Produced by David Widger                           MYTHS AND LEGENDS                                   OF                              OUR OWN LAND                                   By                           Charles M Skinner                                Vol 1                        THE HUDSON AND ITS HILLSCONTENTS OF ALL VOLUMESTHE HUDSON AND ITS HILLSRip Van WinkleCatskill GnomesThe Catskill WitchThe Revenge of ShandakenCondemned to the NooseBig IndianThe Bakers DozenThe Devils DanceChamberThe Culprit FayPokepsieDunderbergAnthonys NoseMoodua CreekA Trappers Ghastly VengeanceThe Vanderdecken of Tappan ZeeThe Galloping HessianStorm Ship on the HudsonWhy Spuyten Duyvil is so NamedThe Ramapo SalamanderChief CrotonThe Retreat from MahopacNiagaraThe Deformed of ZoarHorseheadsKayuta and WanetaThe Drop StarThe Prophet of PalmyraA Villains CremationThe Monster MosquitoThe Green PictureThe Nuns of CarthageThe Skull in the WallThe Haunted MillOld Indian FaceThe Division of the SaranacsAn Event in Indian ParkThe Indian PlumeBirth of the WaterLilyRogerss SlideThe Falls at CohoesFrancis Woolcotts NightRidersPollys LoverCrosby the Patriot SpyThe Lost Grave of PaineThe Rising of Gouverneur MorrisTHE ISLE OF MANHATTOES AND NEARBYDolph HeyligerThe Knell at the WeddingRoistering Dirck Van DaraThe Party from Gibbet IslandMiss Brittons PokerThe Devils SteppingStonesThe Springs of Blood and WaterThe Crumbling SilverThe Cortelyou ElopementVan Wempels GooseThe Weary WatcherThe Rival FiddlersWyandankMark of the Spirit HandThe First Liberal ChurchON AND NEAR THE DELAWAREThe Phantom DragoonDelaware Water GapThe Phantom DrummerThe Missing Soldier of Valley ForgeThe Last Shot at GermantownA Blow in the DarkThe Torys ConversionLord Percys DreamSaved by the BibleParricide of the WissahickonThe Blacksmith at BrandywineFather and SonThe Envy of ManitouThe Last Revel in Printz HallThe Two RingsFlame Scalps of the ChartiersThe Consecration of WashingtonMarionTALES OF PURITAN LANDEvangelineThe Snoring of SwunksusThe Lewiston HermitThe Dead Ship of HarpswellThe Schoolmaster had not reached OrringtonJack Welchs Death LightMogg MegoneThe Lady UrsulaFather Moodys Black VeilThe Home of ThunderThe Partridge WitchThe Marriage of Mount KatahdinThe Moose of Mount KineoThe Owl TreeA Chestnut LogThe Watcher on White IslandChocoruaPassaconaways Ride to HeavenThe Ball Game by the SacoThe White MountainsThe Vision on Mount AdamsThe Great CarbuncleSkinners CaveYet they call it Lovers LeapSalem and other WitchcraftThe Gloucester LeaguersSatan and his BurialPlacePeter Rugg the Missing ManThe Loss of WeetamooThe Fatal ForgetmenotThe Old Mill at SomervilleEdward Randolphs PortraitLady Eleanores MantleHowes MasqueradeOld Esther DudleyThe Loss of Jacob HurdThe HobomakBerkshire ToriesThe Revenge of Josiah BreezeThe MayPole of MerrymountThe Devil and Tom WalkerThe Gray ChampionThe Forest SmithyWahconah FallsKnocking at the TombThe White Deer of OnotaWizards GlenBalanced RockShonkeekMoonkeekThe Salem AlchemistEliza WhartonSale of the SouthwicksThe Courtship of Myles StandishMother CreweAunt Rachels CurseNixs MateThe Wild Man of Cape CodNewburys Old ElmSamuel Sewalls ProphecyThe Shrieking WomanAgnes SurriageSkipper Iresons RideHeartbreak HillHarry Main The Treasure and the CatsThe Wessaguscus HangingThe Unknown ChampionGoody ColeGeneral Moulton and the DevilThe Skeleton in ArmorMarthas Vineyard and NantucketLove and TreasonThe Headless Skeleton of SwamptownThe Crow and Cat of Hopkins HillThe Old Stone MillOrigin of a NameMicah Rood ApplesA Dinner and its ConsequencesThe New Haven Storm ShipThe Windham FrogsThe Lamb of SacrificeMoodus NoisesHaddam EnchantmentsBlock Island and the PalatineThe BuccaneerRobert Lockwoods FateLove and RumLIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE SOUTHThe Swim at Indian HeadThe Moaning SistersA Ride for a BrideSpooks of the HiawasseeLake of the Dismal SwampThe Barge of DefeatNatural BridgeThe Silence BrokenSiren of the French BroadThe Hunter of CalawasseeRevenge of the AccabeeToccoa FallsTwo Lives for OneA Ghostly AvengerThe Wraith Ringer of AtlantaThe Swallowing EarthquakeThe Last Stand of the BiloxiThe Sacred Fire of NatchezPass ChristianThe Under LandTHE CENTRAL STATES AND GREAT LAKESAn Averted PerilThe Obstinacy of Saint ClairThe Hundredth SkullThe Crime of Black SwampThe House AccursedMarquettes ManEaterMichel de Coucys TroublesWallens RidgeThe Sky Walker of HuronThe Coffin of SnakesMackinackLake Superior Water GodsThe Witch of Pictured RocksThe Origin of White FishThe Spirit of CloudyThe Sun Fire at Sault Sainte MarieThe Snake God of Belle IsleWereWolves of DetroitThe Escape of Francois NavarreThe Old LodgerThe Nain RougeTwo RevengesHiawathaThe Indian MessiahThe Vision of RescueDevils LakeThe Keusca ElopementPipestoneThe Virgins FeastFalls of St AnthonyFlying Shadow and Track MakerSaved by a LightningStrokeThe Killing of Cloudy SkyProvidence HoleThe Scare CureTwelfth Night at CahokiaThe Spell of Creve Coeur LakeHow the Crime was RevealedBanshee of the Bad LandsStanding RockThe Salt WitchALONG THE ROCKY RANGEOver the DivideThe Phantom Train of Marshall PassThe River of Lost SoulsRiders of the DesertThe Division of Two TribesBesieged by StarvationA Yellowstone TragedyThe Broad HouseThe Death WaltzThe Flood at Santa FeGoddess of SaltThe Coming of the NavajosThe Ark on Superstition MountainsThe Pale Faced LightningThe Weird Sentinel at Squaw PeakSacrifice of the ToltecsTaVwots Conquers the SunThe Comanche RiderHorned Toad and GiantsThe Spider TowerThe Lost TrailA Battle in the AirON THE PACIFIC SLOPEThe Voyager of the WhulgeTamanous of TacomaThe Devil and the DallesCascades of the ColumbiaThe Death of UmatillaHunger ValleyThe Wrath of ManitouThe Spook of Misery HillThe Queen of Death ValleyBridal Veil FallThe Governors Right EyeThe Prisoner in American ShaftAS TO BURIED TREASUREKidds TreasureOther Buried WealthSTORIED WATERS CLIFFS AND MOUNTAINSPREFACEIt is unthinkingly said and often that America is not old enough to havedeveloped a legendary era for such an era grows backward as a nationgrows forward No little of the charm of European travel is ascribed tothe glamour that history and fable have flung around old churchescastles and the favored haunts