Identifier: healthpleasurere00durs (find matches)
Title: Health and pleasure resorts and summer homes accessible by the picturesque Harlem Railroad : containing descriptive masster and an extensive list of s
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913- former owner. NNC New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
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Publisher: (New York)
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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nally owned all the lands hereabout, a large tract ofwhich was secured by the Jay family, who for generations pasthave made it their home. Katonah is forty-two miles fromNew York, and is situated near the boundary line betweenWestchester and Putnam Counties. It is noted for its hillsand valleys, pure water and bracing air. The extensive trav-eler will, now and then, find a place where those who becomeaccustomed to its scenery and general surroundings seldommigrate, and contentedly live on to a good old age, when thehomestead is handed down to the next generation. Katonahis such a place. A beautiful stream of clear, pure water runsthrough the village, formed by two branches of the Cross Riverand the Beaver Dam, the former finding its origin in LakeWaccabuc, and the latter in Woodland Springs. Both streamsabound in trout. The whirr of the partridge, the whistle ofthe quail, the bark of the gray squirrel, as well as of the thiev-ing fox in the poultry-yard, remind one that it is country,
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THE HARLEM RAILROAD 15 and all afford fine sport when the Maw is off. The townis fully up to its rural surroundings, and the enterpriseof residents may have carried it a little beyond. It has twofine churches, a village improvement society, composed of itsmost eminent citizens, who have provided many conveniencesand luxuries, including sidewalks, shade trees and street lamps.There is also a commodious reading-room, with an extensivelibrary, largely sustained and patronized by Hon. John Jay,Hon. Wm. H. Robertson, and Hon. Henry E. Pellew. TheRailroad Company has set apart a piece of ground along theplatform at the station, which is beautifully laid out withflowers during the summer. A ride of two miles fartherbrings us to Goldens Bridge.—This quaint little place, forty-fourmiles from New York, may very justly feel a natural pride inits surroundings. About four miles to the east of the bridge,at the terminus of a drive or walk that presents a constantsuccession of charming surprises i

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