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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ...blood with which in other days it was so often and so freely stained. Nothing could be prettier than is the varied little valley in which the old bridge lies, at the confluence of the Harlem and the Hudson Rivers, through the connecting link, of a mile in extent, of the mischievous currents of Spyt den Duivel. Bold and beautifully wooded hills surround it at all points, once crowned with grim, war-like defences, and now with smiling villa-homes. Eastward, on the one hand, is the eminence where once stood the old Fort George, and opposite stretch out the verdant heights of Fordham. Between them, in the distance, is descried a portion of the famous bridge which bears the waters of the far-off Croton high over the Harlem River to the great city. This spot, it is said, was first selected as the site of the humble Dutch settlement now grown into the mighty city. If the worthy burghers chanced to think, while debating the question of locality, that it would be all the same 'a hundred years hence,' they exactly hit the mark; since, so the event has turned, the city which they founded fourteen miles away has fairly grown out to the site which, it was at first meant to occupy. Directly west of King's Bridge is Tippett's Brook,-the Mosholus of the Indians, a stream romantic in natural attractions, and in legendary and historic tales. In this neighborhood is the family mansion of the Macombs, of which was Major-general Alexander Macomb of the United States army. Spyt den Duivel Creek--more usually written Spuyten Duyvel, and sometimes Spiting Devil--is a picturesque stream flowing for a mile or less between bold hills from the Harlem at King's Bridge to the Hudson. Upon the brow of the eminence on the south or city side there once stood the defences known as Cockhill ... Paperback, Label: RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2012-05-19, Studio: RareBooksClub.com.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ...blood with which in other days it was so often and so freely stained. Nothing could be prettier than is the varied little valley in which the old bridge lies, at the confluence of the Harlem and the Hudson Rivers, through the connecting link, of a mile in extent, of the mischievous currents of Spyt den Duivel. Bold and beautifully wooded hills surround it at all points, once crowned with grim, war-like defences, and now with smiling villa-homes. Eastward, on the one hand, is the eminence where once stood the old Fort George, and opposite stretch out the verdant heights of Fordham. Between them, in the distance, is descried a portion of the famous bridge which bears the waters of the far-off Croton high over the Harlem River to the great city. This spot, it is said, was first selected as the site of the humble Dutch settlement now grown into the mighty city. If the worthy burghers chanced to think, while debating the question of locality, that it would be all the same 'a hundred years hence,' they exactly hit the mark; since, so the event has turned, the city which they founded fourteen miles away has fairly grown out to the site which, it was at first meant to occupy. Directly west of King's Bridge is Tippett's Brook,-the Mosholus of the Indians, a stream romantic in natural attractions, and in legendary and historic tales. In this neighborhood is the family mansion of the Macombs, of which was Major-general Alexander Macomb of the United States army. Spyt den Duivel Creek--more usually written Spuyten Duyvel, and sometimes Spiting Devil--is a picturesque stream flowing for a mile or less between bold hills from the Harlem at King's Bridge to the Hudson. Upon the brow of the eminence on the south or city side there once stood the defences known as Cockhill ... Paperback, Label: RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2012-05-19, Studio: RareBooksClub.com.

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