New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
Springfield to Albany.
av;n1 SnrinCfield the tours


Leaving Springfield the tourist runs
TO West Springfield, Westfeld and
Woronoco, where the valley narrows
between the cliffs Of Mount Tekoa on
the right and Mount Nero on the left
At Russell the route bears to the left,
leaving the river. and makes a circuit
of Turtle Bend Mountain to Hunting
ton. At Chester it bears away from
the Westfeld River and follows
Walkers Brook, with easy curves and
grades to the top of Jacobs Ladder,
which has an elevation of LOO feet.
On the descent the road passes
Greenwater pond on the left and enters
East Lee. From this point the tourist
follows the direct road through Lee TO
Lenox, passing many fine estates.
Lenox is the Newport Of the Berk-
shires and offers the tourist an INFINITE
variety of drives and outdoor sports
Turning to the right, at monument 10
General John Paterson. of Revolution
arv fame. the route follows rolling
road. passing the Pittsfeld Country
| Club. to the centre of Pittsfeld. The
chief historical point in Pittsfield is the
house where Longfellow wrote the
| Old Clock on the Stairs" This was
the home of Miss Appleton, who be-
came the wife of the poet.
Leaving Pittsfeld. via Housatonlc
| Street. the traveller Immediately begins
the ascent of the Taconic lTaghkanlcK)
| Range, at the summit OF which IS tne
! boundary line between MASSACHUSETTS
and New York.
Here a magnificent view oVerI90Ss
the Lebanons and the WyomanocK val
! lev. Descending a long but easy grace
| ha a
little cemetery, where rest the remains
NJ samuel ]. Tilden. New Lebanon was
the headquarters Of Mother Ann, who
came from England to found Shakerism
in America.
Following Wyomanock Creek the
route passes through fertile agricul.
tural section, including Nassau ana
Schodack Centre, into Rensselaervllle,
now a part of Albany. Here the Hud-
son River is crossed by a long TOLL
bridge, which brings the traveller into
the city proper.
in 1923, when it was called Fort Orange
and became a great fur trading centre
Albany to New York.
While the ride through the Hudson
Valley from Albany 20 New YORK Is
familiar one to many motorists, Few
take advantage of the opportunities II
offers to study the early history and
DEVELOPMENT of the Empire State.
On through trip from Pittsheld 10
New York it is not necessary to enter
the city of Albany, as the route down
the river retraces the road for about
nine miles toward Pittsheld.
The first interesting point encoun-
tered is Kinderhook. which was named
from point which projects into the
river opposite the town, and means
"Children's Point" Martin Van Buren,
was born in Undertook, and in the out
skirts is Lindenwald, the farm he oc-
cupied after his term as President.
This was an historic place before Van
Buren, purchased it, having been the
home of Peter Van Ness. Another old
house is the Van Setback mansion,
where Burgoyne was entertained after
his defeat at Saratoga. 49,.
Following the general course OF Kim
derhook Creek a new state road runs
into Stoteville and Hudson. The latter
is the third oldest city in the state,
and the point where Fulton landed with
the Clermont, which was built at North
Bay, about fifteen miles down the river.
Continuing down the river the trav,
| eller passes through Sleimon' anN
Nevis, the latter being named for the
birthplace Of Alexander Hamilton, in
the British West Indies.
Passing through several villages and
estates Of wealthy New Workers the
route enters Poughkeepsie, passing I'M
der long railroad bridge, which is the
only bridge spanning the Hudson De-
tween New York and Albany.
Poughkeepsie was the home OF Gov.
ernor Dewitt Clinton. the father OF
the Erie Canal; and it is the seat OF
Vassar College. From Wappinger Falls
the new state road may be followed
to Peekskill, which is on the creek OF
that name.
At Croton, strange to say. the tourist
has the first view of the Hudson, which
is nearly four miles wide at this point,
and was called by the Dutch "zuyder
Zee"