b'p \n\n\n\ni \n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2lisle Ceiitj^r \n\n\n\nl>-o-is/ X- Y:__. T^,.7 J-\'; \n\n\n\n\n\n\nL-S\'Kfr \n\n\n\n(V) \n\n\'0 % \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nji^Yinr^ \' \xe2\x96\xa0 r\\ / /* E sWvo Rn|) I/AVt^vJ;**^ \n\n\n\n\n(v^ \n\n\n\n_^ V Milford I \n\n\n\nX)i \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[ \n\n\n.,-,..V \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n:\xe2\x80\xa2.-/;\xe2\x96\xa0\xe2\x96\xa0; Vi, \n\n\n\n^ilbilii\')^. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nS T A H-F R \n\n\n\n\n\n\n-x3(. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n^>v^ \n\n\n\nThe 0niv,4ii. 1(^11, I^ouTE To Tut \nCATTSO^aiLIL MldDlUI^TrAai^So\' \n\nScal\xc2\xab2 \xe2\x80\x94 !i_J i J i \'i i i^ ^ \xe2\x80\x9e., \n\n!\xe2\x96\xa0/, M.H. loOn. Inc h. \' "\'\'"\xe2\x80\xa2\xe2\x96\xa0 \n\nULSTER & DEL.R, R.^" OTHER RAILROADS "^1 COUNTRY ROADS. \n\n\n\nGnOitMilU . \n\n\n\n^.. \n\n\n\nJff/^ a idc ubur Ji j7 \n\n\n\n^::: \n\n\n\n\ni \n\n\n\ni \n\n4 \n\n\n\n_^- \n\n\n\nTHIS book is issued by the Passenger Department of the Ulster & \nDelaware Railroad Company. It is devoted to descriptive matter \npertaining to the Catskill Mountains ; their structure, history and \ndevelopment as a Summer Resort; the sanitary advantages of sum- \nmer life in the dry air of high mountain regions; the absolute need \nof rest and vacation for the busy workers in the city nd town ; the \nscenic beauties and wildwood charms so lavishly spread for the de- \nlectation of every visitor. It also contains much general information \nregarding the leading points of interest throughout the range ; what \nand where they are, how to reach them and what to look for. In fact, \nit is an accurate guide book to the regions reached by this mountain \nrailway system. \n\n\n\nCOPYRIGHTED igoi, BY \nA. SIMS, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, \nULSTER & DELAWARE R. R. \n\n\n\n*^I^ \n\n\n\nWith the exception of the points reached by the railroads, the" \naltitudes given in this book are in accordance with Prof. Guyot, who \nwas the first to make accurate measurements of the Catskills a few \nyears ago. \n\n\n\nPRESS OF \n\nKINGSTON FREEMAN, \n\nRONDOUT, N. Y. \n\n\n\n\n[ Mountains \n\nThe most picturesque \n:^MountainHiononthe(5loDe., \n\n\n\n\nV \n\n\n\n\nRAILROAD \n\n\n\nQ \n\n\n\ny ./-.r^C \n\n\n\n^ . \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xc2\xa5 ^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[dwardCoykendall. N.ASims. \n\' n\'ft\'\'"-RONDOUT.N.Y. \n\n\n\np. \nAuthor, \n\nI J Ag*01 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS AND THE ULSTER AND DELA- \nWARE SYSTEM SUMMER REST AND WHERE TO FIND \nIT\xe2\x80\x94 SCENIC BEAUTY AND SANITARY ADVANTAGES\xe2\x80\x94 \nTHE ONLY ALL-RAIL. STANDARD GAUGE ROUTE AND \nTHROUGH CAR UNE.Jt^j^.Jt^.j^^^^Jt^^^^-^-^-^J*-J*^^^ \n\n" It seems to me I\'d like to go \nWhere bells don\'t ring, nor whistles blow, \nNor clocks don\'t strike, nor gongs don\'t sound. \nAnd I\'d have stillness all around. \n\nNot real still stillness, but just the trees\' \nLow whisperings or the hum of bees. \nOr brooks\' faint babbling over stones \nIn strangel>-, softly tangled tones. \n\nOr ma_\\be a cricket or katydid. \nOr the songs of birds in the hedges hid. \nOr just sOme such sweet sounds as these, \nTjfill a tired heart with ease. \n\nSometimes it seems to me I must \n\nJust quit the city\'s din and dust \n\nAnd get out where the sky is blue. \n\nAnd, sav, now, how does it seem to you ?" \n\n\n\nThere is a science of summer rest, and the \no M lyi tyi p D \n\nsooner this fact is reahzed and reckoned \xe2\x96\xa0with, \n\nR EST \n\ni-ito . . ^Y]Q better it will be for all those who live in the \n\ntemperate zones. In the United States the vacation habit has \nnow g-rown chronic and confirmed among- all classes. And \nyet it is surprising- that so few of these intelligent American \nmillions fully comprehend the real lesson of the doctrine of \nrest. Men and women in every walk of life, rich and poor \nalike, hustle along day after day through the busy months of \neach vear between store or office and the home or clul), in \nquest of the elusive dollar and the happiness and pleasure it \nmay bring. Few ever stop to estimate the pace or measure \nthe speed of their activities. It is a restless energy that per- \nvades this land of ours and we rarely spare the time to look \ninto the faces of our neighbors at home or abroad, or study \ntheir methods of life. The frail arteries of our existence \nare continually distended by the pressure ot individual effort \n\n\n\n6 theGcatskill mountains. \n\ntoward supremacy and conquestover jostling- rivals on every \nside. It is an ambitious ag-e in vvliich we live. But rather \nthan seek to abate the noble energ-ies and activities that so \nproudly characterize this epoch, shall we not learn to g-lean \nthe fuel with which to feed the consuming- fires of thisg-lorious \nambition, from the ample storehouses of nature in the wisest \nway? The careful conservation of vital force is the impera- \ntive lesson of the hour. Greater economy in the use and \ncontrol of our bodies and brains is strictly enjoined. These \nhouses of clay were not made to run at hig-h pressure all the \ntime. Nor will an ample supply of food suffice to repair all \nthe waste. There must be stated periods of relaxation, \nrecreation and absolute rest. Lost streng-th and vitality can \nbe reg-ained in no other way. A breath of Nature, uncon- \ntaminated by the dreg-s of city civilization, is the unfailing- \npanacea. The flabby muscles and pale cheeks, the feeble \nrespiration and the exhausted brain, all these beckon us \naway to the g-reen hills and valleys. \n\n" Where the long, rustling curtains of generous trees \n\nHide the town with its cares and its folly ; \nWhere the low, drowsy song of the loitering bees \n\nDrown out the buzz of the trolley." \n\n\n\n\ncathedral gorge, \n\nn?:ar brown\'s station. \n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUXTAINS. \n\n\n\nNEED OF \nCHANGE. \n\n\n\nAnother important aspect of the summer rest \nis the absolute need of chang-e ; a chang-e of \n\n\n\nscene, thoug-ht and action. This is a dominant \nimpulse in every human breast. No matter how salutary or \ndelig-htful the normal environment mav be, there is a monot- \nonous routine which should be broken in upon. Whether in \nthe line of untiring- Uibor, dig-nified leisure, or consuming- idle- \nness, the need is the same. We must run away from bricks \nand mortar, the noise and dirt of the town and all its pleas- \nures as well, for a time, and g-o out among- the hills and \nrocl\\s, the g-reen trees and fields, the waving- meadows and \norchards, the wild flowers and the filmy ferns, and bathe in \nthe fresh air and pure sunshine of the country, where the \nbrooks and the birds and the leaves whisper in loving- tryst. \nTo many this is yet a strang-e g-ospel, but thousands are be- \ng-inning- to realize that this summer vacation should bring- \nnot only a chang-e of scene, but chang-e of habit. They spend \n\n\n\n\nA PRETTY SPOT, \n\nNEAR WEST DAVENPORT, \n\n\n\nw - \n\nCO \n\n\n\n\n10 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\nhours daily in the cool shadows of forest pines where the \nwind whispers softest and the bees drone drowsily amongr \nthe low, white blossoms of the wood flowers. To such even \nthe latest novel has no appeal, and the lesson of life, for the \nmoment, is to do nothing- and be nothing-. In the g-reat still- \nness of nature, peace and health g-o hand in hand, soothing- \nthe relaxed muscles with the subtle touch of new power ; \nand in the delicious land of day-dreams, the brain, sung- al- \nmost to sleep by the hushed crooning-s of the cool breeze \namong- the tree-tops, g-rows young- and strong- ag-ain. In the \nquiet of the g-rand cathedral of its Maker, even the soul for- \ng-ets the battles, the down-falls, the cuts and scars of life\'s \ng-reat contest and becomes something- purer, strong-er and \nmore worthy of its orig-in. But for the vast majority who- \nhurry away to the country in the early summer and return \nin the autumn, vainly imag-ining- they have had a summer\'s \nrest, such results are quite unknown. \n\nIn support of this theory of \nchang-e of air and scene, may we \nnot draw a lesson from the ro- \nbust health and vig-orof the no- \nmadic Gypsy tribe, who wander \nfrom place to place? There are \nalso biolog-ical laws which may \naccount in some measure for the \nsalutary effects of such chang-e. \nThe epoch of man\'s whole exist- \nence upon the earth having- been \nso larg-ely dominated by his roving- habits as a savag-e hunter, \nwith no iixed place of abode, is it not reasonable to suppose \nthat such habits, prevalent for ag-es, would be likely to leave \na lasting- impress on every cell and fibre of the human frame ?" \nIt is therefore not improbable that a partial renewal of the \nconditions to which his constitution was orig-inally adapted \nmay contribute to a recovery of a normal state of health. \n\n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n11 \n\n\n\nWHERE TO \nGO. . . . \n\n\n\nTo thousands this is a momentous question \nthat comes up for a new solution with each \nrecurring- season. When one thinks he has \nreached a final conclusion at the end of his vacation by decid- \ning- never to g-o to that place ag-ain, the intervening- winter is \nvery apt to dispel the notion, and he either goes back to the \nsame locality or begins to wrestle with the question anew. \nSurely the subject is -one of vital importance, and yet how \ncommon it is to consider only two or three of the secondary \nelements of the problem. A hasty comparison of prices, \nwnth the scenic and social attractions offered, the methods \nand cost of access, and the decision is made. Too often this \n\nresults in ab- \nsolute failure \nand dissatis- \nfaction, and \nthe victim re- \nturns to his \nhome disgust- \ned with his \nwaste of time \nand money., \nnot only, but \nreally tired \nout and utter- \nly unfitted for \nwork. The \nmonetarv as- \npect of the va- \ncation, essen- \ntial as it is, \nshould never \nl)e allowed to \novershadow \nthe main ob- \nject for which \nrest is actual- \nSHANTY Hor.LOw, ^>\' ^\'^quired. \n\nNEAK HUNTEK. \n\n\n\n\n\nt4 W \no H \nO < \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\ni; \n\n\n\nWhat manner of chanj^e do I need most? This is the \ngreat question to decide, and it is the easiest of the whole lot. \nAn absolute chang-e of air is the inevitable response which \nconies in asthmatic g-asps from the exhausted lung-s, half \nclog-ged by the organic atoms of the polluted city atmosphere. \nWhat you need is air at first-hand. For months you have \nbeen breathing- a second-hand, warmed-over air whose iden- \ntity and history you were fully content to leave in obscurity, \nsniffing- a bit here and there, catching a whiff now and then \nas it floats out to sea for purification. Now you must pack \nyour g-rip and flee to the distilleries of the skies, where the \nmystic breezes fling out their banners of invig-orating- wel- \ncome, and Nature sits enthroned to dispense her choicest \ngifts. And this bring^s us to the consideration of altitude, \nthe hygienic importance of which, as a factor in the summer \nvacation, is now so universallv conceded. \n\n\n\n\nON THK SUSQUEHANNA, \n\nNEAR ONEONTA. \n\n\n\n\no \'^ \n\no \n\no \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 15 \n\nFor years past we have found that \nTHE IIVlPOKTANUc yig-Qj- ^nd tone was imparted by a \n^^ ALTITUDE .... sojourn at mountain resorts a few \nthousand feet above the sea. First came the exhilarating- \neffect and afterward the more positive and potential invigor- \nation which seemed to renew lost tissues and repair old ones. \nBut the exact processes were not so easy to explain scientifi- \ncally. It was discovered years ago that the blood of animals \nliving- in the higher altitudes absorbed more oxygen than \nthose on the lower levels. Next, that his blood was richer \nin the coloring matter (haemoglobin), and also that the num- \nber of red corpuscules was greatly augmented. Bearing in \nmind that the blood absorbs oxygen in the lungs and trans- \nfers it to the tissues of the body by means of these red cor- \npuscules, the advantages of this increase of oxygen and its \ntiny carriers is at once apparent. The microbes of disease, \nwhich may have secured lodgment by any previous insani- \ntary condition of life, or by the exhausting cares and labors \nof business, are thus displaced and destroyed by this better \nnutrition of the body, and you are far better fortified to with- \nstand any future assaults of this destructive nature. Such \nis an outline of the latest theory on this subject, which has \nnow been accepted by the best medical authorities. And \nthe practical lesson of it all is, beyond any question, that \nthe best summer resort for the average dweller of the cities \nand plains, in every hygienic aspect of the case, is the higher \naltitudes, the mountainous regions of the country. In view \nof this fact how strange it seems that residents of New York, \nBoston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other seaboard cities, \nespecially, should be content to summer at the beach resorts. \nEvidently their faith in a radical change of air is not great, \nand they have yet to learn the modern ethics of summer rest. \nHaving fed their lungs for months upon the saline humidity \nof old Ocean, they are content to spend their vacations rolling- \nin the saliferous sand and cavorting in the briny surf, breath- \ning a condensed edition of the same old air. swallowing tbeir \nshare of the fogs, and waging an unequal combat with the \ndepraved and rapacious mosquito. Many are beguiled by \nthe cool and refreshing sea breezes, hoping to receive the \n\n\n\n\nIN THE \n\nWOODLAND VALLEY. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n17 \n\n\n\nsame benefits as a like temperature at the inland mountain \nreg-ions would bestow. But such is not the fact, as has been \nalready shown, nor is it borne out by the results \nof a sing-le practical test. The old notion of as- \ncribing- all the beneficial effects of summer \nmountain life to the reduced temperature is \nexploded. Careful in vestig^ation has revealed \nother, and more important ing-redients in \nthis mountain prescription. The cool \nair of the inland hills is a far differ- \nent article from that found at the \nshore. Instead of the saturated \nproduct of moisture and con- \ndensation, the air is dry \nand strong- from the \nrarefying- process- \nes peculiar to the ^^\xc2\xbb^ \nlaboratories of the \xe2\x96\xa0\xe2\x80\xa2 -,\xc2\xabt, \nskies. - \'1 n \'\' \n\n\n\n\n"You fellers from the country\xe2\x80\x94 you keep away from town. \nIf you don\'t want to unsettle things and get us upside down ; \nFor you always leave a memory of the meadows and the streams \nAn\' I straightway get to wishin\' and to fishin\' in my dreams. \n\nYou fellers from the country \xe2\x80\x94 when you strike me at my desk. \nThe room begins to blossom an\' (he street looks picturesque : \nAnd the roarin\' of the city, with its engines an\' its bells, \nSeems to melt into the music of the mountains and the dells. \n\nYou fellers from the countr\\- \xe2\x80\x94 you get so much of life \xe2\x80\x94 \nSo little of its sorrow, of its tears, and of its strife. \nThat I want to get off with you and just riot in your joy \nAnd wade in your cool branches, like I used to when a boy.\' \n\n\n\n\nU.fHciS braix: K- \'V* y, \n\n\n\nON THE BEVERKILL. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 19 \n\nAs the observant reader may already \nTHE CATSKILL ^^^^^ surmised from the perusal of the \nIVIOUNTAINb. . . preceding- pag-es, all reference to moun- \ntains in this little work, means specifically the Catskill \nMountains, the historic Catskills ; the most picturesque and \nhealthful mountain region on the globe. Even thoug-h the \nfacile pens of Irving- and Cooper had never been dipped into \nthe fabled realm, nor the inspired brushes of Cole and Mc- \nEntee never essayed to depict its marvelous wealth of scenic \ncharms ; the fame of the Catskills was securely enshrined on \nthe scroll of destiny. Made in a day, the to\\\\ering- crag-s \ng-row in beauty and g-randeur as the cycles of eternity roll \nsilently on. Ever eloquent in their Creator\'s praise, they \nreach out a beckoning- hand to enervated men and women \nthe world over ; to the discourag-ed and faltering- worker, \nthe unfortunate idler and the successful man of business. \nAll alike may here stand above the turmoils and the irksome \npleasures of life and compare the boasted achievements of \nmen with the mig-htv spectacle of earth and sky, which now \nfills the soul with awe and impresses one anew with his own \ninsig-nificance. \n\nLittle need be said perhaps concern- \nWHERE AND WHAT !\xe2\x80\x9e. the location and structure of this \nTHEYARE \xe2\x80\xa2 \n\nmost interesting- g-roup of moun. \n\ntains. For thirty years and more the reg-ion has been be- \nfore the public as a summer resort, and thousands of ad- \nmiring- visitors have journeyed to and fro each year. But \nthere are many other thousands who have never yet seen \nthe locality, and for these this book is mainly written. The \nmodern processes of the pictorial art have indeed made some \nof the scenery familiar the world over, and with much pleas- \ning- and artistic accuracy. This cannot, however, be said so \nunreservedly of the vast mass of descriptive matter which \nhas appeared in the pul)lic press from time to time. Much \nof this was mere imag-inary drivel, misleading- and fictitious, \nbetraying- the writer\'s unfamiliarity with his subject. In fact \none of our modern encyclopedias locates the entire rang-e in \nGreene county, while it really traverses larg-e parts of Ulster, \nDelaware and Schoharie counties as well, Ulster having- per- \n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n21 \n\n\n\nhaps the larg-est share. Another encyclopedic writer says \nthe rang-e is drained chiefly by the Catskill creek, while the \nfact is, that stream reaches only the eastern slope and does \nnot begin to equal in importance the Esopus creek, which \nrises forty miles in the interior, not to mention the Schoharie \ncreek, or the branches of the Delaware river. \n\nThese mountains are a spur of the great Appalachian \nsystem which extends along- the Atlantic coast from Maine \nto Alabama. They cover a superficial area of some 2400 \nsquare miles, and their g-eneral trend is from southeast to \nnorthwest or at rig-ht ang-les to every other g-roup in this \nsystem. Coming- up the Hudson, they burst into vision \nabout ninety miles from the mouth of that river, and from \n\neig-ht to ten \nmilesfromthe \nwestern shore \nat King-ston. \nHere they \nrise abruptly \nfrom the base \nover3, 000 feet \nin the air for \nmiles along- \nthe eastern \nface, there be- \ning- innumer- \nable peaks, in \nthe interior, \nthreeof which \nare over 4,000 \nfeet in heig-nt. \nThese peaks \nvary materi- \nally in physi- \ncal structure \nand plastic \nform, and are \ngeolog-ically \n\n\n\n\nNEAR MT. PLEASANT. \n\n\n\n22 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\nunlike ordinary mountain formations. Instead of the usual \nfolds or frag-ments of arches, the rock is composed of piled \nup strata in the orig-inal horizontal position. \n\n\n\n\nA SECTION OF \n\nMATTICE FALLS. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 23 \n\nJust how and at what period of the \n\xe2\x80\xa2 \xe2\x80\xa2 . \xe2\x80\xa2 earth\'s history these massive crag-s \nFORiVItl-). ^Ygi-g formed, is still a question for the \nGeolog"ist of the future. The theory of a high plateau or \nmass of elevations, is still adhered to by the best authorities, \nincluding" Prof. Arnold Guyot, the learned scientist who \nmade more careful investigation and personal examination \nof the Catskills than any other man of modern times. He \nbelieved that in prehistoric ages the earth contained ten-fold \nmore water than now, and therefore in that antediluvian \nepoch, water was the mighty agent in shaping the earth\'s \nsurface. Glacial action is clearly indicated all through the \nrange, some thirteen distinct visitations of this mighty pro- \npelling force, peculiar to the early ages of the world, having- \nbeen traced. Other writers incline to the theory of upheaval \nfrom volcanic or other causes. Pint even they must resort \nto the doctrine of erosion as a subsequent or iinal process, in \norder to account for the various phenomenal forms here pre- \nsented. The vast masses of conglomerate present all the \nconditions of quicksand as it existed just prior to its conver- \nsion into stone. \n\nThus at variance in trend, and other geological features, \nwith the parent system, the Catskills must be regarded as \nanomalous also in plastic formation, being due to erosive \nforces, and not to the ordinary process which has folded and \nshaped the other parts of the system. \n\n" The white clouds are like pictures in a breathin\' \n\nframe o\' blue, \nAn\' the sunbeams are a shootin\' all their siher \n\narrows through, \nAn\' its June-time in the country, an\' its June-time \n\nin the town, \nAn\' the mockin\' birds are singin\' and the blossoms \n\nrainin\' down ! \n\nIt\'s June-time in the Catskills. and happy folks \n\nare we, \nWith the brook ;;-dashin\', splashin", an\' the winds \n\na-blowin\' free I \nAn\' the sun is climbin\' higher, an\' the nights are \n\nfull o\' moon. \nAn\' a fellers soul is dancin\' to the melodies o\' \n\nJune ! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nni^. ?>. \n\n\n\nTHE MOKNING MAIL. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 25 \n\nThev are divided into two groups by \nTOPOGRAPHICAL ^^^ Esopus creek. The northern \n\nDIVISIONS g^roup lies between the Esopus and \n\nCatskill creeks, and extends from southeast to northwest in \nthe form of an irregular parallelog-ram. This is shut in be- \ntween two h\\gh border chains, ten or fifteen miles apart. \nThat on the southw^est is known as the central chain, or back- \nbone of the entire g^roup, extending- from Overlook Mountain \non the east to Mount Utsayantha on the west, a distance of \nover thirty-five miles. The other is the northeast border \nchain. The southeast end is closed by the short chain of \nHigh Peak; the northwestern by the hig-h swell of plateaus \nwhich divide the head-waters of the Delaware and Susque- \nhanna from those of the Schoharie and the Hudson. A \nstriking- peculiarity of this northern group is, that while its \nwestern end seems buried in the g-eneral plateaus of west- \nern New York the mountains there rising- but moderately \nabove their base, its eastern end stands isolated on three \n\xc2\xabides by deep and broadly open valleys, projecting- in all its \nheig-ht as a mig-hty promontory to within ten miles of the \nHudson. This presents the imposing- scene from that river. \nThe Schoharie creek and its tributaries furnish the entire \ndrainag-e for the interior hig-hlands of the Catskills proper. \nThis drainage which sends the waters all the way around to \nthe Mohawk, to come back by the Hudson, after a course of \n175 miles, to within ten miles of their starting- point, is cer- \ntainly remarkable, and shows a very peculiar ph3\'sical struc- \nture. \n\n" They come ! the merry summer months of beauty, song and flowers \nThey come ! the gladsome months that bring thick leafiness to bowers. \nUp, up. my heart ! and walk abroad ; fling work and care aside : \nSeek silent hills, and rest thyself where crystal waters glide ; \nOr, underneath the shadow vast of patriarchal tree, \nSeen through its leaves the cloudless sky is rapt tranquility." \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n27 \n\n\n\nThe precise orig-in of the name " Cats- \nORIGIN OF THE kin^" is somewhat obscure. Somewrit- \nNAME. , , , , gj.g j^ver that it was derived from the \ncatamounts which infested the reg-ion, and Irving- was among- \nthose sponsors. But there is scant authority or reason for \nthis assumption. The name is found spelled in numerous \nways in the ancient records, such as "Kaatskill," "Kaaters- \nkill," "Katskill," "Cauterskill," "Cautskill," etc. It is be- \nlieved to have been first applied during the Dutch domination \nover two centuries ago. And if this assumption is correct, \n\n\n\n\n..1^^ \n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0nil\'; i)i:i.A\\\\AK\'ii; kivkk \n\nNEAK BLOOMVILLK, \n\nKaatskill or Kaaterskill, would seem to be the proper or- \nthography. The "kill, " being Dutch for channel or creek. \n\'\xe2\x80\xa2Kaat, " is also Dutch for cat, but the unusual abundance of \nthe feline species, either wild or domestic, is not well estab- \nlished. The Indians are said to have called the mountains \n\xe2\x80\xa2\' Ontiora," meaning- hills of the sky, where the Great Spirit \nof Manitou\'dwelt and ruled the elements of earth and sky. \nAnd there seems no very good reason for ever having- aban- \ndoned that poetic and appropriate title. \n\n" Summer is here, and the morning is gay, \nLet us be children together to-da.