The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

Artists hunted them out, and rev
hardy campers explored the wilderness
they found. But to this day there Is
more untouched ground along these
Palisades for New Workers to play In
than In any other territory within a
hundred miles.
Under the shaft-like walls, and close
to the rim of the river. between Fort
Lee and PiermOnt, Is Il row of tiny
white tents with boats drawn up, gaily
painted canoes and little sailbOats.
Bare-legged klddles run out hoping
for "waveS" as our steamer passes,
and the campers wave and hallOo.
On the right, the end of Manhattan
island is marked by high rise of
wooded land and that famous creek In
which was lost the intrepid Dutchman
who tried to swim it 'in Spuyt den
duyvel" to warn the farmers up coun-
try that the British had landed on
Manhattan isle.
Notwithstanding the sQuealing rail-
roads that now trestle it where 1t
joins the Hudson, Spuyten Duyvel still
keeps a good deal the look OF pretty
country.
Just north of Spuyten Duyvel Is a
mountainette which used to be called
Tibbet's hill and had fOrtitication,
now replaced by the tall shaft of the
Hendrick Hudson monument. The
story goes that the little Half Moon
was attacked at this point by Indians.
Before the Majestic Palisades.
The lovely wooded hillsideS we now
pass on the east bank are where the
rich men of Riverdale have their
homes and where the picturesque con-
vent of Mount st. Vincent peeps out
from the trees.
If the day is clear you can glimpse q
large castlellke house which was built
by Edwin Forrest, famous tragedian
of generation ago. 1t now forms
part of the convent, and is headQuar'
ters for the American branch of the
Sisters Of Charity of St. Vincent.
The Palisades now grow more and
more majestic, and the east bank OF
the river is cool-looking and clad Will
trees through which the houses in the
suburbs of Yonkers begin to peep.
If you were tired and hot at the be
ginning of the trip, you are rested b!
this time despite yourself. There Il
something in the very width Of th'
Hudson and the calm of the grea
cliffs to the west and the vast sweel
of water as, far ahead, it swells int
the Tappan Zee, that blurs relnem
brance of city cares and makes bod,
and mind relax.
The boat puts in at YOnkcrs ant
gives you chance to see Subur
that is Il thriving city. You learn tina
this old Dutch town. only II mile
from the battery, has 10000 popula
ton and is full of lively business in
tereStS.
On the HudsOn's west bank nestle
the quaint, neat landing OF Alpine
beginning at the rivers brim an
struggling up the precipitOus wOode
hill. You can almost smell the dam
) greenness of the forest, quiet and call
b. on the weekday, but abloom with pic
! mic parties every Sunday from earl
t morning till way past dark.
] For this Is all state park propert
: now, free to the people and protecte
h from Quarrymen. You can't quite sc
K the village proper from the river fC
y it is at the top of the cliff, bit baC
from the brink, a sweet, rustic hamle
e as remote from the world as though
s were indeed an Alpine community.
h Perched on the green brow of tn
: Palisades at this point are some lovel
d houses, and two or three artists st,
l. dIos cllngng to the woodsy walls fu
$, ther down.
It North of Yonkers and Alpine tt
s country is more beautiful with ever
mile.