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Mount Meenahga 
 
 A Summer Home m the Shawamguok Moyntaios 
 
 1.500 FEET ABOUE SEA LEUEL 
 U. E. TEIWILLI^EI 
 
 Post Office Address : 
 ELLENVILLE, ULSTER COUNTY, OPENS JUNE ist 
 
 NEW YORK. ilS97. CLOSES OCTOBER , St to Aolh. 
 
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Is locnted oue hundred miles from New York city, in the heart 
 ; of the "Shawangunks," a mountain range famed for its magniticeut 
 scenery, dry, invigorating air and pure water. 
 
 The Estate, coni])rising more than five hundred acres, extends 
 
 ah)ng the mountain for nearly two miles, its northern and 
 
 '.'-'■. ' southern boundaries being defined by deep mountain gorges, 
 
 ilirough which run never failing streams with numerous cascades 
 
 and waterfalls. 
 
 On the property and on the thousands of acres of mountain 
 wilds adjoining are wonderful crevices and caverns with glens and 
 iMioks of marvelous beauty. Everywhere abound great variety of 
 . i^- " - ■ wood and shrub with all manner of flowers and ferns. The 
 
 rocks and ledges, peculiar to the Shawangnuks, present most 
 woudeiful fonns, and in tlieir dress of lichen, moss and vine, afl'ord ever fresh attraction to 
 the visitor. 
 
 Here iu this mountain retreat, an average low tempeiature is secured throughout the summer 
 mouths; gentle -bree/es are iu almost constant play and the prevailing southwest winds, ]iassing 
 for hundreds of miles; ovei- mountains and uplands, bring air of |ierl'ect puritv, drv and 
 exhileratiiiLj. 
 
Springs of the Purest Water Abound ; several of them having 
 
 a temperature but little above that of ice water. Those supplying the house 
 and cottages have their sources far up the hillside above the buildings. No 
 pretence is made that this simply pure water is a cure-all, or that it 
 possesses remarkable medicinal properties, though all who drink "Meenahga 
 water" are enthusiastic in its praise; many claiming real benefit from its 
 use, and others having it shipped to their homes. 
 
 There is positive exemption from malarial influences. Water quickly 
 percolates through the shaly soil covering the rocky bed of the entire 
 region. 
 
 The House and Cottages have been erected upon a picturesque bluff facing northwest, at 
 an altitude of fifteen hundred feet, and more than twelve hundred feet above the valley which 
 they overlook. 
 
 From the porches and many rooms in each story of the house, as well as from all the cottages, 
 may be enjoyed extensive and varied landscape views. All the wonders of the mountain ranges 
 which stretch for seventy-five miles from the Delaware Water Gap in the distant south, to the 
 towering peaks of the well known Catskills far away to the northward, are presented to the unaided 
 vision; while the nearer hills and the valley, with its broad fields and orchards and woods, all 
 prettily broidered with silvery water courses and dotted here and there with villages and hamlets, 
 complete a picture of enchanting beauty. 
 
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EsiJecial effort has been made to make all the buildiugs not only substantial and convenient, 
 but attractive and in harmony with the beautiful natural surroundings; the comfort and good taste 
 of our guests have been carefully considered in all of the appointments and furnishings of the house. 
 
 All halls and public rooms are heated by steam. The house is lighted throughout by gas. 
 
 Every room has an electric bell, and the larger sleeping rooms, as well as all the public rooms, 
 are provided with open fire-places or fire-place stoves. 
 
 The toilet rooms are fitted with the latest and best sanitary 
 appliances (all pipes outside of house) and the sewage is carried 
 through vitrified pipes more than a mile down the mountain side. 
 
 There are two hundred and twenty feet of broad continuous 
 piazzas; also porches and balconies for public and private use. A 
 complete system for protection against tire, with modern appliances 
 on every floor. 
 
 From one hundred and fifty to one hundred and seventy-five 
 people can be accommodated. 
 
 A carefully prepared diagram or ]ilan of each floor of the house 
 will be furnished to parties inquiring for terms and rooms. 
 