\\-, \nSorrow\'s a myth, and our troubles^^but seem. \nThe past is an echo, the future a dream. \n\n\n\nTHK CA\'l SKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n2<> \n\n\n\nConcerning- the early history of this charming-^ \nPRiIVltVAL tnountain reg-ion, or its people, the records \nHISTORY, ^^g strang-ely silent and incomplete. P>ven \nthe voice of tradition ventures cautiously in the corridors of \nthe remote and prehistoric past. But this only serves to in- \nvest the locality with new enchantment and interest, and the \nembers of speculation are readily fanned into life by such \nbreezes from an unknown realm of romance. \n\nWhether it was Henry Hudson, Verrazano, Gomez, or \nsome earlier navigator, who first sailed up the Hudson river, \nwhich was then called " Cohohatatia, " by the Indians, mean- \ning- river of the mountains, is now open^to question. But it is \n\nsufficient to note here \nthat when Hudson \nfirst ventured up the \nnoble stream in 1609 \nin his quaint Dutch \nship, the attractions of \nthe Cats kills were \nsuch that he was in- \nduced to cast anchor \nand make a short in- \nspection. He was re- \nceived with marked \nhospitality by the Iro- \nquois Indians, then in \npossession of the re- \ng-ion. Into their rude \nbark hut, which was \nstored with corn and \nbeans, they took the \ncurious navig-ator and \nhis small party of sail- \nors. Upon the g-round \nfloor, mats were \nspread in their honor, \nand here they par- \ntook of food from a. \n\n\n\n\nCHURCHILL LAKB, \n\nSTAMFORD. \n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 31 \n\nlarg-e wooden bowl or tray. The flesh of a fattened dog-, \nwhich had been killed for the feast, was among- the tempting- \nviands prepared for the white visitors, who seem to have \nbeen in no hurry to return to their ship. The record then \ncloses with this quaint, aborig-inal scene and docs not re-open \nuntil sixty-nine years later; leaving- us to assume that the \nregion remained in the peaceful possession of the red men \nduring- that long- period. But this was the dawn of the Dutch \noccupation. On the eig-hth of July, 1678, the purchase of a \nlarg-e portion of this mountain region was effected by a com- \npany of Dutch and Eng-lish g-entlemen. The conference was \nheld at the Stadt Huis in Albany, where Mahak-Neminaw, \nthe ruling- Indian chief, and six leading men of his tribe had \ng-athered for the purpose. Various trinkets and trifles of \nstupendous value in the eyes of the noted red men, were \ng-iven them, and the title, with its wonderful hierog-lyphics, \nwas passed. Soon after that the aborig-inal owners beg^an to \ndisappear, retreating- to the Adirondack wilderness and the \nwestern part of the State. Their successors in the Catskills \ndo not seem to have left many important records of their \noccupancy which can be relied upon. But- in place of such \nhistory we are endowed with a wealth of Indian lore and \nDutch tradition which have made the region an enchanted \nshadow-land of leg-end and romance. \n\n" Queen of all lovely rivers, lustrous queen \nOf flowing waters in our sweet new lands. \nRippling through sunlight to the ocean sands, \nWithin a smiling vallev, and between \nRomantic shores of silvery summer green ; \nMemorial of wild days and savage hands, \nSinging the patient deeds of patriotic hands, \nCrooning of golden glorious years foreseen." \n\n\n\n\nTHE I\'^AMOUS \n\nKAATEKSKILL FALLS. \n\n\n\nTHI-: CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 33 \n\n"If being- the best part of a mile in the air, and \n\nhaving views of farms and houses at your feet, \nBEAUTY \xe2\x80\xa2\xe2\x80\xa2 \n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 ^yitii rivers looking like ribbons, and mountains \n\nseeming to be haystacks of green g-rass under you, gives any \nsatisfaction to a man, I can recommend the spot. When I \nfirst came into the woods to live I used to have weak spells, \nand I felt lonesome ; then I would g-o into the Catskills to \nspend a few days on that hill to look at the ways of man." \nThese are the immortal words of " Leatherstocking-, " that \nmost original character in fiction so aptly characterized by \nCarlyle as "the one melodious s^aiopsis of man and nature." \nStanding half way between savage and civilized life, hear him \nas he continues: " The river was in sight for seventy miles \nunder my feet, looking like a curled shaving, though it was \neight long miles to its banks. I saw the hills in the Hamp- \nshire grants, the Highlands of the river, and all that God had \ndone, or man can do, as far as the eye could reach." \n\nWho can hope to equal the realistic eloquence of this \nsimple description? See the mighty crags with their gig-an- \ntic ribs of rock, protruding here and there from the flesh of \nthe mountain like Titanic fortresses against the assaults of \nages ; their massive slopes clothed in cyclopean mantles of \nliving green over which the sunshine and shadows of buried \ncenturies have chased each other in cosmic glee. These \nyawning canyons, dark, deep and cool, where the shimmer- \ning- trout streams babble among the gnarled roots and mossy \nboulders, to the echoing refrain of the lichen-clad walls of \nprecipitous rock. Listen to the mellow cadence of Nature\'s \nbreath fresh from the verdant throat of the mountain. There \nis naught to disturb the peaceful harmony of this Arcadian \nrealm. See up yonder, at the head of the gorge in which \nyou stand, that slender scarf of sparkling water, wearied at \nlast with its winding career for many a mountain mile, or its \ndreamy life among the stones and roots of quiet pools, now \nleaping madly, beautifully over the jutting rock, down, down \nthe precipice hundreds of feet, breaking into a sheeny shower \nof fleecy foam, sending up a crystal spray, which bedews the \nsurrounding foliage and paints the rainbow across the slant- \ning- sunbeams. Or, climb to the breez}^ crest that pierces \n\n3 \n\n\n\n\nONE OF THE DRIVES \n\nBETWEEN STAMFORD AND HOBART, \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n35 \n\n\n\nthe clouds and bathe in the filmy vapor that flits up the \nmountain side and scuds past your face on the wing-s of the \nwind. Wrapped now in mist as in mid-ocean, anon the veil \nis lifted, the sun breaks throug-h, and you stand entranced \nat the marvelous beauty of the checkered valley which slum- \nbers beneath your feet. Or, at daybreak as the sun peers \nover the rim of the eastern hills and irradiates the sleeping- \n\n\n\n\nTHE VALLEY AND THE \n\nMOUNTAINS NEAK PINE HILL.- \n\nlandscape with amber and gold, painting in gorgeous hues \nthe rolling, tumbling- masses of cloud far down over the quiet \nvalley. And anon as the vapor lifts and scatters before the \nrays of the advancing sun, the scene becomes indescribably \nbeautiful. Watch again as the angry little mid-day showers \ng-ather, break and finish their noisy career, far below the \nplacid sunshine of the mountain-top which surrounds you. \nOr choose some one of the colossal boulders that lie strewn \n-around, as though dropped like a pebble from some mig-hty \nhand, and watch the gathering fury of a storm, which no \n\n\n\nTHE CA\'i SKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n37 \n\n\n\n\nTHE MOUNTAIN \n\nAT HUNTER. \n\ninan need ever attempt to portray- And linally in the even- \ning- twilig-ht, when \n\n" The Western sky has trimmed its skirts with ruffles all the way. \nAnd bias stripes of salmon pink and heliotrope and gray ; " \n\nas the receding- sun floods the earth in tranquil g-lory, and \npaints his transient banners on the easel of Night, you are \nlost in silent admiration. \n\n\'Splendors and blossoms and beauty, \n\nAnd a charm that cannot be told. \nFor the days are exquisite poems \n\nBound in the blue and the gold. \n\nOf the cloudless sky and the sunshine, \n\nAnd written in measures of light. \nThey are full of the magical rhythm \n\nWhich sweeps through the day and the night. \n\nOh I the lyrics of dewy morning, \n\nAnd the sonnets of golden noon. \nAnd the love-songs, written in silver, \n\nThat flow from the mxstical moon. \n\nOh ! the beautiful star-lif nocturnes \n\nWe mortals have called the night. \nThat are played in the deep, minor measures. \n\nWhen the world has grown weary of light. \n\nOh I tile glorious music and rhythm \n\nOf life - and the world\xe2\x80\x94 and the sky \nAs they blend in a harmony blissful, \n\nThat float to the Throne on High, \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 39 \n\nThis is no long-er a problem of any \nHOW TO REACH mo^-nent, and few will need any ex- \nTHE CATSKILLS. piidt directions. And yet there are \nuncomfortable, undesirable routes and methods which may \neasily be avoided by a little study of this book, which is \nlarg-ely devoted to the details of the best route, the only \nthroug-h car line and all-rail connection. \n\nFor some fifty years after its summer charms were first \ndiscovered, the reg"ion remained practically inaccessible. \nThere was a long- and tedious stage-ride from the river, over \nan atrocious road and up the steep mountain-side at a snail\'s \npace, which was often attended with some danger, and it took \na man of vigor and endurance to stand the trip. The steep \nand stonv miles, the jaded horses, and the lumbering old \nstages were pretty apt to awaken sympathies and feelings \nnot wholly akin to the picturesque sublimity on every side, \nleaving scant time or mood to indulge his love for mountain \ng-randeur. Invalids, who would be most benefited by the \nchange of air and scene were unable to make the ascent, the \neffects of which were so unlikely to be palliated or overcome \nby the scant facilities for accommodation and comfort then \nafforded on the mountain. But this was the condition of af- \nfairs in the Catskills, with slight improvements, down to 1870 \nwhen the iron-horse began to sniff the air of the hills. Here \nwas a charming summer resort wholly undeveloped ; even \nthe old Greene county section, which was about the only \npart known at all. The wildest and most charming region, \nlying- in the counties of Ulster and Delaware, was largely un- \nexplored and completely inaccessible except to the sturdy \nhunters and bark-men. The great chain of mountains had \nnever been entered on this side where the great popular and \neasy approach for the entire rang-e was destined to be. The \ng-iant Slide Mountain crag, which had overshadowed every \nother peak for countless ages, was practically unknown, and \nits superior height quite unsuspected. Thus the varied mag- \nnificence of this entrancing region which has now so greatly \nenhanced the fame of the Catskills, was vet to be revealed. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n41 \n\n\n\nAN IDEAL REGION \nFOR TROUT. . . . \n\n\n\nThe brook trout, that princely mem- \nber of the finny realm, finds a rare \ncombination of favoring- conditions \nin the Catskills. The slopes and yalleys are profusely \nthreaded ^vith streams of the coolest and purest crystal \nwater, in which the speckled beauties disport with abounding- \njoy and content. The enthusiastic ang-ler may here cast his \nfly or "chuck his worm, " with such success as his knowledge, \nskill and patience may warrant. There are scores upon \nscores of miles of g-ood trout water still unpreempted by \nrapacious sportmen, where even the mountain lad, with his \ncrooked pin and "vile earth worm " at the end of a bit of twine, \n\xe2\x96\xa0often astounds the scientific disciple of Walton by his "luck." \nWho has not heard of Biscuit Brook, the Neversink streams, \nthe head of the Rondout, the east and west branches of the \nDelaware, the Beaverkill, Dry Brook, Bushkill, Watson Hollow \nBrook, Emory Brook, Stony Clove Creek, Mink-Hollow Brook, \nthe Big- Indian Valley streams and the Esopus Creek, which \nare lined with fishermen in the early summer? All these \nfamous streams are in the Ulster & Delaware section of the \nrang-e, which has long- been the favorite fishing region. While \nthe larg-e hotels are not yet open during- \nthe early fishing- season, g-ood food and \ncomfortable beds may be \nhad at the smaller \nhouses, unless \none prefers \nto brinp- \n\n\n\n\n/\'/AlCr \n\n\n\n42 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS \n\n\n\n\nONE OF THE TKOUT STKEAMS. \n\na well-fitted tent and plenty of warm clothing- and blankets \nfor camping- along- the streams. Then, too, unless the angler \nis content to live wholly upon trout, his camp life will imply \na hamper of plain, substantial food, althoug-h this can usually \nbe obtained at the little mountain stores. \n\nSuccessful trout-fishing- is the heig-ht of the ang-ler\'s am- \nbition. The careless bung-ler or happy-g-o-lucky wharf-fisher \nbetter stay out of the woods. The trout is keen-witted and \ng-amey, and can only be captured by preliminary deception \nand subsequent combat, with the odds against the finny com- \nbatant. If the boys who have grown up along these streams \noften surprise and disgust the theoretical city fisherman by \ncatching more trout than he does, with all his complicated \noutfit, it is simply because the urchin knows better how to- \nfish. It is skill, not luck, that counts. The lad is familiar \nwith the habits of trout, knows where to find them, and how \nto deceive them with the least fuss and commotion. He \nnever gets excited at the supreme moment, and rarely allows \nthe biggest fish to escape. He will often find fish in water \nwhich has been whipped over for hours and abandoned by \nthe city chap as finless. Thus it will often be easier and \ncheaper for the man of theories and gorgeous apparatus tO\' \nbuy his fish of the barefooted mountain lad than to catch \n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n43 \n\n\n\n\nlOCHO LAKE, BUSHNKLIA\'ILLIC \n\nCLOVE, NEAR SHANDAKEN. \n\nthem, even thoug-h he may have come hundreds of miles to \nenjoy the sport of landing- the fish by his own skill and de- \nvises. But this fact only adds a keener zest to the efforts of \nthe professional angler who studies the native methods with \npeculiar interest, and his skill is sure to be rewarded, while \neven the novice is sure to g-et unlimited exercise even thoug-h \nhe fails to fill his creel with the savory victims of his theo- \nretical efforts. Some of the smaller streams often afford the \nbest fishing-. Trout can be supremely happy in very little \nwater, and big- beauties love to disport in tiny brooklets where \nthere is barely room to float. They will be found among- \nmossy roots and margins and over rocky and pebbly bottoms. \n\n\' Sing- sweet, O birds o\' April ! Sing- sweet o\'er hill and plain \nWhile the wandering world Is tangled in the sunlight an\' the rain \nWe ain\'t a pestering any one, jes\' livin\' at our ease, \nA-huntin\' when wt- want to, an\' fishin\' when we please !" \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 45 \n\nThe time having- finally arrived \n\nJ 3 \n\nDELAWARE RAILROAD, \n\n\n\nTHE ULSTER & ^ ^ ^ for a railroad, the men were \n\n\n\nfound to build it, in spite of \nthe unfavorable current of public opinion which then pre- \nvailed. Thus, the construction of the Ulster & Delaware \nline was beg^un in 18(i6. Proceeding- slowly and cautiously \nfor a time, the iron-horse did not really g-et very far into the \nmountains until four years later. Even then the project was \ng-enerally considered wild and ill-advised, with certain failure \nat the end. But the projectors had faith in the final result \nand kept stretching- out the rails until they reached and \ncrossed the mountains. \n\nNature may never have dreamed that man would stretch \na railroad throug-h this lovely valley, and at times there has \nbeen some question as to whether she had been fully recon- \nciled to the desecration. But the eng-ineers found a natural \npass here most of the way, crooked and tortuous thoug-h it \nwas, and they just followed it up g-ood naturedh^ in laying- out \nthe line of the road, avoiding- any agg-ressive liberties with \nthe native conditions, as far as possible. Many heavy grades \nwere encountered, and there was a cantankerous mountain \ncreek, with a whole brood of wayward and excitable little \ntributaries pouring into it from every g-org-e and g-ulch, which \nhad to be dealt with in a dignified and earnest manner. \nThese were normally quiet and inoffensive, of course ; the \nspeckled trout disported lazily in the crystal water which \ng-littered in the noonday sun like silver threads in the w^oof \nof the mountain, and rippled in sweet refrain on its winding-, \nwoodland way to the river. But when the floods came, these \nplacid and pretty rills swelled into roaring- torrents in a few \nhours, tumbling- into the main creek, which in turn, flooded \nthe narrow valley and swept everything- down before it, \xe2\x80\x94 \nbridg-es, embankments, trestles, \xe2\x80\x94 nothing- was respected. \nOf course, there was nothing about the railway that w^ould be \nlikely to exempt it from this inevitable rule, or evoke any \nsympathy from these arteries of the mountains. So the \neng-ineers acted squarely on the defensive and built the road \non that theory, locating- the line with the utmost care and \nbuilding in the firmest manner. The best materials were \n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n47 \n\n\n\n\nused in every case, and the best \nmethods employed to secure sta- \nbility, security, safety, efficiency \nand comfort. The roadbed has \nrecently been materially straig-ht- \nened and leveled, and the curves \nperfected by a competent corps \nof eng-ineers. This was made \nnecessary by the increased traffic \n"\xe2\x96\xa0 and g-reaterspeedof trains, which \nalso called for heavier rails and \nties and modern steel bridg-es, all \nof which have been supplied over the entire line. Several \nnew and attractive station buildings have been erected, and \nimportant additions and improvements to the rolling-stock \nand general equipment, are continually being- made. The \nnew passenger locomotives are now heavier and more power- \nful than formerly, and they are constructed from the latest \nimproved designs for speed and efficiency. The new coaches \nwhich are added each year, are eleg-ant models of comfort \nand convenience from the best shops in the country. Nothing- \nthat will conduce to the comfort and pleasure of travelers \nhas been omitted in the equipment of the Ulster & Delaware \nSvstem. It therefore stands to-day second to none in secur- \nity of road-bed, safety of appliances, general efficiency and \ncomfort of equipment. The policy of the company and its \nmanagement is to get the best, and operate the line in the \nbest possible manner. \n\nThe completion of the road of course proved the great \nfactor in the development of the Catskills as a popular sum- \nmer resort. A new impetus was imparted to the mountain \nboarding business, and hotels, large and small, began to rise \nhere and there in the valleys and on the mountain slopes. It \n\xe2\x80\xa2opened a new section of the range, which rivaled and even \nsurpassed in beauty any other portion, while the entire re- \ng-ion at once became easily accessible. Luxurious parlor and \nday coaches are now attached to the trains, and the most in- \nfirm and debilitated may thus enjoy the benefits of this great \niiatural sanitarium. \n\n\n\n\n< \n\nO \n\n\n\nw w \n\nO \n\nPL. \n\no \n\nH \n\nCO \n\nO \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n49 \n\n\n\nTHE ONLY ALL-RAIL \nROUTE; BEGINNING \nAT KINGSTON POINT, \n\n\n\nthat famous old Hudson River \nlanding- of former years, which \nhas now been restored and great- \nly improved, this mountain track \nof the Ulster & Delaware line never ends until the entire \nCatskill rang-e has been crossed, and the villag-e of Oneonta, \nin Otseg-o county, 108 miles from this eastern terminus, is \nreached. Here at the Point, passengers from the elegant \nand popular Day Line steamers, "New York" and "Albany," \nmay board the Ulster & Delaware trains for any point in the \nrange, stepping- directly from their palatial decks to the \ncars. The transfer of bag-gage is quickly effected, and there \nis no change of cars between the river and the hills. After \nthe delig-htful sail up the river one is ready to enjoy the \nspeedy whirl by train inland and among- the mountains to \nthe fullest extent. \n\nThe start is made over the river shoal and up the \nRondout Creek for two miles, when \n\n\n\n\nONDOUT is reached. Rondout \nwas formerly a villag-e, and in 1614 \nthe Dutch established a settlement \nhere. It is the river port of the city \nof King-ston, which was incorporated \nin 1872. It has extensive manufac- \nturing- interests, and has long- en- \njoyed the larg-est river commerce of \nany point on the Hudson, except \nAlbany. Several steamboat lines are \noperated here, including- passeng-er, \nfreig-ht and towing- companies; and \n, it may justly claim more steam ves- \nsels than any other place above New York, if not a g-reater \nnumber than all others put tog-ether, save Albany. The fleet \nand famous "Mary Powell," that "Greyhound of the Hud- \nson," makes daily trips between this port and New York \nduring- the summer and early autumn. The larg-e and com- \nmodious steamers of the Central Hudson Steamboat Co. \'s \n\nNight Line, and the New York Central trains, (by way of \n\n4 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n51 \n\n\n\n\nthe Rhinecliff Ferry) all contribute to the increasing- traffic \nof the Ulster & Delaware trains. \n\nLeaving- Rondout Station, the train winds g-racefully up \nthe g^rade from tide level and intersects with the West Shore \nRailroad near the center of the citv. \n\n"INGSTON (Union Depot.) This \nis one of the important stations on \nthat trunk line, in summer. It is \n-also the northern terminus of the \nWallkill Valley Railroad, and during- \nthe reg-ular season of summer Cats- \nkill Mountain traffic, there are over \nfifty trains stopping- here daily, it \nbeing- the g-reat diverg-ing- point for \nthe mountain reg-ion. The fast Cats- \nkill Mountain special trains on the \nWest Shore line, are here trans- \nferred to the Ulster & Delaware track, where powerful en- \ng-ines stand hissing- and throbbing-, impatiently waiting- for \nthe mountain run. These are among- the fastest summer \ntrains scheduled upon any road in the country. \n\nFrom this station, looking- directly north, an imposing- \nview of the mountains is presented. The peaks in sight are \nthe famous Overlook, on the left, with Plattekill, Hig-h Peak, \nor Mount Lincoln, the Kaaterskill and South Mountain crag-s \non toward the rig-ht. The hig-hest of these is Mount Lincoln, \n3,664 feet, and the next in height is the Overlook, 3,150 feet \nabove tide. The large house near the sky is the Overlook \nMountain House. The next toward the rit^ht is Hotel \nKaaterskill, and the last is the old Catskill Mountain House. \nBut there is barely time to inspect this view when your \ntrain pulls out for the mountains and is whirling rapidly over \nthe lovely fringe of fertile lowland in the northern bounds of \nthe city. You pass within a few rods of the famous old \n"Senate House," where New York State was born, which is \nin sight on the left, soon after you pass under the second \nstreet bridge. It was built in 1676, partially burned by the \nBritish in 1777, and is now owned and kept by the State, \nhaving a large and interesting collection of ancient relics and \n\n\n\n\n^\xe2\x80\xa2^ \' \n\n\n\n7\xc2\xab\xc2\xabS\xc2\xbb \n\n\n\nTHE BEAUTIFUL FALLS, \n\nHAINES CORNERS. