Copy 1 MOTOR TOURING FOR ALL Without the Expense of Owning a Car The Seven States Tour FOR NON-CAR OWNERS ^^-w^OULD you enjoy a fascinatino- twelve-day Motor ■ I ■ Tour through beautiful New Enoland over the %_M^ "Seven States Tour," stopping at the famous '^*— ^ summer hotels, at a moderate cost? If you do not own an automobile or it is inconvenient to use vour own car, our Motor Tours will surely interest you. Individual Reservations A new idea wiTmotor touring is our ])lan of individual reser- vations, whit'h has greatly reduced the cost of this delightful method of traveling. Tours leave New York frequently during the summer. High-power seven-passenger cars. RAYMOND & WHIT COMB CO. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York 306 Washington St., Boston 1005 Chestnut St., Philadelphia THE SEVEN STATES T • O • U • R T H R O t T G H NEW E N G L AND PUBLISHED BY Raymond S^ IVhitcomb Company NEW YORK BOSTON PH I LADE LPHIA DETROIT CHICAGO PITTSBURG PORTLAND, ORE. SAN FRANCISCO LONDON, ENG. COPYRIGHTED, 191] Compliments RAYMOND - AV H I T C O M B AUTOMOBILE TOURING DEPARTMENT The Following Well-Known Hotels Comprise the Night and Luncheon Stops ..ON THE SEVEN STATES TOUR THE EDGEWOOD INN Greenwich, Conn. HOTEL TAFT New Haven, Conn. THE GRISWOLD New London, Conn. THE MATTHEWSON Narragansett Pier, R. I. THE CROWN Providence, R. I. HOTEL PURITAN Boston, Mass. OCE ANSIDE HOUSE Magnolia, Mass. THE WENTWORTH Newcastle, N. H. COLONIAL INN Ossipee, N. H. THE KEARSARGE North Conway, N. H. THE MT. WASHINGTON . ...Bretton Woods, N. H. THE MAPLEWOOD Bethlehem, N. H. HOTEL VERMONT Burlington, Vt. HYDE MANOR Sudbury, Vt. EQUINOX HOUSE Manchester, Vt. THE GREYLOCK Williamstown, Mass. RED LION INN Stockbridge, Mass. THE STUYVESANT Kingston, N. Y. THE WAYSIDE INN Ellenville, N. Y. THE RED SWAN INN Warwick, N.Y. THE VANDERBILT HOTE L . . New York City THE SEVEN STATES TOUR THROUGH NEW ENGLAND CHE SEAMEN STATES TOUE offers the motor tourist who wishes to explore tlie choicest parts of New England within the limited space of two weeks an itinerary which cannot be equalled for uniformally good roads, excellent hotels and charming scenery. It not only unites all of these requisites in rare degree, but has the added attraction of covering a country richly imbued with an interest begotten of association with the most poignantly moving events in our early colonial life. Not only have the night stops been selected with infinite care, taking into consideration perfectly practical day runs as well as the character of the hotels designated, but a convenient luncheon stop is provided each day. The total distance of the tour, as outlined on the accompany- ing map, is one thousand and two miles and divides very nicely into eleven running days. For those who have more time at their disposal it presents a trip for a vacation of three or four weeks, allowing sufficient opportunity for thoroughly enjoying all the delightful detours and resting points in the White and Green Mountains and the Berkshire Hills. The circuit as shown on the accompanying map may be taken up at New York, Boston, Mass., New Haven, Conn., New London, Conn., Providence, E. I., Portsmouth, N. H., Bretton Woods, Bur- lington, Vt., Manchester, Vt., Stockbridge, Mass., and it is easily reached from Philadelphia, Pa., at Ellenville, N. Y., or at New York; from Portland, Me., at North Conway, N. H., and from Buffalo and Albany at Manchester or Stockbridge. It is also very accessible for motorists starting from either Hartford, Conn., Springfield or Worcester, Mass., and Concord, N. H., as well as scores of small places in eastern New York, Connecticut, Massachu- setts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Travelers from Can- ada will find Burling-fon, Vt., the best point at which to join the tour. Assuming New York City as a starting point the route leads through Yonkers, Dobbs Ferry and AATiite Plains, crossing the lower part of Westchester County, N. Y., from the Hudson to Long Island Sound. Many historic villages are passed on the first day, and the tourist spends his first night beneath the classic shades of Yale University at New Haven. [3] THE S E YEN STATES T Q U R Continuing along the shore^ the road runs through New Lon- don, where it crosses the Thames, battle-"ground" of the Yale and Harvard eights. Soon the State line is crossed and the tourist finds himself in Ehode Island, which boasts a higher percentage of improved roads tlian any other commonwealth in the Union. Narragansett Pier, the far famed summer resort, makes an ideal stop for the second night. From Narragansett Pier the route turns inland along the shore of the bay of the same name. There are many charming country places in this section and a visit to Newport, summer home par excellence of fashionable America, makes a pleasurable feature of the itinerary. Passing through Providence, the route runs to Boston through the district memorable as having witnessed the early struggle of the Puritan colony to establish a foothold in the bleak and inhospitable new world. Many historic towns and scenes are visited on the way to Boston, which is of course, the night stop. Amid the innumerable interesting landmarks of the great Pilgrim city, it is possible that the tourist may want to spend more than the allotted space. From Boston, the route runs northward along the