Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-11-28
From the Philadelphia Monthly Casket.
FORT PUTNAM.

The Highlands OF the Hudson
Who that has sailed beneath then
can forget their stern subIimity
Towering aloft into the sky, nov
crowned with dark green woods
and now lifting lIeir hoa' y brows Oh
high, they stand, as for ages they
have stood, the da k scnlinels Of lllC
arrowy Hudson.
Every one who has ascendcd tht
North River remembers the boz,
bluff, termination of the Highland
a short distance above West Poin'
As il is the last, ,.so.jt is also, The fines
Of this peculiar scenery. Here the
chain c ossing the river altains it,
utmost heigIh,the mountains increas
ing in altitude at every new elevator
rising and roIlingone above another
until old Cor nest finishes the army
towering, high over all ,susopndips
Eeigh.s, far away into the hea
vens.
The promontory, as it were, or
which West Point is situated iuts
out into the river boldly for some
distance, and meeting with CORES.
ponding sinuosity on the other shore
causes the river 10 assume somewhat
the form of horseshoe. Directly
on the rear Of the plain on which the
academyis located rises a bold, frow.
ming hill, crowned with the hoar ru
ins of Foit Putnam, the first object
seen by the traveller, as he approach
es either from above or below. 1t
is now fallen into decay, and time has
sadly despoiled it Of its glory but
the crumbling walls, and diIapdated
arches still attest how i'm pregnable it
once was.
1t was golden day in July when
leaving gay party a: the Hotel be-
low, we stole away for quiet after
noon ramblc to old Fort Putnam ::
and after lettering idly on the way,
ana stopping anon 10 gaze upon the
Wilo landscape around we s'ood al
leh9'h oehea'h me di'apldated gaze,
way o' 'ne 'o''feSs' we were s,i''
however some distance rom thc
nc G., r"aa oel"'e US
was al an ahg,e "'lor'y-il'e degrees
covered ",'" i'''Sc S'iPPe'v stones
mat seemed 70 of'y approach Du'
a !, gay 'alsn overhead caused Us !"
i"oN up we oc'c'u u la'f S,'' Sa%'h2
aoWh a''u' Petp'eAi.Sy. III al ~
s'a,n we were ~ 'le' sue:
inc eieW 'lo;l' 'ne pat''e'''gH'S *,
ois ~, uiel ~ ''ess. - suo'lt inpI
,.,'i,l lcs "a. oen1',o , y"u, WIN evets
y nllfs on ''s su''"oe1 q, sp'eau cut Us
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"y'ahu 'l'e 'lea' owe'','Ss ol Tue OH
GerS !: a.,a'.'eu 10 me ,ho @ o'lll were !. a''
SELL SELL, "o y ''VIl ,h willuing s
~ se'.,'.''I''e ''ou''u l'ie 'or'reSS
gives Il '',e % op'l''a'a u oo'h passes
ABOVE "''u De'o". WINE san iicic
ana mere upon OIL, ''S 3, sur'ace oroop'ng
,azl.y uoMn , "':'. r,h l1'o ''oela 1 s'ca'l,
ooat scho'.s 'o,'i IT'S volumes o'
smoke, rs II sa''eo 'naJeS''ca''H on
Wa'a'u,e s''"u'"s y, '',e o''"uS ''y'hG
along .he s'''ace o' '''e water ahd
'',e nun. mus d ''i:.''e"'' '"r'neu
a picture as pl''''a'lI Us II was varied
Now ana '',eh 'l'e souha OF Il ou'
gle lloaleu up rom 'he ehcanpmrh''
or the report o' gun doomed on'
rcho'ng ana re-echoin5 amid the
hills.
The position N which the fortress
stands is almost ImIregnao'e: STU,
ated on the prov OF Steep rugged
hIl' rising boldly up from me valleys
on every hhhd, ana oeefi"oKed oy
but one helSht IN me V'c'n''H' II com
mands not onIy 'he passes OF tle flud'
son, b':t the whole country around.
1t would be impossible 10. any iorcc
to command 'he navigation oil the
Hudson SO cong as Fort fu'nam
might be garrlsoned oy an enemy. lis
possession IN lne war OF Tue heVolu-
llon was therefore al Important to
the American arms Had It iallen INTO
the possession OF the brlllsh; ~ the
granary OF the stale, norm OF "esl
Point, would have been open TO lhe
army stationed NJ New YORK. ana
1t would nave been almost impossible
ever to have W'ested the province