"Hidden Treasures of the Catskills"

While New York’s Catskill Mountains region remains a popular destination for snow skiing, hunting, trout fishing and hiking, its history as a booming summer resort, which began in the nineteenth century and continued through a period when a portion of it was known as the Borsch Belt, stimulated the construction of a number of structures that today serve as remnants of an earlier time. While that era is mostly extinct now, railroads that once transported tourists, smaller nineteenth century hotels that provided them lodging and some taverns that were once the sites of political and social celebrations now exist as historic museums and/or are engaged in alternate purposes such as antique shops and other retail enterprises. In this book, read about and discover a variety of sites that remain under the mainstream tourist destination radar. Visit Woodchuck Lodge, the boyhood home and final resting place of renowned naturalist and author John Burroughs. After touring Zaddock Pratts’ home in Prattsville, visit an elaborate rock carving that took twenty-eight years to complete and tells the story of his life, in the town that was named in his honor. Walk a trail that spans five locks of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, a 108-mile waterway built in 1928 and learn about the massive project in a nearby museum. Tour ten stone houses that date as early as 1685 and for a period served as New York’s capital when the British burned down Kingston. The mill complex of the Hanford family, which operated on the same site from 1846 to 1967, provides visitors with an enjoyable and educational look at a family-run business that consisted of a sawmill, gristmill, lumber yard and feed store. These sites and many more are excellent opportunities to learn about and perhaps take a daytrip, weekend getaway or more to visit lesser known historic sites in the region. These are the “hidden treasures of the Catkills!”
ASIN: 0988602741
VSKU: BVV.0988602741.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Anthony P. Musso
Binding: Paperback
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