 A Telephone in the house connects directly with the Western 
 Union telegraph oftice and with the oflices of excellent physicians in 
 EUenville. Also long distance telephone connection with New York city. 
 
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Daily Mail. The mail will arrive and depart twice each day, Suudays 
 excepted. New York papers subscribed for thr(in<;h the House will be 
 delivered before uoon upon each week day during July and August. 
 
 Several horses, with single and double conveyaoces and careful drivers, 
 also goats for the children, are kept by the proprietor and ujay be hired 
 at reasonable prices. 
 
 The roads in the vicinity are generally good, and the varied attractions 
 of the valley make driving especially enjoyable. 
 
 An abundance of pure milk and cream is furnished from the farm and 
 farms adjoining; also a full supply of vegetables. Strawberries, huckle- 
 berries and raspberries grow in profusion on and near the place. 
 Bowling Alley. A separate building, especially constructed for the purpose, contains two 
 regulation alleys. 
 
 Tennis Courts. Two excellent double courts and a Crocjuet Gkound ali'ord opportunity for 
 indulgence in these popular games. 
 
 Golf Links have been laid out on the premises. 
 
 Entertainments of various sorts, arranged and conducted by the guests, are encouraged and 
 the cheerful and hearty cooperation of the management is assured. Musicals, readings and card 
 parties are of frequent occurrence. Walking clubs, boat rides on the Delaware & Hudson canal 
 and exploration of extended mountain wilds are features of life at Mount Meenahga. 
 
Reading Room and Library. The "Library Building," tlie first story of which is 
 designed and used exclusively as a reading room, is located about forty feet from the main lionse. 
 It is well lighted, heated and furnished for the comfort of those who enjoy a quiet hour with daily, 
 weekly and monthly papers, magazines and reviews, with which it is supplied by the proprietor. 
 There is also a lil)rary, free to guests, embracing books of reference and those of popular authors. 
 
 Ellenville, two miles distant, affords the guests of Mount Meenahga many of the advantages of 
 a village home. Here are superior physicians, six churches of various denominations, well stocked 
 stoi-es, three banks, and the conveniences of an intelligent and progressive community. The 
 population is about four thousand and the village enjoys the reputation of being one of the most 
 attractive and healthful towns in the state. 
 
 Walks and Drives. Several miles of well graded roads (all of them 
 dressed with shale) have been built upon the property. Some of them lead 
 over the hill tops, affording even more extended views than those obtained 
 from the house and cottages. Others wind among the giant trees of the 
 original forest down into the deep gorges, disclosing at every turn a wealth 
 of natural beauty found only in mountains like the Shawanguidcs. 
 
 The many paths and mountain trails running out from the house in evevy 
 direction (those to near-by points are covered with shale, affording dry walks 
 immediately after a rain) have each an objective point. Under the Ledge, 
 South Overlook, Overhanging Kocks, The Glen, Meenahga Falls and Solitude 
 
are names of several points of interest and are only suggestive of the variety and grandeur of the 
 scenery and attractions at Mount Meenahga. 
 
 Numerous summer houses and rustic seats are placed at convenient intervals over the entire 
 property along the walks and drives. 
 
 The Ice Caves of the Shawangunks, renowned among geologists as being one of the 
 
 best examples of this kind of ice preservation in the country, if not in the woidd, are phenomena 
 
 most remarkable and interesting, and amply repay the two mile tramp over the trail leading to 
 
 them, that one mav euj )y a snowball in A.ugust and behold tlie countless tons of ice preserved 
 
 through the hottest days of summer in their cavernous depths. 
 
 " Sam's Point," the mountain's crest, rising two thousand three hundred and forty feet 
 above sea level, 
 
 "A precipice 
 That seems a fragment of some miglitv wall 
 Built by the hand that fashioned the Old ^Vorld, 
 To separate its nations," 
 
 is two miles from the house; a most enjoyable walk, or reached by carriages if preferred. 
 
 The famous and justly popular summer resorts, Mohonk and Minnewaska, are distant l)ut a few 
 hours drive, and frequent excursions are made by the guests of Mount Meeuahga to both of these 
 places, as well as by their guests to our resort. 
 
