Nyack History A to Z Hidden near a group of trees on a lonely ridge above Upper Nyack lies the rectangular stone foundation of one of Rockland County’s most unusual landmarks. In 1891 attorney Richard Dickinson “Major” Jewett built a private astronomical observatory atop West Hook Mountain, the wooded ridge across Route 9W from the […]
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