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Bruce, Wallace, 1844-1914

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


_Dunderberg Mountain_, west bank, forming with Manito Mountain on the
east southern portal of Highlands.
_Iona Island_, former pleasure resort for excursions, now converted to
Government use.
_The Race._ The river channel is so termed by navigators, between Iona
Island and the east bank.
_Anthony's Nose_, east bank, with railroad tunnel.
_Montgomery Creek_, on west side, empties into the Hudson about
opposite the point of Anthony's Nose. _Fort Clinton_ was on the south
side of this creek, and _Fort Montgomery_ on the north side.
_J. Pierpont Morgan's Residence_, on west bank.
_Sugar-Loaf_, east bank, resembling an old "sugar-loaf" to one looking
north from Anthony's Nose.
* * *
From Stony Point to Bemis Height,
From Saratoga to the sea,
We trace the lines, now dark, now bright,
From seventy-six to eighty-three.
_Wallace Bruce._
* * *
_Beverley Dock_, at foot of Sugar-Loaf, from which point Arnold fled
to the "Vulture."
_Lady-Cliff Academy_, (west side) on bluff.
_Hamilton Fish's Residence_, on hill, east side.


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