The Hudson Part 35

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 c.o.xsackie.

_c.o.xsackie._ 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 c.o.xsackie. 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.