The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-15
HUDSON HAS MANY
HISTORIC PLACES
JOURNEY on RIVER BRINGS
TRAVELLER TO MANY SPOTS
OF INTEREST.

OF INTEREST
To the traveller going up State tnera
is no route so attractive for the frs.
stage OF his journey as that offered
by the Hudson River steamers. lie
can proceed iuxuri0Gsiy up the river
to Albany or Troy and he can have
time to enjoy the wonderful SC merry
offered by the Palisades. AT the end
of the trip he can take a train Into
the Green mountains. to the White
mountains Of New Hampshire. the
beaches and coast resorts of the
Maine coast. the Adirondacks. the
Be-kshires, the lake regions AMI the
! Canadian resorts
The Hudson has an interest that Ia
divided equally between the scenery
and the historic events IN which IL
| has figured. II Is one OF the most re-
msrkapie rivers In the United States
in both respects. il has been called
the American Rhine. Both the Rhine
and the Hudson flow through pc
turescue country. between wooded
highlands and lofty peaks during
parts Of their courses. Both are great
highways Of internal commerce.
But there the analogy ends. The
history Of the Rhine Is largely that
OF far off legend and tradition. OF
, robber bsrons aEd the fihelungen
| legends. The history OF the hudso n
! Is Intimately connected With some O..
! the most stirring events OF the Revo-
luton. Many fight took place along
| its banks and armed flotillas set forth
| upon it's surface bound on excur>
sions against tho British, The eastern
! shore OF the Hudson is particularly
rich in historic spots. With Spuyten
a fo ~ nj
son will see in every direction grouno
! that has been made memorable in
history as the scene Of some strug-
! gle between the coionists and their
| oppressors.
/ One OF these points is pobbs Ferry.
| After the Continental army met will
! defeat on Long Island ard it beca me
| evident that New York must be aban-
| doned to the British. Washington re-
| luctantly but hastily made Dobbs Fer
| ry the centre for his military stores
and baggage. Washington moved up
| 10 KinSsbridge. where he established
| his headquarters. erecting numerous
! fortifications In the Harlem valley.
! Here n successful stand was made
! against tho British grenadiers. Spuy-
: ton Duyvil may DO considered as the
| line beyond which tho British never
succeeded in achieving permanent oc-
i cupancy, though at times they made
| tncursions and forayE into the terri
tory so stoutly defended by the Amer
/ leans. From this fact springs tho
great historic interest which attaches
| to all Of the points along the lower
Hudson river and even to nlany places
above Poughkeepsie.
Dohbs Ferry was an important post
during the Revolution and at different
times WAS the headquarters OF both the
Continentals and the British. The Brit
ish troops gathered there before the
battle OF White Plains and again be-
| fore marching to the assault on Fort
Washington. The fi-st reasonable In
teTviewN between Arnold and Andre d~as
but for some reason best known TO
the pIotters the meeting did not take
place as arranged for.
Tonkers, tina first city a person sees
from the steamer after leaving the
last of New York behind, has Its share
OF historic spots. Here the most re-
markable building from the historic
standpoint II thu old PhIllipse Manor
house. erected in 1890 and now used
, as the city hall. 1t is still an ele-
.Eantye1Sinpie. OF the Colonial house of
the best class ana is chiefly famed
/ from the fact that George Washing
ton Is said to have once had here love
affair with Mary Phillipse, the daugh-
ter of the then owner Of the property.
The Tappap Zee. the wide stretch OF
water opposite TalTytown. Is IN the
! very home Of the Irving legends and
the scene OF thousand and one fanei-
l. 81 ! stories which have Fona into IT.
erary history AZ concentrating the
region Of the Hudson Valley. Nearly
all OF the points on the shore OF this
vide reach Of water are mentioned in
. the stories of Washington living and
his litersry contemporaries who wrote
of the HUDSON. The principal one Of
these points liz probably SLEEPY Ho!-
! low. where MIR. Crane encountered
the very anatomicaily unconventional
horseman and whose other famous Ie-
gends have all heen related by Irving
with so much charm that they are too
well known TO mention specifically. It
was at Sleepy Hollow too that pauld-
ing. Williams and Van Wart captured
Major Andre. and the citlzsns have
put monument up on Broadway near
Sleepy Hollow concentrating the
capture.
Just above PeekskiiI on the hill are
the ruins OF Fort Indepe ndence, where
the Revolutionary troops were quar-
tered from time to time. There are
many historic legends relating to
various characters and spots In tho
vicinity OF Peekskill and its beautiful
location at the entrance to the High
lands makes It particularly attractive
~ the summer camp ground Of the
New York State militia Peekskill still
retains much Of military interest
Although the west bank Of the HUI
SOD II by no means 40 full Of HIS
torical spcts az II the east bank never
theless there are many points of In
teresf. The Palisades offer some OF
the most attractive ecenArv to be
found anywhere IN the Eastern GtateS.