American Scenery, Vol. 1
by Nathaniel Parker Willis
About this book
Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description of the site and location. These vignettes give us rare glimpses of scenic locations as they appeared in 1840. All sites are in the eastern part of the United States, especially New England and New York. This is Volume One of a two-volume set. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Chapters (65)
1 American Scenery
2 Niagara Falls, from the Ferry
3 View from West Point
4 Trenton Falls, View down the Ravine
5 View from Mount Holyoke
6 The Outlet of Niagara River
7 The Palisades, Hudson River
8 The Rapids above the Falls of Niagara
9 Saratoga Lake
10 The Colonnade of Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs
11 Albany
12 Crow’s Nest, from Bull Hill, West Point
13 View below Table Rock
14 Lake Winipiseogee
15 Kosciusko’s Monument
16 The Horseshoe Falls at Niagara, with the Tower
17 The Narrows, at Staten Island
18 View of the Capitol at Washington
19 View of the Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
20 View from Fort Putnam
21 View of State Street, Boston
22 Niagara Falls, from Clifton House
23 View from Hyde Park
24 Village of Sing-Sing
25 View from Ruggle’s House, Newburgh
26 Descent into the Valley of Wyoming
27 Boston, from Dorchester Heights
28 View of Faneuil Hall, Boston
29 New York Bay, from the Telegraph Station
30 Peekskill Landing
31 Lighthouse near Caldwell Landing
32 Harper’s Ferry, from the Potomac Side
33 Caldwell, Lake George
34 Centre Harbour, Lake Winipiseogee
35 Yale College, at New Haven
36 Willey House—White Mountains
37 Battle Monument, Baltimore
38 Forest Scene on Lake Ontario
39 Viaduct on the Baltimore and Washington Rail-road
40 The Indian Falls near Coldspring
41 Columbia Bridge, over the Susquehanna
42 The Genessee Falls, Rochester
43 The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York
44 Rail-road to Utica, Little Falls
45 Utica & The Landing, on the American side, Falls of Niagara
46 View From Mount Washington
47 Mount Washington, and the White Hills
48 The Park and City Hall, New York
49 The Two Lakes, and the Mountain House on the Catskills
50 Trenton High Falls
51 The Valley of the Shenandoah, from Jefferson’s Rock
52 Lockport, Erie Canal
53 The Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon
54 Black Mountain, Lake George
55 Valley of the Connecticut, from Mount Holyoke
56 View on the Erie Canal, near Little Falls
57 Hudson Highlands, from Bull Hill
58 Villa on the Hudson, near Weehawken
59 View of Meredith, New Hampshire
60 Ballston Springs
61 The Narrows, from Fort Hamilton
62 The Notch House, White Mountains
63 Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming
64 Squawm Lake, New Hampshire
65 Sabbath-Day Point, Lake George
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