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the west. Directly opposite is West hill, or Terrace mountain, 

 so called from the fine terracing due to alternate hard and soft 

 strata. The red barn of Mr George Acker forms a prominent 

 landmark on the second terrace near the center of the hill. This 

 is one of the best stratigraphic points of the region, and there- 

 fore deserves to he located at the outset [see pl.l]. Next south 

 of West hill is Dann's hill, also terraced, but to a less pronounced 

 degree than West hill. The terraces of the latter may be traced 

 on Dann's hill, where they gradually descend southward, till 

 a short distance beyond Gebhard bridge which crosises the Scho- 

 harie near the southern end of Dann's hill, the first of the ter- 

 races has reached valley bottom and passes below it. The 

 summit of Dann's hill is composed of the soft Marcellus shales 

 and hence is rounded, while that of West hill is flat, being formed 

 by a resistant limestone (Onondaga). 



Next south of Dann's hill is a long and rather rugged ridge 

 terminating on the north in a prominent knob. This is Sunset 

 hill and its summit is composed of the harder sandy shales of 

 the lower Hamilton [pi. 2]. Beyond this is South hill, still 

 more rugged and best seen from the streets of Schoharie, where 

 it closes in the view on the south. This hill is almost entirely 

 composed of the arenaceous Hamilton shales and flags and its 

 steep slopes and occasional cliffs are due to the resistant char- 

 acter of the rock from which it is worn. The southern end of 

 this hill terminates in Vrooman's Nose, a particularly distinct 

 knob which faces southward with a precipitous cliff of Hamilton 

 sandstones. 



A view up the Schoharie valley from near Grebhard bridge on 

 Fair street shows another and higher hill beyond Middleburg. 

 This hill, known as Moheganter hill, closes in the Schoharie 

 valley on the south, where this valley turns abruptly to the 

 west, and its summit, 1500 feet above the valley bottom, forms a 

 magnificent viewpoint. It may be ascended by a road which 

 branches off from the valley road east of the river, about three 

 miles southwest of Middleburg, at the schoolhouse of District 

 no. 11. The upper part of the hill is formed by the Oneonta 



