. Health and pleasure resorts and summer homes accessible by the picturesque Harlem Railroad : containing descriptive masster and an extensive list of s . and Little Lakes, near by, are noted for their excellent blackbass, while Hammersleys Lake, a beautiful sheet of waterwith shaded lawns encircling it, is especially popular with suchas are romantically inclined. From the summits of MountTom and West Mountain, situated about a mile to the west of 24 SUMMER HOMES Pawling, a view is presented of Catskill Mountains, sixty milesaway. To the east of the village—about three miles—is QuakerHill. Upo
. Health and pleasure resorts and summer homes accessible by the picturesque Harlem Railroad : containing descriptive masster and an extensive list of s . and Little Lakes, near by, are noted for their excellent blackbass, while Hammersleys Lake, a beautiful sheet of waterwith shaded lawns encircling it, is especially popular with suchas are romantically inclined. From the summits of MountTom and West Mountain, situated about a mile to the west of 24 SUMMER HOMES Pawling, a view is presented of Catskill Mountains, sixty milesaway. To the east of the village—about three miles—is QuakerHill. Upon the summit is the Mizzentop Hotel, an excellenthouse and well kept. Near the summit, on the stairs of one. of the old Quaker churches, is a spot of blood. It is stillpointed out, like the blood of Rizzio in the Scottish castle,and the visitor is told that a man was killed here in the Revo-lution. Continuing our way, we pass the little village ofSouth Dover, and come to Dover Plains, an interesting town of between 700 and800 population, seventy-six miles from New York. There isno more picturesque region within a few hours ride of NewYork City, by rail, than the hill country of eastern DutchessCounty lying along the borders of Connecticut, and traversedby the Harlem Railroad. The two ranges of lofty uplands THE HARLEM RAILROAD 25 known as Quaker Hill and Chestnut Ridge may justly beranked among the most healthful localities in the Ridge is about three miles in length, north andsouth, and forms a part of the water-shed between the Hudsonand Housatonic Rivers. Its mean altitude is about 1100 feetabove tide-water. It is a fragment of the Blue Ridge branchof the Appalachian chain
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