. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . Park Hotel the views of the mountains on either side ofthe river are really sublime, and the combination of mountain, river, andintervale scenery is marvelously beautiful and charming. The rapidly-passing commerce of the Hudson adds a panoramic effect, enliveningthe scene and delighting the spectator with ever-varying views. TheIrospect Iark Hotel opens about the middle of June for the Irving House is a new, commodious hotel, in the center of the vil-lage of Catskill, affording veiy
. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . Park Hotel the views of the mountains on either side ofthe river are really sublime, and the combination of mountain, river, andintervale scenery is marvelously beautiful and charming. The rapidly-passing commerce of the Hudson adds a panoramic effect, enliveningthe scene and delighting the spectator with ever-varying views. TheIrospect Iark Hotel opens about the middle of June for the Irving House is a new, commodious hotel, in the center of the vil-lage of Catskill, affording veiy good accommodations for very moderateprices It is kept open throughout the year. Hendrick Hudson anchored the Half-Moon at the mouth of CatsKill, on the 20tli of September, 1609, and was visited by large numbersof friendly Indians, who brought provisions of all sorts, in return forwhich, as is stated by Juet, the historian of Hudsons voyage, some ofthem were made drunk. Thomas Cole, one of the pioneers of Ameri-can Landscape Art, liad his studio in this vicinity, whei-e he could 58 -«f>S- J^. CASCADE IN PLATTEKILL CLOVE. NEW YORK OKKTRAL ItAlLliOAD. study nature in her most beautiful forms. Here lie painted the cele-brated allegorical series of {lictures known as • The Voyage of , the great landscape painter, has a beautiful country-seat on thesummit on the east side of the Hudson, opposite Catskill. It commandssome of the sublimcst river views. On a sort of terrace, twenty-two hundred feet above the river, about13 miles back from it, and near the edge of an abrupt precipice, is builtthe Mountain House, a spacious building, which is distinctly visiblefor a considerable distance along the river. The coolness and exhilarat-ing quality of the air, the grandeur of the view, and the comfortableaccommodations of the hotel, attract numerous visitors in the summer The mountain rises behind the hotel to a height of thirty-eight hundred feet above the river. One of the
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