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The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention By: Wallace Bruce (1844-1914) |
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THE HUDSON Three Centuries of
History, Romance and Invention BY WALLACE BRUCE
Centennial Edition
Published by
BRYANT UNION COMPANY
NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1907 BY WALLACE BRUCE
CONTENTS.
CENTENNIAL GREETING.
PAGE HISTORY, ROMANCE AND INVENTION 9 39
An Open Book 10
The Hudson and the Rhine 11
The Half Moon 12
Its Discovery 15
First Description 16
Names of the Hudson 18
Hills and Mountains 19
Sources of the Hudson 19
First Settlement 20
The West India Company 21
Original Manors and Patents 23
The Dutch and the English 24
New Amsterdam 25
New York 26
Sons of Liberty 28
Greater New York 30
Hudson River Steamboats 31
Day Line Steamers 34
The Old Reaches 38
Five Divisions of the Hudson 39
NEW YORK TO ALBANY. DESBROSSES STREET PIER TO FORTY SECOND STREET 41 43
Historic River Front 41
A Great Panorama 41
Statue of Liberty Stevens Castle 42 FORTY SECOND TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINTH 43 48
Weehawken, Hamilton and Burr 43
Riverside Drive and Park 45
Columbia University 46
General Grant's Tomb 46 ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINTH ST. TO YONKERS 49 50
Washington Heights 49
The Palisades 52
Island of Manhattan 56
Spuyten Duyvel Creek 57
Yonkers 58 YONKERS TO WEST POINT 59 96
Hastings and Dobbs Ferry 60
Tappan Zee and Piermont 61
Irvington and "Sunnyside" 62
Washington Irving 63
The Headless Horseman 66
Tarrytown and Tappan 67
Sleepy Hollow 70
Nyack 72
Ossining 73
Croton River and Reservoir 74
Haverstraw 75
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