 ACCESSIBLE Bv New York. Ontario and Western E. E., stations in New York at Forty 
 Second Street and Franklin Street, North Kiver— same depots as the West Shore road. Schedule of 
 trains will be furnished, on application, after the summer time-table is issued. 
 
Stage or private couveyance will be seut to the depot to meet guests on airival of aiiv train, 
 lipon notificjifioK. Fare by stage, seventy-five cents ; trunks, fifty cents each. The drive to Mount 
 Meenahga is made in forty minutes. 
 
 Tickets for Ellenville sold and baggage checked through at R. E. Company's station and ticket 
 offices in New York; also in Washington and Philadelphia at stations of Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 
 
 RATES OF BOARD: Single rooms, $12 to $25 per week; Double rooms, $20 to $:^5 per 
 week. Transient rates, $3, $3.50 and $4 per day. 
 
 Cottages, six in number, each containing a sitting room with open fire-place and from five to 
 seven sleeping rooms, rent furnished at from $175 to $250 for the season. At these prices parties 
 are to care for their own cottages. 
 
 Table Board fuk Cottage Guests — Adults, and Children in regular dining room, $8.00 per week ; 
 Children's and Nurses' prices on application, giving age of children and requirements. 
 
 Mount Meenahga is kept as a strictly temperance home. Visitors are not expected to arrive 
 or depart on the Sabliath. 
 
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 The guests of former years and those whose patronage we solicit, belong to the cultured and 
 moral classes coming for the real object of seeking health and enjoyment in a quiet and restful 
 place. The names accompanying, to whom reference is made, are selected from among our patrons, 
 and while they have not been consulted as to tliis use of their names, it is hoped that they 
 will cheerfully give such information as may be desired relative to the place. 
 
REFERENCES 
 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
 DR. AND MRS. GEORGE HENRY FOX, No. i8 East 31st St. 
 
 REV. .\Nr) MKS. W. H. P. FAUNCE. No. 2 West 46th St. 
 
 JUDGE .\Nli MRS. H. A. GILDERSLEEVE. 
 
 MR. .\N'r) MRS. J. H. HALSTED, ^67 West End Ave. 
 
 MR. .\Nr) MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, No. 4 West 54th St. 
 
 JUDGE .\ND MRS. H. W. BOOKSTAVER, 14 East 67th St. 
 
 COL. .\Nr) MRS. GEORGE S. SCHERMERHORN, 74 West 68th St. 
 
 MR. .\ND MRS. ORLANDO M. HARPER, 37 5th Ave. 
 
 MR. JOHN A. GARVER, 45 William St. 
 
 MR. AUD MRS. SILAS B. BROWN ELL, jzj West 56th St. 
 
 MR. G. H. BURCHALL, 49 Cedar St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. CHARLES RHIND, Hotel Marie Antoinette. 
 
 DR. P. F. O'CONNER, 18 West 43d St. 
 
 MR. WALTER SHRIVER, 333 East 56th St. 
 
 THE MISSES NORWOOD, 1043 Madison Ave. 
 
 MRS. W. B. CLERKE .\ND DAUGHTERS. 82 East 55th St. 
 
 DR. NATHAN BOZEMAN, 102 West 44th St. 
 
 MR. HENRY L. SMITH, 153 Fifth Ave. 
 
 MR. GEORGE N. BIRDSALL, Union Dime Savings Institution. 
 
 MRS. MARY POWELL, Hotel Bristol, 5th Ave. and 42d .St. 
 
 REV. ANT) MRS. J. H. WATSON, 355 West 20th St. 
 
 MRS. JAMES T. MAXWELL AND DAUGHTERS. 55 West 73d St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. PIFFARD, No. 10 West 35th St. 
 
 MR. HENRY ATTERBURY, 140 Nassau St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. W. L'GUILLAUDEU, 47 Convent Ave. 
 
 MR. E. E. SCHERMERHORN, 1286 Broadway. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. ALBERT S. ROE, 174 West 72nd St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. GEORGE HILL, 114 Madison Ave. 
 
