Excerpt from Landmarks of Historic Interest Along the Lackawanna Railroad: Wherein Will Be Found Divers Descriptions and Some Photographs of Houses and Lands Which Figured in Stirring Events Before, During and After the War of Revolution Legend has it that due to the peculiar rock formation of Castle Point, the followers of Hendrick Hudson, on their first trip up the river, thought the land evidenced copper and silver deposits and named the place Point Castile. Colonel John Stevens, the famous inventor, obtained the point and surrounding lands and built a mansion there in 1784, naming it The Castle. The point was also very much desired by Baron Steuben as a reward for his part in the Revolutionary War. Hoboken was at that time called Hoback or Hoboken Island. John Jacob Astor, the richest American of the day, who became a resi dent of Hoboken in 1 82 8 often could be seen playing checkers in the shade of a large chestnut tree that stood in the garden of his home at Washing ton and Second Streets. The building is still there on the southwest corner, a candy store now occupying the first floor of the structure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.