most charm- ingly picturesque portion of the New England seacoast, passing through a score of fishing towns, whose fleets have brought deserved renown to this branch of our merchant marine. The Gloucester fishing fleet has been immortalized by Kipling in "Captains Courageous,^' his capital tale of the Grand Banks. After a day spent in the keen salt air, the tourist is ready for a good night's rest when Portsmouth, N. H., is reached. At Portsmouth the route leaves the coast and runs north- ward into the White Mountains, North Conway, in the wonder- fully lovely Intervales being the night stop. The scenery grows more rugged and impressive as the tourist proceeds on this day's run and by the time North Conway is reached the towering peaks of the Presidential Eange hang like a heavy blue cloud on the northern horizon. From North Conway the road bears north and west through the very heart of the White Mountains. Passing through the beau- tiful Crawford Notch, and lunching at Bretton Woods, in the shadow of magnificent Mount Washington, the tourist spends the day in the company of the august peaks of the Presidential Range, the apex of the White Mountains. In the afternoon the tourist visits the wonderful Flume, stops for a glimpse of the fantastic [4] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR "'Old Man of the j\Iountains," and proceeds through Franconia Notch to Maplcwood, where the night stop is made. The run for this da}' is purposely made short in order that the motorist may have time to loiter amid scenery that is unsurpassed for grandeur in this part of the country. From Maplewood the route continues westward through the northern spur ranges of the White Mountains, and at Littleton enters the exquisitely lovely sweep of the Coos A'^alley, the moun- tain ringed paradise which the Indians anciently considered the fairest portion of New England. Crossing the Connecticut Elver into Yermont, the road traverses the northern section of the Green Mountains, a wild and lovely ride over a good dirt highway. Pass- ing under the shadow of Mount Mansfield, second peak of the Green range, the route now sweeps out upon the broad plain that forms the basin of Lake C^iamplain, and proceeds to Burlington on the shore of the lake. From Burlington the road turns south along the "coast," with wonderful views of the distant Adirondacks on the other shore and of the Green ]\Iountains to the east across the fertile plain. Leaving the lake shore, the route turns inland through the outlying spurs of the Green Mountains, down the green valleys, and along the shores of many lakes to Manchester. From Manchester the route continues southward, through historic Bennington, and Williamstown with its delightful collegiate atmosphere, and at North Adams sweeps into the full glory of the wonderful Berk^iire A^alley. Southward through Pittsfield, Lenox, Stockbridge, the thrice lovely resort in the heart of the Berk- shires, it runs, leaving the valley by way of Great Barrington and South Egremont. From this latter place the road strikes south and westerly for the Hudson Yalley. The Hudson River is crossed to Kingston, where the l)lue cloud of the distant Catskills looms to the west and north. The tourist now traverses a lovely country of rolling hills, the dying convolutions of the Catskill range, to Ellenville, the last night stop. From Ellenville the route goes southward through the rich dairy lands of Orange County, following the fair Walkill and War- wick Valleys into the famed Eamapo Hills. Continuing past Tuxedo Park, with its fashionable colony, the motorist returns to New York through the fertile Jersey farmlands that were once the market gardens of Dutch Manhattan. [•■J THE S E V E N STATES TOUR NEW YORK TO NEW HAVEN FIRST DAY— 82.5 Miles. Via Yonkers, White Plains, Greenwich (Luncheon Stop), and the Long Island Sound. BROADWAY is followed to Yonkers, and from there the Albany- Post Road to Dobb's Ferry. This historic highway, built more than 300 years ago, was called by the settlers of New Amster- dam "The Queen's Road," and is closely interwoven with the his- tory of the Colonial period. After crossing the ship canal, or Harlem River (221st Street and Broadway), the traveler passes on the left the General McComb house, built by the hero of the land battle at Plattsburg in 1814, On the right is a wide vale, running many miles up through the hills of Westchester and known as the Vale of Yonkers. Van Court- land Park occupies the southern portion of this vale, and in the center of the park one of the famous Van Courtland mansions still stands, excellently preserved. H the A\ estihester Hill!. The City Hall at Yonkers, was remodeled from the original Philipse Manor House. Here the Lord of the Manor lived in regal style, maintaining more than 100 servants and swaying an absolute monarchy over practically everything on the east side of the river between Spuyten Duyvil and Croton. His vast property was finally sequestrated by the government at the close of the Revolution, and Col. Philipse with his family, including Mary, who is reputed to have refused the hand of George Washington, moved to Chester in England, where it still flourishes. , [6] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR Dobb's Ferry is a beautiful little residential place and has been the home of many well known New Yorkers. Robert