An illustrated guide to the Catskill mountains

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RUSK'S
Illustrated Giûide
TO THE
^
ÔM
itSkill
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ôui^tkin^
WITH
MAPS AND PLANS.
Samuel E. Rusk,
Publisher,
Catskill, N. Y.
Price,
with
-''rof.
A. Gnyot's
Map of the Catskills, 75
Price, complete, without the
Cts.
above Map, 25 Cts.
Season of 1879.
CATSKILL NIGHT BOATS.
The
most Comfortable, and in every
Coolest,
THE BEST WAY to reach
THE CATSKILL REGION.
respect
The Splendid New Steamers
ESCORT,
Capt.
JAMES STEAD,
C.
VANDERBILT,
CHAS. RU TON.
Capt.
New York
Leave
from Pier No. 34, foot of Harrison Street,
Daily (except Sunday,) at 6 P. M.
Leave Catskill Daily (except Saturday)
Fare
to Catskill,
One
Through Tickets from
At
fallowing
the
Leeds
South Cairo
Cairo
$1-25
1.50
1.75
Acra
2.00
Freehold
2.00
South Durliam.. 2.00
East Durham
2.00
Durham
2.00
.
.
.
rates,
Berths Free.
New York
with no extra charge
Paddock's Cor's.$2.25
2.00
Oak Hill
Potter's
East
Hollow
.
.
2.25
Windham.. 2.50
Windham
2.50
Union Society... 2.50
Ashland
2.50
Red Fall.s
2.50
Meals furnished on board
M.
at 6 P.
Dollar.
at
for
Berths
:
§2. 50
Prattsville
•
Manorkill
Conesville
3.00
Gillioa
3-00
2.00
2.50
2.00
2.00
Palenville
Tannersvillo
300
..
.
Hunter
Lexington
50 cents.
and Baldwin & Tubbs' Stages leave the wharf at Catsevery morning on arrival of the Boat, for Cairo, Durham, Windham,
Ashland,
Prattsville,
Gilboa, Palenville, Tannersville, Hunter, Lexington and
Churchill's, Haines',
kill
all Poi.its in
the Catskills.
Omnibusses and Carriages
Boarding Llouses.
in
attendance from
all
Telegraphic communication between Catskill and
Wires direct from the Steamboat Oflice.
the principal Hotels
all
parts of the County.
Particular attention ]iaid to the transportation of Horses
and
Carriages, for
which excellent accommodations have been provided.
N. B. From July 1st to Sept. 15th. the Sunday Night Boat
Catskill at 7 instead of 6 P. M.
Staterooms
cation to
may be
secured in advance,
and
or information obtained,
WM. DONAHUE,
will leave
by appliN. Y,
Caiskill,
AN
Illustrated Guide
TO THE
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS;
WITH
Maps and
SAMUEL
E.
Plans.
RUSK.
A BOOK OF FACTS.
lr^,37|c
SAMUEL
RUSK. PUBLISHER,
CATSKILL, N. Y.
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E.
Mu<^.
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OF
^
Entered according to Act of Congress,
SAMUEL
In
E.
in
the year
1879, by
RUSK,
the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
All rights reserved.
F. H. WEBB,
Printer aiid Stereotyper,
Hudson, N. Y.
,
A
TO THE READER.
The number
of visitors to the Catskill Mountains
A
creased ten fold during the past fifteen years.
been created
desire has thus
ing the different locahties
and what
;
has
in-
wide-spread
for accurate information concern-
how
to reach
them
;
where to go,
to see.
The author
having, with Professor Guyot,
and
alone,
made
surveys and measurements of the Mountains, and having been
acquainted with the place and
its
inhabitants for
has had an opportunity for obtaining
much
many
years,
information valuable
for a reliable Guide.
The work throughout
ter.
The book
kills,
and
in
The few
is
made
is
intended to be of a practical charac-
for every-day use, in reaching the Cats-
walking and driving among them.
poetical extracts inserted give perfect descriptions of
the scenery to which they are applied
;
in fact,
some of them
were written concerning these particular places.
It is well
known
that guide
in the interest of those
books are too frequently prepared
who pay
the most
thus often deceiving the purchaser.
in
money
for advertising,
Such matter
is
presented
these pages as the author supposes the public desire, entirely
independent of any preference or influence of any house or
THE READER.
RUSK'S GUIDE. -TO
4
Every advertisement contained herein
locality.
in the
is
form
of an advertisement.
