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_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 Was.h.i.+ngton 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.
This point separates Tappan Zee from Haverstraw Bay.
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_.
_Haverstraw Bay_, widest part of the river; over four miles in width.
_West Sh.o.r.e R. R. Tunnel_ under mountain.
_West Sh.o.r.e 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 sh.o.r.e, 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.
_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.
_William H. Osborne's Residence_, on east bank; house with pointed tower north of Sugar-Loaf.
_Sam Sloan's_ lookout tower, east side, on top of mountain. Residence on hillside below.
_b.u.t.termilk Falls_, on west bank.
_West Point_, 50 miles from New York, Academy Buildings and Parade Grounds.
_Memorial Hall_, building on bluff above landing.
_Kosciusko's Garden_ with monument and spring below Memorial.
_Garrison_, opposite West Point on east bank.
_Fort Putnam_ (596 feet), above the Hudson on west.
_West Point Hotel_, west bank, wide outlook to the north.