G. Ingersoll lived and died and is buried here. Washington had a head- quarters here in 1781. In the Livingston homestead, still standing at Dobb's Ferry, General Washington and General Sir Guy Carlton met and signed the treaty of peace between England and her late colonies. Turning away from the Hudson River at Dobb's Ferry, the route runs to Ardsley, crosses the little Saw Mill River Valley, a continuation of the Vale of Yonkers, and follows it to Elmsdorf, where it makes a direct turn toward the Sound, passing through White Plains. All this country was traversed time and again dur- ing Revolutionary days by Washington, Lafayette, Rochambeau, Clinton, the Howes, and the other heroes of the great struggle. Prior to that it was the scene of many Indian battles beween the Dutch settlers and the Westchester tribes. Washington was defeated at White Plains, on October 28th, 1776 by Howe, and retreated toward Croton. Leaving White Plains the route follows for a short distance the valley of the Mamaroneck River. At Portchester it turns sharply left and runs along the Boston Post Road to Greenwich and Coscob. Greenwich was settled in 1640, and contains numerous fine old homes. General Israel Putnam lived here, and his cottage, contain- ing relics, may be seen. "Put's" Hill is here, and the stone steps down which the General rode his white horse to escape from the British. Edgre^vood Inn, Greenwich, Conn. At Mianus the route crosses the upper portion of the Coscob Harbor and runs to Stamford, settled in 1640 by English from Wethersfield. From Stamford to Bridgeport many beautiful sum- mer residences are passed, and there are delightful views of Long Island Sound. The Housatonic River is crossed at Stamford. At Darien is the little brick church where Reverend Moses Mather was captured by the British. Norwalk is located on land purchased by Roger Ludlow in 1640, from the Indians. Bridgeport, now an im- portant manufacturing city for ammunition, sewing machines, motors, tools, etc., is at the mouth of the Pequonock River. It is the winter home of "the Greatest Show on Earth" and contains many magnificent parks. There are monuments to P. T. Barnum, the late showman, and Elias Howe, the sewing machine inventor. [7] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR Milford, established in 1644, and originally a part of New Haven Colony, was first called Wepowaug, from an Indian settle- ment. The Treat Memorial Bridge crosses the Wepowaug River here. Hotel Taft, New Haven The "City of Elms" should not be passed through too quickly, as there are a score of interesting and historic points to be seen, including the buildings and grounds of Yale College. The Hotel Taft in New Haven stands at George and Meadow Streets on the site of a famous old tavern which was the scene of a memorable reception to General Washington, in 178 6. On West Rock is "Judges' Cave," the hiding place of the regicides. Farnum drive up East Rock makes an excellent side trip. [8] T HE S 3 : y E N S T A T E S T () U R NEW HAVEN TO NARRAGANSETT PIER SECOND DAY— 97 Miles. Via Old Lyme, New London (Luncheon), and Westerly. This is a magnificent drive, partly along the coast, with a suc- cession of fine marine views. Guilford, seventeen miles from New Haven, is an interesting old town, in which an hour or so may be profitably spent. It was D^vlglit and Aliiinui Halls, Ne^v Haven, Conn. settled by the English colonists in 1639, and still contains some of the original buildings, one of which is now a museum. Pitz-Green Halleck, the poet, was born and resided here. Old Saybrook, near the mouth of the Connecticut River, is another ancient English The Griswold, New London, Conn, settlement, dating from 1635. It was named in honor of Lord Say and Lord Brook, and was held against an invasion of the Man- hattan Dutch by John Winthrop, son of Governor Winthrop, and [9] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR twenty Englishmen. Yale University was first founded at Saybrook, and a granite boulder suitably inscribed now marks the site of the original log building. The Connecticut River is crossed at Say- brook to Old Lyme over a fine new bridge. The route now turns -«^ New London, Conn. away from the shore to Roger Lake, and crosses the Niantic River at Flanders Village, whence it runs, by way of Manetock Hill, to New London, settled in 1648. Benedict Arnold was born here, and on September 6, 1781, with Colonel Eyre, plundered and burned the town. On the Thames at New London is the historic course, over which the annual Yale-Harvard boat race, is rowed. The Matthewson, Narragansett Pier, R. I. Leaving New London the route crosses the Thames River and runs to Mystic, where it crosses the Mystic River and hugs the shore of the Sound to Stonington, thence to Westerly, where it crosses the Pawcatuck River and runs along the shore to Charles- town, Perrysville and Wakeville. From the latter place it turns to Narragansett Pier, the famous resort on Narragansett Bay. One of [10] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR the attractive features near Narragansett is the Heights, rising in varied colors from the sea to a height of more than 400 feet. Nar- ragansett is a very old settlement, having been established in 1675, and was the scene of many bitter battles between the colonists and Indians. On one occasion General