The map
of the Mountains, found in
has just been prepared from accurate surveys
Guide,
New
that has ever
The
It
Jersey.
is
made
by Professor A. Guyot, of the College
especially for the purpose
of
one edition of the
map
the only
of the Catskill Mountains
been made.
other map, embracing the section where most hotels an;:
made from
boarding-houses are centered, has been
show the location of
veys, to
actual sur
houses and objects of
all
interest,
with the roads and paths leading to them.
Most of the
illustrations
engraved especially
sentations of the subjects.
made
of
many
have been drawn from Nature and
for this
Guide, and they are faithful repre-
No
previous engravmgs have been
of these scenes.
Words printed
in
full face
type
call attention
The index
inent features in various paragraphs.
to
prom-
will facilitate
reference to anything mentioned.
The author acknowledges
Guyot
his
indebtedness to
for the use of all of the figures
Professor
showing the altitudes of
various places in the Mountains, which are here given to the
public before their publication by him
favors,
tending to
make
this little
;
also for
many
other
work more accurate and
complete.
This Guide
may be
relied
will
on
be frequently revised, so that each edition
as correct to date.
RUSK'S GUIDE.
Hotel and Boarding-house Directory.
Parties corresponding with
coiifer
lor
any of these houses
a favor by mentioning Ri'SK's Guide.
advciLisements.
in reference to
board will
See index, in back of book,
:
RUSK'S GUIDE.
KISKATOM.
•
[
Post-ofRce.
David Bloom,
lalf-Way House,
Accommodatioi
Catskill.
50
Telegraphic address, Catskill, N. V.
LAUREL HOUSE REGION.
Laurel House,
J.
L. Schutt,
Catskill.
Telegraphic address, Laurel House, N. Y.
OVERLOOK MT. HOUSE.
Overlook Mt. House,
James Smith,
Woodstock.
Telegraphic address, Overlook Mt. House, N. Y.
125
—
RUSK'S GUIDE.— ALTITUDES.
ÂLTITUDES
Above mean
pal
tide in
New York
peaks and points of interest
harbor of some of the princiin
the Catskill Mountains, as
measured
By
a.
Guyot.
Hunter Mountain
4,040
Dome
4,003
Black Head
3,945
Big Westkill Mountain
3,896
Stony Mountain, east end
3, 841:1
Black
Mink Mountain
3,807
High Peak
3,664
Schoharie Peaks, west and highest peak
3,^5*-'
Rusk Mountani
3,624
Indian Head, west and highest peak
3,581
Windham High Peak
3,534
Round Top
3>S°^
North Mountain,
•
-West Peak
3,44^^
East Peak
3,28£
^The Outlook
3,108
Ashland Pinnacle
3,420
Plaateikill Mountain,
3j28o
approximate
Easlkill Mountain, approximate
•
(highest. Barometer Station B.
Colonel's Chair,
•
•
3,
190
Zt^^b
•
i
north end. Barometer Station
A
3»037
Overlook Mountam
3,
East Jewett Mountain
3>146
Overlook Mountain House
2,978
Pisgah Mountain
2,905
150
.
.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— ALTITUDES.
lo
Indian Pass, highest point of
Indian
between Plaaterkill Mountain and
trail
Head
2,694
Mink Hollow, highest
point of road
2,629
".
i'arker Hill
2,545
i
South Mountain
Chun
2,497
Hill
2,372
,
Catskill
Mountain House
Catskill
Lakes
Point of
Rocks
2,225
.
2,138
2,128
.
Sunset Rock, on South Mountain
2,
Laurel House
2,038
.
.
Grand View House
Home
Plaaterkill Falls,
J
Rusk
......
...
Dibbles
&
I.926
1,855
Stony Clove Notch, approxniia'e
Hunter,
1,932
.„
Tannersville, Mountain
15
Ii97'^'
.
The Vibta
1
,...
....
Son's
1,700
1,609
.-
Windham
1,510
Lexington
.
>
.
,
.
1,320
Sleepy Hollow
I
Prattsville
1,164
Kiskatom, toll-gate
Palenville,
.
.
,
Palenville Hotel
.
Woodstock
*By
290
687
680
594
special arrangement with Professor
Guyot
this list ot altitudes is first
given to the public through this Guide, which is copyrighted
cautioned against publishing any part thereof without permission.
Parties are
Hunter Mountain is the highest point in the Catskills. In the South Catsone mountain higher Slide Mountain, reaching an altitude of 4205 feet.
kills is
—
IHE (A TSKILLS.
For more than
),\
ry the Catskill
been
^^-
SANTA CRUZ FALLS.
(865
-
visited
half a centu-
Mountains have
by many who have
sought a few weeks
recrcation.
they might have been counted
summer
While, until about
by hundreds, since that
time each season has added to the number, so that
now
thou-
RUSK'S GUIDE.—THE CATSKILLS.
