. The Palisades of the Hudson : their formation, tradition, romance, historical associations, natural wonders and preservation. Ruins of the Old Mountain House at Englewood Cliffs. MARKING HISTORIC LOCALITIES. HE remains of Fort Washington can still be seen,and on the 125th anniversary of the battle, Oc-tober 16, 1901, a bronze tablet was placed on thesite by the American Scenic and Historic Preser-vation Society. Until 1908 no monument or tablet markedthe site of Fort Lee. On September 26 of thatyear, however, through the efforts of the Fort Lee RevolutionaryMonument Association, the Palisade
. The Palisades of the Hudson : their formation, tradition, romance, historical associations, natural wonders and preservation. Ruins of the Old Mountain House at Englewood Cliffs. MARKING HISTORIC LOCALITIES. HE remains of Fort Washington can still be seen,and on the 125th anniversary of the battle, Oc-tober 16, 1901, a bronze tablet was placed on thesite by the American Scenic and Historic Preser-vation Society. Until 1908 no monument or tablet markedthe site of Fort Lee. On September 26 of thatyear, however, through the efforts of the Fort Lee RevolutionaryMonument Association, the Palisades Interstate Park Commis-sion, acting as custodians of the funds, an appropriate monu-ment was erected. This monument is the work of Carl t, whose design wasselected in a competitive con-test. The base of the mon-ument consists of an im-mense boulder of Palisaderock, climbing up one side ofwhich heroic bronze figuresof two Continental soldiersare represented. The artistsand sculptors idea is to showthe soldiers scaling the crestof the Palisades. Few traces of the de-fenses themselves now of the south bastionof the fort west of the quaintlittle stone Episcopal Church may still be se
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