Bob Hampton’s
VISITING
HISTORIC
Motto
– “Duty, Honor, Country”
VISITING
HISTORIC
CONTENTS
WEST
POINT
Page
USMA,
Thayer
Hotel,
NORTH
– EAST SIDE OF RIVER
Boscobel
Estate, Garrison (1808)…………..…………………………………………….…...5
Beekman
Arms Tavern, Rhinebeck (1776)……………………………………...…..……….7
Culinary
Roosevelt
Estate,
Coppola’s
Ristorante,
NORTH
– WEST SIDE OF RIVER
George
Washington Headquarters,
City
of
SOUTH
– WEST SIDE OF RIVER
Bear
Mountain Inn,
Hampton
Inn Harriman, Woodbury…………………………...………………….……...…18
Cosimo’s
Brick Oven, Woodbury (2006)…...…………………………...………...…...……19
UNITED
Places
to visit and sites to see while at
·
· Trophy Point
· Eisenhower Hall
· Cullum Hall
· Chapels – Cadet
Chapel, Old Cadet Chapel, Catholic,
Jewish
·
· Thayer Hotel
·
·
To
access a tour on the Internet – go to: http://www.youvisit.com/colleges.php?college=westpoint&vhost=westpoint&vhostT=&vhostStyle=
THAYER
HOTEL, WEST POINT (1926)
Thayer
Hotel,
Opened in 1926, the Thayer has 150 rooms, dining
facilities, and conference and wedding facilities. The picture above shows the backside of the
hotel which overlooks the
BOSCOBEL
ESTATE, GARRISON (1808)
Boscobel
Estate, Garrison (1808). Located
at 1601 Route 9D,
Boscobel is an estate
on the east side of the
Built in the early 1900s,
BEEKMAN
ARMS TAVERN, RHINEBECK (1776)
Beekman
Arms Tavern and Dalamater Inn, Rhinebeck (1776). Located at
CULINARY
Culinary
CIA's
ROOSEVELT ESTATE, HYDE PARK (1800)
Home
of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site and Eleanor Roosevelt National
Historic Site, Hyde Park (1800). Located at 4097
Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY 12538. Phone
845-486-1966. Website – www.nps.gov/hofr. Open
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Places to see on the 300 acre site include:
- Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center.
– Springwood – lifelong home of Franklin Roosevelt. -
Presidential Library and Museum.
– Top Cottage Retreat. –
Val-Kill – cottage of Eleanor Roosevelt.
VANDERBILT
MANSION, HYDE PARK (1895)
Vanderbilt
Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park (1895). Located at Hyde Park, NY. Phone 845-229-7770. Website www.nps.gov/vama. Open
9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
COPPOLA’S
RISTORANTE, POUGHKEEPSIE AND HYDE PARK (1961)
Poughkeepsie (1961). 2373
Route 9, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, Phone 845-462-4545, Website www.coppolas.net.
Coppola’s
Hyde Park. Located at 4167 Route 9, Hyde Park, NY 12538, Phone
845-229-9113, Website www.coppolas.net.
GEORGE WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS, NEWBURGH
(1782-1783)
Washington’s Headquarters State Historic
Site, Newburgh (1782-1783). Located
at 84 Liberty Street, Newburgh, NY 12511.
Phone 845-562-1195. Website www.nysparks.com/historic-sites. Open Wednesday through Saturday -
10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., and Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Tour the house and surrounding grounds.
The Hasbrouck
House served as George Washington's headquarters during the Revolutionary
War from April 1782 until August 1783. In
these critical months General Washington made some of his most important
contributions to shaping the American republic. It was here that Washington (1)
rejected the idea that he should be king after the war, (2) ended the Newburgh
conspiracy, preventing military control
of the government, (3) created and awarded the Badge of Military Merit, forerunner
of the Purple Heart, (4) circulated a letter to State Governors that influenced
the writing of the Constitution and (5) issued an order on April 19, 1783, for
the "cessation of hostilities" which formally
ended the fighting of the Revolutionary War.
MOHONK
MOUNTAIN HOUSE, NEW PALTZ (1869)
Mohonk
Mountain House, New Paltz (1869). Located
at 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, NY 12561. Phone 845-255-1000. Website www.mohonk.com. Tour hotel, lake and grounds. Have brunch, lunch or dinner.
The Mohonk Mountain House is a historic resort hotel
located on the Shawangunk Ridge west of New Paltz. The Catskill Mountains can be seen to the
north and west. The lake is a natural
lake created during the last ice age.
CITY
OF KINGSTON (1651)
City
of Kingston (1651). Located
on the west side of the Hudson River, 90 miles north of New York City and 60
miles south of Albany, across the River from Rhinebeck.
Settled in 1651, Kingston was one of the three large Hudson River
settlements in New Netherland - the other two being Beverwyck
(now Albany) and New Amsterdam
(now New York City). In 1777, Kingston
became the first capital of New York
State. On October 16, 1777, shortly
after the Battle of Saratoga, the city was burned by
British troops moving up the Hudson River from New York City. Many of the buildings were made of stone and
were quickly rebuilt by the town’s residents.
