This point separates Tappan Zee from Haverstraw Bay.
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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_.
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_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.
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