The Washington times., 1910-06-18
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
ALONG THE COURSE
MunSey Historic Tour TO Pen.
citrate Spots Famous in
Nations History.

HOTEL ASPTNWALL. LENOE,
Mass, June lS.-The Nunsey Historic
Tour pathduding party fin the sturdy E
AI-F 90 car found themselves today in
the center Of q region famous for its
beautiful scenery and its good roads.
The party LEFT this morning FOR Water
bury via Stockhridge and Sheffield.
Weather conditions are ideal. and the
roads are good.
Tom Skezgs. who has driven the car
on other pathfndinE tours declared that
lhe region was one which would delight
any motorist and at the same time test
the mechanical CaDacitv Of any machine
because Of The stiffness OF the hills
When the contestants in the tour pass
through this stretch OF their journey
-hcv viii find every variety Of natural
scenery with The execution OF ocean
views.
Tire tran passes through valleys and
over hills. IL skirts the CatskW and
winds iu among the foothills Of the
lerFSbircs. Sometimes IL runs alonS
the sides Of the raountaiu and at other
places skirts tho shores Of the many
lakes which abound iu this REGION
Practically AN the way ls Lilly. but
the grades are OF such easy ascent that
good mechanical construction 10 man-p-
ulGte them
Leaving The Hudson valley che tour
lists VIII find that the trail marked out
for them bv the DathfudinC pa~t-,
which IS the one Indicated by tho Tour
aug Club Of America. passes through
districts which for many years have
been famous as being the spots select
ct hy the wealthy as their summer
homes
on every side are magnificent estates,
and when The Berllshires are approach
ed the homes and hotels which crowd
many of the prominent hiutOps and
crests are superb specimens Of archI-
teCfural beauty
The country for the greater part OF
the way IS Just as rich in historical me
MORALS as IL IS In scenic grandeur The
sturdy little EMF car passed today
through the State roads around Fish
KIN, where ia continental days the pa
triQt army maneuvered in their cam
paigns against the British
Shortly before reaching FfshkiI, the
tourists VIII see on the right hand side
I Of the road a memorial stone erected To
perpetuate the hcrOiSm Of the Contiuen-
I tai soldiers, whose bones lie buried in
/ the adjoining field The place was once
{ The winter camp OF the patriot army.
and the men who died from diseases in
cident 20 the hard life were buried on
tle spot.
The white house to the right is the
place where General Lafayette lay III
l during one Of the campaigns
Church Built in 1871.
In FishIrH itself on the left hand side
Of the road is the first Reformed Dutch
/ Church. a white stone building faced
with red brick erected in 1881. which was
/ used as a Hilary prison during Revolu-
| tionary tn es. A few miles outside Of
the town IS Mt. Beacon, where fires
were burr "a 10 guide the army across
the river
In Poughkeepsie, the tourists viii
find the handsome old colonial residence
which was at one time occupied by
| Gov. George Clinton. Of New York. and
which is in an excellent state Of pres
I ervatIoD. thanks TO the efforts of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
/ The house stands on The east main
street and is 20 the left Of the road
passing through PoUghkeepsie.
Throughout all the distenCe there are
/ various monuments which have been
/ erected TO the memory Of their soldiers
dead, by the citizens Of the Gowns where
I they are situated.
{ North Darlington. the next town OF
/ Importance on the route boasts Of being
\ the place where ION august Is. IVA
occurred the nrSt open resistance &c
l British rule in America" The Select
[ men Of the county at that time met
! and bid defiance 10 the Representatives
/ Of King George, who came to the place
/ and tried to force them TO buy goods
/ imported from England An old stone
] at the corner of tire tOwn-house greer
! seen on the left of me road in the cen.
ter Of the town tells Of this incident
Anniversary of Blow for Freedom.
As the Munsey tourists win probably
4 pass through here on August 16. they
/ win be here on the 136th anniversary
/ Of this blow for freedom
Great Darlington also is proud of tn,
fact that for some years William CuI
len Bryant, the poet, made his HON,
! here, and Monument mountain. the sub
4 iect of one of Bryant's poems. is the
| double peak which can be seen by III,
tourists, situated a few miles above
| the village.
The place is also rich in Indian mem.
! cries. For here ''the Grea; Wigwaro'
/ was situated just south of the COngre
] gatiOnal Church. The Indian ford or
/ the Hcusatonic was just north of the
| Searles High School and few miles