; crossed by drawbridge of the Hudson River Railroad.
_Teller's Point._ That part of Croton Point which juts into the Hudson.
This point separates Tappan Zee from Haverstraw Bay.
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O Tappan Zee! with peaceful hills,
And slumbrous sky and drowsy air,
Thy calm and restful spirit stills
The heart weighed down with weary care.
_Wallace Bruce_.
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_Haverstraw Bay_, widest part of the river; over four miles in width.
_West Shore R. R. Tunnel_ under mountain.
_West Shore Railroad_, west bank, meets the Hudson south of
Haverstraw.
_Haverstraw_, on west bank, with two miles of brickyards.
_Treason Hill_, where Arnold and Andre met at the house of Joshua Hett
Smith, northwest of Haverstraw.
_Stony Point_, west bank. Lighthouse built on site and from the
material of old fort captured from British by Anthony Wayne in 1778.
_Verplank's Point_, on east shore, full of brickyards. It was here
Baron Steuben drilled the soldiers of '76.
_Tompkin's Cove_, on west bank. Lime kilns and quarries.
_Peekskill_, east bank, pleasantly located on Peekskill Bay.
_New York State Encampment_, on bluff north of Peekskill Creek.
_Kidd's Point_, on west bank, where steamer enters Highlands almost at
a right angle.
_Dunderberg Mountain_, west bank, forming with Manito Mountain on the
east southern portal of Highlands.
_Iona Island_, former pleasure resort for excursions, now converted to
Government use.
_The Race._ The river channel is so termed by navigators, between Iona
Island and the east bank.
_Anthony's Nose_, east bank, with railroad tunnel.
_Montgomery Creek_, on west side, empties into the Hudson about
opposite the point of Anthony's Nose. _Fort Clinton_ was on the south
side of this creek, and _Fort Montgomery_ on the north side.
_J. Pierpont Morgan's Residence_, on west bank.
_Sugar-Loaf_, east bank, resembling an old "sugar-loaf" to one looking
north from Anthony's Nose.
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From Stony Point to Bemis Height,
From Saratoga to the sea,
We trace the lines, now dark, now bright,
From seventy-six to eighty-three.
_Wallace Bruce._
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_Beverley Dock_, at foot of Sugar-Loaf, from which point Arnold fled
to the "Vulture."
_Lady-Cliff Academy_, (west side) on bluff.
_Hamilton Fish's Residence_, on hill, east side.
_William H. Osborne's Residence_, on east bank; house with pointed
tower north of Sugar-Loaf.
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