Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military AcademyBoynton, Edward C. (Edward Carlisle)
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Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy
Boynton, Edward C. (Edward Carlisle)
West Point (N.Y.) -- Guidebooks
From West Point westward, the road diverges to the CEMETERY,
overlooking Camptown, where the soldiers are quartered, Washington's
Valley, a little beyond, Constitution Island, the Foundry, and the
village of Cold Spring. The tasteful monuments, with their military
insignia and mournful inscriptions, unveil the attachment of many who
fell in Florida, Mexico, Oregon, and in the Rebellion, for the spot
protected and consecrated by their Alma Mater. The branch road south,
immediately without the first West gate, leads to Fort Putnam, and
intersects the river route a little above Cozzens' Hotel. The main
road west, known as the "Canterbury Road," leads to Turner's Station,
on the Erie Railroad, about fourteen miles distant, passing Long Pond,
and the vicinity of many other ponds indicated on the map, most of
which afford fine resorts for angling and hunting in the appropriate
season. Three miles from West Point a branch from this road leads
across the mountain to Canterbury, Cornwall, and Newburg, but the
route is so rough as to render it unsuitable for pleasure driving.
Just before reaching this point a road extends south through Eagle
Valley to Highland Falls, affording a circuit of about seven miles,
through a region abounding with new beauties at every turn. The road
is in good condition, and the proposed intention of the Cozzens'
Brothers to add to the attractions of their Hotel by erecting a
mountain retreat at the Round Pond, will doubtless lead to further
improvements.
The "Drives" on the east side of the Hudson are easy of access by the
steam ferry, and are possessed of even stronger attractions. From the
landing the road rises to the "Highland House," and from thence
southward as far as Anthony's Nose, the route is one of exquisite
beauty. Besides the numerous country seats, nowhere surpassed in
elegance, and the thriving farms along the way, the Robinson House,
situated at the base of Sugar Loaf Mountain, about one mile below,
presents an object of deep and attractive interest. Preserved with all
its original features, and as far as possible in the same condition as
when it was made the scene of Arnold's treachery--hallowed by the
footsteps of Washington and almost every general officer of the
Revolution, and rendered impressive from its antiquity and the absence
of all evidences of the progress of modern architecture and comfort,
the Robinson House has survived, with its umbrageous foliage, for
nearly a century, and remains at this day almost the only relic of its
former princely proprietor.
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