. Summer homes on the Harlem railroad : containing a description of the celebrated health and pleasure resorts and an extensive list of summer hotels an . y family, who for generations pasthave made it their home. Katonah is forty-two miles fromNew York, has a population of about 700, and is situatednear the boundary line between Westchester and PutnamCounties. It is noted for its hills and valleys, pure waterand bracing air. The extensive traveler will, now andthen, find a place where those who become accustomed toits scenery and general surroundings seldom migrate, andcontentedly live on to
. Summer homes on the Harlem railroad : containing a description of the celebrated health and pleasure resorts and an extensive list of summer hotels an . y family, who for generations pasthave made it their home. Katonah is forty-two miles fromNew York, has a population of about 700, and is situatednear the boundary line between Westchester and PutnamCounties. It is noted for its hills and valleys, pure waterand bracing air. The extensive traveler will, now andthen, find a place where those who become accustomed toits scenery and general surroundings seldom migrate, andcontentedly live on to a good old age, when the homesteadis handed down to the next generation. Katonah is such aplace. A beautiful stream of clear, pure water runs throughthe village, formed by two branches of the Cross River andthe Beaver Dam, the former finding its origin in Lake Wac-cabuc, and the latter in Woodland Springs. Both streamsabound in trout. The whirr of the partridge, the whistleof the quail, the bark of the gray squirrel, as well as of thethieving fox in the poultry-yard, remind one that it is coun-try, and all afford fine sport when the law is off. The. LAKE MAHOPAC. ON THE HARLEM. 23 town is fully up to its rural surroundings, and the enterpriseof residents may have carried it a little bevond. It has two J J fine churches, a village improvement society, composed of itsmost eminent citizens, who have provided many conveniencesand luxuries, including sidewalks, shade trees and streetlamps. There is also a commodious reading-room, with anextensive library, largelv sustained and patronized by Jay, Hon. Wm. H. Robertson, and Hon. Henry There are two stage lines in operation from Katonah;one runs to Boutonville, nine and a half miles, stopping enroute at Cross River and South Salem ; another runs to LakeWaccabuc, seven miles. The Railroad Company has setapart a piece of ground along the platform at the station,which is beautifully laid out with flowers during the summ
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