. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . strip of water curving round a spur of the mountains, witha small village adjacent. It is called Cuddeback. This NEW YORK AND ElllE KAlL-UuAD. 55 ^. IS the hrst glimpse we have ol the Delaware and HudsonCanal, extending from Rondout to the coal and iron minesat Carbondale, in Pennsylvania. Cuddeback wa
. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . strip of water curving round a spur of the mountains, witha small village adjacent. It is called Cuddeback. This NEW YORK AND ElllE KAlL-UuAD. 55 ^. IS the hrst glimpse we have ol the Delaware and HudsonCanal, extending from Rondout to the coal and iron minesat Carbondale, in Pennsylvania. Cuddeback was settledby the Dutch, and is one of the thriving little communi-ties that have sprung up along that important canal. Thispart of the valley figures conspicuously in the history ofIndian warfare. Eight miles beyond Otisville we cometo what is called ShiftHollow Sivitch. Herethere is a deep cutthrough a soft soilthree fourths of a milein length and 30 feet ^ deep. This portion ofthe road is of the mostoppressive loneliness, •- .^for the valley is com-pletely shut out ofsight, soon, however, {fto reappear in height- ^ened beauty and inter- ^ -est, after passing the
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