Picturesque Tri-State NJ NY PA

An interested reader sent on this link of the 1890 Erie Railroad excursions to Summer Homes in Tri-state NJ NY PA.  As it happens I had been looking for an excuse to post some vintage 19th century illustrations of the area.

Rock Rift on the Delaware Division Erie Railroad near Port Jervis N.Y. 

from Legends of the Shawangunk, 1887.

Only two hours by stagecoach from Port Jervis NY to Dingman's Ferry PA, a total of 15 miles.

High Falls, Dingman's Creek, from A Century After, 1875.

 Newman's Eddy, below Adam's Creek in Pike Co PA, from A Century After, 1875.

The view from Mt William, with the railroad roundhouse
Port Jervis, NY, High Point NJ and Matamoras PA, from Picturesque America, 1894.

 Scenes In and Around Milford, from Picturesque America, 1894.