90 VIEW NEAR FORT MONTGOMERY. 



prominent object in the distance is sugar-loaf mountain, rising 

 nearly eight hundred feet in height. At the foot of this 

 mountain within a short distance from the. river, stands the 

 Beverly House, celebrated for having been the head-quarters 

 of the traitor Arnold, during the revolutionary war. Its 

 appearance is much the same as it was at that time ; very 

 few alterations having since been made. The property is now 

 owned by Mr. Arden, who resides about one mile north of the 

 Beverly House ; and from whose grounds one of the finest views 

 among the Highlands may be obtained. West Point lies on the 

 opposite side, about two miles above, and about ten miles distant 

 from Fort Montgomery, from which it cannot be seen. During 

 the Revolutionary War Fort Montgomery, as well as Fort 

 Clinton, on the opposite side of Fort Montgomery Creek, which 

 here falls into the Hudson, was taken, after a severe struggle, 

 by the British, and the works were never afterwards repaired. 

 Although many of the outworks can still be traced, they are 

 mostly overgrown with trees, and nearly level with tho 

 surrounding surface. 