 MR. R. D. RICKARD, 56 Beaver St. 
 
 DR. AND MRS. SAFFORD G. PERRY, 46 West 37th St. 
 
 THE MISSES CUMING. 
 
 DR. AND MR.S. BENJAMIN LORD, 34 West 28th St. 
 
 MR. WM. DULLES, JR. 
 
 MISS M. D. THURSTON, No. 236 East tjth St. 
 
 MISS J. G. WALKER, 148 Madison Ave. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. ELISH.'^ H. ALLEN, loq West 42d St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. JOHN B. KERR, 15 West nth St. 
 
 BROOKLYN. 
 
 MRS. MARGARET E. SANGSTER, 482 Greene Ave. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. W. E. DERBY, 38 Montgomery Place. 
 
 .MR. AND .MRS. GEORGE N. BIRDSALL, No. 688 Maeon St. 
 
 MR. AND .MRS. JERE JOHNSON, JR.. 168 Hancock .St. 
 
 MRS. GERTRUDE L. VANDERBILT, 560 Flatbush Ave. 
 
 REV. AND MRS. CH.\UNCEY B. BREWSTER, 53 Remsen St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. M. H. DOR.MAN, 111 Park Place. 
 
 MR. AND -MRS. GEORCJE M. HOPKINS, 325 McDonough St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. GILES F. BUSHNELL, 94 Hancock St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. A. C. BEDFORD, 181 St. James Place. 
 
 DR. AND MRS. WM. F. DUDLEY, 147 Clinton St. 
 
 MR. AND MR.S. MAX E. SAND, 276 Henry St. 
 
 DR. AND MRS. B. H. SQUIBB, 148 Columbia Heights. 
 
 .MR. AND MRS. LOCKE RICH.\RDSON, 147 Willow St. 
 
 ilR. AND MRS. WM. S. GOULD, 283 Henry St. 
 
 .MR. AND MRS. J. R. CLARKE, i8i St. James Place. 
 
 MRS. R. L. HOLMES, 261 Jefferson Ave. 
 
 DR. AND MRS. J. T. CONKLING, 143 Remsen .St. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. JOHN T. HOWARD, 50 Montague Plact 
 
 MR. AND MR.S. W. H. MOTT, 1 57 Bainbridge St. 
 
PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 REV. 
 MR. , 
 
 MISS 
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 MRS. 
 MRS. 
 MR. I 
 
 DR. AKD MRS. W. R. NICHOLSON, 2106 Chestnut St. 
 iND MRS. C. P. PERKINS, 2005 Delancy St. 
 
 ELIZABETH C. HIDDLE, 1420 Walnut St. 
 .l-:c IKI.IC .\ Rl';.\, _-j Pine St. 
 
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 St. 
 
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 .It St. 
 
 S.\R.\I1 \\ . Rlli).\|iS, C.ermantown. 
 IILI.\ 1,. H-WWARU, 2106 Locust St. 
 A. 11 CRUBH, 253 South i6th St. 
 SIDXKV S.MITH, 1802 Pine St. 
 •HARLES HUSTt)N, Coatesville. 
 
 THE MISSES HUSTON, 120S Arch St. 
 
 MR. .4ND MRS. HENRY H. COLLINS, 103 S. 21st St. 
 
 MRS. WM. H. WAYNE .iND DAUGHTER, 4249 Walnut St. 
 
 MISS X. H. SJirrll, 3^,7 South i8th St. 
 
 MISS K, H.WVl.EV .\Ni. MRS. WEIR, 1433 Spruce St. 
 
 MIS^ ^L\kV I). HlDLiLE, 3716 Chestnut St. 
 
 MR. .\N|. MRS. ENOCH LEWIS, 3405 Powelton Ave. 
 
 MR.S. PERIT DL'LLES, 416 South 15th St. 
 
 MISS MARY S. OTTO, 1427 Spruce St. 
 
 WALTER E. REX, 313 South 17th St. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 HON. AND MRS. lOHN W. FOSTER, Washington, D. C. 
 
