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The Palisades (Hudson River)

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leaves a pebbly shore, just rude enough to break the gentle waves, and make a music which mimics softly the loud chorus of the ocean. Through this beautiful little wood, a broad well gravelled terrace is led by every point which can exhibit the scenery to advantage; narrower and wilder paths diverge at intervals, some into the deeper shadow of the wood, and some shelving gradually to the pretty coves below. The price of entrance to this little Eden, is the six cents you pay at the ferry.
468:, leading to local efforts to preserve them. Beginning in the 1890s, several unsuccessful efforts were made to turn much of the Highlands into a forest preserve. Fearing that they would soon be put out of business, quarry operators responded by working faster: in March 1898 alone, more than three tons of dynamite was used to bring down Washington Head and Indian Head in 661:, which was originally designed to be 143 feet (44 m) tall, and would have broken the tree line on top of the Palisades, would be reduced to 69 feet (21 m) in height, thus preserving the contour of the ridge. The new building had been opposed by numerous conservation groups and politicians, including four former governors of New Jersey. 449:
It is hardly possible to imagine one of greater attraction; a broad belt of light underwood and flowering shrubs, studded at intervals with lofty forest trees, runs for two miles along a cliff which overhangs the matchless Hudson; sometimes it feathers the rocks down to its very margin, and at others
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from its creation in 1900 until his death in 1920, with whom she had been working, raised another $ 1.5 million from a dozen wealthy contributors including
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died in September of that year, offered the state another 10,000 acres (40 km) and one million dollars toward the creation of a state park.
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landed a force of between 2,500 and 5,000 at Huyler's Landing on November 20, 1776. In an effort to ambush American General
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was a center of film production, the cliffs were frequently used as film locations. The most notable of these films was
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Saving the Palisades Documentary, shown at Weehawken Public Library, portrays women's role in preserving cliffs
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On April 28, 1940, the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York announced the donation of 723 acres by
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The end-Triassic extinction event that coincided with the formation of the Hudson Palisades,
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and crush the rebellion in the wake of the rebel's defeat in the Battle of Brooklyn and the
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appropriated $ 500,000 to build the Henry Hudson Drive (which would be succeeded by the
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Photographs of the Palisades in all seasons, from across the Hudson River in Manhattan
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and probably many unrecorded ones in the years 1798–1845. The most famous is the
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and other products covered the rock face in letters 20 feet (6.1 m) high.
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During the early stages of the American Revolution, British military Commander
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just south of the state line left a 520-foot (160 m) scar on the cliffs.
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called the cliffs "rocks that look like rows of trees", a phrase that became "
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announced that their planned new North American headquarters building in
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The Palisades appear on the first European map of the New World, made by
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The cliffs of the Palisades as seen from the Ross Dock Picnic Area in
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and other outdoor recreational activities, that also includes
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and several other parks and historic sites in the region.
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to establish a weekend camp for New York City Boy Scouts.
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In the 19th century, the cliffs were heavily quarried for
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Steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River
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In October 1931, after four years of construction, the
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appropriated a matching $ 2.5 million and the state of
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Department of Geosciences website (February 10, 2011)
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The cliffs stretch north from 40: 1162: 1142: 1127: 1059: 1034: 1009: 984: 959: 941: 806:magazine; Summer 2010; Page 16. 798:Tirella, Tricia. "Spotlight on 709:Hudson River Waterfront Walkway 626:The Palisades is now a part of 904: 884: 863: 846: 830: 792: 764: 752: 644:Minnewaska State Park Preserve 619:On May 12, 2012, a 10,000 ton 616:by the National Park Service. 126:U.S. National Natural Landmark 13: 1: 2972:Volcanism of New York (state) 2937:Landforms of New York (state) 1150:"Origin of Alpine Scout Camp" 992:"Historic New Bridge Landing" 745: 734:New York-New Jersey Highlands 568:relocation was discontinued. 532:Washington Heights, Manhattan 369: 154:Atop the Hudson Palisades in 1860:West Branch Papakating Creek 897:(September 14, 2010) on the 761:on the Bergen County website 739:New York-New Jersey Line War 714:Palisades Interstate Parkway 659:Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 630:, a popular destination for 250:features in the vicinity of 235:, the Palisades are part of 7: 2912:Cliffs of the United States 2867:Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary 2655:Hudson Highlands State Park 1865:West Branch Sacandaga River 1495:East Branch Sacandaga River 1329:Newark Basin coring project 1319:Headstone for an Apocalypse 696: 319:cliffs are the margin of a 258:of the Hudson north of the 10: 2988: 2817:National Natural Landmarks 2675:Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge 1236:NJ.com (November 14, 2013) 564:in 1947). 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Hudson Palisades

Palisades Interstate Park
Northeastern New Jersey
Hudson
Bergen
Downstate New York
Rockland County
40°57′52″N 73°54′31″W / 40.96451°N 73.90859°W / 40.96451; -73.90859
U.S. National Natural Landmark

Englewood Cliffs
New Jersey
Hudson River
George Washington Bridge
skyscrapers
Midtown
Manhattan
New York City
Hudson River
Northeastern New Jersey
Southeastern New York
United States
Jersey City
Nyack, New York
Haverstraw, New York
Weehawken
Fort Lee
Palisades Interstate Park
National Natural Landmark

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