. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . the western shore of the Hudson, stands— * FORT L£i£j, Hudson County, New Jersey,—a village so calledbecause on its site stood, during the last century, a fort bearing thatname. The remains of the fort are scarcely discernible, and cannot beseen at all from the river. This fort was occupied by the Americansuntil after the British had captured Fort Washington in 1776, when italso was abandoned, and the Americans retreated across the State ofNew Jersey. The large white building with two towers,
. The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad .. . the western shore of the Hudson, stands— * FORT L£i£j, Hudson County, New Jersey,—a village so calledbecause on its site stood, during the last century, a fort bearing thatname. The remains of the fort are scarcely discernible, and cannot beseen at all from the river. This fort was occupied by the Americansuntil after the British had captured Fort Washington in 1776, when italso was abandoned, and the Americans retreated across the State ofNew Jersey. The large white building with two towers, standing in the gorge atthe beginning of the Palisades, is the Fort Lee Park Hotel. The largeoctagon building at the base of the hill is a Pavilion. From the summit of the Palisades a magnificent view is up upon the crest of the great escarpment one may stand, andlook far away into the west, and see the most glorious sunsets that everchanged the sky to gold or fire. To the north lie the Highlands we Places ftiarked with a star (*) are on the west s^ide of the Hudson River. 36. The Palisades. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD. are soon to pass, stretched out in noblest panorama for our view, andto the south the river flows on in a broader stream, until on the easternside the city of New York begins and the stream changes its aspect,and passes between the crowded shores that send out across it the noisythunder of their busy life ; and Palisades, and rocky hills, and longreaches of still stream, and green pleasant banks, make a sudden endas the Hudson sweeps grandly and quietly down to the sea. INWOOD, city and county of New York, 12 miles from City foi-mer name of this station was Tubby Hook. It is sur-rounded with charming villas and picturesque meandering drives. Having viewed the route to Spuyten Duyvil from the Grand CentralDepot via Harlem, and taken a brief survey of localities along the oldHudson River line by way of Manhattanville and Fort Washington,
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