Turning toward the land, you will see before
you the house where Molly Sneden dwelt. It
has been somewhat altered by the addition of a
modem veranda, but if you will look at its rear
side you will see the original house with the
modem veranda blotted out, and the unbroken
line of stone masonry, the old-time shutters,
preserving the traditions of past days.
Molly Sneden controlled the ferry after old
Dobbs had laid down his oars. The Sneden
family (Sneeden and Snyden are other spellings
of the name) were hot Tories, and many an ad-
venture did the ferry participate in. Molly was a
brave woman, and her grave, in the old cemetery
above at Palisades, is preserved with honor.
Tradition has it that in 1775 Martha Washing-
ton crossed this ferry to reach General Washing-
ton who was then at Cambridge.
Near the Sneden house stands another dwell-
ing of the same period, in which the roughly
shaped stones of the Palisades themselves were
laid for stout walls, as firm and weather-worthy
to-day as in the seventeen-htmdreds.
To follow aU of history's story which lies
written through this part of the Hudson River
district, you must dimb the steep road leading
from the ferry landing up the wall of rock. The
road zigzags from one fine view to another,



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a series of delightful river and land pictures
accompanjring you all the way to the top.
