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Bruce, Wallace, 1844-1914

"The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention"

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.


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