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What a Delightful Ride

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The article presents a historical account of traveling by rail along the Hudson River in 1873, written under the pseudonym "Vieux Moustache" by author Clarence Gordon, originally published in the Troy Daily Whig on April 26, 1873.

Gordon describes the scenic train journey from New York City northward through Sing Sing (present-day Ossining) to Croton. The narrative includes vivid descriptions of passing Sing Sing prison, with its "high, shadowed, white walls pierced with

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