What to see in America . A Northern Glimpse of the Hudson from West Point New York State 85. roughs. He was born in1837 at Roxbury in theCatskills, whose Moun-tains of the Sky, as theIndians called them, soon,come into view. Thesame town was the birth-place of Jay Gould, andhe and Burroughs at-tended the local districtschool together. TheCatskills cover an areaof about 500 square are the land of RipVan Winkle and havegreat charm of scenery,climate, and accessibil-ity, which draws to thema host of summer so-journers. This region is now a chief source of water supplyfor New York City.
What to see in America . A Northern Glimpse of the Hudson from West Point New York State 85. roughs. He was born in1837 at Roxbury in theCatskills, whose Moun-tains of the Sky, as theIndians called them, soon,come into view. Thesame town was the birth-place of Jay Gould, andhe and Burroughs at-tended the local districtschool together. TheCatskills cover an areaof about 500 square are the land of RipVan Winkle and havegreat charm of scenery,climate, and accessibil-ity, which draws to thema host of summer so-journers. This region is now a chief source of water supplyfor New York City. The Ashokan Reservoir is twelve mileslong and covers the site of seven villages. Near Storm Kingthe water is conducted through a tunnel under the river ata depth of 1100 feet. The enterprise is one of the worldsgreatest engineering projects. It cost nearly 1200,000, the voyage up the Hudson draws to a close, 145 milesfrom New York, you see Albanys massive State Capitollooming against the sky. It was begun in 1869 at an esti-mated cost of 14,000,000. The actual cost since the corne
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