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TARRYTOWN-ON-HUDSON
ITS HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS AND LEGENDARY LORE
By HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE
Tarrytown-On-The-hudson is
interesting from many points of view. It
is beautiful in itself, with a touch of that ripe,
old-world beauty which is the rich deposit of a
long association of man with nature; a beauty
which reveals its depth in the fulness of foliage,
the girth of ancient trees, the texture of
the grass, and that atmosphere of ancient and
familiar use which, although invisible and impalpable,
lends a peculiar charm to settled
towns and countries. For Tarrytown has a
long history—as history is reckoned in this
new world—and an ancient date. It wears
the air of a locality which was in full life in
Colonial times. The old houses are few, but
