"The Great Chip Rocks" of the Hudson 



Gayne T. K. Norton 



A story of war and of peace; of the world's creation, and of vast 

 glaciers and ice flows; of birth, history and progress of a great 

 nation; of a wonderful river and wonderful cities; of two States; 

 of forests and lakes; of the joys of thousands; of a fight against 

 destruction by an industry, and, at last, of a peace and beauty won 

 through mighty efforts — this is the story the Palisades of the 



The Great Chip Rocks 



Hudson has to tell. It is graven upon the crags indelibly and all 

 whose eyes are keen may read. 



'The Great Chip Rocks." as the Dutch pioneers called them. 

 extend almost due north and south for a distance of thirty miles, 

 from Bergen Point, New Jersey, to Piermont, Xew York. They 

 vary in width from two miles to less than a mile, and their altiUide 

 ranges from a maximum of 550 feet near the northern end to a 

 minimum of a few feet near the southern end, the average elevation 

 of the ridge being 260 feet. The eastern face is abrupt, either 

 vertical or slightly slanting; the western face is much less steep 

 and forms the beautiful fertile Hackensack Valley. 



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