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n53 \n\n\n\ncuriosities. The city contains many other historic old stone \nhouses made famous during- the primitive period of the Re- \npublic, which are well worth seeing-. The Esopus creek is \nnext crossed, and the train plung-es boldly up the southern \nslope of the picturesque and beautiful Ulster & Delaware \nvalley, which affords a charming- panorama of mountain \nscenery throug-h its entire leng-th. The ascent here is grad- \nual but continuous, all the way to \n\n\n\n\nEST HURLEY, ten miles from \nKing\'ston Point and 530 feet above \nthe river. This is a small hamlet a \nfew rods to the left, mainly devoted \nto the quarrying and shipping- of blue \n^^ stone, which is found in g-reat abund- \nance all throug-h this region. There \nare two or three churches, two hotels, \nand several stores and shops. \n\nWoodstock is a much larg-er hamlet, at the base of Over- \nlook Mountain, five miles north, and stages are waiting- to \nconvey passeng-ers to that reg-ion, which is very pretty and \npopular with summer visitors, having- a larg-e hotel, numer- \nous boarding houses, three fine churches, and many stores. \nThe Overlook is a very imposing- crag- as seen from West \nHurley station, and those who set out to make the ascent \nwill find a fairly g-ood carriage road most of the way, and one \nof the most charming and extended views from the crest to \nbe found in the entire rang-e, if not the most interesting- and \nextended of all. \n\nWhile straight or level roads and mountains are incom- \npatible, if not in fact undesirable, the track of the Ulster & \nDelaware Railroad, as it leaves West Hurley, will be found as \nnearly straig-ht as it ever g-ets. Here for eig-ht or nine miles \nthe eng^ineer opens his throttle a bit wider and the train \ng-lides smoothly at nearly a mile-a-minute pace over the \nBeaverkill swamp with the terracing- mountain rang-e in the \nbackg-round on the right, the trend having- now turned ob- \nliquely to the west. \n\n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 55 \n\nLIVE BRANCH is the next station on this level \nstretch (Ashton Post Office). The aspect is now \npastoral and peaceful. The wayside marsh is \nthickly dotted with wild plants and flowers, espe- \ncially iris and lilies, which bloom in succession during- the \nsummer, presenting- an attractive variety of floral beauty, \ntempting- plant lovers from the train at times. The reg-ion \nhere is supplied with many modest boarding- houses where \none may revel in the air of the foothills with g-reat inform- \nality and at low rates. Temple Pond is an aquatic attraction, \nlying-\'at the foot of Big- Toinje Mountain, about one hundred \nfeet above the station. It covers about one hundred acres \nnormally and affords boating- and fishing- facilities. \n\nBROWN\'S STATION, three miles beyond, is \nanother quiet boarding- section with numerous \nhouses for summer entertainment, and a few sum- \nmer cottag-es now creeping- in here and there. Hig-h \nPoint and the Wittenberg- rang-e are now looming- up in the \ndistance ahead. A mile-and-a-half south is Winchell\'s Falls, \non the Esopus, and just below, the stream flows throug-h a \npicturesque, rocky g-org-e. At the Falls is the Hudson River \nPulp Works, where pulp used in the manufacture of dyna- \nmite is produced. \n\nSoon after leaving- Brown\'s, the train rounds a graceful \ncurve to the rig-ht for two miles, and the Esopus Creek is \nag-ain encountered, for the first since leaving- Kingston. The \nstream here divides above the bridg-e, forming- a pretty little \nwooded island. Hereafter the track and this wayward cur- \nrent of mountain water maintain companionship for twenty \nmiles and more, bending- in and out, and crossing- and re- \ncrossing- thewaters as the topog-raphy of the valley demands, \nthoug-h not implicitly following- its every freak and whim. \nBetween this point and King-ston, it winds its weary way over \nprecipitous rocks, through wild ravines and alluvial and fer- \ntile meadows for many a mile far to the south. Crossing \nnow the iron bridge, the train pulls up at \n\n\n\nTHE CATS KILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n57 \n\n\n\n\nRODHEAD\'S BRIDGE Sta- \n\ntion. Many are attracted here \nI by the surrounding- landscape, \nwith its diversity of broad mead- \nows, towering- mountain peaks, \nand shimmering trout streams. \nThe little hamlet is scattered \nalong the wooded banks of the \ncreek near the base of High \nPoint. Pine Island, which here \nparts the waters of the Esopus, \nis a favorite spot for a hammock and a dream, with the r^^th- \nmic swirl and gurg-le of the rushing waters on either side, \nand the symphonic whispers of spreading hemlocks over- \nhead. Four gamey streams wend their way through forest \nand field in different directions. One of these leaps over the \nledge not far distant in a sparkling- cascade known as "Bridal \nVeil Falls." A more extended w^aterfall however is Bishop \nFalls, two miles down the Esopus, a favorite afternoon ram- \nble with many, who liken it to the famous "Horse-Shoe \nFalls " at Niagara, in shape. \n\nBack of the station is a large bluestone yard, where the \nvarious processes of rubbing, planing andfinishing the huge, \nflat stones for market is in active operation. The stone is \ncarted from the numerous quarries on the surrounding \nmountain slopes, and shipped by rail to tide-water when \nfinished for use. \n\n/^HOKAN, originally spelled "Asho- \n^^ kan," is the next stop after a mile \n\nrun. It is one of the old Indian \nnames that have been retained in \nthe geographical nomenclature of \nthis region. The mountains are \nnow closing in upon you. In fact, \nthis is often called the "Gateway of the Catskills, " \nbut there are many others of a similar character. \nThe place is divided in two parts; about the station is known \nas West Shokan, the older settlement which antedates the \n\n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n59 \n\n\n\nrailroad, being\' a mile toward the east. It is a pleasant ham- \nlet with churches, schools, stores and many boarding- houses \nwhere hundreds of city people pass the summer delightfully \nand at moderate cost. The famous "High Point" peak, \n3,098 feet toward the sk3% looms up grandly now on the left, \nin a south-westerly direction. This is the most southerly \npeak of the Catskills, and the view from its summit is very \nextended. The ascent is no longer difficult, there \'being- a \nwell marked road over half the way. Fairly good carriage \nroads lead out from Shokan in different directions to inter- \nesting points. Among those well worth visiting- are the cele- \nbrated Peakamoose Lake and the "Gulf." The former is a \nbeautiful strip of mountain water where the Rondout Creek \nflows through one of the most charming- glens in the world. \nSpeaking of this spot, a recent writer and artist says : \n"Nothing else in the Catskills approaches it in its peculiar \n\ntype. For a mile \nit is a succession \nof impressive pic- \ntures, with cascades \nand waterfalls in- \nnumerable; living- \npictures of living- \nwater." \n\nLooking- west \nfrom Shokan sta- \ntion a crescent of \nlofty mountain peaks will be seen. That on the right is the \n"Wittenberg," 3778 feet, the next is Mount Cornell, 3,681 feet \nhigh. Some two miles beyond this chain is the famous Slide \nMountain, the king of the range, 4,205 feet in the air. In the \nsame localit}^ are Peakamoose, 3,875 feet. Table Mountain, \n3,865 feet high, and several others. It is the wildest and \nmost interesting group in the entire range, and it can only \nbe reached by way of the Ulster & Delaware Railroad. \nLeaving- Shokan now, the train winds up the valley for three \nmiles, recrossing the Pvsopus at a broad bend, and halting- \nbrieflv at \n\n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n61 \n\n\n\nBOICEVILLE, a way station with many undeveloped \nattractions for summer boarders. There is here \nan "Excelsior Mill," with its shredders running- \nday and nig-ht. The mountains are now encroach- \ning" more and more upon the narrow valley. \n\nGOLD BROOK is another way station, a mile be- \nyond, if your train happens to stop there. The \nEsopLis rushes madly by under a new iron bridge \non the right, bordered by a tangled inass of wild \nflowering vines which send up their fragrance to greet the \ntraveler in the car window while he listens to the chattering \nroar of the stream. Following the Esopus now for a mile \nalong the base of Mount Pleasant, with Mount Tobias and \nMount Tremper in the eastern background, across the \nmeadows and orchards which intervene, the stream sud- \ndenly bends away and out of sight for a time, and the train \nsoon afterward stops at \n\nyi OUNT PLEASANT. This is in \n\n^ \\ the midst of a most attractive and very \n^popular summer boarding region, with \nnumerous hotels and resting places \nscattered here and there throughout \n\xc2\xbb i: f-B^Ol f the charming valley. Roads lead away \n\namong the romantic foot-hills of tower- \ning mountains to quiet little houses \nnestling in placid nooks among the brooks and bridges which \ndominate the locality. Of these there are some forty which \nreceive their guests at this station. \n\nOne is here surrounded by high mountains that rise ab- \nruptly and aggressively, although the ascents are not difficult. \nThe view from Mt. Tremper, especially its western spur, is \ninteresting and the ti\'ail is comparatively easy. The Esopus \ncreek winds in and out, and lingers lovingly among the little \npatches of mountain meadow; and visitors are always de- \nlighted with this bit of the Ulster & Delaware valley. \n\nBut the train now speeds on this northerly course for \nabout three miles, barely finding room between the assertive \nold creek and the wagon road for its track, so agg-ressive are \nthe mountains on either side. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 63 \n\nHOENICIA. This is one of the most \nimportant stations on the line. You are \nnow twenty-eig-ht miles from the river \nand 7*^)4 feet above it, with lofty moun- \nss- tain peaks on every hand. It is the \nfc... _ entrance of the famous Stony Clove \n""* ^ Canyon, and the southern terminus \nof the Stony Clove and Kaaterskill \nBranch of the Ulster & Delaware system. This route will \nbe described more fully on subsequent pag-es of this book \nafter traversing- the main line. The Stony Clove creek here \njoins the Esopus and together they have preempted most \nof the level land in sig-ht, thoug-h really using- only a small \nportion of it, except in times of freshet. You are now well \ninto the mountains and the scenery is wild and picturesque. \nIt is late in the day when the sun peers over the eastern sky- \nline on Mount Tremper, and comparatively early in the \nafternoon when the western shadows beg-in to envelop the \nlittle hamlet. There are stores, shops and cottag-es, with a \npretty little church, and several hotels, larg-e and small, near \nat hand, with other boarding- houses in the vicinity. Mean- \nwhile your eng-ine, having- taken a fresh drink of mountain \nwater, gets the sig-nal and skips off up the valley with a \nbusiness-like snort, winding- now closely along- the left bank \nof the Esopus, which lessens in volume as the reg^ion of its \nsource is approached. But the little valley g-rows in wild- \nness and beauty with every mile, and the mountains become \nhig-her and g-rander. Ever and anon you wonder how the \nrocky wall ahead is to be avoided, but the eng-ine finds the \nway onward. A mile up the track is "Woodland Valley," \nopening- on the left. It is about nine miles long- and reaches \nto the base of the Wittenberg-, Mount Cornell and Slide \nMountain. Not in all the Catskills is there a more pictur- \nesque and charming- wildwood pass than this. And yet, \nstrang-e to say, the averag-e Catskill visitor knows little of it. \nNature has here been largely and admirably left to herself, \nand here sublime simplicity is truly enchanting-. It was \nformerly known as "Snyder Hollow," and of course there is \na pretty stream, with cascades, little rustic bridg-es and \n\n\n\n\nMATTICE FALLS, \n\nNKAR GILBOA. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n65 \n\n\n\ntrout, and poetry all the way. Mounts Sheridan, Sherrill and \nNorth Dome now soar g-randly toward the sky on the rig-ht, \nwith other peaks of various local names coming- into view \nin succession as the train proceeds. You soon reach the \npretty Shandaken Valley where the mountains begin to re- \ncede in the distant background, giving" place to the more \npastoral features of broader meadows, bending- orchards and \nsloping foot-hills, with little farm buildings here and there. \n\n\n\n\nONE OF THE STREETS \n\nIN WINDHAM. \n\nThe big Westkill Mountain, 3,900 feet hig-h, at length ap- \npears in the distance on the right and the valley again grows \nnarrow. \n\nALLABEN is now the station, formerly known as \n"Fox Hollow," because of its proximity to a lateral \nvalley of that name, on the left, just above. This \nis another bluestone depot, and the aspect is wild \nand secluded. But there are several modest boarding houses \nin the vicinity. And just above is an extensive chair factory \nwhich has been chewing up maple, birch and beach wood \nthere for many a year. A big, long and crooked mountain \nmile next brings you to the station known as \n5 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n67 \n\n\n\n\nHANDAKEN at an altitude of \n1,068 feet and 34 miles from the \nHudson. This pretty and most \nappropriate Indian name means \n"rapid water." Shandaken has \nlong- been one of the most popular \nsummer reg-ions in the Catskills, \nand it is no small boast for city \nvisitors to speak proudly of having- summered here, as many \nhundreds do year after year. The scenery is varied and \nbeautiful, the streams numerous and g-amev, and the air ex- \ncellent. There are two larg-e hotels within a few rods of the \nstation and many smaller ones scattered all about. There \nis room for hundreds in and about the hamlet itself, and \n\nthere are stages in waiting- \nto convey many others miles \naway to popular resorts in \nBushnellville, Lexing-ton, \nWestkill, Spruceton and \nother tributary reg-ions, \nthroug-h charming- canyons \nand cloves, and over fair \nmountain roads. Up the \nclove to Bushnellville and on \na pretty lake in Echo Notch \n\\Juij\'WS^ \\ \xc2\xbb " is a lovely six-mile ride, with \n\n\'\\fn#^^ J;^___ the swift flowing- Bushkill \n\nstream babbling- and tum- \nblings along- the wa3^side, and \never and anon disputing- \nwith you reg-arding- the road- \nway, which is here treated \nwith scant courtesy by the \ntowering- old crag-s. \n\nThis portion of the valley is invested with interest be- \ncause of its desig-nation, as the scene of buried treasure of \ngreat value, which once belong-ed to noted British military \nofficers. The succeeding- miles are now more crooked than \never, and three of them bring-s the train to a halt at \n\n\n\n\n\nTHE TOWER ON THE TOP \n\nOF SLIDE MOUNTAIN. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n69 \n\n\n\n\nIG INDIAN, 1,212 feet above \nthe river. The ascent to this \npoint has been very gradual most \nof the way, but now you look \nahead and realize that the radical \nclimb is about to begin. You \nseem walled in by mountain crags \non every side, and you may well \nwonder how the train will man- \nage to reach the summit, nearly \n700 feet above, and take only three miles to do it. The deep \nvalley comes to an end a short distance ahead and the rails \ncan no longer evade the steep mountain slope. \n\nWhile vou have been wrestling with these little details \nof further progress, that j^ou will find so nicely solved by \nthe constructing engineers of the Ulster & Delaware line a \nfew minutes hence, tourists for Slide Mountain and that \ncharming region, had been climbing into the stages with \ntheir traps and luggage for that eleven-mile ride, or less, de- \npending upon the destination. This is the station for the \nSlide and the Big Indian Valley, that most entrancing and \ndelightful canyon which cannot be extolled too highly nor \npainted in too glowing colors. Nature has here wrought \nwith marvelous skill and design, and there is beauty in every \nline. The entire valley is an ideal place for summer cottage \nlife amid the placid charms of wildwood and forest. No vis- \nitor of the Catskills should fail to ride, or wheel, or walk \nthrough this lovely valley. One of the sources of the Esopus \nsends its crystal water winding through this meadow bottom \nat its own sweet will, regardless of roads and all other artifi- \ncial structures. In this the "speckled beauties" disport in \ngoodly numbers, as they do even more abundantly in the \nfamous Neversink region, which is also reached from this \nvalley, and lies beyond the Slide. \n\nAn extra engine is usually added to the heavier trains \nhere for the hills, and while these powerful motors are gath- \nering forces for the climb a romantic bit of Indian tradition \nmay be of interest. \n\n\n\n\nA NOVEMBER DAY \n\nON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 71 \n\n"Big- Indian" was a stalwart red man of this locality, \nseven feet in heig-ht. His tribal name was "Winnisook. " \nLike all bad Indians who g-ot the chance, he fell in love with \na pretty white maiden of the adjacent plains, named Ger- \ntrude Molyneaux. But she finally married Joe Bundy, a \nrival suitor of her own race. The alliance proved unhappy \nhowever, and the young- wife was tenderly reminded of what \nmig-ht have been had she married the g-allant and dusky \nwarrior of the woods. This feeling- finally culminated into a \ntransfer of her affections and person to him. But the climax \nof Joe Bundy\'s revenge soon came. While with a company \nof marauders on a foray of cattle-stealing- from the Dutch \nfarmers, Winnisook was seen by the outraged husband, who \npromptly drew his trusty bead and inflicted a fatal wound, \nremarking- to his comrades, " I think the best way to civilize \nthe yellow serpent is to let daylight into his black heart." \nThe dusky g-iantwas afterward found dead standing- uprig-ht \nin the hollow of a big- pine near the spot. His faithful widow, \nlearning- of the trag-edy, hastened to the scene, where she \nfell upon the body in frantic g-rief, and spent the rest of her \nlife near Winnisook\'s g-rave. The stump of the old pine is \nsaid to have been covered by the railway embankment. \n\nBut the train is already curving; out from the station, \nyou look skyward and see a g-reat hotel with towers near the \nsummit and you know at once by the conclusive snorts and \ng-roans proceeding- from the eng-ines, that you are g-oing- up- \nhill, for the g-rade is about 150 feet per mile. The best place \n, / to watch the receding- valley \n\n^ is the back platform of the \n\nrear car. The charming- \nPine Hill valley, with its \nstream, its road and an oc- \ncasional house far down \nbelow, make a fascinating- \npicture. There are nu- \nmerous visitors for Pine \nHill village, which you \n\xe2\x96\xa0 \xe2\x80\xa2\' have just passed and \n\nadmired so much down \nin the valley. \n\n\n\n\n72 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n\nINE HILL Station is here perched \non the steep slope of Belle Ayr \nMountain. Hundreds take the \nstag-es which are assembled in \ng-reat array for the short ride down \nthe hill for the charming- little vil- \nlag-e, one of the most picturesque \nin the rang-e. \nThe place presents a most attractive appearance from \nthe train, accounting- in some measure for its continued popu- \nlarity with a very larg-e class who have made it their reg-ular \nsummer abode for years. Nearly every house has summer \nvisitors, and there is a deg^ree of informality about the at- \nmosphere not always so prevalent at other resorts, which is \nsatisfactory and enjoyable to the averag-e g-uest there. The \nnortherly source of the Esopus is here, up Birch creek val- \nley, and with that stream we must now part company, as the \ndrainag-e from this section of the rang-e will hereafter flow \nfrom the summit westward, to the Delaware instead of the \nHudson river. This is also a favorite cottag-e reg-ion. \n\nBut the clatter and chatter incident to the greeting- of \nnew-comers, and the transfer of their bag-g-ag-e, now fades \naway as the brakes are released and the hissing- locomotives \nplung-e boldly into the final climb. The air-line distance to \nthe summit is not over half-a-mile, but there are 226 feet to \nclimb and the track curves sharplv around the arcs of a \ndouble horseshoe for three times that distance. You see the \neng-ines laboring- heavily as they almost double up on the \ntrain, and the front end of the coach is visibly hig-her than \nthe rear. But while watching- these novel features of modern \neng-ineering-, don\'t forg-et to look backward dow^n the valley, \nfor the view from this mountain breastwork is charming- in- \ndeed. At leng-th you will note that the motors are breath- \ning- more freely and steadily as the Summit is approached. \nWhile the whistle sounds, there will be time to admire the \nhandsome cottag-es in Hig-hmount Park on the rig-ht, and \nperhaps some of the hotels and summer homes on the Belle \nAyr slope to the left. But you have now reached the sum- \nmit of the Ulster & Delaware track, 1,889 feet above tide. \n\n\n\nthe: catskill mountains. \n\n\n\n73 \n\n\n\n\nRAND HOTEL STATION \n\nis now the stop, and a most im- \nportant summer station it is. The \nsecond larg"est hotel in the Cats- \nkills, known as the New Grand, \nis less than half-a-mile up the hill \nand in plain sig-ht. It stands on a \ncommanding- terrace of Monka \nHill Mountain, and on the divid- \ning-line between Ulster and Dela- \nware counties. From it the view \nof mountain and valley is superb, \nrivaled only by the crest of the \nmountain itself in the rear, to \nwhich the ascent is short and \neasy, bringing- the eye 2,489 feet \nin the air and free from obstruc- \ntion on every side. Toward the \nsouth is Slide Mountain, barely overtopping its aspiring- \nneig-hbors, with the lovely valley, throug-h which you came, \nin the foreground; toward the west are the farms and ham- \nlets of Delaware, and far below the shelving rocks on which \nyou stand is the green valley of virgin forest; and toward \nthe north and east are mountains piled on mountains. The \nBelle Ayr slope, here known as "Highmount, " is dotted here \nand there with pretty cottages in a park of 1,500 mountain \nacres, with an average elevation of over 2,000 feet. The re- \ng-ion also abounds in interesting drives and finny brooks \nAvhich g-reatly enhance the normal pleasures of mountain \nsummer life. \n\nGently now the train begins to move down the hill, and \nsoon the brakes are firmly set and all steam is shut off for the \ng-reat slide. You see an occasional cottage in the ravine on \nthe right and anon a trim and pretty hamlet in the valley, \nwith many elaborate and costly cottag-es surrounded by well \nkept lawns and handsome grounds, some of which have been \ncarved out of the mountain side itself, so little room is there \nin the valley basin. The station is \n\n\n\n74 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n\n\'LEISCHMANN^ (Griffin\'s \n\nCorners). Many men of wealth \n\nand station have beautiful cottages. \n\nand. g-rounds here, especially the \n\n:& well known Fleischmann family, \n\nwhich has had so large a share in \n\nthe development of the place. \n\nMany of these handsome homes \n\n\'^are on the bluffs, south, of the \n\ntrack. \n\nThere is now a change of landscape ; the wild and moun- \ntainous aspect peculiar to the Ulster section, giving place to \nthe pastoral and placid features of cleared land and agricul- \ntural life. You are \nnow entering a dairy- \nland, with its thor- \noughbred cows, its \nrich milk and gilt- \nedged butter, the \nhome of the sugar- \nmaple and the lus- \ncious products of the \nsap-bush. The trick- \nling- stream on the \nright is the East \nBranch of the Dela- \nware, which soon \ngathers volume and \nforce as we proceed. \nThe mountain slopes \nare now more gentle \nand sparsely wooded. \nThough yet set with \nstumps and stones, \nwith an occasional \nprotrusion of rock, \nthey yield more \nreadily to cultiva- \ntion. \n\n\n\n\nMANOR KILL FALLS, \n\nBELOW THE BRIDGE. \n\n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 75 \n\nRKVILLE is the next station, \nfour miles further down the \nvalley and 1,372 feet above \ntide, the lowest point reached \nby the rails in Delaware \nCounty. It is an important \nstation because of the sev- \neral tributary reg-ions con- \nverg-ing- here. Marg-aretville, one and one-half miles distant \non the left is a charming- little hamlet at the base of Mount \nPakatakan, one mile below the confluence of Dry Brook and \nthe East Branch and partly covering the ancient site of the \nTuscarora Indian headquarters. The rural setting is mar- \nvelously attractive, and many artists of note have built sum- \nmer studios here and in the environment of Arkville. There \nare churches, stores, water-works, a weekly newspaper, a \nfair-ground and race-track, and several hotels. Stages con- \nnect with leading trains at Arkville for Andes, twelve miles, \nShavertown fifteen, and Downsville twenty-six miles away. \nFurlough Lake, the mountain home of George J. Gould is- \nonly seven miles distant. This entire region has long- been \na famous trouting section. Dry Brook is a favorite stream \nwith fishermen, having ample water to shield the wary game. \nNear Arkville is an artificial cave with strange hieroglyphics \nrudely carved upon its inner walls, which attracts many \nvisitors. \n\nOn leaving this station the train curves sharply toward \nthe right at an obtuse angle, abandoning its southwesterly \ncourse, upon which it lately entered, and pursuing nearly \nthe opposite direction for several miles, Arkville being in the \nvertex of the angle. You are now entering a charming glade \nknown as the valley of the East Branch; a fine dairy section, \nwith succulent grasses, milk cows, milk, milk cans and milk \nstations in full supply. The little stream loiters lazily and \nwinds in and out with wondrous beauty through the level \nvale, evidently on grace and pleasure bent, for there seems \nno other reason for avoiding a straight course, unless it was \nto increase the charms of the landscape and annoy the sturdy \nfarmers who till the marginal meadows. To some, the water \nmay seem to run the wrong way; but it don\'t. \n\n\n\n76 \n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\nHELLY\'S CORNERS is the first stop on this new \ncourse. It is mainly a milk depot, having- a dairy \nin sig-ht across the meadow. Some city boarders \nare entertained at the pleasant farm houses in the \nvicinity, and they thrive wondrously upon the rich and pure \nproducts of the dairy so abundant there. You can almost \ncatch the scent of the curds, the buttermilk and the whey. \n\n\n\n\nD.T:HtsbrC)(a.