Newburgh

Newburgh, capital of Orange county, New York, is on the west bank of the Hudson (here 1½ mile wide), 57 miles by rail N. of New York, amid the grand scenery of the Highlands. Its handsome edifices, villas, and gardens, rising 300 feet from the river, command a noble prospect. The city has, besides foundries, boiler-works, shipyards, and powder-mills, manufactures of woollen and cotton goods and carpets, leather, flour, soap, oil-cloth, brushes, paints, plaster, tiles, &c. Large quantities of butter, grain, flour, and coal are shipped here. Newburgh was the scene of the disbandment of the American army, 23d June 1783; and 'Washington's Headquarters' is preserved as the property of the state. Pop. (1890) 23,087.