_Battle Monument_, surmounted by Statue of "Victory."
_Const.i.tution Island_, on east bank; chain was thrown across the river at this point during the Revolution.
_Old Cro" Nest_, picturesque mountain north of West Point on west bank.
_Cold Spring_, on east bank, opposite Old Cro" Nest.
_Undercliff_, once the home of George P. Morris, on slope north of Cold Spring.
_Break Neck Mountain_, on east bank, from which point the Highlands trend away to the northeast, known as the Beacon Mountains or the Fishkill Range.
_Storm King_, on west bank, marking northern portal of the Highlands.
_Cornwall_, under the slope of Storm King.
_Pollopel"s Island_, at northern portal of the Highlands.
_Idlewild_, above Cornwall, former home of N. P. Willis.
_Washington"s Headquarters_, Newburgh, seen as the boat approaches the city. A flag-staff marks the point.
_Newburgh_, west bank, 59 miles from New York.
_Fishkill Landing_, on east bank, opposite Newburgh.
Let us toast our foster-father, the Republic as you know-- Who in the path of science taught us upward for to go-- And the maidens of our native land whose cheeks like roses glow, They"re oft remembered in our songs, at Benny Havens--oh!
_Benny Havens, West Point._
_Low Point_ or _Carthage_, 4 miles above Fishkill.
_Devil"s Dans Kammer_, point on west bank covered with cedars.
_New Hamburg_, above Low Point, on the east side.
_Hampton Point_, opposite New Hamburgh. Here are the finest white cedars on the river.
_Irving Grinnell"s Residence, "Netherwood,"_ east bank, just distinguished through the trees.
_Shaw.a.n.gunk Mountains_, on the west side, reach away in the distance toward the Catskills.
_Marlborough_ and _Milton_, on west bank.
_Locust Grove._ Home of the late Prof. S. F. B. Morse on east bank, with square central tower.
_The Lookout_, a wooded hill owned by Poughkeepsie Cemetery.
_Livingston Place_, now occupied by a rolling mill.
_Va.s.sar Brothers Hospital_, brick building on the hillside.
_Poughkeepsie_, 74 miles from New York.
_Poughkeepsie Bridge_, 12,608 feet in length. Track 212 feet above tide-water.
_Mrs. John F. Winslow"s Residence_, seen through opening of trees on east bank.
_Hudson River State Hospital._ Large red buildings on east bank, two miles north of Poughkeepsie.
_Hyde Park_, on the east side.
_Residence of Frederick W. Vanderbilt_, with white marble Corinthian columns.
_Manresa Inst.i.tute_, large building above Crum Elbow, on west side.
_A. R. Frothingham._ Grecian portico with columns.
_John Burrough"s_ brown stone cottage, north of Frothingham"s.
_The Novitiate of the Redemption Fathers_, a large new building on west bank at Esopus.
_Staatsburgh, on east side._ Dock and ice houses in foreground.
While fashion seeks the islands Encircled by the sea, Taste finds the Hudson Highlands More beautiful to see.
_George P. Morris._
_D. O. Mills" Mansion_, palatial residence on the east bank above Staatsburgh.
_Dinsmore"s Residence_, a large building charmingly located on Dinsmore Point, east bank.
_Ellerslie_, residence of Ex-Vice-President Levi P. Morton, below Rhinecliff.
_Rhinecliff_, on east bank.
_City of Kingston_, embraces Kingston and Rondout.
_Kingston Point._ Delightful park and picnic grounds near the landing.
_Old Beekman Place_, on east bank, a short distance above Rhinecliff.