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Bruce, Wallace, 1844-1914

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

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_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.


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