. The tourist's guide through the Empire state. Embracing all cities, towns and watering places, by Hudson river and New York central route . illage ofHighland Falls, half a mile from Cozzens Hotel and Landing, anda little more than a mile below West Point Military Academy. This school, under the charge of Robert Donald, A. M., affordssuperior facilities for fitting pupils to pass the West Point examina-tions. Parents who seek a school for their sons where constantprogress is the aim and rule, will do well to bear in mind theDonald-Highland Institute. During the season, the Institute is transf
. The tourist's guide through the Empire state. Embracing all cities, towns and watering places, by Hudson river and New York central route . illage ofHighland Falls, half a mile from Cozzens Hotel and Landing, anda little more than a mile below West Point Military Academy. This school, under the charge of Robert Donald, A. M., affordssuperior facilities for fitting pupils to pass the West Point examina-tions. Parents who seek a school for their sons where constantprogress is the aim and rule, will do well to bear in mind theDonald-Highland Institute. During the season, the Institute is transformed into a homefor summer visitors, and becomes one of the most important ofthe Oak Grove cottages, under the care of Messrs. Goodsell Bros. It is a romantic walk from Highland Falls to the Steamboat andFerry landing. Upon the opposite shore the Hudson River trains,like jointed reptiles, glide along, pausing at Station Garrison, toacommodate travel to, and from, West Point. Among the Highlands, on the eastern shore, opposite WestPoint, at an elevation of four hundred feet above the river, standsan old Episcopal church, built in COLD SPRING. THE TOURISTS GUIDE. 51 It is said, that one of the aids of Washington, when riding bythis church and noticing its windows broken in, said: General,that is a Tory church ! No ! replied Washington, indignantly. If that is a Torychurch, then I am a Tory. Two miles distant are the picturesque Indian Falls, whichhave been so often seen upon canvas by those who will never dis-cover whether in reality there are pictures in its amber water. Cold Spring is two miles north of Garrisons Station, on theHudson River railway. It is a village upon the hill-side, abovewhich rises the stately granite crown of Bull Hill—called by clas-sical folks, Mt. Taurus. Upon an elevated plateau, near the village, is Undercliff, thecountry seat of the late George P. Morris, where for many yearsa princely hospitality was extended to guests from the literary and
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