<:K->v.Y \n\n1^ I J * i i . ,.ii \xc2\xab<n. . \n\n\n\nOLD LOG CABIN. \n\n\n\nHALCOTTVILLE is the next way stop amid these \nquiet surroundings. It has an attractive hotel and \nseveral houses for summer entertainment in and \nabout the hamlet, all of which find guests when the \nseason comes around. A bit of a lake will be seen on the \nright as the train moves onward, where sundr}^ aquatic sports \nare enjoyed. There are good roads for driving and cycling \nleading up and down the valley. There is now a run of six \nmiles with a slight ascent over which the train speeds rapidly \nthrough the meadows, as if in haste to complete the journey. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILLGMOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n77 \n\n\n\n\nOXBURY, that quaint and fa- \nmiliar old town, near the source \nof the East Branch, now over \na hundred years old, is then \nreached. The altitude is 1,495 \nfeet and the station is one of \n- -\xe2\x80\xa2 the important stops in the \n\nDelaware section. Many a \nfamily vacation is quietly and delig-htfully spent \nin and about this little villag-e every summer, \nfinding- entertainment in the numerous dwellings of the resi- \ndents. There are churches, schools, stores, factories and a \nweekly newspaper, and the place is noted for the quality and \nextent of its maple product. The elaborate and imposing- \ng-ranite structure seen at the upper end of the villag-e soon \nafter the train leaves the station, is the Gould Memorial \nChurch. The g-rounds and stream intervening- have been \nhandsomely treated under the direction of Miss Helen Gould, \nwho spends part of her summer at Roxbury, where her father \nwas born and spent his early life. \n\nThe mountains are nolong-er conspicuous by their heig-ht \nin this locality, but seem like hills in comparison to those you \nhave been accustomed to on this route. For three or four \nmiles the wayside aspect chang-es mainly in detail. But then \nyou pass Irish Mountain on the rig-ht and soon afterward. \nBald Mountain on the left, where the train curves almost at \nrig-ht ang-les into a deep g-org-e, \nrunning now four or five miles \nin a northwesterly direction. \nThere is a return of rug-ged \ng-randeur for a time, especial- \nly in the hig-h, shelving- rocks \nthat jut out almost over the \ntrack as you approach the \nstation of \n\n\n\n\n78 \n\n\n\nTHP: CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n\nRAND GORGE, 1,563 feet \nabove tide. The hamlet itself \nnestles serenely down in the val- \nley on the left less than a mile \nfrom the station, and will be \nseen from the car window soon \nafter the train pulls out. It was \nformerly known as "Mores- \nville," being- named for John \nMore, the first white settler, \nwho came there in 1786, and who \nafterward became the founder \nof a numerous and influential \nfamily in that region. Stag^es are here taken for Gilboa, \nthree miles, and Prattsville, five miles distant, over g-ood \nroads and throug-h a lovely section. Both places are on the \nSchoharie creek, which here flows within about three miles \nof the Ulster & Delaware road. They are popular summer \nreg-ions for which visitors here leave the train in larg-e num- \nbers. \n\nPrattsville is a delig-htful old villag-e with an historic \naroma, its formation dating- back nearly two hundred years. \nBut the mediaeval customs of its ancestors have been sup- \nplanted by the modern features of mountain villag-e life, and \nthere are very g-ood reasons for its claim as an ideal, quiet \ninterior villag-e resort. The little streets are thickly shaded \nand well kept, and there are many rare natural attractions. \nDevaseg-o Falls, just below the villag-e, is a famous bit of \nscenery which merits all the admiration bestowed upon it. \nPratt\'s Rocks, so named from Col. Pratt, the noted tanner, \nand founder of the place, are also near at hand. They are \nvisited by hundreds annually because of the artistic carving- \nin bass-relief, of the old Pratt Tannery, a bust of Col. Pratt, \nand other fig-ures emblematic of his pursuits and possessions. \nUpon these hig-h, precipitous rocks the marks of the antedi- \nluvian currents are plainly visible. \n\nThe wayside nowg-rows picturesque with stumps, stump- \nfences, rocks and stones, and the train speeds quickly over \nthe six miles intervennig- between Grand Gorg-e and \n\n\n\nTHK CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n79 \n\n\n\nSOUTH GILBOA. Here the summit of the Dela- \nware County track is reached, 1,747 feet above tide, \nwhich you have approached so g-radually throug-h \nthe g-lade that you can scarcely realize it is within \nabout one hundred feet of the Pine Hill summit. There are a \n\nfew quiet board- \ning- places in the \n\\\' i c i n i t }\' a n d \nboating-facilities \nupon May ham\'s \nLake, near the \nstation. The \nhamlet is two \nmiles toward \nthe northeast. \nThe train now \nturns into a \nwesterly course, \nskipping- over \nthe level three \nmiles at a lively \nrate when the \nwhistle sounds \nand you see \nmany passen- \ngers preparing- \nto alig-ht, having- \nreached the end \nof their journey. \n\n\n\n\nMANOR KILL FALLS, \n\nABOVE THK BRIDGE. \n\n\n\n80 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTAMFORD is the station and \none of the most chai\'ming- and \n\'popularsummer villag\'esin all the \nCatskills, for which there is am- \nple reason. No visitor will re- \ng-ret the long- seventy-five mile \nride from the Hudson, or seventy- \ntwo from King-ston, even thoug-h \nhe may have failed to fully ad- \nmire and appreciate the wayside \nscenery. The elevation is 1,790 \nfeet, and the grand and mas- \nsive crag of Mount Utsayantha \nrises directly from the villag^e \nstreets over l.Soo leet hig-her. The place is distinctly mod- \nern in all its features, having- fully outg-rown every ancient \naspect and custom years ago, although possessing- a history \nreplete with interest. The town was settled by people from \nStamford, Conn., hence its name. Utsayantha. which might \nwell have been retained, but for the patriotic spirit of its \nNew England founders, was a beautiful Indian maiden, con- \ncerning- whom, her white husband and their little babe, for- \nest tradition hands down a trag-ic story. Near the villag^e site \nwas also the scene of a desperate battle between the patriots, \nthe Tories and the Indians over a century ago. Its history \nas a summer resort, however, does not extend much over \nfifteen years; for even in 1884 there was but one summer \nhotel. But its g-rowth and development since then has been \nsimply marvelous. There are now a score of large hotels \nand other scores of smaller houses, and nearly two thousand \ng-uests may find accommodations within the villag-e limits, \nwhere the normal population is less than one thousand. \nWhile Nature has indeed been exceptionally lavish in her \ng-ifts, the thrift and enterprise of the Stamford residents, so \nclearly visible at every step, have had a large share in the \ndevelopment and success of the place. They seem to have \nvied with each other in their improvements of their individ- \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n81 \n\n\n\n\nual property, whilst the public \naffau\'s of the village have been \ninanag-ed with jealous care on \nprog-ressive lines. The build- \ning\'s are especially attractive in \ndesign and careful preserva- \ntion. The streets are bordered \nwith handsome lawns unob- \nstructed by fences, and over- \narched by rows of majestic ma- \nples. There are miles of bluestone sidewalks, a line water \nand sewer svstem, electric and gas illumination, good tele- \nphonic facilities, five thriving churches, a Union Free School \nand Seminary, a Public Library, National Bank and two \nsprightly weekly newspapers. The crest of Utsayantha \nMountain, 3,365 feet above tide, is easily reached by a good \ncarriage road. It has an observatory from which twenty \nthousand square miles of mountain territory, including thirty \nprominent peaks, and portions of four states may be seen, \nwith the cities of Albany and Schenectady in the distance. \nThe village site, overlooking the broad valley entrance where \nthe headwaters of the Delaware are received, is charming. \nThe region forms the watershed between three river basins. \nOne mile east is Bear Creek, w^hich empties into the Scho- \nharie, and within fifteen minutes\' walk west, is the source \nof streams which are tributary to the Susquehanna. Thus \nwithin the radius of a single mile one may drink from the \nheadwaters of three great rivers. The roads all about are \nexcellent and \nthere is every \ninducement \nand much en- \njo v m e n t i n \nd r i \\- i n g an d \ncycling along \nthese ripling \nstreams, and \nthrough the \npretty wood- \ned glens. \n\nSOUTH GILBOA. \n\n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n83 \n\n\n\n\nOBART. four miles beyond, \nis the next station. It is a \npretty little village with a his- \ntory antedating- the Revolu- \ntion. There is a fine falls \n) and water power, which gave \nit the old name of "Water- \nville," which was afterward \nchanged at the suggestion of \nRev. Philander Chase, the old \nchurch rector, who became a bishop in Ohio in later years, \nThere are several churches and various hotels and boarding- \nhouses where visitors come in increasing numbers each sea- \nson, delighting to live in this smiling dell in the southwestern \nmargin of the Catskills, seventy-eight miles from the Hud- \nson, and about 1,()37 feet above it. \n\nOUTH KORTRIGHT is at the end of the next \nfour crooked miles down the Delaware. It is the \ncentre of a rich dairy section with a large creamery \nto which some twelve or fifteen hundred cows pay \nlacteal tribute daily. The town was settled by sturdy Scotch \nand Irish people, to which nations so many of the Delaware \nfarmers are largely indebted for their rugged and honored \nancestrv. They came in at an early period and had their \nfull share of the Indian depredations so prevalent at that \ntime. The entertainment of city visitors is not yet a domi- \nnant feature of summer life just here. \n\nBLOOMVILLE is reached after a spin of five miles, \nand you are now eighty-seven miles from the Hud- \nson river, and about eight miles from the village of \nDelhi, which is reached by stage after a most inter- \nesting drive through this beautiful valley. This is another \nof the older Delaware towns, which, but lately reached by the \nrailwa3% has not yet developed its summer attractions for \ncity visitors. \n\nThe extension of the Ulster & Delaware system beyond \nBloomville was completed during the year 1900 and train \nservice through the beautiful Charlotte Valley was inau- \ngurated in July of that year. \n\n\n\n\n84 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\nT^ORTRIGHT STATION is the first stop after \nI^^L leaving- Bloom ville. This is ninety-two miles from \nW^ \\ the Hudson river, and the elevation above tide \n\nX X water is 1,868 feet. From the top of this mountain \n\nyou get an extended view of this beautiful dairy land, and of \n\nboth Delaware and Otseg-o counties. \n\nEAST MEREDITH, ninety-nine miles from the \nHudson river, and 1,353 feet above it, is the next \nstation. This is one of the desirable country \ntowns, where city people may find a quiet spot for \nrest and recreation. \n\n\n\n\nA DISTANT VIKW Ol\'\' \n\nMT. UTSAYANTHA. \n\n\n\nDAVENPORT CENTER is one hundred and \none miles from the river and the elevation is 1,223 \nfeet. This is another one of those charming- coun- \ntr}^ places where you will find the best air, the \nbest water, and plenty of pure milk, butter, and eg-g-s for \nwhich this country is noted. There are a few desirable \nsmall boarding houses, where one may find comfortable \nquarters during the vacation term. \n\n\n\nTHIC CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n85 \n\n\n\nWEST DAVENPORT is now reached, and \nyou are one hundred and four miles from the \nHudson. The elevation is 1,178 feet. This is \none of the important connections on the line, and \nthe point where passeng-ers are transferred to the Coopers- \ntown & Charlotte Valley Railroad. \n\nThis will be \nthe popular \nroute for tour- \nists bound for \nC o o p e r s t o w n \nand Richfield \nSpring\'s. The \nvariety of scene- \nry throug-h the \n"Haunts of Rip \nVan Winkle" \nafter a trip along- \nthe famous Hud- \nson river, either \nby rail or boat, \nthence throug-h \nthe Charlotte \nValley will make \nthis a charming- \ntrip and the fa- \nvorite route to these popular resorts. \n\n"Cooperstown is a villag-e of handsome residences, pleasant \nhomes, and the hand of eleg-ant culture is everywhere to be \nseen. The village has an excellent system of water works, \nthe supply being taken from Otseg-o Lake. The water is as \npure and wholesome as can be secured in the state. \n\n" Not an ultra-fashionable, but a quiet, secluded place \nwhere weary body and overtaxed brain may find a sweet \nretreat during- the heated term, is the beautiful Village of \nCooperstown. Beautiful for situation \xe2\x80\x94 at the foot of Otseg-Q \nLake. With a g-reen mountain background, the sloping- \nOtsego hills and winding- river, bv nature favored and bv art \n\n\n\n\nA SNAP SHOT IN \n\nDAIRY LAND. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n87 \n\n\n\n\nrichly endowed. \nA place of histoi\'ic \ninterest, of capi- \ntal ; and in olden \ndays called one of \naristocracy. Its \nbeautiful, costly \nhomes, with fine, \nwell kept g-rounds, \nlarg-e hotels, g-ood \nschools, many \nchurches, classic \nminds, g-eneral \nintellig-ence and \nlearning- are just- \nly its pride. \n\n\n\n"Then, too, it was the home of J. Fenimore Cooper. In \nhis infancy his father removed thither, settled and named \nthe town. There he was reared, trained, educated, lived, \nworked and died, and is buried in the old Episcopal church \nyard, a plain marble slab covering- his g-rave, beside that of \nhis wife. \n\n"The lake, seen from any point and at any time, is al- \nways delig-htful, and a drive along- \nits banks reveals a constant suc- \ncession of lovely views. \nThe western side is a \ncountry partly open, \npartly woodland, the \nhills haying- that \ng-racef ul, wayy out- \nline which is char- \nacteristic of the \nSusquehanna. \n\n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n\n\nMost of it well cultivated and \nhas all the sig-iis of peaceful \nand prospering- farming-. The \neastern side, where the hills \nrise much more abruptly from \nthe water, is chiefly a dense \nforest; the rich foliage of oaks \nand elms ming-ling- with the \ndarker shade of evergreens, \nand the whole recalling- that old \ntime described by Cooper in \n\'The Deer.Slayer\' and \'The \nPioneers,\' when Indian and \nwhite man wag-ed war on the \nwild beast and each other. Both \nIndian and wild beast disap- \npeared long- ago, having yielded \nto the persevering- energy of \nthe superior race; and the \ni[uiet forest is as safe as the \ntown. In the distance, forest- \ncovered like the rest, lies \n-\'Mount Wellington," closing- \nthe view. This mountain was \nnamed by the g-randfather of \nthe present owner of the prop- \nerty in honor of the great Duke \nof Welling-ton, who was his \nschoolmate at Eton." \n\n\n\n"Cooperstown has many \ncharming- walks and drives, \n\n\n\nand is a g-ood center for excursions. The lake supplies g-ood \nboating and fishing, and there is a g-ood steamboat service." \n\n\n\nTHE CAISKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n89 \n\n\n\n\nNEONXA is now the western \nterminus, being- one hundred \nand eig-ht miles from King^s- \nton Point and 1,094 feet above \ntide water. It is the cen- \nter of a very wide stretch of \nfarming- country, situated in \na broad valley and protected \nfrom violent winds by hig^h \nhills. The streets are broad and heavily shaded, level and \nkept in g-ood order. It is also one of the most prog-ressive and \ncharming- villag-es in the State. Its population is from 8,000 \nto 10,000. It has all modern improvements, including- a first- \nclass system of water w^orks, an up-to-date electric lig-ht \nplant, a complete system of sewers, a trolley road connecting- \nthe eastern and western ends of the town, and many hand- \nsome and attractive residences. The business portion of \nthe town is well equipped with line business houses, stores \nand markets. It also has a modern and well- \nlitted theatre, first-class hotels, a normal school \nwhich has some 500 students. The place \nalso has two line clubs, banks, a very hand- \nsome Y. M. C. A. building-, several \nbeautiful churches, one of the larg-- \nest fair g-rounds in the state, \nand many other attractions. \nAt Oneonta the Ulster & \nDelaware connects with \nthe Susquehanna Divis- \n, ion of the Delaware & \nHudson Railroad. \n\nThere are a num- \nber of li r s t - c 1 a s s \nboarding- houses in \nthe town \\vhere com- \nfortable quarters \nmay be had during- \nthe months of July \nand x\\ui>-ust. \n\n\n\n\n.-\xe2\x80\xa2=# \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\'*^*-i#M \n\n\n\n\'\xe2\x96\xa0w^;::.*^ \n\n\n\n\'^^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n-<\xc2\xa7i; \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\nTHK PICTIIKESOUE \n\nSTONY CLOVE. \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \')1 \n\nTHE STONY CLOVE AND KAATERS- \nKILL BRANCH, in order to reach the Greene \nCounty section of the rang-e, so long- and justly fa- \nmous in song- and story for its rare scenic attrac- \ntions, where thousands of summer visitors from every clime \nhave revelled and recuperated year after year, the main line \nof the Ulster & Delaware system must be left at Phoenicia, and \nnow visitors for that delightful region may reach it without \nchange of cars. The little narrow-gauge track has been re- \nplaced with heavy rails of steel and made into standard gauge \nin conformity with the parent system. Steel bridges, heavier \nties, perfected curves and elegant new rolling- stock and \nevery facility has been provided for the increased travel \nthrough the famous Stony Clove which is sure to follow. \n\nThis means through parlor cars from Philadelphia and \nNew York to Hunter, Tanners ville, Haines Corners, the \nLaurel House, the Kaaterskill Hotel, and the Catskill Moun- \ntain House. There will be no change or detention at Phoeni- \ncia as in past years. \n\nThis announcement will be hailed with joy by every vis- \nitor and entertainer in that charming- region, which at last \nwill have all the modern railway facilities heretofore enjoyed \nin other parts of the Catskills. \n\nMany pag^es might well be devoted here to the entrancing- \nscenery which unrolls like a panorama as the train proceeds \nthrough this wonderful valley and mountain canyon, known \nfar and wide as the Stony Clove and Notch. Though familiar \nwith all the g-raphic descriptions upon paper and canvas, one \nis sure to be surprised with the charming reality. Geologists \ndiffer widely as to the probable cause of this marvelous cleav- \nage of the crags as seen in this Notch, or at what stage of \nthe world\'s history this mighty upheaval took place. While \nthe transverse strata or rock on either side closely corre- \nsponding in character and elevation, seem to have been sev- \nered and forced asunder a few rods by some cyclopean \nimpulse and then held immovable, we can get no further in \nour speculative dream than that. Nature closes the door at \nthis point upon human investigation and courts our admira- \n\n\n\n\nNEAR THE CLOVE, AFTER LAYING THE HEAVY KAIL, \n\nAND THE LAST GLIMPSE OF THE "NARROW GAUGE.\' \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKir.L MOUNTAINS. 93 \n\ntion only. Surely no visitor to the Catskills will care to miss \na trip throug-h the Stony Clove. \n\nLeaving- Phoenicia the train sweeps over the Esopus \nand around a broad curve to the rig-ht, pursuing" a north- \neasterly course most of the way. Much of the g^rade is heavy, \nreaching a maximum of 187 feet per mile near the Notch. \nThe summit there is 2,071 feet above tide, and there is a \nclimb of 1,273 feet in ten miles. But the eng-ines pull up the \ntrains at a lively rate, and you are charmed amid the marvel- \nous beauties of this primeval bit of nature, l^he left side of \nthe train presents the best view of the valley and gorg-e, and \nthe rear platform is the place of vantage to watch the reced- \ning valley and wonder where you came through. \n\nGHICHESTER\'S is the first station, two miles up. \nIt was named for the Chichester family which came \noriginally from Wales. There are extensive man- \nufacturing- plants and a collection of small dwellings \ndown in the valley. Chairs and fine cabinet work are made \nthere, to which the place is devoted. Soon after leaving- the \nstation, if at the rig-ht season in June, you pass through a \nperfect flower-garden of Mountain Laurel, which extends \nfor acres upon either side, each shrub a g-orgeous mass of \npink beauty in a setting- of dark g-reen leaves. In fact, this \nentire route presents a charming variety of wild flowers, \nferns, trailing- vines and g-reen shrubbery which bloom in \nsuccession during- the summer, filling- the air with wild-wood \nfrag-rance. Lovers of plants and wild flowers may revel in \nthe woodland treasures which abound in this region. Among- \nthe species found are Clematis, Ferns in g-reat variety, \nSarracenias, Honeysuckles, Indian Pipe, Daisies, Eupato- \nrium. Lilies, Phlox, and a host of others. \n\nC "ESVILLE, five miles up the valley, is the next \nstop, and a favorite section with modest visitors \nwho prefer to avoid the bustle and crowd of a popu- \nlar resort. There are several houses in this pic- \nturesque locality where solid comfort may be enjoyed, and \nthere is g-ood fishing- in the surrounding- streams. Steeple \nMountain and Burnt Knob rise abruptly skyward over across \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 95 \n\nthe valley, and there a.ve various other soaring- peaks with \ncrag-g-y crests now coming- into view, which add rug-g-ed \ng-randeur to the scene. Another three miles upward and on- \nward bring-s the train to a halt at \n\nEDGEWOOD, 1,787 feet above tide. There is a rat- \ntling- saw-mill, and chair-stock factory, with a few \nscattering- private boarding- houses. But Nature\'s \nsetting- will eng-ag-e your attention more profitably. \nUntil this point you have been on the eastern slope of the \ndeep valley, with the Stony Clove creek and the old wag-on \nroad far below, and cascades, mills, little churches, schools \nand cottag-es at intervals, where a few acres of almost per- \npendicular meadows have been reclaimed from the relentless \ng-rasp of the g-reat crag-. The Notch itself is now just \nahead, and the valley contracts suddenly as its throat is ap- \nproached. The valley ends, or rather beg-ins, just here with \na broad open pool of water in which the picturesque marg-in \nof fallen and uprig-ht, dead and other g-reen and beautiful \nSpruce trees are reflected. There is now a climb of 280 \nfeet to reach the summit in the Notch, and the g-rade can no \nlong-er be evaded or trifled with. There is not much over a \nmile in which to make the ascent, and you feel, hear and see \nthat it is up hill. But the eng-ine "g-ets there" all rig-ht. \nYou hear the whistle and bell which waken the echoes in un- \nbending- measure, and next you feel the brakes released as \nthe train beg-ins a g-radual descent. You are in the Notch, \nwith Hunter Mountain, 4,038 feet, and the second hig-hest in \nthe rang-e, on the left, straig-ht toward the sky, and Plateau \nMountain on the rig-ht, with a narrow strip of sky far above. \nThe track and the old wag-on road are battling- for space at \nthe bottom of the g"org-e for a time ; but the rocky and rooty \nroad has the rig-ht of wa}^ by priority of possession, and it \nmust be duly respected. The air is chill, and you reach for \nthe overcoat and wraps which you have prudently broug-ht \nwith you to the mountains. \n\n\n\n\nTHIC CATSKII.r. MOUNTAINS. 