 HON. A. R. .\Nii Miss SPOFFORD, Washington, D. C. 
 
 MRS. W. T. CHANDLER, Washington, D. C. 
 
 .MRS. CHARLES KING, Washington, D. C. 
 
 REV. DR. .\ND MRS. WALLACE RADCLIFFE, Washington, D. C. 
 
 REV. DR. .AND MRS. RICHARD S. HOLMES, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. H. T. BRUSH, Detroit, Mich. 
 
 MRS. U. W. WATERBURY, Boston Transcript, Boston, Mass. 
 
 MR. B. F. REDFERN (of Hcnrv H. Tuttle & Co.,) Boston, Mass. 
 
 MRS. W. B. THOMPSON, New' Orleans, La. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. lOSKPH T. ALLING. Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. ^VEBST1•:R R. McGRATH, White Plains, N. Y. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. WM. C. DICKSON, Norfolk, Va. 
 
 REV. AND MRS. WALTI':R A. BROOKS, Trenton, N. J. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. W. CRKN'EI.ING, Trenton, N. I. 
 
 MR. AND .MRS. MOSES HUiELOW, Newark, N. J. 
 
 DR. AND .MRS. L. DENNIS, Newark, N. J. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. CHARLES E. WEEKS, Newark, N. J. 
 
 MR. AND .MRS. E. B. WILLIAMSON, Newark, N. I. 
 
 JUDGE W. 1. JIACIE, Elizabeth, N. I. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. CHARLES H. POST," Summit, N. I. 
 
 REV. DR. AND MRS. (iKORGE E. DAY, (Yale Univers'ity,)New Haven. Ct. 
 
 REV. DR. AND MRS. C. H. TOY, (Harvard University), Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 MR. AND .MRS. C. M.ATHER SMITH, Chicago, 111. 
 
 MR. T. D. BERTODY, Savannah, Ga. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. F. BAKER, Newark, N. J. 
 MR. AND MRS. W. W. FARNAM, New H 
 
 aven, Co 
 
 MR. AND MRS. H, R. lACKSON, Rutherford, N. I. 
 
 MR. AND :\IRS. 1. A, M.\CI)OX.ALD, Flushing, L." I. 
 
 .MR. AND MRS. EDWARU STAGG, Leonia, N. J. 
 
 DR. MARY sllERWOoli, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 MR, AND MRS. H. BYRON S.MITH, Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 MRS. E. I. BROWN, Phunlield, N. I. 
 
 MR. and'MRS. I, R. DUNLAP, Englewood, N. I. 
 
 .MR. AND MRS. W.M. F. GIFFORD, Jamestown, 'N. Y. 
 
 RK\ I)R. 1). I., SCIIW.ARTZ, Lakewood, N. J. 
 
 -MRS I- (,. li:wrrr. Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MR>, I;1:N'I L. ro.MliS and daughters, Elizabeth. N, ]. 
 
 MR. (t. l". I'El.ToX. Pnughkeepsie, N. Y. 
 
 PROF. PAUL SH(.)REY, Chicago, 111. 
 
 PROF, and MRS. BRAINARD G. SMITH, Hamilton College, N. Y. 
 
 REV. W. C. GANNET, Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. J. HUGH PETERS, Englewood, N. J. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. C. F. VAN INWEGEN, Port le 
 
 REV. J. H. DULLES (Theological Seminary I, 'P: 
 
 .MR. AND MRS. lOHN OTTO, Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 .MRS. lOHN L. liOGERS. Newburgh, N. Y. 
 
 MISS L. R. RA.MSDELL, Newburgh, N. Y. 
 
 REV, A. M. DULLES, Watcrtown, N. Y. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. W. F. MSBET, Yonkers, N. V. 
 
 DR. AND :\1RS, T. 1), MILLS, Middletown, N. Y. 
 
 JUDGE AND MRS. lUSTIN DEWEY, (Jreat Harrington, Mass. 
 
 Mr. AND MRS. W. 'S. TAYLOR, Utica, N. Y. 
 
 ceton, N. J. 
 
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