On Page 173 of William W. Campbell's  "Annals of Tryon County," published in
1831, there is a description of the 1781 arrival in Johnstown of  loyalist
forces (477 British and tories and 130 Indians)  under Major Ross and Walter
Butler. Campbell pads out his account with a description (which seems to me
a bit fanciful, unless Campbell climbed an very high tree) of what could be
seen from Johnson Hall:

One "perceives in an easterly direction, about nine miles distant, the range
of Mayfield hills or mountains, while to the south are seen Anthony's Nose,
on the Mohawk; beyond that Charleton and still further on, the hills between
Canajoharie and Cherry Velley; and at a distance of between thirty and forty
miles, the blue cloud-like mountains leading to the Catskill and Delaware."

It just shows that at least 169 years ago, and maybe 219, that prominence on
the Mohawk was called Anthony's Nose.  However, Campbell doesn't answer your
question, which was why a couple of places were called "Anthony's Nose."
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Lord <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, August 07, 2000 1:36 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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