Winslow, commanding about 1,000 colonists, captured some 600 Indians and killed about 300 more. Narragansett has been an ultra fashionable summer resort for years. There are fine drives to Point Judith Light, the Rhode Island Agricultural College and Spouting Rock, one of the natural beauties of the sea-coast. At Point Judith there is a country club, whose polo field is one of the finest in America. Many important matches are played here during the Summer, and the Point Judith team ranks with the leading fours of this country. NARRAGANSETT PIER TO BOSTON THIRD DAY— 82.5 Miles. Via Providence (Luncheon) North Attleboro and Dedham. Leaving Narragansett Pier, the route follows the Shore Drive, passing Little Neck and running along Boston Neck. A ferry is taken from Saunderstown to Conanicut Island, which is crossed to Jamestown and another ferry taken to Newport, the most fashion- able colony in America, and dating from 1639, when it was settled by Wm. Coddington, a religious refugee from Boston. "The New- port Mercury" (1758) claims to be the oldest newspaper in the United States. In 17 70, Newport was second commercially to Boston. Golden Ball Inn, now the Mansion House, still standing in Newport, was a scene of a ball given to Lafayette in 1784. General Washington stopped there in 1790, when he was making his tri- umphal tour of New England. Count de Rochambeau's troops landed here in 1780, after being blocked for a long time by the English. The city was captured by the British December 8, 1776. There is an ancient stone tower here which has proved a hard nut for historians to crack; some regard it as a Scandinavian structure of great antiquity, and others as a windmill built by the early colo- nists of Rhode Island. The question as to who built it will probably never be satisfactorily settled. There are many magnificent "cottages" at Newport, owned by wealthy society folk of New York and other cities. Leaving Newport, the run is to Bristol Ferry, a short ferry landing near the Bristol Light. The Columbia, Reliance, and other famous yachts were launched from the Herreshoff Ship Yards at Bristol. From Bristol the route goes to Warren and across the Warren and Barrington Rivers to Barrington. It was at Warren that William Barton captured General Robert Prescott, who had been annoying the colonists of Rhode nn THE SEVEN STATES TOUR Island. Congress voted Barton a sword, and he lived to a ripe old age on this one act of bravery. From Barrington the route runs through Riverside, and at Fort Hill crosses the Seekonk River to Providence, which was founded by Roger Williams in 1631. It was in Providence that a general Congress of the United States was first .proposed on May 17, 17 7 4, thus distinguishing Rhode Island as making the initial move for the formation of our present govern- ment. Kutraiice to tlie Hotel I'liritsm, Boston, >Isis.s. From Providence the run is a direct one through Pawtucket to North Attleboro and Walpole, Mass. At Pawtucket, on the Blackstone River, still stands the mill where Samuel Slater intro- duced (1790) the manufacture of cotton into Rhode Island. From Walpole the route goes to Dedham, one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts, having been founded in 1635. Dedham is also credited with having established the first public school in America to be supported by tax, 1664. It was originally called "Contentment," and lies between the Charles and Newport Rivers, connected by "Mother Brook," the oldest (1639) canal in the United States. There are many ancient houses here, including the Jonathan Fairbanks homestead (1650), owned by the "Fairbanks Family in America." A fine road from Dedham leads to the Metro- politan Park System and into Boston, where the tourist must be largely left to guide his own sightseeing. Some travelers from a great distance often think that there is little in Boston aside from pie and baked beans, but it is, of course, one of the most historic of American cities, and at least the following places should be seen: Faneuil Hall, "the Cradle of Liberty;" Griffin's Wharf, where the Boston Tea Party occurred; Old North Church, from whose steeple flamed Paul Revere's signal light; the Old State House; Boston Com- mon, which John Winthrop laid out, and, crossing over to Charles- town, the Bunker Hill monument and the scenes immortalized on that momentous day in 1775. [12] T HE S E \^ K N S T A T J^: S T () LI R BOSTON, MASS., TO NEWCASTLE FOURTH DAY— 103.5 Miles. Via Salem, Magnolia (Luncheon), Gloucester and Salisbury, N. H. From Boston we run through Cambridge and Somerville, over the Mystic River, througli Everett, Chelsea, Revere, and along Revere Beach. Of course the crowning glory of Cambridge is Harvard, and the historic "yard" with its magnificent buildings is worth an hour of the tourist's time. In 163 6 the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, appropriated $2,000 to found a school at Cambridge. This school later became Harvard College, and is now Harvard Uni- versity. At the corner of Mason and Garden Streets stands the venerable elm, under whose spreading boughs George Washington took command of the American Army, July 3rd, 1775. Here is also "Craigie House," Washington's headquarters in 1775-6. This house later became the home of Longfellow, which gives it a double interest. On Elm Avenue is "Elmwood," the birth-place