. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . iaen Van Rensselaer. On the loweredge of the town Ft. Cralo,* built in 1642 for protection againstthe Indians, still stands; the fort has a special interest in be-ing connected with the origin of Yankee Doodle. Some writers claim that Cralo is the oldest fort still preservedin the U. S. Its white oak beams are said to be 18 inches square;its walls are 2 to 3 ft. thick, and some of the old porthol
. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . iaen Van Rensselaer. On the loweredge of the town Ft. Cralo,* built in 1642 for protection againstthe Indians, still stands; the fort has a special interest in be-ing connected with the origin of Yankee Doodle. Some writers claim that Cralo is the oldest fort still preservedin the U. S. Its white oak beams are said to be 18 inches square;its walls are 2 to 3 ft. thick, and some of the old portholes still re-main. According to tradition there were once secret passages con-necting the fort with the river. About 1770, during the French andIndian Wars, Maj. James Abercrombie had his headquarters here. Yankee Doodle is said to have been composed at the fort by , a British surgeon, as a satire on the provincial troops,who did not show to advantage among the smartly dressed Britishsoldiers. The Yankees, however, adopted the words and the tune,and less than 20 years later the captured soldiers of Burgoyne marchedbehind the lines of the victorious Continentals to the same Albany from Van Rensselaer Island in 1831 46 THE GREATEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD Albany to Syracuse 142 M. ALBANY, Pop. 113,344. (Train 31 passes 11:32;No. 3, 12:05; No. 41, 4:15; No. 25, 5:46; No. 19, 8:55. East-bound: No. 6 passes 5:58; No. 26, 6:30; No. 16, 12:25; No. ^2,2:05.) Across the river from Rensselaer on sharply mountinghills is the city of Albany. We cross the river by a suspen-sion bridge, passing over Rensselaer Island and seeing aheadof us the handsome new freight houses of the D. & H. R. R.,and to right and left the boats of the Hudson River Steam-ship lines lying against the wharves. Once over the bridgethe tracks swerve to the right, and soon lead into the UnionStation. Almost under the shadow of the present Capitol, on ameadow to the north, Ft. Orange was built in 1624,
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