. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . * NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. 45 southward the cone of Sugar-loaf Mountain towers up in. bold relief. Chester is another stopping-place for travel-ers bound for Greenwood Lake, eight miles distant. At Chester the road passes through the hill ahove thevillage by a deep cut, and brings us to the very he
. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . * NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. 45 southward the cone of Sugar-loaf Mountain towers up in. bold relief. Chester is another stopping-place for travel-ers bound for Greenwood Lake, eight miles distant. At Chester the road passes through the hill ahove thevillage by a deep cut, and brings us to the very heart ofthe county, every inch of soil being mapped out into sheetsof smooth-shaven slopes, that look like the oldest part ofOld England. The farm-houses look neat and substantial,and, after an interesting run of four miles and a half, weenter the far-famed town of Goshen (from New York 59|- miles, from Dunkirk 400imiles). This is the first incorporated town we havereached, and, with Newburgh, is the half-shire of thecounty. It is by fame, if not in point of fact, the greatestdepot of milk and butter, its brand being known through-out the world. The town is situated in the very centerof the county, was settled in 1712, and incorporated in1809. The approach from the east is very beautiful, asthe road reveals a glimpse of the public square, neatchurches, and public buildings inte
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