. 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 . s singu-lar character) we regret not having heard any (from New York 107 miles, from Dunkirk353 miles). This station lies a short distance beyond thecreek, on a highly elevated point above the Delaware, thathere makes a sudden bend a mile from the station, show-ing on its opposit
. 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 . s singu-lar character) we regret not having heard any (from New York 107 miles, from Dunkirk353 miles). This station lies a short distance beyond thecreek, on a highly elevated point above the Delaware, thathere makes a sudden bend a mile from the station, show-ing on its opposite bank the thriving village of , as this station was formerly called, has but littlebusiness at present, though with time it must prove animportant one, being so near the large village is another of the numerous offsprings of theDelaware and Hudson Canal, that passes through the coal business established there by that canal,the immense piles of lumber and numerous saw-mills scat-tered along the shore below us show how much the greatstaple of the Delaware has to do with the prosperity ofthe place. A neat little hotel stands opposite this station,and the tourist, tempted to explore its beautiful creek, will NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. 75 ,L. find here those luxuries (so rare in this region), a cleanbed and private room. From Shohola the road appearsto descend to the rivers side from the great height abovethe river on which the station is placed. It is still, how-ever, a slightly ascending grade, as you may perceive byits current, the river here (between the Shohola and Lack-awaxen above) making a gradual descent. In this vicin-ity was fought the bloody battle, or, rather, ambuscade,when Brandt and his warriors slaughtered and dispersedthe New York militia, as noticed in speaking of Goshen,where a monument was erected to the memory of the (from New York 111 miles, from Dunkirk349 miles) is our next station, four mi
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