Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31

turned into the plowshare, and Ringwood resumed
its agricultural aspect
After the Oles regime the Ryersons The
west wing of the present is the complete little
house built by Ryerson in 1912. Naturally it has
been transformed the interior but the outside
is the same A wide avenue or grass ride passes di
reCtlv in front of the house 1t is bordered both
sides by tall trees nearly hundred years old.
Ins stately avenue was planted by Mrs: Ryerson
A lasting and worthy monument! Few of the great
elms, oaks lindens and locusts have succumbed but
here and there younger tree replaces fallen
tinel. These trees planted to shade what was
then the high road to West Point and passed d-
rectlv in front of the house. Fortunately this high
way has twice been removed, and now turns off at
distance beyond the lagoon. Now the wide
grass center is moved like a lawn
Under the Avenue of Peace lie the emb1ems of
war aala along the grass is part OF the great
Hudson to impede the advance of British warshps.
There is also gun from the Constitution and huge
the foundry of the ironworks and used
during the Civil War at the capture of Fort Donald
son by General Grant
1t was not until 1853 that Peter Cooper bought
Ringwood. He was founder of the Cooper Institute
New York He created country seat in the North
such had existed in the South, with this differ
ence, that the New Jersey negroes emancipated
in 1910, earlier than in other States After the Civil
War the difficulty of finding labor reached crisis as
the decimated the reg on.
Benefits from Tuxedo
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~ tiCally without nelghbOrs and without station;
but the opening of Tuxedo Park altered all that The
few remaining native families descended from
West India colored people, and most of them have
Dutch names, such Van Dunk Van Dyne
Groote de Freese These valleys settled chiefly
by the Dutch, which may account for the Names as
negroes took their masters very often. These
settlers chose the river bottom lands, which though
very fertile. A few Yorkshire men
early established, and stone cottage very much out
of repair, bearing the date on the porch 1857, is
known to have belonged to Yorkshire family called
Board who remained there for generations; but
all disappeared
The Indians of course the first inhabitants of
the district. Oddly enough they took the opposite
course and cleared large patches fields high up in
the mountains. To-day these form bright emerald
islands in a of dark green trees. They in
not only for cultivation, but lookout stations
and safety vantage against advancing immigrants.
Under the trees in the garden are some rather
curiosities scooped out stones about the size of
large cannonballs, which were the mortars used
by squaws for grinding their corn. They are now
filled with water, and it is pretty to birds and
squirrels hopping around so fearlessly to drink
to battle.
The family of the present owner spend much time
and thought in bringing back in adding treasures
to Ringwood of historic interest.
Most of the farm is under grazing, as this we'll
favored spot is watered by nnumerable streams and
waterfalls: the cattle thrive. Some land is arable
but the huge rocks and stones not good for farm
ing though great deal has been cleared. The mines
working and still the principal of
revenue.
Two churches, school, and general store have
been built for the needs of those whose homes and
living got at Ringwood.
The itself rambling comfortable house
constantly added to. From Mrs. Ryerson's house at
the corner it has grown to the length of New
York city block. Its hospitabe doors always
Open and friends from both sides of the Atlantic
equally welcome. The iron chain no longer impedes
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planted and pruned for more than century, and
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