12
sands annually
visit this region.
The
hotel
and boarding-house
accommodations have kept pace with the increasing influx of
people.
Many
things
combine
ers to this section
:
It is
to attract the health
so near
and pleasure seek-
New York and
easy of access
The atmosphere
by cars and steamers of the Hudson.
and invigorating and the temperature on the mountains
teen degrees lower than at
The
breezes.
hay fever
it
;
place
is
New
from
free
and
fever, malaria,
Owing
affords relief from these things.
altitude of the mountains, a
equal to that of going to a
change of climate
much more
out the increased elevation.
pure
is
fif-
There are always cool
York.
chills
is
and
to the
experienced
is
northerly latitude with-
In a small compass
is
a varied
combination of magnificent scenery, and panoramic views
clude a large section of the
Hudson
valley
in-
and extend across
it
into six states.
There
is
later in the
mendable
a growing custom of remaining
among
autumn than was formerly done
practice, for
pleasures that
;
the mountains
and
this is
a com-
October brings mountain beauties and
mid-summer does not
possess.
PRICE OF BOARD.
The
week
price of board in the Catskills varies from five dollars a
to three dollars
and a half a day.
The
large houses pro-
vide comforts and conveniences equal or superior to similar
priced houses in
number
many
other parts of the country, while a large
of smaller ones give perfectly satisfactory
tions at from eight to ten dollars a week.
houses
is
frequently higher than at
The
some other
account of being in a more desirable
locality.
accommoda-
price at
some
similar ones, on-
RUSK'S GUIDE. -ROUTES TO
THE CATSKILLS.
ROUTES TO THE CATSKILLS.
THE PRINCIPAL WAY.
The most
Mountains
is
direct route to the greater part of the
by the way of
The
Catskill.
on the west bank of the Hudson River,
Creek.
Catskill
York, and
It
is
thirty- three
village
Calskill
situated
is
at the junction of the
one hundred and ten miles from
New
miles from Albany.
TO CATSKILL FROM NEW YORK.
From New York,
Catskill
may be reached by
and Albany Day Line of Steamers,
Drew
;
by the Hudson River Railroad
Night Boats,
The
Day
the
New York
Vibbard and Daniel
C.
and by the
;
Catskill
Escort and C. Vanderbilt.
Boats
leave
New York
every morning,
except
Sundays, throughout the summer, landing at Catskill
Point
in the
dock
middle of the afternoon.
built
The Point
joined by the Catskill Creek.
delightful sail,
and
to
is
the
name
Those who
have an opportunity
desire to
for
was called by the Spaniards,
A
will
make
is
enjoy a
Hudson
the journey by these
pocket map, entitled "The Hudson by
Daylight Map," with descriptive pages,
stranger,
it
viewing the va-
ried scenery along the "River of the Mountains," as the
palatial steamers.
of the
Hudson where
out a short distance into the
will'
by showing prominent resiJence-,
be' useful to the
historic landmarks,
and other interesting objects on the banks of the
river.
The
THE CATSKILLS.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— ROUTES TO
14
fare
from
New York
(See index in
The numerous
stop at
to Catskill
back of book
trains
one dollar and
is
fifty
cents.
for time-table.)
on the
Hudson River Railroad
Catskill Station, making the time from New York
from three and a half to four hours.
The
opposite side of the river from
The
therewith by ferry.
ferriage
New York by
usually leave
Catskill Station
Point,
and
connected
is
Parties can
thirteen cents.
is
on the
is
a train as late in the day as be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, and yet reach Catskill as early
The summer
as the boats do.
cents
j
being
less
fare
than in winter.
except Sundays, and reach
morning.
two dollars and eighteen
(See index for time table.)
The Catskill Night Boats
ing,
is
leave
New York
Catskill
early
the
following
They have very comfortable accommodations
assuring a good night's rest on the cool water.
land at
every even-
The
and
Point,
at other times
business center of the village.
by consulting a time-table
including berth,
one
is
thus
Sometimes they
up the Creek, near the
Full particulars
in this
;
book.
may be
(See index.)
learned
The
fare,
dollar.
TO CATSKILL FROM ALBANY.
Three
conveyances
lines of
from Albany.
may be used
The Day Boats
previously
to reach Catskill
mentioned, which
leave Albany in the morning and arrive at Catskill before noon
the trains of the
in about
leaves
Railroad,
which noake the
;
trip
an hour; and the steamer City of Hudson, which
Albany
evening.
Hudson River
The
mid-afternoon and reaches Catskill in the
in
fare
seventy-six cents.
'
by the boats
is fifty
cents,
(Seeîndex for time-tables.)
and by the cars
—
RUSK'S GUIDE.— ROUTES TO THE CATSKILLS.
