George Washington looked north from what is now called Trophy Point at a spectacular view of mountains, rivers and cliffs. He wasn’t the first or last to marvel at that landscape.But Washington saw more than the scenery. He saw that the Hudson River narrows and curves sharply around the bluff where he stood.
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