The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-08-30
HUDSON RIVER MADE
EARLY DAY HISTORY
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER MEN SEE
PLACES FAMOUS IN REVOLT
TIONARY TIME
UNCLE SANS GRAVEYARD
EASTERN NEWSPAPERS GIVE
SAUK CENTRE AND MINNIE
sofa MUCH PUBLICITY

At the conclusion of last weeks
letter the National Editors were en-
route from Newberg to West Point
over the Storm King Highway
Uncle Sans military academy is
wonderful place. At this time
there are about 1000 cadets receiv-
ing training, and about 500 of them
put on a drill for the edifcation of
the newspaper men during the after
noon. 1t is quite likely no body of
men in the world drill with the pre-
cision and accuracy of West Pointer.
About 5 100 o'clock in the afternoon
we boarded another boat and con-
tinued the trip to New York City.
While scenery along the Hudson
is very beautiful, it doesn't compare
with what one can see in the Thous-
and Island region of the St. Law
renee. At one point about 40 miles
from New York City is the grave
yard of wooden boats built by Uncle
Sam during the war. When the edi-
torial party passed these boats there
were 90 of them anchored on the
west side of the river. In every sew
enth boat full crew was carried and
steam is kept up. This precaution
is taken in the case of fire. At one
time there were over 800 boats at
this point but many of them have
been disposed. of at a small portion
of what they cost Uncle Sam to con-
struct.
just below Newberg is "a low drop
roof house with large lawn and flag
pole in front, owned by the State Of
New York and used as a museum of
Washington relics. Gen. Washington
and his wife lived in this house from
April a, 1882 to Ang IL, 1888 while
his army laid in camp five miles to
the west On the west side of the
river, down few miles is the South
Beacon Hill 1885 feet above sea
level. During the Revolutionary war,
this hill was used for beacon fires
signaling the approach of an enemy.
The Daughters of the American Rev.
olution have erected beautiful mon
ument on this hill in commemoration
of the beacon fires.
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The Van Rensselaer, Manor house on
the left enroute down the Hudson was
built of brick, imported from Hol-
land in 1912. This is the oldest
house in the 13 original Colonies. 1t
was once the house of Martin Van
Buren,, president of the United
States.
At Rogers Island in 1925 the five
nations fought and finally exterminat-
ed the Mohican Indians whose ex-
PLOTS are so we'll portrayed by James
Fennimore Cooper.
The Catskill mountains raise their
heads on the right of the Hudson, the
hoghest peak visible from the boat
being 5000 feet above sea leVel. At
Claremont, Robert Fulton in 1907
launched the first steamboat. She
was $50 feet in length and made her
maiden trip from New York to AL
bany in 80 hours.
At Poughkeipsie the Henrik Hudson,
the boat carrying the editorial party
passed under a railroad bridge PIP
feet above the water and 21s miles
long.
New York City gets its water sup
ply from the Catskill mountains and
the $160,00O,00O aqueduct passes un-
der the Hudson river at point be-
tween Newberg and West Point Mill
tary Academy. Behring'S were carried
down over 1000 feet through the
sandy river bed before rock bottom
was reached.
Forty miles north of New York City
is Stony Point battle grounds on the
Hudson, captured by the British July
/. 1779 and re-captured by Gen. An
thony Wayne on the night of July
Is. 1779 after loss of about 100
men on each side. Right near this
point is Treason Hill, the meeting
place of Benedict Arnold and Major
Andre. At this point the Hudson
river is five miles wide, the broadest
part of it's course. Across the river
and down about mile at Cronton
Bay the British warship Vulture was
anchored. This was the boat that
brought Major Andre to his fatal
conference with Benedict Arnold.
Enroute down the river, the pala-
tial homes of Vincent Aston, VIM.
Rockefeller, and Helen Gould were
cited. An interesting point on the
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