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Stony Point

American  

noun

  1. a village in SE New York, on the Hudson: site of a strategic fort in the Revolutionary War.


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Cedar Pond Brook in Stony Point was flowing over the road and into private properties, according to WABC.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

Among the many highlights of John Cage: A Mycological Foray are William Gedney’s candid photographs of Cage on a foraging expedition in the woods around Stony Point in 1967.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2020

It was the gateway to the Hudson Highlands, a way to get supplies to several defensive river forts including Stony Point, Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2020

But it opened at Brancato’s Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, N.Y., in 2000 and has been traveling to regional theaters ever since.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2017

Through the intercession of the Society, the State of New York has purchased and committed to the care of the Society 35 acres of land on the promontory of Stony Point on the Hudson River.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress