. The tourist's guide through the Empire state. Embracing all cities, towns and watering places, by Hudson river and New York central route . for the constructionof artificial southern forts, and the natural curiosity known as face was forever destroyed. It may be said that thehead is broken, but the Neck remains. Near Cold Spring is the celebrated Foundry where the Parrottguns are cast. Upon the western shore of the Hudson is Cornwall Land-ing, one of the most gay and fashionable resorts upon the river. In the vicinity of Storm King, upon a lofty plateau, which isreached by either
. The tourist's guide through the Empire state. Embracing all cities, towns and watering places, by Hudson river and New York central route . for the constructionof artificial southern forts, and the natural curiosity known as face was forever destroyed. It may be said that thehead is broken, but the Neck remains. Near Cold Spring is the celebrated Foundry where the Parrottguns are cast. Upon the western shore of the Hudson is Cornwall Land-ing, one of the most gay and fashionable resorts upon the river. In the vicinity of Storm King, upon a lofty plateau, which isreached by either the Newburgh or the Cornwall road, is , with that rose on his cheek whose root is Death, thePoet, Willis, came to die, and lived fifteen years—an invalid,whose life was prolonged by the pure atmosphere of the mountains. Newburgh is one of the most delightful places upon the is an old town—a fashionable town—a hospitable town. Here,Washington made his headquarters during the war. Here, thelast survivor of Washingtons Life Guard was buried, in monument is erected near the Old Stone House of Revolu-. WASHINGTONS HEADQUARTERS AT NEWBURGH. THE TOURISTS GUIDE. 53 tionary fame—a view of which we present elsewhere. In thishouse are treasured all sorts of relies: old Hessian boots that, bytheir weight, were evidently never intended for those who fightand run away—victory or capture would inevitably be the portionof their wearers ; old swords which have a history written in blood ;trappings of soldiers, that have lost the glitter and the tinsel, thepride, the pomp and circumstance of glorious war; and a pianoof such discord that rash critics might suppose it to date back tothe time of the Flood rather than the Revolution. The Old House was built in 1750, and is now the property ofthe State. Many of the scenes in Coopers novel of The Spywere laid in this vicinity. Newburgh was settled in 1698. It has a population of aboutfifteen thousand, and is
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