97 \n\nHAATERSKILL JUNCTION is at length an- \nnounced. It is in the woods with the open valley of \nthe Schoharie on the left. Coaches are here cut off \nfor the Hunter branch. Continuing- this gradual \ndescent on a sharp curve to the left for about two miles along \nthat stream, the famous old village of \n\nUNTER is reached. This is one of the most popu- \nlar summer region in the Catskills. It is a quaint \nlittle mountain village, the town being formerly- \nknown as \'\'Greenland." The general elevation is \nabout 1,600 feet, and there is a wealth of picturesque attrac- \ntions. Bits of ancient architecture are yet to be seen in the \nmile or more of street that stretches along the northerly side \nof the Schoharie creek ; nor is the modern trend of the \npresent century so much in evidence here as in some other \nmountain villages. But there are several large and attrac- \ntive hotels, two or three churches, many stores and shops, a \nweekly newspaper, and a handsome new^ school building, \n"Colonel\'s Chair" peak, 3,165 feet high, a spur of Hunter \nMountain, forms the southern sky-line immediately across \nthe Schoharie, to which the ascent is easy and most interest- \ning, as it is also to the parent crag. In addition to all this, \nthere are miles upon miles of excellent roads, leading out in \neverv direction, upon which the wise and good people of that \ntown have spent over $20,000 during the past four years in \nsensible and permanent repairs, which is bringing its reward \nin increased number of city visitors who delight to drive and \ncycle in this charming locality. With all these advantages \nthere is little wonder that so many thousands return to old \nHunter year after year to spend their summer. Previous to \nthe railwav it was almost inaccessible however, as were the \nfavorite regions of Lexington, Hensonville, Windham and \nJewett Heights, which are now reached by stage from this \nstation. \n\nBut resuming the eastward journey at Kaaterskill Junc- \ntion, we have still eight miles of rails to traverse before \nreaching the northeastern terminus of this mountain system. \nA run of three lovel}- miles now brings us to \n7 \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 99 \n\nTANNERSVILLE, the first stop. Col. Edwards, \nof Northampton, Mass., moved in the town early in \nthe last century, and established an extensive tan- \nning- plant there; and it soon became a g-reat tanning- \ncenter, remaining- thus until the hemlock bark was exhausted. \nThis fact led to its name. It has long been a very popular \nboarding- section and has recently g-rown in favor with cot- \ntag-ers. There are numerous larg-e hotels with combined \nfacilities for entertaining- over two thousand summer g-uests. \nVarious social clubs and other associations have been at- \ntracted here since the advent of the railway, purchasing- \nlarge tracts of mountain land and converting- them into parks \nand fine roadways, and erecting" many handsome summer \ndwellings, fine club-houses and other convenient building-s. \nAmong- these may be named the Elka Park Association over \non Spruce top slope, near the source of the Schoharie, seen \non the right. Onteora Park across the valley, north of the \nstation, and Schoharie Manor, adjoining- Elka Park. The \nelevation at the station is 1,863 feet, and the train now as- \ncends gradually all the way to the end. \n\nHAINES\' CORNERS is at the end of the succeed- \ning two miles, which are sure to challenge the ad- \nmiration, even at this late stage of the journey. An- \nother lively station is this, nearly 2,000 feet above \nthe sea. You are now at the head of the famous Kaaterskill \nClove, of which there is but one, and the like of which there \nis no other. For entrancing beauty of situation it has no \nequal. The view down the great Canyon to the Hudson and \nbeyond, is grand and beautiful, defying all description of \npen or brush, and there is rare native charm on eyery hand. \nNothing which man has done, \xe2\x80\x94 and there is much of his \nwork here \xe2\x80\x94 has been able to despoil the mightv chiseling of \nNature in this great Clove, nor even divert the attention for \na moment from the sublime and transcendent vastness of \nthis scene. Here at the head of the Canyon the water \nplunges madly over the precipice 160 feet in height, and then \n\xe2\x80\xa2descends by a series of cascades and rapids 1,200 feet more \nin four miles, to Palenville, on its woodland way to the Hud- \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 101 \n\nson. Half way down, it is joined by the Kaaterskill stream \nwhich tumbles in from the lateral gorge on the left. It is \nnot strange of course that people love to linger here, as there \nare many good hotels, large and small. Just over the Falls, \nand on the massive slope of Mount Lincoln, which here \ntowers 3,664 feet in the air and forms the great south wall of \nthe Clove, several parks have been established. These will \nbe seen most effectively soon after the train leaves the sta- \ntion. The first is Sunset Park, above the Falls, then follows \nTwilight and Santa Cruz Parks with their many attractive \ncottages, casinos and club houses, which together make a \nvery extensive settlement here in the ^^\xe2\x80\xa2oods in picturesque \ncontrast to the unrivalled mountain setting. A summer \nhome here, with housekeeping cares and fashion at the mini- \nmum, and Mrs. Grundy in abeyance, must be, and is, highly \nenjoyable. \n\nAs the train moves onw^ard through this historic region, \nwith the gorge now on the right, you will need to be alert to \ncatch even a passing glimpse of the many objects of interest \nthat appear in quick succession. Through t\'.\'.e trees on the \nright, just before reaching the next station, two miles above, \nwill be seen the celebrated Kaaterskill Fills, which "Natty \nBumpo " called " the best p ece of work in the woods." The \nmomentary stop is \n\nC^EL HOUSE STATION. A few rods down to \nthe right stands that familiar and historic old resort \nat the head of this beautiful gorge into which the \nsilvery sheen of sparkling water tumbles hundreds \nof feet from a solid amphitheatre of shelving- rock beneath \nwhich, and behind the falling foam itself you mav walk on \nother shelves of rock, dry shod, and view the novel scene, \nwhich well repays for the labor of the return climb. It is a \nresort with manv hallov>-ed associations extending over three- \nquarters of a century nearly. But the genial old landlord \nsleeps and new faces preside over its destiny. The entranc- \ning spot has inspired the pens and brushes of authors and \nartists for a century, and its beauty can never fade. Sunset \nRock, less than a mile along the slope of this gorge, and at \n\n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 103 \n\nan elevation of 2,115 feet, is a famous outlook over the 3\'a\\vn- \ning- Canyon, where Haines Falls makes a charming- picture \nup at the head of the Clove. \n\nThe last mile of the railway is now quickly covered \nthrough the forest, and you alight at \n\nAATERSKILL STATION, on the margin of a \nbeautiful sheet of water known as Kaaterskill \nLake, which here nestles lovingly in its mountain \nbasin 2,141 feet above the sea. It is the highest \npoint reached by any railroad in the State of New York. \nYou are now less than half a mile from the eastern, or river \nface of the Catskill range. Half a mile up Kaaterskill Moun- \ntain is the great Hotel Kaaterskill, the most extensive moun- \ntain summer hotel enterprise in the world, standing- on the \ncrest of the crag- and surrounded by a Mountain Park of \nover 12,000 acres, in which an excellent system of drives and \nwalks is carefully maintained. The view of river and valley \nfrom this altitude of over 2,500 feet is unobstructed and \ncharming- beyond compare. Prompt and speedy connection \nis made from every train at this station bv light mountain \ncarriag-es, and the walk up the hill is short and delightful. \n\nHere too within a short half mile by a lovely road that \nborders and passes between Kaaterskill and its sister lake^ \nknown as North Lake, is the. famous old Catskill Moun- \ntain House, on that g-rand old table-rock that has hung- there \nin mid-air, commanding- that famous "valley view" the \npraises of which have been sounded around the world all \nthese years. This old landmark and pioneer summer moun- \ntain hotel now opens for its seventy-ninth season, and the \nveteran old boniface and Catskill Mountain enthusiast is still \nthere to g-reet his friends. \n\n"Tis here the eastern sunbeams gild \nThe hills which rise on either hand ; \nTill showers of purple mist are spilled \nIn glit\'ring dewdrops o\'er the land." \n\n\n\nTHE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 105 \n\n\n\nSTAGE CONNECTIONS. \n\n\n\nARKVILLE. \xe2\x80\x94 Daily, except Sunday, throughout the year: For Margaretville \n2 miles, fare 15 cents ; Dunraven, 6 miles, fare 50 cents ; Andes, 12 miles, \nfare $1.00 ; Lake Delaware, 20 miles, fare $1.50 ; Delhi, 26 miles, fare $1.50. \nDaily, except Sunday, throughout the year : For Arena, 8 miles, fare 50 cents; \nUnion Grove, 12 miles, fare 75 cents ; Shavertown, 15 miles, fare $1.00 ; Pepac- \nton, 19 miles, fare $1.25 ; Downsville, 26 miles, fare $1.50. \n\nBIG INDIAN. \xe2\x80\x94 Daily, except Sunday, throughout the year: For Oliverea, \n2^ miles, fare 25 cents ; Slide Mountain P. O., 5 miles, fare 50 cents ; \nWinnisook Lodge, 8^ miles, fare 75 cents; Branch, 12 miles, fare $1.00; \nFrost Valley, 15 miles, fare $1.00 ; Claryville, 22 miles, fare $1.25. \n\nBLOOMVILLE. \xe2\x80\x94 Daily, except Sunday, throughout the year: For Delhi, 8 \nmiles, fare 75 cents ; Bovina Centre, 6 miles, fare 50 cents. \nDelhi stage also connects with morning train on Sundays. \n\nGRAND GORGE. \xe2\x80\x94 Daily, except Sunday, throughout the year ; For Prattsville, \n5 miles, fare 50 cents ; Gilboa, 4}^ miles, fare 40 cents. \n\nHUNTER. \xe2\x80\x94 For Lexington, 9 miles, fare 75 cents ; Hensonville, 7 miles, fare \n75 cents ; Windham, 9 miles, fare $1.00 ; Jewett, 9 miles, fare $1.00 ; Ashland, \n14 miles, fare $1.50. \n\nSHANDAKEN.\xe2\x80\x94 Daily, except Sunday, throughout the year : For Bushnellville, \n3 miles, fare 35 cents; Westkill, 7 miles, fare 75 cents; Lexington, 11 miles, \nfare $1.00. \n\nSTAMFORD. \xe2\x80\x94 Daily, except Sunday, throughout the year: For Harpersfield \nCentre, 4 miles, fare 25 cents. \n\nDaily, except Sunday, throughout the year : For South Jefferson, 3 miles, \nfare 25 cents ; JefTerson, 7 miles, fare 50 cents ; Summit, Schoharie County, 14 \nmiles, fare $1.25 ; Richmondville, 18 miles, fare $1.50. \n\nWEST HURLEY.\xe2\x80\x94 During the summer months only : For Mead\'s Mountain \nHouse, 8 miles, fare $1.00. 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VJ o ^ \n\no " \xe2\x80\x94 ^ \n\n\n\n(LI mi^ (I \n\n\n\nQSd^dsSs\'^S^^^Sm \n\n\n\nX \n\n\n\n\n\' \' t-l \n\n\nm \n\n\nbe \n\n\n\n\n.:; \n\n\n3 \n\n\n1) \n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n\n:3 \n\n\n5 \n\n\n\n\no \n\n\nS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nc P \xe2\x96\xa0 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_o aj \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n?"ca \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5| \xe2\x96\xa0 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\na^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\no > \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nt. o \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n""P \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB) tS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^c \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\x94 o \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ne-^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nd \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nc > . \n\n\n\n\n\n\nz \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n. \n\n\nj\'ii t; \n\n\n\n\n\n\nw \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nz \n\n\no^W \xc2\xab \n\n\n\n\n\n\nM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n< \n\n\n"> . \n\n\n\n\n\n\n< \n\nQ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nz \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nz \n\n\n>- o^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n4 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0j^a^H \n\n\n\n\n\n\nZ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\na \n\n\ne-i \n\n\n\n\n\n\n(0 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOJ SUOI^Bp \n\n-ouimobov \n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa23133AY jad \nstujax \n\n\n\n\n\n\nOmOOOinOi^OOO u-ioo OOuiOOOOinOOOO \n\n\n\n1 o o o \n\n\n\nI \n\n\n\na \xc2\xbb \n\nrvi i Oft- \n\n\n\n\n\n\nO 00<J \n\n\n\no- ^ \n\n\n;?!>>2>, \n\n\n\n\n\n\no a. \n\n\n, fto a \n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0^ a\' \n\n\n- -M a- a \n\n\nr.< \n\n\na.< r.< \n\n\n\n\n05 m ^ \n\n\n\n. m^cj:: 1^0(1) d-Itt; .t^ \xe2\x80\xa2 "a \xe2\x80\xa2 \xe2\x80\xa2 \xe2\x96\xa0 . /^ojoc.ni \xe2\x80\xa2 \xe2\x96\xa0 .f-s-.^j^\'SOo \n\n\n\n3 c \n6.5f \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^\xc2\xa9 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nc\xc2\xab \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa23\xc2\xae \n\n\n\n\n\n\nc-^ \n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0z \n\n\n\n\n\xc2\xab^ \n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n\n\nH \n\n\n\n\nbi^ \n\n\n<J \n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2^a^ \n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n\nUi\'H \n\n\ntn \n\n\n\n\n4-> \n\n\nQ \n\n\n\n\n> \n\n\n< \n\n\n\n\nz. \n\n\no \n\n\n\n\na! \n\n\ncs: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xbaJ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\na; \n\n\n-1 \n\nI \n\nUi \n\n\n\n\n\n\nz \n\n\nfe \n\n\n\nO g > \n\n\xe2\x80\x94 P o \n\n4 i4 \n\nI- M C \n\n(0 D O \n\n\n\n< o \nIE U^ \n\n\n\nOM 0) \n\n\n\nOOOO \xe2\x96\xa000\'n000*nw^000\xc2\xbboir)0000"^0000i^0000"^N\'Ou^0"^00w^0\'/10Q00 O \n\n\n\na- - -tJ : ft- - \n\n\n\n-\xe2\x96\xa0"ft p^. -*^p,- -..--, Cci.. \n\n\n\n:^ i^ : \n\n\n\nE \n\nO \n" O *-> \n\n\n\nb\'o o \n\n3 C o \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC.2 S \xc2\xab \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRod \n\n\n\n\n\n\na \n\n\n\n3<-<l^c5Q \n\n\n\nii o 1 \n\n\xe2\x96\xa0u \xe2\x80\xa2 n (U ^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n- . : o \n\n\n\ni - Q \n\n\n\nC0 U \n\n\n\n\n\n\nQ < \n\n\n\n\n\no5 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^\xe2\x96\xa0^ \n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\x94 4> \n\n\n\n\ntii-O \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nz \no \n\n\n5 > \n\n\n\n\no o \n\n\nH \n\n\ni^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\neo|.2 \nm o "^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\xc2\xab5 \n\n\nc \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE \n\n\n> . \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIII \n\n\nc \n\n\nw^ \n\n\n-1 \n\n\nc \n\n\nJn \n\n\n-1 \n\n\n>. \n\n\nn^- \n\n\n\n\n\n\n"> \n\n\n\n\nW \n\n\n^ \n\n\no \n\n\nft,H \n\n\nE b \n\n\n\n\n< \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOJ SUOl^Bp \n\n-ouiuiobov \n\n\n\nsuiaax \n\n\n\nuiojj saijif \n\n\n\n>OO0000co->f00O0 \n\n\n\n1 o o o o o o o \n\n\n\n> O O O vo >o \n\n\n\n\'- ft- \n\nr < \n\n\n\nft^ ft O ft, \n\nft- ft-^\' ft- \n\n\n\n,ooft, oft ftOOft. \n\n- -^^-M a- -M ft ft*^-M ft- \nvo \xc2\xbbo <[ \xe2\x96\xa0\xc2\xab<; t-~<; lovo <j \n\n\n\n, O ft, , _ ft o \n\n- <-\xe2\x96\xa0 d,- - - ft *-\xe2\x80\xa2 \n\n\n\n::^ :>t:\xc2\xab \n\n\n\nO 0) \n2tL5\xc2\xa7 \' \n\n\n\n\n\n\na; s H o u t^ li^Di s e <: oi cc c/i s ^ \xc2\xa7 pn \n\n\n\n\n\n\nOJ (UT3 \n\n.y ftrt \n\n\n\npi tn\' \n\n\n\no \' \' Wl n oi c/i \n\n\n\n\n\n\nij-e S \n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0a \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\'-\' ^ d \n\n01 rt o \n\nSteffi . \n\n\n\nCm .M \n\n\n\nm S \n\n\n\n& \n\n\n\no > \n\n\xc2\xb0& \n\nc o \nDO \n\n\n\nlOO\'^OO\'^OmOu^OO\'^OOOOioOOu^OOO \n\n\n\noao o o o oaoo, \n\n*^ 0,^ ^ -^ -^ \xe2\x96\xa0" Q.*-" Q, \nt^<t^ irjvo on^Q vo <3^ ^0 <I^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\na. o p.^ _ \n\n\n\nO "Ecp,^ . O O GO. \n\xe2\x96\xa0-^O O <^ t^<J \\0 vo ^ <3 \n\n\n\n5 P \n\n\n\n^^M-.^gS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\'^ ^- h^ \n\n\n\n5 a; >, \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n!>.C \n\n\n\n0) ^ \n\n>.o c \xe2\x96\xa0 \n\n\n\nr vn \xe2\x96\xa0^ o c r; \n\n\n\n\nS0&;<i\xc2\xa7^o:zoH3 o^dd^ \n\n\n\nffioc2^SfoSa^<;doSco \n\n\n\nS be- \n\n5^\' \n\n\n\n5.-:: c \n\n\n\n\n\nT^.Sii^ \n\n\n\'>. \n\n\nrtX: C \n\n\n;_J \n\n\n\n\nm \n\n\nOOQ \n\n\nUi \n\n\n\n\n^\xc2\xa9 \n\n\n\n\ncao \n\n\n\n\no" \n\n\n\n\nD.H \n\n\n\n\nC !- \n\n\n\nai \n\n\n\n^3 \n\n\n\nSo \n\n(f) a^ \n\nK O^ \n\n"i: o \n\nIT <u nS \n\nO E3 > \n\n\xc2\xb0\'^ I- >- \n0) 5 01 I- \'^ \xe2\x96\xa0" W \n\nIII \xc2\xa3 < ^ \n\n^ z \n\n\n\n_l \xc2\xab > \n\n_l <D -J \n\n\xe2\x80\x94 . r; ^ \n\n> -K V \n\n\n\n\n\n\nW5 \n\ni> \n\nO M \n\nc \n\n\n\nJOJ SUOIJBp \n\n-oxMuiobov \n\n\n\nOO\'/lOO\'OOOOO \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\na- - -ii -^ a^ \' -^ w p- a- \n\n\n\np_^ ^ ^ - *j p.- j^- - - - - \n\n\n\n\n\n\ni-i^K \n\n\n\noQ 1- oj \n\n1^ . 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(D \n\nD \xc2\xab \n\nQ g O \n\nG \n\n\n+-> \n\n\n\nJOJ SUOIlBp \n-OUIUIODOV \n\n\n\nsuijax \n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2uopBis \n\nUIOJJ SSJJH \n\n\n\n^ 00 O t/1 \n\n\n\nO O oo 00 1 \n\n\n\no o \n\n\n\nO O O O O 0.0 o\'p.- \n^ ^ 4-. *J <-) fx^^ *j Q.- \n\nvo 00 00 c^ r^<^ 00 00 <^ \n\n\n\no a- \n00 <; \n\n\n\n\'00 o\'a, \n\n\n\nao a- \na" a\' \n< Z< \n\n\n\nss. ^:\xc2\xab:s:R:\xc2\xab:^;:s::si5t::f;is:5t:s \n\n\n\nisi;:: \n\n\n\n(0 >1 \n\n\n\nt^-^oS=a \n\ng ^hJ " b \xc2\xa3 C^ 0! J) C.S \nOJ \xc2\xab-.* rt-j cs >.^^0 ^ \n\nni b ^ rt^\'^^ b,> \n\n< D O fc, fo < >i^ffi >-A!2; << \n\n\n\n? 5 M-*^ O \n\nb ^ "^ CJ ^J^ p ffi 5^^ u oj \n\n\n\n3 m \n\no rt \n\nW bo \n\n^ 3 \n\nm c \xe2\x96\xa0\xe2\x96\xa0 \n\n-\' -bo\xe2\x80\x94 \n\n\n\n^\xe2\x96\xa0z. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2^^ ^ O \n\ncs-t; c \n\n\n\n\n\n\n.So \n\no " \n\ncog-z; \n\n\n\nHi \n\n\'5 ih" \n8 2 \n\nx; n! \n\np D \n\nolH \n\n\n\nO -I \n\n\n\nW\' \n\n\n\n.2\xc2\xab\xc2\xbb2c - \n\n82,f:\xc2\xa3g \n\nCU ^ Z R \xc2\xab \nC uDo.\'S \n\np.- >" 4) \n\ni; \xe2\x80\xa2" _i vj > \n\n\xe2\x80\xa2 ,. 11 _l \xc2\xab o \nO\xe2\x80\x94 o i\xc2\xa3c c\xc2\xab \nOE rt^j) \xc2\xa7 \n\n111 ^ \n\n\n\n1= u \n\n8 lu \n\n^^ \n\nCO \n\n\n\nIII i._ \n\nt-2 \xc2\xab \nz^ > \n\nI \n\n\n\njoj suot;\'Bp \n-ouiiuooov \n\n\n\nSUIJ8X \n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0UOpBlg \nUIOJJ S31IJ\\[ \n\n\n\nCX\' - CP.OOD.O D.- O D<- O-OhO D.\' \n\n\n\n&.0 ft \n\n\n\nO Q^ - O O p.- ft \n\n*^ ft\' \' -^ *^ ft\' ft \n\n\n\n:yt:yt \n\n\n\nt^\\o ^o *o \xc2\xbbo\\o vo \\o t-^\\o r-^ t^ t-^ c^ r-^ t^ t^ \xc2\xbb \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0fel "i c \n\n\n\n]<OOfc \n\n\n\nI-t OJ o \n\no 0):=; \n\n\xe2\x96\xa0^ S t- j-^ \n\nctf \xc2\xb0 a)< o \n\n\xe2\x96\xa0 \xe2\x80\xa2 f \n\n\n\ng O aj \n\n< < m\'<5 O CLJ J ^ \n\n\n\n^\xe2\x96\xba-5 o \n\n\n\nIt \n3 5 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nbfic^ \n\n\n\nC^ QJ C \n\n\n\nSL/ ,^ Oj .\xe2\x80\x94 ^ ^ C-. g; !-\xe2\x96\xa0 aj , .* 4_( ^ ^ >, (1) -^ ^ \'n ci \n\n\n\no o o o o \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\' - - o P-\' o G,- \n\n\n\n^^-^^ 0*0.000 a. \n\n\n\n, - o D-n.\' \n\n<J VO VO vo <J t^<3 <I^ \n\n\n\n00 OOOQOOOOOOOOOOO 000 OOOOO O O 000 t-^r^C^ t^oo OOOOOOCOQOQOOOOOOOOOOOOO OCOOO O>00 O Cj \n\n\n\nU V \n\n\n\n^i^/P^c c \n\n\n\n\'?&:^; \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\'-\' 5 c \n\n0) O p \n\n\n\n\n^ \xe2\x80\xa2 a; 1) \n\n\n\nd G c\xc2\xab X K S \n\n\n\n-Otr.-KErt\'^S C O ;\xc2\xab e 5 \n\n\n\nc ? c "^ 5 o -^ hAC^ \n\n\n\n^Q4a<^gs5cjjs>^^s^^g<c/i<i \n\n\n\n0):: - ; - \n\n\n\nJOJ SUOp\'Bp \n\n-ouiiuooov \n\n\n\nsuijax \n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2uopBis \n\n\n\n1 o o o o o o o \n\n\n\nM M VO <N M \n\n\n\nro^O u~, M \n\n\n\nM M M O^ I \n\n\n\n1 O O O o o o \n\xe2\x96\xa0 \xc2\xbbo " M N mvo o \n\n\n\n\'"a- o o a- - \n\n\n\n0*0^ o o o o\'B.^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 2 ^^^^2 !>, \n\n\n\nOOOaon,, ^- Oftn \n\n\n\n% t^\\0 <1 t^-*!^ \n\n\n\nt^t; t^ \n\n\n\n00 o o>oorno o o a>oo oo \n\n\n\n::s \n\n\n\nJoDooco o oo-\'^ro-* moo \'O\'O\'Ovo^vo t>.t^t~-r^t^ \n\n\n\nO c \n\n\n\n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n^ ill \n\n^ CD \n\n\xc2\xab5 03 ^ o aj oj \no:55K|QcJ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\'m.: \n\n\n\nr^v o ta \xc2\xab o 2 P,.?,\'^Q \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nH <; t/i o t- \n\n\n\nc he\'d \n\ngse"*\'SD:5s<e^c5\xc2\xa7t^g.2^> \n\n\n\nOininOu-iOOOOOOOJI^JIpOOO^-JJ\' \n\n\n\na\' 5 ft \n\n\n\no o o \n\n\n\nNNOmOOOOOON \n\n\n\nO M \n\n\n\n^ OS j_, C4-t TJ ^ \n\n\n\n\'</}\xe2\x96\xa0 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n, ^ - J - U) \n\n\n\n^, Q= o_ \n\n\n\n3 \nZ \n\n\n\nCO \n\nQ \n\nCO \n\nW \nH \nO \n\nX \no \n\nH \n\nCO \n\nI \xe2\x80\x94 I \n\n\n\nCO \n\n\n\n\nCO \n\n\n\n\nD \n\n\n\n\nO \n\n\n\n\nd: \n\n\n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n\n\nH \n\nH \n\n\n\n\nH \n\n\nO ( \n\n\nT) \n\n\nm . 5 \n\n\nH \n\n\n\n\n\nL. \n\n\n\nu \n\n\n\n-oiutuooov \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2uopB:iS \nuiojj sanH \n\n\n\nI O O O O O o \n\n\n\nI o o o o o g \n\n\n\no t^ o o \n\n\n\nI o o o o \n\n\n\n-\xe2\x80\xa2t t^ N -^ m M \n\n\n\nM U-JSO t^ M ^ \n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0^0.- - o o\'o.o oa,. \n\noo <3 CO O < 00 o-<! \n\n\n\n^ cv ^ ^ . o\'H.o \n- Q,\' \xe2\x96\xa0- \' \' <-> a,*- \n\n\n\n^ fe c \nO 0) 5 \n\n<D CC-V \n\n\n\ni!-M be \n\nm C aj \n\nX) ^ <1> 2 c \n\n^ . tH M S \xe2\x80\xa2 0) *- . \xe2\x80\xa2 \xe2\x96\xa0 n \n\n\n\n. 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Cft^ \n\n\n\n::^ \n\n\n\nd ft \n\nfit- . -- ^ \n^ 5 >..\'!* o : \n\n\n\n.\'^ \xc2\xa7 5 \xc2\xab bz)i \n\n^ ^ -C Jj C * \n\n\n\n\xc2\xab a \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nO w \n\n\n\no u\'^ \n"2d \n\n(D 5, D \n\n\n\nc< c \n\nai S ai \n\n\n\n\'5 B \n\n\n\n\n\n\n0) J- \n\n\n\n\n\n\nC 1) \n\n\n\na \n\n\n\n\n\n\na \n\n\n\n\n\n\na \n\n\n\n\n\n\n^ \n\n\nffi \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\np- rt \n\n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n\np \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPt3 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n(1) \n\n\n<M *j \n\n\nX \n\n\n\xc2\xab ** \n\n\n111 \n\n\n\n\nz \n\n\nDC \n\n\nErt \n\n\no \n\n\nc \n\n\no \n\n\nC O \n\n\n00 \n\n\n\n\nUl \n\n\nfe " J^ \n\n\nz \n\n\n(11 \xe2\x96\xba^ \n\n\n\nJOJ SUOflBp \n\n\nc \n\n\n-,\'^ \n\n\ni \n\n\nE \n\n\n\\ \n\n\n-omtuooov \n\n\nN O * \n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa05taaA\\. Jsd \n\n\n- \n\n\nsiujax \n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2uopB^s \n\n\n::f^ii? ^st^it \n\n\nraojj sajiM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nbi \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3 \n\n\n\n\nS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nK \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\x94 c \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSI \n\n\n\n\n\n\nu \n\n\nIB c! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xc2\xab1 \n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2- 5 \n\n\nM \n\n\n\n\nn \n\n\n55 \n\n\nCO \n\n\n\n\n1 He \n\nams. \n\nKaa \nillM \n\n\nQ \n\n\n\n\nJ^-o V,^ \n\n\nQ \n\n\n\n\nLaui \nE. A \n\nHot! \nCats \n\n\n< \n\n\n\n\nW \n\n\n\n\n. . . . 1 \n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfa \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfa \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ne \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nu \n\n\nM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD \n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC \n\n\nPN \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\no ^ \n\n\n\n\nbi \n\ny \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"5 \n\nc \' \n\n\n\n\nh. \n\n\n\'J (uO 1 \n\n\n\n\no \n\n\nreene \n\n11, Gre \nise P. \n\n\n\n\nO \n\n\n\n\nru \n\n\nHaines\' Falls, G \n\nHotel Kaaterski \nCatskill Mt. Hoi \n\n\n\n\n.s\xc2\xab i5 \n\n\n\n\nOO MH \n\n\n\n\n5J \' oi \n\n\n;5 \no \n\n\n2^ S L rt \n\n\nE^ \n\n\nO ^ ?fe \n\n\n< \n\n\nSTATI \n\nfrom \nv& tide \n\nom Ph \ntide \xe2\x96\xa0\xe2\x80\xa2 \n\n\np \n\n\n<5 \n\n\nUI S O -i^ 1> \n\n\no \n\n01 \n\n\n51? :is| \n\n\nhJ \n< \n\n\nAUREL HO \n\nNineteen \n\nElevatior \n\nfeet. \nAATERSKI \nTwenty mi \n\nvation a \n\nfeet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ni \n\n\n^ \n\n\ni \n\n\n1 \n\n\n\nThe \n\n\n\n\nMrs. Lena Frank, Prop. \nTANNERSVILLE, GREENE COUNTY, NE\\37 YORK. \n\n\n\n\n\xc2\xab ..