. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . the limits of the townthere is an extensive vein of gold-bearing quartz, which yields the pre-cious metal in paying quantities. The western terminus of the Hart-ford & Connecticut Western Railroad is at Rhine Cliff, on the Hudson,close to Rhinebeck station. This railroad forms a direct route betweenConnecticut and Rhode Island and the Catskill Mountains, and otherpoints on the Hudson. A steam ferry connects here with— * RONDOUT, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 90 miles fromNew York. Rondout
. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . the limits of the townthere is an extensive vein of gold-bearing quartz, which yields the pre-cious metal in paying quantities. The western terminus of the Hart-ford & Connecticut Western Railroad is at Rhine Cliff, on the Hudson,close to Rhinebeck station. This railroad forms a direct route betweenConnecticut and Rhode Island and the Catskill Mountains, and otherpoints on the Hudson. A steam ferry connects here with— * RONDOUT, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, 90 miles fromNew York. Rondout is now a part of the city of Kingston, withwhich it was incorporated in 1878. From it, the Ulster & DelawareR. R., which has its terminus here, runs in a northwesterly directioninto the Catskill Mountain regions. It is the point of departure from the Hudson River to the southern part of the Catskill range, including the Overlook Mountain. Hudson River R. R. passengers land at Rhinebeck, and cross the river by Steam ferry to Rondout, thence by rail to the Catskills and Delaware 4 49 f-J. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD. County. The Wallkill Valley R. R. runs southwest from Rondout,connecting with Erie R. R. for New York or the West. Rondout Creek enters the Hudson from the westward. Its mouthis the eastern end of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, which joins thecreek two and a half miles above. This canal, finished in 1828, extendsto the vicinity of the Pennsylvania coal-fields ; and every provision ismade at Rondout for the trans shipment of vast quantities of coal. * KINGSTON, the capital of Ulster County, is on Esopus Creek,which at that point approaches within about two miles of Rondout,and then curves to the northward, entering the Hudson twelve milesabove. The population of Kingston, including Rondout, is 20,000. Itis a bustling, pushing town, having a front of four miles on theHudson. Beautiful scenery abounds in the vicinity, and there aremany pleasant and romantic drives in the
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