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Bruce, Wallace, 1844-1914

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


_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.


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