The Senate House (1676) is shown in the picture above. In 1777, the building housed the first
meeting of the newly formed New York State Senate.
FORT
MONTGOMERY STATE HISTORIC SITE, FORT MONTGOMERY (1776)
Fort
Montgomery State Historic Site, Fort Montgomery (1776). Located at 690 Route 9W,
P.O. Box 213, Fort Montgomery, NY 10922, Phone 845-446-2134, Website www.nysparks.com/historic-sites/28.
Fort Montgomery includes as visitors center and the
remains of a fortification built in 1776, on the West Bank of the Hudson River by
the Continental Army during the American Revolution. On October 6, 1777, British, Loyalist and
Hessian forces attacked Fort Montgomery and nearby Fort Clinton. The defending
American Patriots, outnumbered 3 to 1, were driven out of their forts and more
than half of the Patriot forces were killed, wounded or captured. Most of the original Fort Clinton site was
demolished during the construction of U.S. Route 9W
and the Bear Mountain Bridge.
BEAR
MOUNTAIN INN, BEAR MOUNTAIN (1915)
Bear
Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain (1915). Located
at 55 Hessian Drive, Bear Mountain, NY 10911, Phone
845-786-2731, Website www.visitbearmountain.com
Opened in 1915, the Inn is a hotel and restaurant owned by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission
and located on Route 9W at the northern end of Seven Lakes Drive,
just south of the Bear Mountain Bridge.
Discover
acre after acre of outdoor beauty and activities at the incomparably beautiful
Bear Mountain State Park. This unique state park starts on the west bank of the
Hudson River and includes the Perkins Memorial Tower at the very t
STONY
POINT BATTLEFILED STATE HISTORIC SITE, STONY POINT (1779)
Stony
Point Battlefield State Historic Site, Stony Point (1779). Located at P.O. Box 182,
Stony Point, NY 10980, Phone 845-786-2521,
Website www.nysparks.com/historic-sites/8.
The Stony Point Battlefield, just north of Stony Point, marks the July 16, 1779 Battle of Stony Point in which General "Mad" Anthony Wayne earned his nickname leading 1,350 Continental Army troops in a surprise attack against the 544-man British garrison at Stony Point. The Americans were unable to hold the fort for more than a few days.
King’s Ferry operated between Verplanck’s Point on the east side of the river with Stony Point on the west side. During the American Revolution, the ferry linked the New England colonies with the southern colonies. It was used many times by George Washington's Continental Army. In 1781 Washington's French allies used it on their way to the Battle of Yorktown and return a year later.
HAMPTON
INN HARRIMAN, WOODBURY
Hampton
Inn Harriman, Woodbury.
Located at 60 Centre Drive, Central Valley, NY 10917, on the New York
Thruway. Phone 1-845-782-9600. Website – www.hamptoninn.hilton.com. Bear
Mountain. From navigating the Hudson on a small boat or fishing in the park's
lake to hiking the first segment of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail or
biking and cross-country skiing, this bountiful park is an unforgettable family
destination. Situated in the heart of Bear Mountain State Park, our hotel
allows you to enjoy your stay with the ideal combination of resort-like
accommodations and breathtaking scenery.
COSIMO’S
BRICK OVEN, WOODBURY (2006)
Cosimos
Brick Oven Restaurant, Woodbury (2006). Located
at 100 New York 32, NY. Phone
845-928-8265. Website – www.cosimoswoodbury.com.
Have breakfast, lunch or dinner.
HUDSON
RIVER
Bear
Mountain Bridge – The picture was taken from the top of
Bear Mountain on the west side of the river.
The Appalachian Trail crosses the river on the bridge. The mountain known as Anthony’s Nose is on
the east side of the river. Fort
Montgomery is to the left and outside of the picture. The bridge was completed in 1924.
Creation
– The Hudson River was formed during the last glacier.
Name
– The river is named after Henry Hudson,
an Englishman
sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who explored it
in 1609. He sailed from the mouth of the
river in New York to the near the present day Albany. He
was not the first to discover the river as it had been known since the voyage
of Giovanni da
Verrazzano in
1524. Prior to this the
Dutch called the river the North River (or Mauritius) with the Delaware River
called the South River. The Native
American name for the river was “Muhheakantuick,” meaning water that flows both
ways.
Headwaters
- The river begins at the confluence of Calamity Brook and Indian Pass Brook
near Henderson Lake in Newcomb, NY, 315
miles above New York City.
Tidal
Flow – The river is tidal from its mouth in New York City
to the dam at Troy, NY – a distance of 150 miles. The tide would travel further north if it
were not for the dam blocking the water’s movement. The river runs north for six hours and then
runs south for six hours. The highest
tides occur at Albany, where the river becomes narrower and the water is forced
higher. Salt water flows upriver from the ocean along the bottom of the river,
while freshwater flows downriver over the top. The salt front, which is the
leading edge of the diluted sea water, is usually south of the Tappan Zee
Bridge, but it can reach as far north as Poughkeepsie during droughts.