<.j\xc2\xab\xc2\xbb*~-\'* \n\n\n\nLESS than five hours distant from New York City. Af- \nfords a delig-htful summer home accomodating- more \nthan two hundred g-uests. It is an ideal phice for rest and \ncomfort; truly the Family Hotel of the Catskill Mountains. \n\nThe Blythewood overlooks the Villag-e of Tannersville \nand the surroundings country. The scenery is the most \nbeautiful in the entire Catskill rang-e. The tennis court and \ncroquet g-rounds are at the base of a shady hill, offering- a \ncool retreat on the warmest days. \n\nThe Blythewood is a four story hotel, with large, airy \nrooms, lig-hted throug-hout by gas. Its larg-e parlors, sun \nroom and well conducted cuisine have made it widely known \nand deservedly popular. \n\nThe Western Union Telegraph Office is in the hotel, and \nthree mails daily. The hotel and grounds have been greatly \nimproved. The fine alley is a favorite with the bowlers. \n\nWell appointed Livery, stagfes to all trains and accom- \nmodations for outing- parties of every kind. The Blythe- \nwood is close to all points of interest. \n\n\n\nSin^pson Terrace.^ \n\n\n\nSTAMFORD, N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nElevation 1,900 feet, and is situated on hig-h g^round, \nfacing- the beautiful Delaware Valley, and commanding- the \nmost extended view in Stamford of the villag-e, valley and \nsurrounding- mountains. It is within a short walk of railroad \nstation, post office, telegraph and express offices, bank, \nchurches and town hall. \n\nSimpson Terrace is heated with hot water heat, and \nfurnished with modern improvements, including- electric \nlig-hts, bath and toilet rooms on each floor. Sanitary sewer- \nag-e connected with village system. The rooms are large \nand furnished with g-ood beds. \n\nFor booklet and rates, address \n\nTvlRS R. C SIN/[PSON. \n\n\n\nGEORGE R. KNAPP, Proprietor. \n\nIbaines jfalls, ^ ^ Ittew l^ork. \n\nELEVATION, 2,600 FEET. \n\n\n\n\nThis house is situated about three-quarters ot a mile from Haines Cor- \nners Station on the Kaaterskill Railroad, on high elevation overlooking Haines \nFalls village. Sunset, Santa Cruz and Twilight Parks, also having an ex- \ntended view looking through and beyond the famous Kaaterskill Clove to \nthe Berkshire Hills in the distance. \n\nHouse newly built and furnished. Accommodations for thirty guests. \nPure spring wafer in abundance. Plenty of shade. Fresh butter, eggs and \nmilk furnished from the place. The driveway between Twilight and Onteora \nParks makes this a very desirable location for the summer season. No ma- \nlaria. No mosquitoes, Nearbv drives are Haines Falls, Twilight Park, \nKaaterskill Falls, Hotel Kaaterskill and the famous Catskill Mountain House. \n\nLivery will be furnished on application. Good Trout Fishing and Hunt- \ning in season. Terms: $7 to $io per week, according to location of room. \nTransients, $2 per day. Special terms by the week or month to families. \nCirculars and other information cheerfully "furnished on application. \n\n132 \n\n\n\nCl)c (UcstDolm, \n\n\n\nMRS. H. S. PRESTON. \n\nSTAMFORD, DELAWARE COUNTY, N. Y. \n\n\n\nM^^^^ ^^^ \n\n\n\n\n\nIs situated in the western pai\'t of the villag-e of Stamford ; \nhas accommodations for forty persons. The house is new, \nand has all modern improvements for the convenience and \ncomfort of the refined and better class of summer visitors. \nThe rooms are larg-e, and many of them connecting-, while \nall have remarkably pleasant views both of mountain and \nvalley. Great care has also been taken to have the plumb- \ning" work as perfect as possible. Within five minutes\' walk \nof depot, post office or either of the five churches in the vil- \nlage. Cuisine the best. References g-iven if desired. \n\nTerms: \xe2\x80\x94 $10 to $18 per week. Special arrang-ements \nwith parties remaining- during- the season. \n\nParties will be met at the depot upon notification. No \napplications desired from Hebrews. \n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0^ c \n\nIS \n\n\xe2\x80\xa2n ^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC eg . \n\n\xc2\xa3 M ^ \n\ntn O \n\nis \'I * \n\n_\xc2\xab _\xc2\xa3! 01 \n\n. r! Q. \n\n\n\nt- \xe2\x80\x94 o \nE >\xc2\xab Z \n\n\n\nU c c \n\xe2\x96\xa0 B \n\nS >, E \n\n\xe2\x80\x94 ^ c \ns -^ 5 \n\n^^ \xc2\xab \n\nai E n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n.^^-^?ii5 \n\n\n\n\nTHE REXMERE. \n\n\n\nS. E. Churchill, M. D., Stamford, New York. Opens June 29, igoi. \nThoroughly modern and up to date. Located in Churchill Park. Grounds \nconnect with stone walks of the village. Elevator, orchestra, golf course on \nhotel grounds. Drinking water from Rexmere spring. Service and cuisine \nfirst-class. 40 bath room suites. \n\nApplv in May and June to E. R. Jenkins, asst. mgr.. No. 3 Park Place, \nNew York, Mondavs and Tuesdays, 10 A. M. to i P. M. \n\n\n\n135 \n\n\n\n^,m^ THE cd^Si^ \n\n\n\n\nFour and one-half hours front New Yotk, \n\nSeason of 1901 opens lune 23i\'d, \n\nTransient Rate $4.00 per day. Special Rates for the season. No fogs. \nNo malaria. Elevation 2,500 feet. Pure spring water. Pure, dry air. Per- \nfect sewerage. No mosquitos. Greatest health resort in the Catskills. Only \nhotel on Mountain Top reached by broad guage railroad direct to grounds. \nNo transfers. Temperature even and from 15\xc2\xb0 to 20\xc2\xb0 cooler than in New \nYork or Pniladelphia. Resident physician and pharmacy in hotel. Also, \npost oftke, telegraph oftice, news stands, etc. Three concerts daily. The \nhotel has a frontage of 675 feet. Broad piazzas extend along front of main \nbuilding. Only hotel on mountain top with direct access by rail ; parlor cars \ndirect to hotel grounds from New York or Philadelphia without change. The \nmost popular hotel in this famous and delightful region. Excellent trout fish- \ning, beautiful drives and walks. \n\nPersonal application may be made in New York to M. P. ROBINSON, \nManager, Hotel Victoria, 27th street and Broadway. Oftke hours \xe2\x80\x94 10 to 12 \nA. M., 2 to z, P. M., and after June 25th to Summit Mountain Post Office, \nUlster Co., N. Y. Open until late in September. \n\nD. J. SPRAGUE. \n\n\n\n\n\nW, B. MARTIN, Proprietor. \n\nPHOENICIA, ULSTER COUNTY. N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nClose to the station. Junction of Ulster & Delaware and \nStony Clove & Catskill Mountain Railroads. Refreshments \nof all kinds served at short notice. Meals prepared at any \nhour by notifying- proprietor by wire. Several of the best \ntrout streams in the mountains are in this vicinity, and g-ood \nhunting- but a short distance from house. Sing-le and double \nturnouts furnished at reasonable rates to take parties fishing-, \nhunting- or driving-. First-class accommodations. Barber \nshop in house. Direct telephone and telegraph communica- \ntion with the city. For other particulars and information as \nto hunting- and fishing-, board, etc., address as above. \n\nW. B. MARTIN, \n\n(Formerly Proprietor of Martin House, Lexington, N. Y.) \n\n\n\nTERMS $2.00 PER DAY. \n\n\n\n-^- \n\n\n\nSPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS BY THE WEEK OR MONTH. \n\nl:!7 \n\n\n\n]V[apIehutst House, mountains \n\nSHEdlDAN L KERR, Proprietor. \n\nHAINES FALLS, GREENE CO., N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nElevation 2,c;oo feet. Situated iX miles from Haines Corners Station and \n2 miles from Tannersville Station on Kaaterskill Railroad, charmingly situa- \nted on the southern slope of North Mountain, overlooking Sunset, Santa Cruz \nand Twilight Parks. The view from the wide piazza looking through the \nfamous Kaaterskill Clove, and beyond to the Berkshire Hills, is unsurpassed. \nParlor has large open fire place. Large airy dining room. Bath and toilet \nrooms, hot and cold water, and all conveniences of a modern boarding house \nand pleasant summer home. The house recently enlarged and now can com- \nfortably accommodate qo guests. Walks and drives innumerable and unsur- \npassed. A few may be mentioned: Haines Falls, Twilight Park, Lauref \nHouse, Kaaterskill Falls, Hotel Kaaterskill and the famous Catskill Mountain \nHouse. The grounds are extensive and well shaded. Pure spring water irt \nabundance. Plenty of fresh eggs, milk, meats, butter, etc. The manage- \nment of this house will endeavor to study the pleasure and comfort of its \nguests in every respect. First-class livery connected with house. Carriage \nwill meet guests at any train if timely notice is given. \n\nREFERENCES:\xe2\x80\x94 Louis Walsh, 15-17 Hudson Street, New York city; Alfred Hatscher, \nPharmacist, 866 Broadway, Brooklyn. N Y.; Mr H. E. Bean. loth and Market Streets. Phila- \ndelphia. Pa.; Mr. James F. Armstrong, 5116 Lancaster Avenue, station W, Philadelphia, Pa. \n\nRates and circulars cheerfully furnished on application. Special rates to families for \nthe season. No Hebrews need apply. \n\nROUTES:\xe2\x80\x94 West Shore route preferred. Parlor, drawing room and day coaches \nthrough without change from Philadelphia, Pa., Jersey City, Weehawken and New York \nCity, direct to Haines Corners station orviaN. Y. C.&H, R. R. R. to Rhinecliff, then via \nferry to Rondout, then via U, & D. R. R., or Albany Day Line steamers to Kingston Point \nviaU, & D. R. R. direct to Haines Corners. Through day coaches direct. You will find it \npleasant at the Maplehurst. 13.S \n\n\n\nWINDSOR HOTEL, \n\nONEONTA, N. V. \n\nFOUR STORY, BRICH, ELEVATION 1250 FEET* \n\n\n\n\nThe Windsor is fiiielv furnished, modern improvements, electric lights \nsteam heat, electric bells. Each room has call boy service. Baths, perfect \nsewerage, etc. Table service unsurpassed. No details overlooked for: the \ncomfort and enjoyment of the guests. Long distance telephone, churches, \nstores, telegraph and express offices within one minute\'s walk of the hotel. \nPure spring water through the house, no malaria, no fogs or mosquitoes. \nFinest halt- mile race track in the State of New York. Trotting races everv \nfew weeks during the season. Train service perfect to all points. Through \nparlor cars from Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Jersey City and New \nYork via West Shore R. R. and Ulster & Delaware R. R. From all points \nwest, by way of Albany or Binghamton, via the D. & H. R. R. Rates from \n$8.00 to $20.00 per week. For diagram of rooms and any other information, \naddress \n\nO. G. RICHMOND & CO., \n\n139 ONtOXTsfi, IV. 1\\ \n\n\n\n(,1^9 P^rH |^ou5e, \n\nHAINES F/VLLS, GREENE COUNTY, N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nTHIS Summer Resort accommodates about one hunJreJ guests, and is located in the most \ncentral and picturesque region of the Catsl<ills. Elevation 2,500 feet. It is in the im- \nmediate vicinity of the Hotel Kaaterskill, Catskill Mountain House. Laurel and Rip Van Win- \nkle Houses, Kaaterskill Falls. Twilight. Onteora and Elka Parks. Palenville, Tannersville \nand Hunter, Kaaterskill and Stony Cloves, High Peak and Round Top, as well as many \nother points of interest, which may be easily reached in an hour\'s drive. \n\nThe magnificent balconv extending around the front and sides of the house affords a \nsplendid view of High Peak, Round Top and the chain of mountains stretching to the east \nand west. \n\nBowling alleys, billiard and pool tables within ten minutes\' walk. Excellent shooting \nand fishing. Good walks and drives, and ample scope for rustic rambles. First-class table \nservice. Pure spring water. First-class mail and telegraph facilities Carriages on the \npremises for parties who desire them. Churches of the various denominations at Haines \nCorners. Tannersville and Hunter. \n\nTerms: $8 to $12 per week, according to location of and number occupying rooms. \nChildren under ten years, half price. \n\nGlen Park House is easily reached by a variety of routes, the scenery along any one of \nwhich will well repay the tourist. The main entrances to the mountains are at Kingston \nPoint Rondout and Kingston, all of which are reached by the New York Central and West \nShore Railroads, and Albany Day Line Steamers. From the N. Y. Central R. R. at Rhinecliff \na change is made via ferry to Rondout, thence via U. & D. R. K. Direct through car ser- \nvice to Haines Corners Station without change; or via Day Line Steamers to Kingston \nPoint, thence via U. & D. R. R. West Shore route preferred. Through Parlor Car and \nDay Coach Service from Philadelphia, Pa., Jersey City and New York direct to Haines \nCorners without change. \n\nAt Kingston a change is made to the Ulster & Delaware Railroad which connects with \nthe Stony Clove & Catskill Mountain and Kaaterskill Railroads to Haines Corners, one mile \nfrom Glen Park, at which station a conveyance will be in waiting. \n\nThe time from New York, by all-rail route, is five hours ; by rail and boat seven hours. \nFor further particulars, address \n\nOWEX (^LENNOX, (;ien Park Houste, \n\nHaines Falls, Ureviie Co., IV< Y. \n140 \n\n\n\nTHE CHIEFTAIN, \n\n\n\nD. A. HAWKINS, \n.... Proprietor. \n\n\n\nBIG INDIAN, ULSTER COUNTY, N. Y. \n\nIn the Catski.Is, Midway between Big Indian and Pine Hill. Elevation I,4C0 \nFeet above Tide -water. \n\n\n\n\nRarefied air, mild temperature, absence of malaria and mosquitoes are \nworthy inducements of the locality. Accommodations for fifty guests. Fresh \nvegetables, cream, milk, butter, eggs, choice meats and pure spring water are \nnoticeable features. Laundry on premises. Ample parlors, separate and dis- \nconnected bath rooms and toilet rooms, abundant shade and opportunities for \nout-door diversion, offer their share of inducement. A Livery attached to the \nhouse to convey guests at moderate cost to points of interest. Adjacent \nstreams furnish enjoyment to the admirer of trout fishing during the continu- \nance of the season. House opens June ist. Conveyance at station to meet \nguests- Telephone at house ; telegraph at station- For booklets, diagrams, \nterms, etc-, apply as above- \n\n\n\n\nmaest But) IDotcl \n\nHUGH B. GARA, \n\nIbuntcr, (3vecne dount^, 1R. 1!?. \n\n-*^ \xe2\x80\xa2^ f^ i^ \xe2\x80\xa2^ fi^*ft^* \n\n\n\n\nThis new, attractive and well arranged hotel is pleasantly located in the valley of Hunter \nnear the terminus of the Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad. Rooms large, well \nventilated and well furnished. All the conveniences of a first-class hotel are to be had at \nthis place. Sanitary arrangements unexcelled. Wide piazzas, good shade trees, gas, hot \nand cold water on every floor. Bath rooms, speaking tubes, etc. Barber shop and pool \nroom connected. An inspection of the house will convince anyone of its being a most desira- \nble summer home. This house is centrally located to all the principal resorts of the Cats- \nkills, including the Hotel Kaaterskill, Laurel House, Onteora, Elka and Twilight Parks, all \nlocated within a short drive of the house. Good livery connected with the house. Three \nand a half hours from New York. Accommodations for about 130. Three mails a daj\'. New \nYork papers, etc. \n\nITerms: \xe2\x80\x94 According to location of room and length of stay. \n\nIJOW to IReacb Ibunter from 1Re^X\' 13orf?:\xe2\x80\x94 Via steamers "William F. Romer" and \n\xe2\x96\xa0"Jas.W. Baldwin " to Rondout ; via steamers "Albany " and "New York " to Kingston Point \nvia West Shore Railroad to Kingston ; via N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. This makes an all-rail \nroute from Rondout to Jersey City, and by the H. R. R. R., with the exception of crossing \nthe ferry at Rhinebeck. Drawing-room cars run through without change, from Philadel- \nphia, New York and Jersey City via the West Shore Railroad. For further particulars \naddress as above. \n\n142 \n\n\n\nCAPACITY 300 GUESTS. \n\n\n\n3 STORY BRICK. \n\n\n\nCentral #\\otcl . . \n\n\n\noneonta, n. y. \n\n\n\n\nAltitude 1250 feet. Electric lights and gas. Modern improvements. Elec- \ntric cars pass the door. Telegraph office in the house. Wilbur National Bank, \nU. S. post office and express office all within this property. Most centrallv \nlocated hotel in Oneonta. First-class in every respect. Large stables. First- \nclass livery connected. Rates from |;8.oo to $25.00 per week. For full par- \nticulars address \n\nCENTRAL HOTEL, Oneonta, N. Y, \n\n\n\nONEONTA, OTSEGO CO., N. Y. \n\nLocated at the terminus of the L\'lster & Delaware Railroad near the head of the Sus- \nquehanna River. 62 miles east of Binghamton and 82 miles west of Albany, on the main line \nof the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, only 32 miles from Richfield Springs, which point will be \nreached by electric railroad during coming summer. Finest scenery and drives in the State \nof New York. Population about 10,000 inhabitants Large State Normal School, four public \nschools and six fine churches. Owing to the high altitude is a very healthy locality; just \nthe place to spend your summer vacation. Good boating, fishing and hunting. Fine half- \nmile race track. \n\nThe Central Hotel of Oneonta is a very desirable property. On account of the death \nof A. C. Lewis, the owner, the property is offered for sale. Address \n\nMRS, A. C. LEWIS, Oneonta, N. Y. \n143 \n\n\n\nCentral IDouee, \xc2\xae^ \n\n\n\nHaines Falls, Greene Co., New York. \n\nGEORGE W. REED, Proprietor. \n\n(Formerlx\' proprietor of High View House.) \n\n\n\n\nThis house is located on the summit of the Catskill Mountains, three \nminutes\' walk from Haines Corners depot and post office, ten minutes\' walk \nto Haines Falls, thirty minutes\' walk to Kaaterskill Falls, within fifteen min- \nutes of Twilight Park, one hour of Hotel Kaaterskill, one and one-half hours\' \nwalk of Catskill Mountain House, and within easy walking distance of the \nfinest scenery in the mountains. \n\nNear by is a pharmacy, stores and the Hallenbeck Hotel. Good hunting \nand fishing. Plenty of shade. Pure spring water. Fine drives and walks, \n1 have been in the boarding house business for twenty years. I always try \nto make it home-like and pleasant for my guests. Accommodations for y;, \nguests. Elevation 2,250 feet above tide water. Access via boat or rail to \nKingston \xe2\x80\x94 West Shore route preferred \xe2\x80\x94 Ulster & Delaware, Stony Clove and \nKaaterskill Railroads to Haines Falls, within three minutes\' walk of the house. \nThe mails are delivered immediately after being sorted. Telegraph and tele- \nphone office two minutes\' walk of the house. \n\nFirst-class Livery attached. Rates $7.00 to $10.00 per week. Special \nrates to families for season. The Sanitary Improvements at this house this \nseason are extensive and greatly improved. Further information and circulars \ncheerfully furnished on application. Through parlor car and day coach ser- \nvice daily from Philadelphia, Jersev City, Weehawken and New York city \nwithout change direct to Haines Corners Station. \n\nReference: Sergeant P. Lane, 7 Dist. Court, 314 W. 54th St., New \nYork city. \n\n144 \n\n\n\nXawrcncc Cottage, \n\n\n\n-Cgog:^ K) .-- \n\n\n\nH. C. LAWRENCE. \n\nSTAMFORD, New York. \n\n\n\n\nTHIS house is pleasantly situated in the westerly part of \nthe villag-e. Convenient to the depot, churches, stores, \npost office and teleg^raph. The rooms are larg-e and well \nventilated, and furnished with comfortable beds. Table \nfirst-class, supplied with the luxuries of the season. Mod- \nerate prices. For particulars, address as above. \n10 "5 \n\n\n\n[Q RIFFETH H OUSE \n\nSummer Resort in the Catskills. \n\n\n\n\nTHIS HOUSE has been enlarged and improved, and will accommodate about 20 guests. \nIt is pleasantly located, half a mile from Shandaken depot, on the Ulster & Delaware \nRailroad, 30 miles from Kingston, 1,060 feet above tide waier, in the midst of the Cats- \nkills. The rooms are large, airy and pleasant; large verandas, well shaded; also \nplenty of shade about the premises, which extend to the banks of the Esopus creek. The \ntable is good, and entire satisfaction is guaranteed. Plenty of milk, eggs and vegetables. \n\nFine mountain scenery, pure mountain air and pure water, are among the attractions of \nthis place. Fine drives and pleasant walks are also an attraction. \n\nNo fogs, no malaria, no trouble from mosquitoes. \n\nThis house is near the entrance of Bushnellville Clove, that celebrated notch in the \nCatskills where ice is found imbedded in the rocks all the year round. Down this clove \nflows one of the best streams for trout fishing in the Catskills. \n\nShandaken is seven miles by rail, or good wagon road, from the Grand Hotel on Summit \nMountain. \n\nParties leave Shandaken in the morning, visit Slide Mountain, the highest peak of the \nCatskills by 200 feet, and return the same evening. Parties also leave Shandaken in the \nmorning by rail, visit the "Hotel Kaaterskill," said to be the largest and finest mountain \nhotel in the world, remain there five hours and return the same evening. Three mails from \nNew York daily. Post office near house. \n\nShandaken is distant from New York city 121 miles, and is reached by the West Shore \nRailroad to Kingston; thence by the Ulster & Delaware Railroad to Shandaken This is a \ncontinuous all-rail route from New York to Shandaken, Or, take Albany Day Boats to \nKingston Point; thence by Ulster & Delaware Railroad to Shandaken. Or, take Hudson \nRiver Railroad to Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck Ferry to Rondout ; thence to Shandaken by rail. \nTrains and boats make close connections by the above routes. \n\nTerms \xe2\x80\x94 $5.00 to $7.00 per week for adults. \n\nHENRY E. GRIFFETH, Proprietor, \n\nShandaken, Ulster Co. N.Y. \n\n\n\nGrand Canpon l)ou$et \n\n\n\nHEART OF THE CATSKILLS. \n\n\n\nPLATTE CLOVE, \n\n\n\nGREENE COUNTY, N. \\, \n\n\n\n\nOpen from June i to October 30. Altitude, 2,500 feet. House enlarged. \n\nTerms \xe2\x80\x94 July and August, $7 to $123 week. Special terms to families \nor clubs. Guests will be given a reduction in rate during June, Sept. and Oct. \n\nLocation \xe2\x80\x94 Grand Canyon House is on a commanding height, 2.500 \nfeet above the tide water, and from nearly every room there are magnificent \nvalley, mountain and river views. Seven miles from Tannersville Station \non the Kaaterskill R. R. \n\nThe house is in the same altitude of Hotel Kaaterskill, Beach Catskiil \nMountain House and the Overlook Mountain House. Its surroundings can- \nnot be surpassed for health, scenery, natural falls, chasms, fine drives and \npretty walks. The house is of a quiet genteel character. \n\nFive hundred feet from the Grand Canyon where bold and savage fea- \ntures are combined with the gentle and picturesque in inexhaustible variety, \nhuge masses of lock tumbled in wild confusion and the rushing waters of \nthe Plattekill, contrasted with rich forests, distant views of mountain ranges \nand the smiling Hudson form an impressive and delightful scene. \n\nThe Rooms \xe2\x80\x94 Are all light and comfortable, the owner having rebuilt \nthe house and refurnished rooms. Large easy chairs and rockers for guests \nin abundance. \n\nThe Table is strictly first-class in every respect. Abundance of milk, eggs, butter and \nvegetables from the farm. \n\nApproaches From New York\xe2\x80\x94 West Shore R. R., foot of Franklin St. or West 42nd \nSt., North River, to Kingston ; thence via Ulster & Delaware to Tannersville Take Albany \nDay Boat to Kingston Point, thence via train to Tannersville. We meet our guests at \ndepot with our own conveyances, if requested, at a trifling charge. No Hebrews need apply. \nThrough parlor car service direct to Tannersville. \n\n\n\nGEORGE S. \n\n148 \n\n\n\nYOU^G, Proprietor. \n\n\n\nGenti^al Hotel and Gottageg, \n\nIN THE HEART OF THE CATSKlLLS- \n\nGEORGE W. ANDERSON, Owner and Proprietor. \n\nHUNTER, GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK. \n\n\n\n\nElevation 1,650 feet above tide-water. Accommodation for 175 quests. Only \nfive minutes\' ride from station. Carriages will be in waiting for \nguests on arrival of trains. \n\nLocated in the beautiful mountain region of Hunter, the terminus of the Stony Clove and \nCatskili Mountain Railroad. It is surrounded by well shaded, ample grounds, has piazzas \non three sides, and is supplied with pure spring water on each floor. It is literally in the \n" Heart of the Catskills," and central to all points of interest in the mountains. Its situa- \ntion renders it free from chills and fever. A farm of thirty-five acres and dairy is connected \nwith the house. \n\nThe hotel has been thoroughly remodeled, refurnished and repainted inside and out: \nmodern appliances have been added, such as gas. running water, and baths, making the \nCentral House modern in every respect. Telegraph, ftelephone. livery, billiards, bowling, \nbarber shop, tennis and croquet, are within convenient distance. \n\nTERMS :\xe2\x80\x94 For July and August, $io to $15 per week. $2 and $2.50 per [day. Special \nrates June and September. Special rates to families for season. \n\nTrains over the new standard gauge railroad will reach Hunter from New York in j\'a \nhours, from which point (also from Philadelphia) parlor cars will run direct to Hunter \nwithout change. \n\nTerms according to location of rooms and length of stay. \n\nFor particulars, booklet, etc., address as above or they can be had by calling at Brook- \nlyn Eagle Bureau. \n\n149 \n\n\n\nIVI. BURGER, Proprietor. \nTANNERSVILLE, GREENE COUNTY N. Y. \n\nSeason tor 1901 opens June ist. Summit ot the Catskill Mountains. