☞ LANSINGBURGH—THE WILD MAN OF THE WOODS—WHO IS HE?—Directly East of Rensselaer Park, in the bosom of the hills, is a deep gorge down which dashes and leaps the stream which forms the outlet to the lakes at Oakwood. Frowning over this gully is a shelving of rocks known as Table Rock, the whole forming a scene of picturesque and romantic beauty. This gulley extends back as far as the former Northern bounds of the Cemetery, and is just such a spot as would naturally be chosen as the retreat of gnomes and goblins. However, until within a few days the only attraction about the place was its picturesqueness; but it has suddenly become invested with a romance that is exciting enough to warrant our story. A few days since, the schoolboys who are constantly rambling about the hills came home breathless and with their hair on ends, and told of the singular appearance of some person whom they had met in the above locality, and whom they described as a “wild man.” […]
Troy Daily Times. December 10, 1870: 3 col 1.

—A visit to the hills east of the village during these hazy, golden October days will well repay. Nature has taken on her azure-tinted robe, the birds sing their sweetest, and the wooded hillsides all speak as with one glad voice of the beautiful goodness of God. The great oaks that dot our neighboring woodlands, now take on their prettiest hue. The beech trees give out their sweetly scented fruit, while the sunbeams of our beautiful October days add a richer color to every one of Nature’s charms. The Diamond Rock, and Table Rock, gives the observer one of the most enchanting views of the surrounding country to be obtained anywhere in the country.
Lansingburgh Courier. October 24, 1879: 3 col 2.

See also Red Rock