. Health and pleasure on America's greatest . 32 HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS ON THE. THE BEAUTIFUL IV|OHAWK ValLEY. FROM ALBANY TO UTICA. ENTRAL and Western New York abounds in varied andbeautiful scenery. Smiling valleys, wooded hills, spark-ling rivers, and dimpled lakes are seen on every hand asthe traveler is carried swiftly past the enchanting andever-changing landscapes. Albany, one of the most flourishing cities in the Eastand the capital of New York State, is situated on three hills on the west bank of the Hudson, six miles A LB A N Y below the head of tide-water, and at the
. Health and pleasure on America's greatest . 32 HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS ON THE. THE BEAUTIFUL IV|OHAWK ValLEY. FROM ALBANY TO UTICA. ENTRAL and Western New York abounds in varied andbeautiful scenery. Smiling valleys, wooded hills, spark-ling rivers, and dimpled lakes are seen on every hand asthe traveler is carried swiftly past the enchanting andever-changing landscapes. Albany, one of the most flourishing cities in the Eastand the capital of New York State, is situated on three hills on the west bank of the Hudson, six miles A LB A N Y below the head of tide-water, and at the point where the Erie and Champlain Canals join the river. Founded bythe Dutch as a trading-post in 1614, and called Fort Orange, it is theoldest surviving European settlement in the thirteen original States— Jamestown, Va., founded seven years earlier (in 1607), having longceased to be inhabited, only the ruins of a church tower and a fewtombstones remaining to mark the spot. In 1644 its present namewas given it, in honor of the Duke of York and Albany (afterwards James II.).It was chart
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