #17823]
Language: English
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THE HUDSON
Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention

BY WALLACE BRUCE

Centennial Edition

Published by BRYANT UNION COMPANY NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1907 BY WALLACE BRUCE

CONTENTS.
CENTENNIAL GREETING. PAGE
HISTORY, ROMANCE AND INVENTION 9-39 An Open Book 10 The Hudson and the Rhine 11 The Half Moon 12 Its Discovery 15 First Description 16 Names of the Hudson 18 Hills and Mountains 19 Sources of the Hudson 19 First Settlement 20 The West India Company 21 Original Manors and Patents 23 The Dutch and the English 24 New Amsterdam 25 New York 26 Sons of Liberty 28 Greater New York 30 Hudson River Steamboats 31 Day Line Steamers 34 The Old Reaches 38 Five Divisions of the Hudson 39
NEW YORK TO ALBANY.
DESBROSSES STREET PIER TO FORTY-SECOND STREET 41-43 Historic River Front 41 A Great Panorama 41 Statue of Liberty--Stevens Castle 42
FORTY-SECOND TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH 43-48 Weehawken, Hamilton and Burr 43 Riverside Drive and Park 45 Columbia University 46 General Grant's Tomb 46
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH ST. TO YONKERS 49-50 Washington Heights 49 The Palisades 52 Island of Manhattan 56 Spuyten Duyvel Creek 57 Yonkers 58
YONKERS TO WEST POINT 59-96 Hastings and Dobbs Ferry 60 Tappan Zee and Piermont 61 Irvington and "Sunnyside" 62 Washington Irving 63 The Headless Horseman 66 Tarrytown and Tappan 67 Sleepy Hollow 70 Nyack 72 Ossining 73 Croton River and Reservoir 74 Haverstraw 75 Stony Point 77 Peekskill 79 Story of Captain Kidd 80 The Highlands 81 Dunderberg 82 Anthony's Nose 83 Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery 84 Beverley House 87 Arnold's Flight 88 Buttermilk Falls 91 West Point Military Academy 92 Plateau Buildings and Memorials 93-94 Fort Putnam 95
WEST POINT TO NEWBURGH 97-103 Northern Gate of Highlands 98 "Undercliff" 99 Storm King 100 Cornwall and "Idlewild" 102
NEWBURGH TO POUGHKEEPSIE 104-128 Washington's Headquarters 104 Refusing the Crown 105 Suffering of Soldiers 106 Cessation of Hostilities 107 Marquis de Lafayette 109 Centennial Celebration 110 Fishkill 113 Duyvel's Dans Kammer 118 "Locust Grove" 119 The Storm Ship 120 Poughkeepsie 121
POUGHKEEPSIE TO KINGSTON 129-146 Hyde Park 130 Mount Hymettus 130 Rhinecliff 135 City of Kingston 136 The Senate House 138 The Southern Catskills 142
KINGSTON TO CATSKILL 147-168 Montgomery Place 147 Story of Steam Navigation 149 Robert Fulton 151 The "Clermont" 152 Tivoli 154 Saugerties 156 The Livingston Country 157 The "Shad Industry" 158 Germantown 160 Man in the Mountain 161 New York City Water Supply 162 The Clover Reach 163 Catskill 164 Otis Elevating Railway 165
CATSKILL TO HUDSON 169-172 Hudson 169 Columbia Springs 170 Claverack and Hillsdale 171
HUDSON TO ALBANY 173-185 Athens 173 The Ice Industry 173 Anthony Van Corlear 176 The Mahican Tribe 177 The Mahicans, Delawares and Iroquois 178 The Old Van Rensselaer House 180 Albany 181
THE UPPER HUDSON.
ALBANY TO SARATOGA 186-191 Saratoga 187 Historic Saratoga 189 Mount McGregor 190
SARATOGA TO THE ADIRONDACKS 191-201 Saratoga to Lake George 192
LAKE GEORGE TO THE ADIRONDACKS 197-201 Ticonderoga 198 Bluff Point 199 Plattsburgh and the Saranacs 201
SOURCE OF THE HUDSON 202-210 The Tahawas Club 202 The Upper Ausable 203 Haystack and Camp Colden 204 The Deserted Village 205 Indian Pass 206 Tahawas 210
GEOLOGY, TIDES AND CONDENSED POINTS 211-224 Geological Formation 211-215 The Hudson Tide 215 Condensed Points--New York to Albany 216-224
[Illustration: ROBERT FULTON'S "CLERMONT" 1807]

1907--1909
CENTENNIAL GREETING
_Hendrick Hudson and Robert Fulton are closely associated in the history of our river, and more particularly at this time, as the dates of their achievements unite the centennial of the first successful steamer in 1807, with the tri-centennial of the discovery of the river in 1609. In fact, these three centuries of navigation, with rapidly increasing development in later years, might be graphically condensed--_
"Half Moon," 1609; "Clermont," 1807;
"Hendrick Hudson," 1906.
_Singularly enough the discovery