and life- long home of James Russell Lowell. Even Somerville is filled with history. There is the old pow- der mill seized by the British (1774); Prospect Hill, where the first thirteen stripe American flag was unfurled before the stars and stripes had replaced the crosses of Saints George and Andrew. Oeeanside House, Magnolia, Mass. Revere Beach is Boston's Coney Island. Running along the Coast the road enters Lynn, one of the greatest shoe manufacturing cities of the world. Near Lynn is High Rock, under the shadow of which Moll Pitcher lived. From Lynn the route runs to Swampscott, Forest River and Salem, which is in every mind mysteriously associated with witch- craft. Here may be seen the old Witch House at Essex and North [131 THE SEVEN STATES TOUR streets. Salem is also the birthplace of several noted Americans, including General Isaac Putnam, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nathaniel Bowdick, a mathematician, William H. Prescott, the historian and Judge Joseph H. Choate, the diplomatist. Leaving Salem, the tourist passes over Beverly Harbor, through Beverly, the summer home of President Taft, and along the Atlantic Coast to Magnolia and Gloucester. Gloucester is a picturesque fishing village, from which place a loop is made around Cape Ann, to Rockport, on Sandy Bay. There are several places worthy of a visit on this island, includ- ing Dogtown Commons, where during the last of the 18th century about 100 families exiled themselves and lived in poverty among the boulder strewn hills; from their numerous dogs the place took its name. There is also on this island Doctor's Run, the Headlands and the Straitsmouth Life Saving Station at Gap Cove. From Rockport the tourist runs around Sandy Bay and the extreme point of the island, and returns to Gloucester by way of Annisquam. Returning to the mainland, the run is along the coast to Ipswich, Hotel Wemtworth, Newcastle, N. H. known as the place of many inns. Several volumes have been written about the ancient inns of Ipswich. It was in this place that Lydia Wardwell, a rather unconventional Puritan maiden, was tied to a post near the inn and given thirty lashes for walking nude into a holy meeting place. Ipswich still retains a great deal of its early picturesqueness. The next place of any size is Newburyport. The first suspension bridge built in America was erected here in 1792. George Whitefield, the famous Methodist divine, is buried in the Old South Church yard, and William Lloyd Garrison, the noted abolitionist, was born in Newburyport. The place was set- tled in 1635, and is noted now as a boot and shoe manufacturing center. Like Ipswich, there were many taverns in Newburyport in the olden days, and Washington and Lafayette were nothing [14] THE SEVEN S T A T K S T O U R loath to tarry in them when passing this way. Leaving Newbury- port, the tourist crosses the Merrimac River and runs through Salisbury, where it turns directly along the Ocean Drive through Hampton Beach, where Whittier lived, and Little Boar Head to Straw Point and Newcastle. NEWCASTLE TO NORTH CONWAY, N. H. FIFTH DAY— 87 Miles. Via Wakefield, Ossipee (Luncheon), and Chocorua. From Newcastle we run through Portsmouth, associated with John Paul Jones, who boarded here in the Purcell House while awaiting the completion of the "America." Fort William and Mary was located in Portmouth Harbor, and the Privateer "Hancock" took the British "Reward" into this port when she was captured in August, 1776. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the editor, was born here, and the scenes of his "Story of a Bad Boy" are laid in the quaint old city. Portsmouth was also the scene of the Japanese-Russian Treaty Convention. From Portmouth the route runs along the bank of the Piscataqua River to Dover Point and Dover, where may be seen the Falls of Cocheco. IPP ■ On the Way to North Conway, N. H. One of the most destructive and sanguinary Indian wars of colonial New Hampshire started at Dover under circumstances that point to the fact that the Redskins were not always without provo- cation in these conflicts. Two drunken soldiers from the fort at Dover one day found an Indian woman and her tiny baby in the woods nearby. An argument arose between the white men as to whether a native baby was endowed from birth with the ability or instinct to swim. To settle the question they tore the baby from the shrieking mother and flung it into the river, where of course it was drowned. Within an hour the Indians were attacking the fort, and before the war ended many white settlers all over the State were killed. We regret to say that history does not record among the dead the names of the two soldiers responsible for the trouble. At Dover, too. Major Waldron, the hero of the great Falls Fight in Massachusetts, was killed by Indians in 1759. [15] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR This is one of the oldest cities in the State, having been set- tled in 1623. It was destroyed by the Indians in 1689. Several educational institutions are located here. From Dover to Rochester, N. H., the route runs through a pretty, rolling country until it meets and follows the Salmon Falls River to Three Ponds. Roches- ter is on the Salmon Falls River and is an important shoe and woolen manufacturing center. From Rochester to Ossipee Lake is practically a straight