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^be "Mavcrl^ H^ouse, Cannersvill , 1H. U.. is by its charming \nsurroundings, known to every lover of rural beauty and especially to the \nlovers ot the splendid Catskill Mountains, in taking charge of this beauti- \nful place last vear we fully realized how much it had suffered under previous \nbad management, and it was our constant effort to restore this old and well \nknown place to its former fame. Our patrons of last season, over 400 in \nnumber, have given us many assurances of our success in this direction, pro- \nnouncing the Waverly House a home where more comfort could be found \nthan at any other place in the Catskill Mountains. The favorable and flat- \ntering expressions encouraged us to make still greater efforts for the comfort \nand pleasure of our guests, once we feel confident the fame of the Waverly \nHouse will grow with every season. \n\nThe house is situated on majestic mountain peaks, 2,200 feet above tide \nwater, with an air that cannot be surpassed the world over. \n\nXLbc bouse bas been tborouciblv? renovateD anD refurnisbeD. It \n\nwill be provided with everv improvement and convenience, its sleeping rooms \nare large and airy, with spacious Parlors and Reception Rooms. The Dining \nRoom has been enlarged, and we are quite sure the public will feel quite like \nat home. For the accommodation of intending guests, the plan of the house \nwill be shown and all information will be given at the office of the under- \nsigned. Very respectfullv, \n\nNl. BURGER, \n\n276 E. Houston St., New York City. \nAfter June i, Tannersville, N. Y. \n\n\n\n^^^^ THE J\' J!- J!- \n\n\n\nAmerican Glen Farm House. \n\n\n\n\n/\xe2\x80\xa2|-\\HIS HOUSE is noted for its beautiful situation and scenery from its \n\xe2\x80\xa2 I \xe2\x80\xa2 windows. The house and grounds are attractive and very pleasant. \n^ House well arranged for the convenience and comfort of guests. Large \npiazzas on three sides of house, rooms cool, airv and well furnished. First- \nclass table, and other things according to make a first-class summer resort. \nSanitary plumbing. Hot and Cold Water. Bath, Summer Houses, Lawn \nTennis,\' Croquet, etc. Also a beautiful Shady Glen on the place where the \nmany liot davs of Summer mav be spent in quiet rest, reading and medita- \ntion." A farm of 265 acres is connected with the house, including a large \ndairy, which supplies plenty of fresh milk, butter, eggs and vegetables. \n\nGuests conveyed to the many points of interest in the Mountains. This \nhouse is located in the very heart of Hunter village, the centre of the Cats- \nkills. Five minutes\' walk\' to railroad station, post office, stores and other \nbusiness places. Write us first. \n\nTerms \xe2\x80\x94 According to room, number in room, date and length of stay \nFor further information, address \n\nF. H. SCHERMERHORN, \n\nAmerican Glen Farm House, \n\nHunter, N. Y. \n\n\n\n\xe2\x99\xa6 4 \n\n\n\nXLbc Hntlcre \n\n\n\nff of tbe (latshtlls. \n\n\n\n\n^^HE ANTLERS is the largest and most select ho- \nVL\' tel at Haines\' Falls, and the finest and best fur- \nnished hotel in the Catskills. Two thousand feet above \ntide water, charmingly situated, within easy access of \nall the interesting points in the Heart of the Catskills. \nGolf, Tennis, Trap Shooting, Grouse and Hare Shoot- \ning, Pickerel and Trout fishing in season. Only the \nfinest of meat used. The table will be satisfactory. \n\nPersonal examination solicited. Send for booklet. \nTERMS, $10.50 TO $20.00 PER WEEK. \n\nL. P. SCHUTT, \n\nHAINES\' KALLS P O., \n\nOREENE CO. N. Y. \n\n15-2 \n\n\n\nO\'HARA HOUSE. \n\nAMONG THE CATSKILLS. \nLEXINGTON. - - - GREENE COUNTY, N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nAccommodates 125. One ot the most elegantly t\'mished, turnished and \nappointed Summer Resort Hotels among the Catskiils. Elevation 1,600 teet. \nBeauty of its surroundings, its walks, its drives, unequaled. Situated in the \nvery centre of all principal points of interest among these famous mountains. \nExcursions to every point of attraction may be made and return same day \nFarm of 250 acres, with farm house and dairy connected. Amusements. \nBoating, Bathing, Bowling, Billiards, Fishing, Golf, and all out-door amuse- \nments. Telegraph in the house. \n\nACCESS : Take any of the various routes from New York to Kingston ; \nthence by U. & D. R. R. to Hunter ; stage to House, 8 miles. \n\nFor fulJ particulars, send tor circular. \n\nB. O\'HARA, Proprietor. \n1.53 \n\n\n\nFAIR VIEW HOaSE. \n\nGEORGE H. HAGER, Proprietor. \nSTAnrORB DCbAWARE CO. N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nIs SITUATED on a plateau overlooking- mag-nificent val- \nley and mountain scenery. Electric lig-hts, hot water \nheat, open fire place, bath and toilet. Rooms larg-e and \nairy; newly furnished; first quality hair mattresses. Excel- \nlent table, with all the delicacies of the season. \n\nLARGE GROaNDS. \n\nEXTENSIVELY SHABED, \n\nTENNIS, GROQyET, ETG. \n\nAccommodation for private horses and carriages. Con- \nvenient to churches, teleg-raph and post office. One-eig"hth. \nmile from Stamford station. House is strictly first-class. \nTerms and further particulars cheerfuUyg-iven on application. \n\n154 \n\n\n\nDKVASEGO INN, \n\n\n\n.-i*;- \n\n\n\nPR/\\TrSVILLE, GREENE CO.. N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nIN THE HEART OF THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. Four hours \nfrom New York. A Charming Summer Resort, i.qco feet above sea \nlevel, where the climate is perfection and malaria unknown; just the \nplace to regain health and strength, while all amusements are at command, \nand prices most reasonable. Boating. Fishing, Bathing, Lawn Tennis, Bowl- \ning, Amusement Hall. The picturesque beautv and healthful climate of this \nregion have been so often described that we need only say here that in no part \nof the mountains can a more beautiful spot be found than where our Inn is \nlocated, one mile from the village and on the beautiful Schoharie River, close \nto Devasego Falls (60 feet in height), which in themselves are worthy of a \nvisit. The approach to the falls through wood and glen is charming beyond \ndescription. No pains will be spared to insure the comfort of the guests, and \nthe table is most abundant and verv excellent. Bathing is safe and pleasant, \nand a recreation not to be had evervwhere: The nearby streams abound in \ntrout and bass, and the sportsman can fish to his heart\'s delight. The Livery \nin connection with the Inn is well arranged, with cautious and well informed \ndrivers, and rates are most reasonable. Long Distance Telephone in house. \nThe Walks and Drives are beautiful bevond description. \n\nUimc UablC an^ IRoutes.\xe2\x80\x94 New York to Grand Gorge : Hudson River Day Line Steamers \nto Kingston Point, connecting with V. & D. R.R. to Grand Gorge. Steamers Wm. F. Romer \nand Baldwin to Rondout, connectint: with U. & D. R. R. West Shore R. R. to Grand Gorge, \nthrough, without change. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R.. crossing Ferry at Rhinebeck and con- \nnecting with the U. & D. R. R. Pullman Palace Car service. \n\nFor particulars, address \n\nS. D. MASE, \nOr H. H. IV|/\\SE, Prattsville, N. Y. \n\nHotel St. George, \nBroadway and 12th St., N. Y. City. \n\n\n\nIJlplanb jfarm Douse, \n\n. C. H. LEGG. HAINES FALLS P.O.. GREENE COUNTY. \nN. Y., CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\n\n\ni-J*. \n\n\n^^^^\xe2\x96\xa0HSpppi f^ifW \'"HSn H^\'flp^ \n\n\nMj \n\n\n\nELEVATION HIGHER THAN ANY \n\nOTHER BOARDING HOUSE \n\nIN HAINES FALLS. \n\nSituated 2 miles from Tannersville station, or i\'^. miles from Haines Cor- \nners on Kaatersl\\ill R. R. The liouse is at an elevation of 2,500 feet, on the \nslope of one of the mountains, about half way between the head of the Clove \nroad and Tannersville, in the highest and healthiest part of the Catskills. \nThe view is unsurpassed, overlooking the vallev below, a range of the highest \npeaks, the celebrated Kaaterskill Clove, and through it the lower counties as \nfar as the Berkshire Hills, Mass. Conveniently situated to visit all places of \ninterest, either on foot or by carriage. 1 now-\' have accommodations for 50 \nguests, having just completed a new 8-room cottage annex. Piazzas extend \nalong the front and end of the building. Ample ground for Lawn Tennis and \nCroquet. Grounds shady and pleasant. Pure spring water. The table will \nbe well supplied. Abundance of fresh eggs, meats, butter, milk, etc. Con- \nveyance on timely notice to meet anv train or to convev guests to and from \nthe house. No pains will be spared "to make this one of the pleasantest of \nSummer Resorts. For further particulars, or references exchanged, address \nas above. \n\nThrough parlor car service from Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, \nJersey City and New York without change of cars direct to Haines Corners \nstation. \n\n]5(i \n\n\n\n]^mkU Jfounlaii] Houg \n\n\n\ne \n\n\n\n(FORMERLY ROGGEN HOUSE.) \n\n\n\n\nAUG. A. KROEBEL, Proprietor. \n\nTANNERSVILLE, N. Y, OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND. \n\nACCOMMODATES 150 GUESTS. \n\nCharmingly situated on top and in the heart of Catskills Mountains, \n2200 feet above tide water, and surrounded by towering mountain peal<s. \nFive minutes\' wall-: from railroad station. Hotel \'bus meets guests on arrival \nof trains. \n\nThe house has large piazzas, spacious parlor, reception room, writing \nroom, tennis and croquet lawns; also attached to hotel property are bowling \nalleys and billiard rooms, and large barn for accommodation for drivino- \npeople. Pure spring water in abundance. The cuisine which will be a prom- \ninent feature, will receive special attention. Tannersville is noted for its fine \ndrives, which lead to all places of interest, such as Kaaterskill and Haines \nFalls ; Plaaterkill and Stony Cloves ; Elka, Twilight and Onteora Parks, \nand others. Sanitary improvements on each floor. For further particulars \naddress \n\nAUG. A. KROEBEL. \n\n\n\nSummer in the Catskill Mountains. \n\nThe YisTa. \n\n\n\nHAINES FALLS, - GREENE GO., N. Y, \n\n\n\n\nConvenient Railway, Mail and Telegraph communication. In the midst \nof the most important points of interest in the Catskills. At the head of the \nKaaterskill Clove, on the Kaaterskill Railroad. Capacity for 50 Boarders. \nAll appointments first-class. Altitude 2,000 feet. No Bar.\' \n\n\n\n. . . Terms: . . . \n\n^8 to ^10 per Week. \n\n31.50 to 32 per day \n\nfor Transients. \n\n\n\nJEWISH PEOPLE \nNOT RECEIVED. \n\n\n\nOpposite Twilight and Sunset Parks. Extensive Golf Grounds near, all \nof which was formerly a part of Vista property. \n\nMISS /v. ELY, Proprietress. \n\nOPEN FROM JUNE 1st Successor to S. P. Scott. \n\nTO NOVEMBER 15. \n\n\n\n^^\' Gilbert House, \n\nLEOPOLD BIEBER, Proprietor. \nTANNERSVILLE, GREENE COUNTY. N. Y. \n\n\n\nSummit of the Catskill Mountains. Open for the \nSeason of 1<)01 on May 15th. \n\n\n\n\nCharminglv situated, surrounded bv majestic mountain peaks 2,?oo feet \nabove tide water, witii an air unequalled for dryness and purity. Unsur- \npassed in the Catskills for diversity of views. Pure spring water in abund- \nance. The house has been thoroughly renovated and furnished, sleeping \nrooms large and airy, and care taken for the comfort of guests. Spacious \nparlor and reception" room. Accommodations for loo guests. The cuisine, \nwhich will be a prominent feature, will receive special attention, and will be \nconducted on the Vienna and Hungarian style. \n\n^^^ KOSCHER A SP ECIALTY, ^^\xc2\xab^ \n\nassuring our patrons of delicacies the finest the market affords. Elegant serv- \nice. Good music in attendance. The Kaaterskill Railroad Station. Telegraph, \nLong distance Telephone, Post Office and Stores are all within three minutes \nwalk of the house, and in the immediate vicinity is the famous Kaaterskill \nHotel, Kaaterskill Falls and Catskill Mountain House, Haines Falls, Onte- \nora and Elka Parks. Superb roads for driving and bicycling. Good livery \nattached to house. New improvements, such as Baths, Sanitary Plumbing, \nDining Room enlarged. \n\nHcccsa\xe2\x80\x94 West Shore Route preferred. Through parlor car and day coach from New \nYork without change of cars direct to Tannersville, or via Albany Day Line to Kingston \nPoint, then via U & D. R. R. without change of cars. \'Bus meets all trains. For further \nparticulars, information and circulars, address as above. \n\n1.59 \n\n\n\nScbobade /Bbanor, \n\n\n\nThe SCHOHARIE l^ANOR ASSOCIATION \n\nOffers attractive cottage sites to parties desirous of \nbuildinof a summer home in the Catskill Mountains. \nThe plots contain from 3 to 10 acres. Parties building" \ncottages in Schoharie Manor have the privileges of \nSchoharie Mansion, a handsome Club House in the \nColonial Style; of Schoharie Casino, containing Bowling \nAlleys, Billiards, etc., and of the Mansion Stables. \n\nSchoharie Manor can be reached from New York \nby the West Shore and Ulster & Delaware Railroads \nwithin four hours, at reduced rates of fare. \n\n\n\n\nA .^\xe2\x96\xa0 \n\n\n\nmiB \n\n\n\n\xc2\xbb r \n\n\na \n\n\nr 1 \nL.L. \n\n\n\n\nif \n\n\nw \n\n\n\n\ni \n\n\nr^ \n\n\n1 \n\n\nII \n\n\nV%; \n\n\n\n\n\nn\'lniij.nmiiiiMMji \n\n\n\n\nSchoharie Manor is lorated on the slope of Spruce Top, a spur of \nPlateau Mountain, and commands a fine view of tiie surrounding mountain \nrang;es. A cottage in SCHOHARIE MANOR combines the comforts of a city \nresidence with the cool and breezy atmosphere of the mountains. Telegraph, \nLong Distance Telephones and Daily Mails connect it with the world at large. \n\nApply by letter or in person to CARL P. GOEPEL, \n\nOr to Schoharie Mansion, Elka Park, \n\nPAUL GOEPEL\xc2\xbb Greene Co., N. Y. \n\nPres\'t Schoharie Manor Ass\'n, \n\n2go Broadway, N. Y. City. \n\n1(50 \n\n\n\nXox*1bui6t. \n\n\n\nlli[>nx\'=3forc9t, . . . \xc2\xbb \nIbaincs ifalle, m, 1?. \n\n\n\nC. A- MARTIN. Proprietor. \n\nA Summer Resort on the Catskills. Actual Elevation, 1,936 Feet. \n\nFour Hours from New York. \n\n\n\n\nLocated at Haines Falls on the Catskills, at the immediate head of the renowned \nKaaterskill Clove, and commands the view through the Clove, across the Hudson Valley. \nFor half a century the Kaaterskill Clove and its surroundings have been known and noted \nas a region of much singular wildness and scenic beauty, and to include the grandest and \nmost charming scenery of the Catskill Mountains. The elevation is 1,936 feet above the \nmean tide at New York, actual measurement. \n\nThe varying difference in temperature on the mountains and below, causes cool currents \nof air to continually pass through the Clove, and the situation of the house is such as to \nreceive their full benefit. The place is absolutely free from malaria and mosquitoes. \n\nGood trout fishing in June ; quail, woodcock and partridge shooting in their season. \n\nThe three parks\xe2\x80\x94 Sunset Park, Twilight Park and Santa Cruz Falls Park\xe2\x80\x94 are one- \nfourth to one-half mile distant, facing and in view from Lox-Hurst. \n\nThe house was designed especially as a superior summer boarding h ouse, to be attract- \nive, convenient and comfortable, and was built in 1884 and 1895. It accommodates 75 people. \nThe piazzas are very broad and long, and a refreshing breeze sweeps across them. A lawn \ntennis court is provided with net, and the larger parlor contains a good piano. Large open \nfire-places in parlor and dining room. The furniture of the bed-rooms is of oak, ash and \nelm, with woven-wire bed springs. \n\nThe terms are $8 to $12 per week. Hot and cold baths, and all the latest sanitary im- \nprovements. Liverv connected with the house. \n\nAccess :\xe2\x80\x94Lo.x-Hurst is reached from the Hudson River via City of Kingston. From \nCity of Kingston bv Ulster & Delaware Railroad to Haines Corners Station, which is but \none-eighth mile from the house. Through parlor car and day coach service from Phila- \ndelphia, Pa., Jersey City, Weehawken and New York without change of cars, direct to \nHaines Corners. \n\nBesides through tickets, e.xcursion tickets, good for the summer, may be purchased via \neither route. Baggage is checked through to Haines Corners Station from principal points. \n\nThere are three mails daily to and from New York. Long distance telephone and tele- \ngraph offices in the house. \n\nConcerning Hebrews:\xe2\x80\x94 People notfamiliar with the Catskills know that, except at the \nlarger hotels, the Jews and Gentiles will not generally board at the same house. This is to \nbe regretted -, but being a fact, the houses have to take one class or the other. Therefore, \nthe proprietor begs to sav that Lox-Hurst accommodates Gentiles only. \n\nThe Twilight Park \'golf grounds are opposite the Lox-Hurst. Games can be plainly \nseen from the piazza. \n\n11 161 \n\n\n\nIRew \xc2\xa9rant IDouee, \n\n\n\nSTAMFORD, DELEWARE COUNTY, N,. Y \n\n\n\n\nOPENS under new manag^ement for season of 1901 on \nJune 1st. Beautiful location, unsurpassed cuisine \nand attendance. \nClose by the Utsayantha Golf Links. Five minutes from \nChurches and Post Office. \n\nRooms arrang-ed en suite or singly, and are well furn- \nished and provided with electric lights, bells, etc. \nSpecial rates for June and September. \nManag-ement prefers not to entertain Hebrews. \nFor particulars address \n\nE. C. HAINFORD, Proprietor. \n\nStamford, N. Y. \n\n162 \n\n\n\nIN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. \n\n\n\nPROSPECT HOUSE \n\n\n\nSEASON 1901. \n\n\n\n\'MM.M \n\n\n\n\nJ. M. CANNANE, Proprietor. \n\n\n\nSt^e Qolufr\\bia. \n\n\n\nTHIS well known established hotel is lo- \ncated on the most eligible site on the \nheights of Hunter Village and in the cen- \ntre of the Catskill Mountains. The rooms \nare large and well ventilated. The veranda, \none of the features of the hotel, is from i; to \n\nIN feet wide and 200 feet long, and facing the aUracTive am\\isement\' halT in Hunrer! \nhighest point of the Catskill Range. It is \' \nabundantly supplied with pure spring water \nfrom Mt. Canon \xe2\x80\x94 the best known spring on \nthe mountain. Its recuperating and stimulat- \ning effects are marvelous. \n\n\n\n"The Columbia" is one of the finest Bowl- \ning Alleys in the Catskills, and a large and \nnicely arranged hall for entertainments. It \nconsists of a reading room, ice cream parlors, \n&c. The appointments of the Columbia are \nthe best in these mountains : as no pains or \nexpense have been spared to make it the most \n\n\n\nSOME OF ITS ATTRACTIONS. \nThe e.xtensive and beautiful grounds over \n\n\n\nAbout the most notable example of a really \nfirst-class up-to-date, comfortable and home- \nlike hotel of which the Catskills can boast is \nthe Prospect House. This is not "self \npraise," but the freely and repeatedlv ex- \nexpressed opinion of its many patrons. \n\n\n\nacres, by which the house is surrounded : Neither effort nor expense have been spared \nadd to its attractiveness as a Summer Resort. | since its construction in keeping it up to a \n\n\n\nThe shady walks and cool quiet retreats, \nwhere one may enjoy, undisturbed, the most \nmagnificent scenery in the world. \n\nMt. Canon, directly back, commands a fine \nview; to the left is Red Glen, a romantic and \nshady place; below, the beautiful Pine Grove \ncovering several acres ; in front is Hunter \nMountain, the highest in the Catskills, 4.252 \nfeet, the Colonel\'s Chair and Stony Clove; on \nthe left, Indian Head and Twin Mountain ; on \nthe right, the Schoharie Creek winds its wa>- \ndown the valley, whilst on the north Spruce \nTop rears its magnificent head. The manifold \n\n\n\nstrictly hi.gh-class metropolitan standard \nits appointments. \n\nThe best markets are daily requisitioned by \nthe enterprising management of the Prospect \nHouse, and its paramount specialty is "home \ncooking," backed by the most faultless ser- \nvice. \n\nSemi-daily mail. New York \ngraph, &c. \n\nHouse has been thoroughly repaired for the \ncoming season. \n\nThe owner will spare no pains to make the \n\n\n\npapers \n\n\n\ntele- \n\n\n\nadvantages and matchless charms of the summer visitor\'s stay at the Hunter Mountain \n\n\n\nCatskill Mountains are impossible of eniimer \nation. The bracing, invigorating tonic at- \nmosphere makes this resort especialU\' desira- \nble to invalids as well as a delightful place of \nrest and recuperation during the Summer \nmonths. \n\n\n\nProspect House a pleasant one. \nSanitary arrangements perfect. \nAccommodations for 200 guests. \n\n\n\nTERMS : \n\nAccording to location and length of stay. \n\nDirect Parlor Car accommodations without change from New York. Jersey City and \nPhiladelphia to Hunter, via West Shore Railroad, or New York Central and Hudson River \nRailroad to Kingston, thence by the Ulster & Delaware Railroad to Hunter. The Standard \nGauge between Phoenicia and Hunter is now completed. Dav and night line steamers from \nNew York to Kingston Point, where direct connections are made to Hunter. Excursion \nrates by rail and steamers, 1(;3 \n\n\n\nCl)c Fairmont... \n\n\n\nS. MACOBSOIM, Prop., \n\nTJXNNERSVILLE, Greene Co., N. V. \n\n\n\n\nELEVATION 2,300 FEET. CAPACITY 150 GUESTS. \n\n\n\nThis newly built and well furnished house is situated five minutes\' walk \nfrom the station and occupies a site on Clum Hill, by the road to Elka Park. \nFrom its Piazzas can be obtained a fine view of the village and the beautiful \nsurrounding peaks. The grounds, ten acres in extent, contain pine groves, \nspruce, birch and fruit trees, tennis and croquet plots. Abundance of pure \nwater from spring near the house. The rooms are light, large and perfectly \nventilated, some en suite. Improvements, such as gas, hot and cold water, \nsanitary plumbing (according to Dr. Chandler system). Telephone and tele- \ngraphic service near at hand. Livery and laundry needs attended to. The \nexcellence of our cuisine (strictly Kosher) has made the Fairmont deservedly \npopular and placed at the head of its rivals. For terms apply to \n\nS. JACOBSON, \n\n123 E. 82ND STREET, \n\nNEW YORK CITY* \n\nAfter July lo, address \n\nTHE FAIRMONT, TANNERSVILLE, \nGREENE CO,, N. V. \n\n104 \n\n\n\n\ndvtm \n\n\n\nJ. C. CORNISH, Proprietor, \nPINE HILL, - - ULSTER CO., N Y. \n\n\n\n\'m^c \n\n\n\n\nELEVATION 1.700 FEET- \n\nIs picturesquely situated in the beautiful Shandaken \nValley, on the side of Belle Ayr Mountain, overlooking- the \nVillag-e of Pine Hill. House has Baths, Hot and Cold Water, \nToilets, Open Sanitary Plumbing-, and is an Ideal Summer \nHome. \n\nTen minutes from depot. Convenient to Stores, Churches, \nPost Office, Telephone and Telegraph Offices. Only four \nhours from New York City. Accommodates 100 g-uests. \n\nTerms : $8 to $15 per week. S2.50 to S3 per day. \n\nFor particulars, booklets, etc., address as above. \n\n\n\n^\'Hallenbeck House, \n\nW. I. HALLENBECK, Proprietor. \n\nHAINES FALLS. GREENE CO., N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nrlRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS for 50 guests. House newly \nfurnished, Bath Rooms, Flush Closets on every floor. Lighted with \ngas: open fire places. Table supplied with fresh vegetables from \nhotel farm, milk, eggs and butter. French Chef. In fact a First-class Hotel \nin everv respect. Free \'bus meets all trains. Music Hall, with Orchestra, \njn connection. Laundry in hotel. Telephone in office. Telegraph Office and \nPost Office two minutes\' walk. Situated near Hotel Kaaterskill, Kaaterskill \nand Haines Falls, and Twilight and Sunset Parks. \n\nACCESS : Hallenbeck\'s Hotel can be reached via West Shore Railroad \nfrom Weehawken to Kingston ; thence by Ulster & Delaware direct to \nHaines Falls without change of cars, or by boat to Kingston Point ; thence \nby rail as above. Address \n\nW. I. HALLENBECK, \n\nHaines Falls, Greene Co., N. Y. \n\n\n\nBELAVARE HB^JSE \n\nFRED M. TINGLEY, Proprietor, \n\nSTAnrORB, BELAVARE 