James Fenimore Cooper, in his 1823 short story "Imagination", refers to
an Anthony's Nose on the Mohawk River:

    'On the north side of the Mohawk, and at about fifty miles from its
mouth, is a mountain which, as we have already said, juts, in a nearly
perpendicular promentory, into the bed of the river; its inclination is
sufficient to admit of its receiving the name of a nose. Without the least
intention of alluding to our hero, the early settlers had affixed the name
of St. Anthony, who appears to have been a kind of Dutch deity in this
state, and to have monopolized all the natural noses within her boundaries
to himself."

Hugh C. MacDougall
Secretary/Treasurer
James Fenimore Cooper Society
8 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Lord" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:59 PM
Subject: Anthony's Nose


> August is perhaps the perfect time to field something like this.
>
> A person called me from up north on Lake George with a question that all
of you no doubt will like to sink your teeth into (pardon the pun, which
will become evident in a miniute...).
>
> He wondered on the derivation of "Anthony's Nose"(s), applied to prominent
cliffs, the one on Lake George and the other down the Hudson, and the tale
that General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, while lost in the wilderness, cut off his
own nose to eat to keep from starving (get the pun now?).
>
> OK, that's it...... all replies will be, by their nature, interesting.
>
> Philip Lord, Jr.
> Director, Division of Museum Services
> New York State Museum
> Albany, NY
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