run through a country full of pretty lakes, including the beautiful Chocorua, nestling under the protection of Chocorua Mountain, 3,5 00 feet high. i There is an Indian legend of this grim old hill which is pictur- \ esque enough to be worth re-telling. Before the coming of the ' whites, the chief, Chocorua, ruled a mighty nation which inhabited these lovely valleys. None was there to dispute their sovereignty, i none to break their peace. Then came the white men, pressing up I the fertile valleys, slowly but surely driving the Indians before j The Kearsarge, North Conway, N. H. them. At last came the final act of the drama. The Indians, de- spoiled of their ancestral lands, were forced to depart from the smiling valleys that they loved to seek another home in the north- ern wilderness. Chocorua was an old, old man now; the bare thought of exile broke his heart, and wrapping himself in his blanket, he departed alone up into the mountain which bears his name to die. But ere he left he cursed the land he loved, which had been taken from him and his people by an alien race, and be- sought the Great Spirit to see that they who had taken the land by fraud should never enjoy the fruits of their crime. And the credu- lous denizens of the valley will today tell you that they can never keep a cow after the second year in any land on which falls the shadow of Chocorua Mountain. The road runs near Ossipee Lake for a short distance, and then continues, winding around these little bodies of water to North Conway, at the foot of Mount Kearsarge, [16] 1 THE S E V E N S T A T E S T () V K NORTH CONWAY, N. H., TO MAPLEWOOD SIXTH DAY— 66.5 Miles. Via Crawford Notch, Bretton Woods (Luncheon), and Fran- conia Notch. At North Conway the tourist meets the beautiful meadows of Conway Intervales, and fantastic rock formations appear along the \ it\> <»t I. tellies. North ( oiiwnv. \. II. roadside, notably White Horse and Cathedral Ledges. On one of these even the temperance tourist has no difficulty in seeing a i Conway's Intervales white horse galloping along the rugged face of the rock. The Cathedral suggests the outline of a Gothic structure, and once [171 THE SEVEN STAT ES TOUR ANGtLtV L4KCS Grovetonft ft; ■Id ^ooPLake BURLINGTCJFT^] /Underhill ^Paiil Smitus Tupper lane ^ v<^^: *^»^ NorinCreeK o fiainfieio /^ ^^\^ Bristol 0/ (CI FliimefHouse StierDurne ncasteh >t'»£L -^'^ ''^ - "RETTON WOQOS I Mt. 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All of these men have left us pictures of Berk- shire scenery, which only falls short of the glorious original because of the impossibility of catching in cold words the rich beauty of these wonderful hills, clothed in the warmth of their radiant forests and bathed in the golden glory of the sun filled crystal atmosphere. [26] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR STOCKBRIDGE TO ELLENVILLE TENTH DAY— 87 Miles. Via Pine Plains, Kingston (Luncheon), and Kerhonksen. From Stockbridge the road runs between Monument Mountain and Three Mile Hill and crosses the Housatonic River to Great Bar- rington, where William Cullen Bryant was once town clerk. Many of his poems were suggested by scenes in the neighborhood. From here the route crosses the valley to South Egremont and Hillsdale, and then passes through a beautiful country with low rolling hills and numerous lakes, to Pine Plains, N. Y. Leaving Pine Plains, n the Catskills the road skirts around Mt. Stissing to Lafayette and then continues to Rock City and Rhinebeck-on-the-Hudson. At this place is located "Ferncliff," the Astor country place, one of the most notable estates in America. A ferry is taken from Rhinecliff to Kingston across the Hudson. Kingston is full of ancient houses, including Tenbroeck House, where the first Constitution of the State of New York was adopted in 1777. This city was burned by the British under General Vaughan in 1778. From Kingston the route runs down the Esopus Creek Valley to Marbletown and Accord, meeting the valley of Roundout Creek, which is followed to Ellenville, at the foot of the Shawangunk Mountains. At Ellenville there is located the Sun-Ray Spring, one of the most remarkable in this country. The story of the finding of the Sun-Ray Spring is romantic enough to be worth recounting. All these mountain valleys in New York have their legends of hidden treasure, usually some lost vein of gold or silver in the [27] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR neighboring mountains. Generally these legends tell of some wandering Indian or vagabond character of the Rip Van Winkle type, who was wont to disappear periodically only to return laden with nuggets of virgin metal and hold high revel in the local tavern. The legend which existed in Ellenville related to a wonderful never failing spring which was hidden in a lost mining shaft that had been driven far into the mountain by some early prospectors when New York was still a royal province. In 1905 a diligent search was instituted for this long lost spring. The smaller surface streams in the valley were traced to their sources at the base of the mountain, and at last the lost tunnel was located. Loose stones and earth were removed and the opening was shored up with timbers until it was discovered that the tunnel 1.3 On the Road to Hackensaek was roofed by the living rock. The work of cleaning out the