60., N. Y. \n\nElevation 2,000 feet. Accommodations for 40 Guests. \n\n\n\n\nThe Delaware House is pleasantly situated on Main \nStreet, within a short walk from the Post Office, Depot, \nBanks and Churches. The house has spacious verandas, is \nheated by steam, lig-hted by electricity, and has all modern \nimprovements. The tables will be supplied with an abund- \nance of fresh eg-g-s, butter, milk, poultry, fruits, vegetables, \netc., direct from the farm. No pains will be spared to make \nit a first-class summer home. Free \'bus to and from all \ntrains. \n\nTerms\xe2\x80\x94 $2.00 per day, $8.00 to $12.00 per week. Special \nrates to families. \n\n1(17 \n\n\n\n\xc2\xa5 \xc2\xa9rabam. \n\n\n\nPRATTSVILLE, N. Y. \n\n\n\nIf you are looking for health, happiness, a pleasant \nhome and a good time generally, write The Graham at \nonce and secure rooms before its too late. If you want \nall of the above and plenty of good food for your body at \n$5 or $6 per week, write some one else for it. Our \n\n\n\nTerms \n\n\nare $8 \n\n\nto \n\n\n$10. \n\n\nCAN ACCOMMODATE FIFTY \n\n\nPEOPLE \n\n\nAND \n\n\nSATISFY THEM \n\n\n\n\n\nUpon application will send circulars giving numer- \nous references. Long Distance Telephone in the house. \nThe Graham is situated in the centre of three acres of \nfinely laid out grounds with an abundance of shade. \nExcursions can be made by carriage in a day to Lexing- \nton, Hunter, Tannersville, Hotel Kaaterskill, Elka Park. \nWindham. Mt. Pisgah, Gilboa, Roxbury and Stamford. \nA good Livery connected with the house. Excursion- \nists desiring dinners at The Graham can be well served \nby giving a day\'s notice. Call us up on the \'phone. \n\nW. X. GRAHAM, Proprietor, \n\nPrattsville, N. Y. \n(Grand Gorge Station.) \n\n\n\nSUMMER IN THE CATSKILLS. \n\n\n\n\nELEVA510N 2000. ACCOm/nODAGiONS FOR 150 GUESGS \nFOUR fTVAlLS DAILY. \n\nStanOarC) (5aucje 3Facill (es tbis ll)ear. ^lime anD IFare 1Re&uccO. \n\xc2\xa9nig one Cbange bg IRail or 36oat via Ikinciston. \n\nThis well known and attractive Summer Resort is pleasantlv located in \nthe heart of the Catsl\\ilis, central to all points or interest and within a few \nsteps of the depot, telegraph and post office. \n\nAmong the many places of easy access are the famous Kaaterskill and \nHaines Falls, the great Hotel Kaaterskill, the historic CatskiU Mountain and \nLaurel Houses, romantic Sleepy Hollow and Fawn\'s Leap, while the sur- \nrounding mountain sides are dotted with quaint and beautiful parks, including \nElka, Twilight, Onteora, Sunset, Schoharie Manor. \n\nThe rooms are large, cool and finely furnished. One hundred and \nfwentv-five feet of piazzas twelve feet in width extends around the house. \nThe table will be unexcelled. Terms reasonable. Address \n\nGEO. CAMPBELL, Prop,, Tannersville, fSI. V. \n\n/ICCESS ;\xe2\x80\x94 West Shore R. R. via Kingston, all rail to Tannersville \nBus meets all trains. \n\n\n\nBIG INDIAN, ULSTER CO., N. Y. \n\nOn the Line of the Ulster & Delaware l^ailroad. \n\n\n\nw \n\n\n\nI^^HE Lament house is situated at the mouth \ne) of the Big Indian Valley, 1,209 feet above the \n\n[l^ level of the sea; is 122 miles from New York \nCity, and is the nearest Hotel to Slide Mountain, which \nis 4,220 feet hig-h. The house is open all the year to \naccommodate Fishino- and Hunting I^arties. House ac- \ncommodates forty guests. No malaria or mosquitoes. \nCool nights and Shady grounds. \n\nCONVENIENCES: \n\nPost Office and Telegraph next door. No charge \nto or from depot. Livery attached to Hotel. Parlor \nCars to and from New York. Toilet and Bath in house^ \n\nGOOD TKOUT FISHING IN SE(ISON. \n\nStreams not Posted, and they are Stocked by the \nState Hatchery every year. \n\nTHE TABLE HAS THESE ADVANTAGES^ \n\nVegetables from the garden. Milk and EijQrs from \nthe (arm. best cuts of Meat used, and Pure^ Soft Spring: \nWater in the house. \n\nRATES : Per Day, $L50. Per Week, $7 to $10. \n\nFor Special Rates address \n\nGEORGE W. LAMENT, \n\nBig Indian. Ulster Co., N. Y. \n\n\n\nSummit of the Breezy Catskill Mountains. \n\nlit Wiii^mSl H):aam% \n\nL. L. WOODARD. Proprietor. \n\nTannersville, Greene Countc), K\xc2\xab Y, \n\n\n\n\nA first-class summer resort on the summit of the fat-iamed and delightful Catskill Moun- \ntains. Central to all points of interest, among which are the famous Kaaterskill and \nHaines Falls, the great Hotel Kaaterskill and the historic Catskill Mountain and Laurel \nHouses, the wonderful Plattekill, Kaaterskill and Stony Cloves ; the towering Hunter Moun- \ntain, Mt. Lincoln,\' romantic Sleepy Hollow and Rip V\'anWinkle\'s region; while the sur- \nrounding mountain sides are dotted with quaint and beautiful parks, including Onteora, \nElka, Schoharie, Glen, Sunset and Twilight communities. \n\nElevation, 2,500 above tidewater. Four hours from New York city by two all-rail routes \nThe house extends back (not shown in cut), giving comfortable accommodations for forty \nguests. The rooms are large and airy, and several are arranged for the convenience of \nfamilies. Nineteenth season. The view from the 600 square feet of veranda is fine. The \ntable is abundantly supplied with fresh vegetables, milk, poultry and city dressed beef. \nPure spiing water and baths in the house. The streets are sprinkled and lighted Crushed \nstone roads. Livery connected. Railroad depots, telegraph, long distance telephone and \npost-offices within five minutes\' walk. Bowling, billiards and all kindred amusements near. \nThe grounds are graded and shaded. Tennis and croquet grounds. House open from June \nist until October ist. \n\nTerms, $7 to $10 per week ; per dav, $1.50. Special season rates to families. \n\nAccess by boat or rail to Kingston (West Shore route preferable), Ulster & Delaware \nroute to Tannersville. Carriages meet all trains. \n\nNo Hebrews taken. \n\nFurther particulars cheerfully furnished on application. \n\nREFERENCES\xe2\x80\x94 W. A. Rally, 24 South Pine avenue, Box 405, Albany, N. Y. ; Dr. George \nH. Dickey, 158 Madison avenue, Flushing, N. Y. ; Mr. John Terhune, 360 Bainsbridge \nstreet, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Conrad F. Nagel, 115 Broadway, New York City. \n\n171 \n\n\n\nE\\^(( f[\\oun[a\\n I99, \n\n\n\nTHOMAS R. MOORE \n\n\n\nPINE aiLL, N. Y. \n\n\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2tilt \n\n\n\nV.oU \n\n\n\n*\xc2\xab"\'! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIbigb Class accommo^ation0. lExccllent enable. \n]Eleaant,1Rew \xc2\xa9fficc. \n\nHOUSE LIGHTED THROUGHOUT BY ELECTRICITY. \n\n\n\nLaundry removed from the Inn into separate building-, mak- \ning- every room cool and comfortable. Write for \nterms. Bowling alleys, billiards, wheeling-. \n\n\n\nSePCR H \n\n\n\n\nAMONG THE CATSKILLS. \n\n\n\n\nTHIS superbly located Summer Resort is situated one mile from the Village of Wind- \nham, on high, dry ground. The sanitary arrangements of thelhouse are modern, and \nhas spring water on all floors, with toilet and bath. There is a grove of pines at the \nrear of the house, and a beautiful glen within short walking distance. Then there is \nthe short drive to Summit, where from a spur of High Peak, you can look into five different \nstates. Mala-ia and kindred diseases are unknown here. Actual elevation, i,8oo feet. \nThere are fifty guest rooms, which are good sized, cool and airy, and are furnished with \ncomfortable beds. Grand piazzas 12.X150 feet, e.xtensive lawns, beautifully shaded by grand \nold trees. There is a large Amusement Hall and Bowling Alley on the premises ; also Lawn \nTennis and Croquet Grounds, a fine 200-yard Rifle Range; in fact nearly everything for \namusement and comfort. The cuisine is under an excellent chef. There is a Livery con- \nnected with the house, which will convey parties, at reasonable rates, to different points of \ninterest, some of which are Hotel Kaaterskill, Catskill Mountain House, Kaaterskill Falls, \nHaines Falls, Devasego Falls, Mt Pisgah, etc. Mails and telegrams delivered at the \nhouse. New York daily papers. \n\ntRoutC : New York to Hunter via Night Boats to Kingston, or Steamers Albany and New \nYork to Kingston Point, or via West Shore R. R., or via New York Central & Hudson River \nR. R. Fare reduced from New York to Hunter. Through parlor .car service from New \nYork. House is eight miles from Hunter Station. Parties will be met at.Hunter upon noti- \nfying the proprietor. \n\nUcrms: $6 to $15. References e.\\changed. Parties who come to this house and find \nanything not as represented will be conveyed to any house in this vicinity without charge. \nNo Hebrews. Special pains will be taken for the comfort and entertainment of^guests. \n\n173 \n\n\n\n\nNTAIN HonE, \n\n\n\nALSO KNOWN AS \n\n\n\nCOE\'S HOTEL, \n\nO. R. COE, Proper and Owner, WINDHAM, N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nTERMS : Per Day, $2.00 ; per Week, $7.00 to $8.00 when two or more \noccupy one room, and $7.00 to $10.00 for one person rooming alone. For \nother months than July and August, $6.00 to $8.00 per week. Absolute free- \ndom from malaria. \n\nMeans of Access : Leave New York via West Shore R. R. about iiijo A. M. for Kings- \nton ; or via the Albany Day Boat about g A M. for Kingston Point; thence to Hun- \nter via the Ulster & Delaware R. R., arriving about 4:50 P. A\\., where my private conveyance \nwill be found in waiting (when advised sufficient time in advance), to convey guests quickly \nand comfortably to the hotel. Through parlor car service direct to Hunter. (It will be much \nmore convenient for us to meet guests at that hour than on the arrival of earlier or later \ntrains.) \n\nNumerous references, among those who have been the guests of this house, given when \ndesired. The table will be supplied with a great abundance of fresh cream, milk, eggs, poul- \ntry, meats vegetables, fish, fruit, honey, etc. This house has connected with it extensive \nand shady grounds, a lawn tennis court and croquet grounds. A strictly Temperance House \nin the well known temperance town of Windham. Two daily mails, telegraph, telephone and \npost office near the house. The shady walks and rambles from the house are unsurpassed in \ntheir beauty and picturesque views. The road that passes through this village is for many \nmiles the finest that is found anvwhere in the Catskills, making the drives unusually pleas- \nant and attractive. Bicycle riders will find most e.xcellent opportunities to enjoy wheeling. \nThe house is situated on Main street, near the centre of the village, which is recognized as \nthe neatest and most beautiful in all its appointments and surroundings in the Catskills. \nBy reason of a slight bend in the street, a beautiful view from the piazzas of the house is had \nof Main street, bordered on either side by grand old sugar maples. \n\nThe proprietor has teams and accommodations for conveying guests to and from depots \nwith their baggage, and also for conveying excursion parties to the many places of interest \nin the mountains. \n\nApplicants are requested to mention Advertisement in this book. \n\n174 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^ANNERSVILLE, in the Catskill Mountains, is the place where the \nIS business man, the mother with her children and all who wish to \n\n\n\n% ,_ _._.._ \n\n\'JIL spend their summer vacations in an ideal mountain resort, should go. \nIt is situated about 2,200 feet above the sea level, has all the facilities, advan- \ntages and attractions that the heart may desire, and is surrounded on every \nside by lofty and voluminous mountains.\' The beauty of its scenery cannot \nfail but to attract those artistically inclined. \n\nThe " ELKA VIEW" is a modern three-story structure, thoroughly \nequipped with sanitary plumbing, bath rooms, telephone and telegraph stations \nand everv known convenience for the accommodation of its guests, it is \nsituated within walking distance from post office and railroad station. \n\nThe view to be obtained of the surrounding country is simply magnificent \nand no illustration can do justice to the scene, particularlv at sunset. \n\nThe spacious grounds surrounding the " ELKA VIEW " afford ample \nfacilities for Croquet, Lawn Tennis, Base Rail, etc., and extensive play \ngrounds for children. A Bowling Allev and Billiard Parlor on the premises, \nfor the devotees of this kind of amusement. \n\nTHE CiyiSf/WE\xe2\x80\x94 Will be under the personal supervision of Mrs. Hannah \nSilverman, whose care and anxietv to please her guests and the fact of past \nsuccess, is a positive guarantee that the food will be unsurpassed. We have \nour own dairy and raise our own fowl. \n\nMr. M. Silverman, the proprietor, will take personal charge of the pastry \ndepartment, which is assurance in itself that it will be properly taken care of, \nfor his experience and ability has kept in line with his reputation. \n\nTHE LIVERV connected with the house will convey all guests to and \nfrom the station ; arrangements can also be made for carriage parties, drives, \netc., to the numerous points of interest in the vicinity. \n\nRAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT FACILITIES. \n\nTanners\\ille can be reached b\\- the West Shore R. R., and the Albany Day Line. Both \nlines make direct connection with Ulster & Delaware R. R. \nThe " ELKA VIEW " will be open for guests en May 15th. \n\nRates and diagram of rooms on application, or representative will call if so desired- \nFor further information, apply to \n\nM. SILVERMAN, ^^^ ^- Su^nT,rM?v"\'-.5t\';!^^ ^^^\'^ \n\nAfter that date to "Elka View," TANNERSVILLE, GREENE CO., N. Y. \n\n175 \n\n\n\nTHE AHREHIGAn \n\nTANNERSVILLE. N. Y. \n\n\n\n\nSummer Resort in the Catskills. \n\n\n\nB. LEIBOWITZ, Prop. \nTLbc Scventeentb Season. == \n\n\n\nI. BINSKY, Gen. Man. \n\n5 ^Tbe Seventecntb Season. \n\n\n\nGod made the country and man made the town. \n\nWhat wonder, then, that health and virtue, gifts \nThat alone make sweet the bitter draught \n\nThat life holds out to all, should most abound \nAnd be least threatened, in the fields and groves. \n\nThe Rev. C: Rockwell who was familiar with Summer scenery in widely remote regions \ndeclares to have never seen elsewhere, hues so delicate, so varied and of such richly glow- \ning and surpassing beautv as are presented on the sides and summits or the Catskill Moun- \ntains which he attributes\'to the pure, clear air. The scenery is indeed magnificent, the air \nis invigorating and there are many objectionable features of summer time in the mountains \nthat will not have to be endured by those who are in need of rest, health and communion \nwith nature\'s beauties. \n\nThe American will remain open during May until October, for the accommodation of \nthose desiring to spend the Summer months in the Catskills. A first class hotel on the \nsummit of the far famed and delightful Catskills. Central to all points of interest including \nthe Kaaterskill and Platterkill regions. Hunter Mountain, Stony Clove, while the surround- \ning peaks are dotted with quaint and beautiful parks, including Onteora, Elka, Schoharie, \nSunset and Twilight communities. \n\nElevation 2,soo feet. Four hours from New York city by two all rail routes. Accommo- \ndations for 75 guests. First class livery connected which can be had at very moderate \nrates. Four mails dailv. The table is abundantly supplied with fresh vegetables, milk and \npoultry direct from farm. Western dressed beef . Railroad depots, telegraph and post of- \nfices within five minutes\' walk. Crushed stone roads. Sidewalks. \n\nThe view from the spacious veranda is inspiring, embracing the entire region surround- \ning and overlooking the village of Tannersville. \n\nThe terms are reasonable. \n\nCorrespondence regarding rooms, climate and further particulars, is respectfully \nsolicited. ^ \xe2\x80\x9e \xe2\x96\xa0 ^ a \n\nLarge parlor open fire place. Large airv dining room. Plenty room for dancing. Oooa \nmusical attendance. Spacious croquet and tennis grounds ; also play grounds for children. \nIRoscber cooking a specialtv. Direct parlor and day coach service from Washington, Bal- \ntimore Philadelphia, Pa , jersey Citv and New York without change of cars. Carriages \nmeet ail trains. The management of this house endeavors to give general satisfaction and \nthe comfort of guests will be studied in every respect. \n\n170 \n\n\n\n\n1823. 79th season. 1901. \n\nCatskill ^t. House, \n\nChas. and Geo. H. Beach, Mgrs. \n\nCATSKILL, N. Y. \n\nELEVATIOni, 2250 FEET. \n\n\n\nOPEN JUNE 29 TO SEPTEMBER 16. \n\n\n\nTlie (inly hotel that commands the famous \nview of the Hudson River Valley. \n\nThe Mountain House Park \n\nHas a a valley frontage of over three miles in extent and consists of 2780 acres \nof magnificent forest and farm lands, traversed in all directions by many \nmiles of wood trails and carriage roads leading to points of interest. \n\nThe Grandest Views of the Region \nAre obtained from the Crest, Newman\'s Ledge, Bear\'s Den, Prospect Rock \non North Mountain ; and Eagle Rock and Palenville Overlook on South \nMountain, which are included in the mountain house property. \n\nniorth and South Lakes \nAre also included within its boundaries. The atmosphere is delightfully pure. \n\nAhsolutely Free from Malaria, \nThe temperature is alwavs i; to 20 degrees lower than at Catskill village, \nNew York City or Philadelphia. \n\n/I Powerful Search Light, \nOn the east front, will be operated from g to 11 P. M., reflecting its light over \ntwelve thousand square miles of the Hudson River Valley. The hotel is \nlighted throughout by electric lights. Call and return cajl bells. Long dis- \ntance telephone and telegraph office in the hotel. Sanitary plumbing. \n\nThe Water Supply is Abundant: \nThe spring is over two miles distant, far up toward tne crest of North \nMountain, with nothing above or around but a spruce and hemlock forest, \nand, as the land is owned by the Hotel Company, contamination is impossible. \nThe Out Door Amusements, \nThe life in this invigorating air makes out-door amusements especially \nsought for and enjoyed. The golf links were laid out by Mr. John Dunn of \nNew York. The boat livery privilege has been granted to Messrs. Byles & \nHoff of Bayonne, New Jersey, who furnish canoes, out-riggers and row boats \nof the most approved pattern. \n\nAccessible by Following Routes z \nPennsylvania Railroad from Philadelphia. Washington and intermediate \nstations makes connections and solid trains are run over the West Shore \nand Ulster & Delaware Railroads to Kaaterskill station located within the \nboundaries of the Catskill Mountain House Park, and only ^4 of a mile drive \nover a smooth level road to the hotel. \n\nVIA RHINEBECK. RONDOUT AND KINGSTON. \n\nNew York Central & Hudson River Railroad to Rhinebeck; Hudson \nRiver Day Line to Kingston Point; Rondout Night Line to Rondout; West \nShore Railroad to Kingston; Ulster lV Delaware Railroad to Kaaterskill \nstation; -\'4 of a mile to the hotel. Stages meet all trains. Purchase tickets \nand check baggage to Kaaterskill station. \n\nRATES FOR BOARD, \n\nWeekly rates to July 15th, $16 to $21; daily, $3.^0; weekly rates from \nJuly 15th to September ist, $17-50 to ^25; daily^, $4; September "weekly rates, \n$16 to $21; daily $4. \n\nChildren less than ten years of age, occupying rooms with their parents or maids, $10.rj(\xc2\xbb per \nweek; by ihe day $2. Children at regular talile will be charged same as adults. Maids oemipviug \nservants\' rooms and taking meals at \'jhildreu\'s table $10.50 per week; $2 per day. 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M. Leave New York, West \n22d Street, N. R., q:oo A. M. Leave Albany, Hamilton Street, 8:30 A. M., \nlanding at Yonkers, West Point, Newburg, Poughkeepsie, Kingston Point, \nCatskill and Hudson. \n\nTHE ATTRACTIVE TOURIST ROUTE TO \n\nCatskill Mountains, Saratoga and the Adirondacks, \nHotel Champlain and the North, \n\nNiagara Falls and the West. \nThe Thousand Islands and St. Lawrence River. \n\nDirect connections at Kingston Point with the Ulster & Delaware R. R., \nfor all points in the Catskill Mountains. \nA trip on one of these famous steamers, on the noblest stream in the \ncountry, offers rare attractions. They are fitted up in the most elegant style, \nexclusively for passengers. Their great speed, fine orchestra, spacious sa- \nloons, private parlors and luxurious accommodations in every respect, render \nthem unexcelled. \n\nSend six cents in stamps for "SUMMER EXCURSION BOOK." \nF. B. HIBBARD, General Oil ICE, E. E. OLCOTT, \n\nGen\'l Pass. Agt. Desbrosses Street Pier, Gen. Manager. \n\nNew York City. \n\n\n\n1Rip t^an Minklc, \n\n\n\nWhat a tale has been told us of good old Rip Van Winkle ! \n\nW\'hat a favorite with all but old Dame Van Winkle ! \n\nHow the children would shout with joy whenever he approached ! Whj\', he \nasssted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot \nmarbles, and told them long stories about ghosts, witches and In-^ian*. \n\nWhy, the stray dogs loved him, surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his \nskirts, clambering on his back, playing a thousand tricks on him with impunity, and \nnot a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood. \n\nRip did not take kindly to labor for revenue, but Dame Van Winkle did. He was \none of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who would take the \nworld easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever could be had with least thought or \ntrouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a jjound. If left to hiin- \nself he would have wnistled life away in perfect contentment ; but his wife kept con- \ntinually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was \nbringing on his family. Morning, noon and night h -r t\'>ngue was in essantly going, \nand evervthing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of hotisehold eloquence. \n\nIn search of quiet and rest old Rip star ed on a long ramble and unconsciously \nscrambled to one of the highest of the Catskill Mountains. Late in the afternoon, \npanting and fatigued, he threw himself on a green knoll, covered with mountain \nherbage that crowned the brow of a precipice. \n\nFrom an \xe2\x96\xa0 pening between the trees he could overlook all the lower country for \nmany a inile of rich woodland. He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson, far, far be- \nlow him, tnoving on its silent but majestic course, with a reflection of a purple cloud, \nor the sail rf a lagging bark here and there sleeping on its glassy bosom and at last \nlosing Itself in the blue Highlands. \n\nOn the other side he looked down into the deep mountain glen, wild, lonely and \nshagged, the bottom filled with fragments from the iinpending cliff^s, and scarcely \nlighted by the reflected rays of the setting sun. For some time Rip lay musing on \nthis scene. Evening was gradually advancing, and the beautiful mountains began to \nthrow their long, bltie shadows over the valleys. He saw that it would be dark long \nbefore he could reach the village, and he heaved a heavy sigh when he thought of en- \ncountering the terrors of Dame Van Winkle. \n\nRip then met the queer little Dutch people. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and \nwas soon tempted to help himself to their Holland beverage, which proved itself \ntoo strong for him. \n\nTwenty long years of silent slumber followed. \n\nThe war of the Revolution took place ; George Washington was the hero of many \na battle in the historic Hudson Valley against the force of King George III. \n\nRip awoke and returned to town, where he had some difficulty in finding his folks \nand old acquaintances. Dame Van Winkle had gone forever, but his grandchildren \nremained. \n\nWhen railroads became the fashion and then a necessity, the \n\n^est Shope H^ili\'oad \n\nfound its way up the silvery Hudson, and with the finest equipment ever run, and \nwithout change of cars, conveys passengers as no other line can, between Philadel- \nphia, Long Branch and New York, through to the heart of the \n\nCATSKILL MOUNTAINS \n\nto Oneonta, stopping at principal stations en route, and connectine at Kingston \nwith a most complete car line from points from and between Washington, Baltimore, \nPhiladelphia and New York, which conveys passengers to Saratoga and Lake George! \n\nIn aodition to this popular mountain line a sleeping car service, par excell- nee, is \nin efl\'ect between New York, West Point, Albany, ,Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, \nNiagara Falls, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and St. Louis. \n\nIts agents will furnish information. \n\nC.E. LAMBERT, \nGeneral PassLcnger Agent. \n\nTransit Building, No. 7 East Forty-second St., New Yorl\\ Citv. \n\nISO \n\n\n\n\\ LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS \n\n\n\nMIAtt:* \n\n\n\nIII I III nil III! _ M \n\n\n\n014 432 776 7 % \n\n\n\n\n'