. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . ts reflected in it. One mile beyond Ramapo the road makes a sudden bendto the northward, and emerges upon a wide, fertile tract,though still hemmed in by a picturesque range of hills, toget out of which a stranger would be at a loss to knowhow to run a rail-road. From the height just above thiscurve, looking north, there is a superb view of the valley,in the midst of which lies, two miles from Ramapo, ournext station, Sloatsbukg (from New York 35 miles, from Dunkirk425 miles). This beautiful and thriving place presents asingular aspect to
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . ts reflected in it. One mile beyond Ramapo the road makes a sudden bendto the northward, and emerges upon a wide, fertile tract,though still hemmed in by a picturesque range of hills, toget out of which a stranger would be at a loss to knowhow to run a rail-road. From the height just above thiscurve, looking north, there is a superb view of the valley,in the midst of which lies, two miles from Ramapo, ournext station, Sloatsbukg (from New York 35 miles, from Dunkirk425 miles). This beautiful and thriving place presents asingular aspect to the traveler. From the station he seestwo substantial cotton factories, and not a sign of a vil-lage or hamlet in sight, the damsels employed in themdwelling in the humble but neat abodes scattered alongthis happy valley. Embowered in n< ble trees, the millslook as though placed in a gentlemans park, did not theadjacent dingy blacksmith shop show that the precinctswere those of a regular factory. This establishment was NEW VORK AND ERIE erected in 1820, the brick portion in 1846, and are usedexclusively for making cotton tivine, of which importantarticle 5000 pounds are weekly sent by rail to NewYork. This improved twine is the invention of the prin-cipal proprietor of the mills and owner of the grounds onwhich they stand, Major Jacob Sloat, from whom the placegets its name. Major Sloats enterprise and mechanicalingenuity have brought the mills present flourish-ing condition, and his good taste has made Sloatsburg thefairest portion of the valley. He derives his domain fromhis grandfather, to whom it was assigned by five Indianchiefs in 1738, and the original deed of conveyance is trulya literary curiosity, for, the settler being from Holland (as,indeed, were all those who originally came to this valley),the document is drawn up in a choice lingo, compoundedof Dutch and Indian. If the tourist stop here, and pene-trates beyond that factory and its grove,
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