shaft proceeded apace and at the end of a passage 515 feet under the base of the mountain, in a little circular chamber, was found the wonder- ful Sun-Ray Spring. The tunnel is six feet high and four feet across and has a rise of seven feet in its course from the spring to the open air. It is one of nature's romances that through countless ages this pellucid spring, thrice purified in the earth's mysterious laboratory, has bubbled forth in the darkness of eternal night its crystal stream "like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear." Today a track is laid through the tunnel, which is lighted by numberless electric bulbs. The tourist can embark in a tiny car and make the trip back into the heart of the mountain to see this romantic spring, whose waters are carried forth into the world out- side and bottled for the delectation of people in every part of the country. [1'8] T II E S EVEN STATES TOUR ELLENVILLE TO NEW YORK CITY ELEVENTH DAY— 105 Miles. Via Goshen, Warwick (Luncheon), and Hackensack. The last day's run is from Ellenville down the valley of Sand- bury Creek with the Shawangunk Mountains rising on the left. At Cuddebackville the Naversink River is touched, but immediately left, and the road turns eastward to Middletown, crossing the Wal- kill River to Goshen. Middletown is in the famous Orange County dairy section and the city is about midway between the Hudson and the Delaware Rivers. It was on the route which the pioneers took to the West, and is noted now as a manufacturing center for shirts and saws. At Goshen the route winds toward the Walkill riie AVay.side Inn, Kllenville, N. Y. Valley for a short distance, and then runs near Glenniere Lake and on to Warwick, called the "Queen Village of the Empire State" and situated in the southern portion of Orange County, amid fine dairy farms stocked with Holsteins and Dutch Belt cattle. The village is at the eastern end of the beautiful Warwick Valley and from it an endless variety of choice and romantic drives may be had. The view to the eastward reveals Mt. Peter, from the crest of which one may look down upon Greenwood Lake, seven miles away. Far to the northward Mt. Adam and Mt. Eve push up their cone shaped crests. A few miles to the westward the valley is lost in the New Jersey hills, and the Blue Mountains of the Vernon Valley con- tribute to the making of a peaceful scene. Between Warwick and Tuxedo the road crosses the Bellvale Mountain near the head of Greenwood Lake, which it touches, and runs to the head of Tuxedo Lake then turns southeastward past Tuxedo Park, the exclusive resi- [29] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR dential colony and hunting preserve established by the late Pierre Lorillard. We now follow the line of the Ramapo River to Sloats- burg, Ramapo and Suffern. The Ramapo Mountains are crossed The Hotel Vanderbilt Park Avenue and 34th Street, New York City between Tuxedo and Suffern, and the route runs through a mag- nificent farming country to Hackensack. It is interesting to remember that this pretty little city, founded by the Dutch as one of the first outposts in the fertile Jersey farm- ing country, was intimately identified with the events of the early [30] THE SEVEN STATES TOUR part of the Revolution. After Washington had been defeated at Brooklyn and driven out of New York, he started on his desperate "retreat across the Jerseys." His first halting place was Hacken- sack, and here he tarried for three weeks, getting his pitiful little band of less than three thousand able bodied men in condition for the arduous campaign ahead of them. When Washington's army finally abandoned the village, the front of the advancing British army immediately filed across the bridge and into the town. Red Swan Inn, Warwick, N. Y. From Hackensack the road continues over the conventional route to Fort Lee and back to Manhattan by the Fort Lee Ferry. In the course of our thousand miles of travel, it has been our privilege to pass through sections of historic New England, which are only to be equaled for scenic attraction, by the most famous parts of Europe. For the man who believes in seeing his own country first, the Seven States Tour offers an unanswerable argu- ment. rni] AUG 19 1912 i ITINERARY BY DAYS FIRST DAY. 0.0. New York 13.5 — 13.5 Yonkers 20.0 — 6.5 Dobbs Ferry 21.0 — 1.0 Ardsley 24.5—3.5 Elmsford 28.0 — 3.5 White Plains 34.0 — 6.0 Portchester 37.0 — 3.0 Greenwich (Edg-ewood Inn) 42.5 — 5.5 Stamford 45.5 — 3.0 Noroton 46.5 — 1.0 Darien 51.0 — 4.5 Norwalk 54.5—3.5 Westpnrt 58.5 — 4.0 Southport 65.0 — 6.5 Bridgeport 68.5 — 3.5 Stratford 73.5—5.0 Milford 82.5^9.0 New Haven (The Taft) SECOND DAY. 0.0 New Haven 4.5—4.5 East Haven 8.0 — 3.5 Brandford 17.0 — ,9.0 Guilford 19.0 — 2.0 East River 21.5—2.5 Madison 26.0 — 4.5 Clinton 30.0 — 4.0 Westbrook 34.5—4.5 Old Saybrook 38.5 — 4.0 0:d Lvme 41.0 — 2.5 Lavsville 47.0 — 6.0 East Lyme 48.0 — 1.0 Flanders 55.0 — 7.0 New London (The Griswold) 5 8.5 — 3.5 Pequonoc 62.2 — ^3.7 Mystic 67.0 — 4.S Stoning-ton 72.0 — 5.0 Westerly 73.0 — 1.0 Quarry Hill 84.0 — 11.0 Charlestown 88.5-4.5 Perryville 94.0 — 5.5 Wakefield 97.0 — 3.0 Nairagan- sett Pier (The Matthevvson) THIRD DAY. Narragansett Pier 7.0 — 7.0 Saunderstown 8.0 — 1.0 Newport 20.0 — 12.0 Bristol Ferry 20.0 — ^Bristol 24.5 — 4.5 Warren 26.0 — 1.5 Barring-ton 31.5 — 5.5 Boyden Heights 