. The tourist's guide through the Empire state. Embracing all cities, towns and watering places, by Hudson river and New York central route . al men in New York city, andhave received the approval of the invalid and the connoisseur every-where. The Croton Point vineyards, owned by the late Dr. Under-bill, cover an area of over sixty acres, and the yield is from 7,000to 8,000 gallons of wine per annum, besides several tons of fruitsent directly to market. None of these wines are offered for saleuntil they are over four years old. And we hope that such wines asthese—the pure juice of the grape—m
. The tourist's guide through the Empire state. Embracing all cities, towns and watering places, by Hudson river and New York central route . al men in New York city, andhave received the approval of the invalid and the connoisseur every-where. The Croton Point vineyards, owned by the late Dr. Under-bill, cover an area of over sixty acres, and the yield is from 7,000to 8,000 gallons of wine per annum, besides several tons of fruitsent directly to market. None of these wines are offered for saleuntil they are over four years old. And we hope that such wines asthese—the pure juice of the grape—may drive out the doctored wines, with foreign names and domestic origin, which (dis)grace somany tables. Visitors can reach Croton Dam by carriages from Sing Sing,from Croton, and from Croton Falls upon the Harlem road. Thiscelebrated dam is 250 feet long, 40 feet high, and 70 feet thick atthe base. The capacity of the Lake is 500,000,000 and much larger reservoir is now nearly completed, and itis anticipated that, when it is finished, all danger of suffering fromscarcity of water in time of drouth will be CROTON DAI THE TOURISTS GUIDE. 39 We are conscious that we are what a school-girl would call dreadfully statistical along here, but Croton dam is a mightyfact, to be admired and wondered at, while it does not stir the heartlike the memorials which we left behind us at Irvington and SleepyHollow. Stony Point, three miles above Haverstraw, on the west side ofthe river, has a record in history. It commands the waters of theHudson, which are here contracted into a very narrow channel. Waynes Black Walnut, one of our few historical trees, stood,till within a few years, on the river side of the road between Hav-erstraw and Stony Point. Ill storm hell, if you will only plan it, said the impetuousGeneral Wayne—Mad Anthony, as his countrymen called him—when conversing with Washington on the subject of attacking thefort on Stony Point, in the summer o
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