33.5 — 5.0 Providence (The Crown) 41.5—5.0 Pawtucket 49.5-8.0 North Attleboro 56.0 — 6.5 Wrentham 62.0—6.0 Walpole 67.0 — 5.0 Norwood 71.0 — 4.0 Dedham 82.5 — 11.5 Boston (The Puritan) FOURTH DAY. 0.0 Boston 3.0 — ^3.0 Cambridge 4.0 — 1.0 Somerville 10.5 — 6.0 Revere 11.5 — 1.0 Revere Beach 14.5 — 3.0 Point of Pines 17.0—2.5 Lynn 20.5 — 3.5 Swampscott 22.5 — 2.0 Forest River 24.5 — 2.0 Salem 26.0 — 1.5 Beverly 30.0 — 4.0 Pride's Crossing 30.5-^0.5 Beverlv Farms 33.0 — 2.5 Manchester- by-the-Sea 36.5 — 3.5 Magnolia (Oceanside House) 40.5 — 4.0 Gloucester 45.0 — 4.5 Rockport 47.0—2.0 Pigeon Cove 48.5 — 1.5 Lanesville 51.0 — 1.5 Annisquam 52.5 — 1.5 Riverdale 54.5 — 2.0 Gloucester 58.0—3.5 West Gloucester 61.5 — 3.5 Essex 66.5 — 5.0 Ipswich 70.5 — 4.0 Bowley 75.0 — 4.5 Newbury Old Town ( 78.5 — 3.5 Newburyport 81.0 — 2.5 Salisbury, N. I 85.5 — ^4.5 Seabrood Beao 87.5 — 2.0 Hampton Beao 90.5 — 3.0 North Beach Junction 103.35 — 13.0 Newcastle (The Wen worth) FIFTH DAY. 0.0 Newcastle 24.5 — 10.0 Rochester 14.5 — 14.5 Dover 32.5 — 8.0 Milton 39.0 — 6.5 Union Sanbornville 0.0 North Conway 2.0 — 2.0 Intervale 3.5 — 1.5 Lower Bartlett 5.5 — ^2.0 Glen 12.0 — 7.5 Upper Bartlett 18.0 — 6.0 Bemis 44.5— Wakefield 54.5—10.0 Ossipee (Colonial Inn) 59.5 — 5.0 Ossipee Center SIXTH DAY. 26.5 — 7.5 Crawford House 29.5 — 3.0 Bretton Woods (The Mt. Washington) 35.0 — 5.5 Twin Mountain House 65.5 — 6.0 West Ossipee 69.5—4.0 Chocorua 81.5 — 12.0 Conway 8 7.0 — 5.5 North Conwa: (The Kearsage) 48.5—13.5 Profile Hous 54.0 — ^5.5 Flume House 59.5 — 5.5 Profile House 62.5 — 3.0 Franconia 66.0 — 3.5 Bethlehem 66.5 — 0.5 Maplewood (The Maplewood) [32] ITINERARY B \ DAYS SEVENTH DAY. 0.0 Maplewood 0.5 — 0.5 — Bethlehem r).5 — 5.0 Littleton 11.0 — 5.5 Waterford 14.0 — 3.0 Lower Waterford 24.0 — 10.0 St. Johnsbury 31.0 — 7.0 Danville 34.5 — 3.5 West Danville 40.0 — 5.5 South Cabot 43.0 — 3.0 Molly's Fall.s 44.5 — 1.5 Marshfield 51.5—7.0 Plainfield 55.0 — 3.5 East Montpeliei 62.5 — 7.5 Montpelier (The Pavilion) 6 9.5 — 7.0 Middle.=!ex 74.5—5.0 Waterbury 82.0 — 7.5 Bolton 84.5 — 2.5 West Bolton 85.0 — 0.5 Jonesvillc ,S8.5— 3.5 Richmond 94.0—5.5 Willi.ston 102. — 8.0 Burlington (Hotel Vermont) 0.0 Burlington 7.0 — .7.0 Shelbourne 11.5 — 4.5 Charlotte I'O.O — 8.5 Ferrisburg 23.0 — 3.0 Bergennes 28.0 — 5.0 New Ilavm Junction 32.0 — 4.0 Brooksville 35.5 — 3.5 Middlebury 40.0 — 4.5 Cornwall 47.0—7.0 Whiting EIGHTH DAY. 52.0 — ^5.0 Sudbury 53.0 — 1.0 Hyde Manor (Hyde Manor Inn) 58.5 — 5.5 Hubbardtou 66.0—7.5 Castleton Corners 67.0—1.0 Hydeville 69.0 — 2.0 Fair Haven 74.0 — 5.0 Hampton 75.0 — 1.0 Poultnev 76.5 — 1.5 East Poultney 83.0—6.5 Middletown Springs 94.5 — 11.5 Pawlet 99.0—4.5 North Rupert 101.0 — 2.0 East Rupert 103.0 — 2.0 Dorset 109.0 — 6.0 Manchester Center 110.5 — 1.5 Manchester (Equinox House) NINTH DAY. 0.0 Manchester 8.0 — 8.0 Arlington 13.5 — 5.5 Shaftsbury IS. 5 — 5.0 South Shaftsbury 23.0 — 4.5 Bennington 29.5 — 6.5 Pownal Center 32.0 — 2.5 Pownal 37.0 — 5.0 Williamstown (The Graylock) 42.5 — 5.5 North Adams 48.5 — 6.0 Adams 53.5 — 5.0 Cheshire 58.5 — 5.0 Lanesboro 64.0 — 5.5 Pittsfield 70.5 — 6.5 Lenox 76.5—6.0 Stockbridge (Red Lion Inn) TENTH DAY. 0.0 stockbridge 7.5 — 7.5 Great Barrington 11.5 — 4.0 South Egremont 18.0—6.5 Hillsdale 24.5 — S.5 Copake 26.5 — 2.0 West Copake 30.5 — 4.0 Ancram 33.0 — 2.0 Gallatinville 35.0 — 2.0 Silvernails 38.5 — 3.5 Pine Plains 45.0 — 6.5 Lafayette 49.5—4.5 Rock City 55.5 — 6.0 Rhinebeck 58.0—2.5 Rhinecliff 58.5 — 0.5 Kingston (The Stuyvesant) 6 2.0—3.5 Hurley 6 6.5 — 4.5 Marbletown 69.0—2.5 Stone Ridge 75.0 — 6.0 Accord 79.5 — 4.5 Kerhonksen S3. 5 — 4.0 Wa waring 84.5 — 1.0 Napanocli 87.0 — 2.5 Ellenville (Wayside Inn) 0.0 Ellenville 4.5 — 4.5 Spring Glen 6.5 — 2.0 Phillipsport 8.0 — 1.5 Summitville 12.0 — 4.0 W^urtsboro 22.0—10.0 Cuddeback- ville 33.5—11.5 Middletown 37.5 — 4.0 Denton 42.0 — 4.5 Goshen ELEVENTH DAY. 48.0 — 6.0 Florida 53.5 — 5.5 Warwick (The Red Swan Inn) 56.5 — 3.0 Bellvale 69.0 — 12.5 Tuxedo 71.5 — 2.5 Sloatesburg 73.5 — 2.0 Ramapo 75., 5 — 2.0 Suffern 77.0 — 1.5 Mahwah 79.5 — 2.5 Ramsey SI. 5 — 2.0 Allendale S3.0 — 1.5 Waldwick 84.0 — 1.0 Hohokus 90.5 — 6.5 Areola 94.0 — 3.5 Hackensack 95.0 — 1.0 Bogota 97.5 — 2.5 Leonia 99.0 — 1.5 Fort Lee 101.0 — 2.0 Edgewater 105.0 — 4.0 New York City LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JllillllJIiiilll 014 042 G07 6 Seven Sta tes Tour ITINERARY AND HOTELS Starting at New York Lunch Greenwich Edgewood Inn 82 Mi. Night New Haven The Taft Lunch New London The Griswold 97 Mi. Night Narragansett Pier The Matthewson Lunch Providence The Crown 82 Mi. Night Boston Hotel Puritan Lunch Magnolia Oceanside House 104 Mi. Night Newcastle The Wentworth Lunch Ossipee ^........Colonial Inn 87 Mi. Night North Conway The Kearsarge Lunch Bretton Woods *. The Mt. Washington 66 Mi. Night Bethlehem The Maplewood Lunch Montpelier Pavilicn Hotel 103 Mi. Night Burlington Hotel Vermont Lunch Sudbury Hyde Manor 110 Mi. Night Manchester Equinox House Lunch Williamstown The Greylock 76 Mi. Night Stockbridge Red Lion Inn Lunch Kingston The Stuyvesant 87 Mi. Night Ellenville The Wayside Inn Lunch Warwick The Red Swan Inn 105 Mi. Night New York The Vanderbilt Hotel Descriptive booklet from Raymond & Whitcomb Co. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York 306 Washington Street, Boston 1005 Chestnut St., Philadelphia #