15
CONVEYANCE FROM CATSKILL TO THE MOUNTAINS.
Conveyances, in great variety and abundance,
found in waiting
Many
at Catskill
on the
are always
arrival of the boats
and
cars.
of them run from particular hotels and boarding-houses
others convey parties to any of the houses in certain localities
;
;
while the livery-men of the village will provide vehicles for an\
place that
may be desired.
The omnibuses
are present to carry
to the village hotels.
People who engage board before going to the Mountains
the greater
for their
number do
so
— usually
arrange at the
conveyance to the house.
be a desirable plan
:
for,
This has
same time
been found to
and the inconvenience
both time
sometimes incident in securing a satisfactory carriage are thereby
avoided.
In the description of each particular locality mentioned in
these pages, under
cial details
its
appropriate head,
concerning conveyance to
may be found
it.
the spe-
(See index for
names
of places.)
For the Catskill Mountain House, the Laurel House, Palenville,
Haines' Falls, Tannersville and Hunter the road crosses
the Catskill Creek, in the village.
Three miles and a half
ascending the
hill
over a hilly region
out,
beauty, the Cauterskill Creek
is
on the west
side,
toward the creek, half a mile to the
house.
From
this house, in
to
Canada
;
there
left,
may be
an
old,
seen,
In
down
low, stone
1781, David Abeel and his son
Anthony were taken prisoners by
and carried
of varied
crossed in a deep valley.
a
band of Indians and
stopping for one or two
Old Indian Fort, between High Peak and
Round
tories,
niglits in
1'op.
the
RUSK'S GUIDE.— ROUTES TO
I6
Half a
Glenwood Hotel, and another
Mountain Retreat House — both
on
milft farther
half rnile reaches the
located in Kiskatom
some
THE CATSKILLS.
is
— and
three hundred feet.
ai
an elevation above the Hudson of
The name K^'-katom
said to be of
is
These
Indian origin, meaning hickory Uee or nut.
trees
abound
in this region.
Just beyond this point roads diverge
leads to the
:
the one to the right
Mountain House and Laurel House, while the
left
hand one passes up through the Cauterskill Clove.
The road out
of the upper end of
of Jefferson, to Leeds, Cairo and
miles from the village,
Main
Street leads, by
Windham.
way
At Leeds, three
the road passes over a picturesque old
stone bridge.
THE RONDOUT ROUTE.
The Overlook Mountain House, Hunter, and some
places in
the south-western part of the Mountains, are most conveniently
accessible from the
is
Hudson by
the
the Hudson, opposite Rhinebeck.
is
way
of
Rondout
Rondout
a part of the city of Kingston, situated on the west bank of
eighty-nine miles,
Its distance
and from Albany
from
New York
fifty-three miles.
TO RONDOUT FROM NEW YORK.
Trains on the Hudson River Railroad; and the
New York
The
boats leave
and Albany Day Boats, stop
New York
in the
Rondout.
and seventy-six
twenty-five cents.
Rhinebeck.
morning and land
ferry connects with
dollar
at
cents,
The
at
about two
fare
o'clo'fck.
by the cars
and by the boats one
Theiêwiageis thirteen cents.
A
is
one
dollar
and
RUSK'S
By way of
York
CATSKTLLS.
the Erie and Wallkill Valley Railroads,
may be reached
There
cents.
GUIDE— ROUTES TO THE
The
direct.
is,
also,
a
fare
line of
late every afternoon,
i7
Rondont
one dollar anc righty-eight
is
Night Boats which leave
New
except Sundays, and arrive at Ron-
The
dout early the following morning.
fare
by these boats
is
seventy-five cents.
TO RONDOUT FROM ALBANY AND FROM THE EAST.
The
facilities for
reaching Rondout from Albany are by the
Hudson River Railroad
;
between twelve and one
o'clock.
and eighteen
cents,
and
and the
fare
the
Day
The
car fare
by boats
which land
Boats,
is
is
one dollar
seventy-five cents,
to Rhinebeck.
The western terminus
of the
Rhinebeck and Connecticut
Railroad being at Rhinebeck, parties from the East can conveniently
make
that their line of travel.
TO THE MOUNTAINS FROM RONDOUT.
Having arrived
lines
at
Rondout by any
of the several converging
mentioned, passage to the mountains
is
continued by the
Ulster and Delaware Railroad.
The
places that are mentioned in these pages, for which this
route should be chosen to reach,
tions of the same,
may be
under suitable headings.
be learned the proper railroad stations
ticulars.
found, with descrip-
to leave
Here,
also,
may
and other par-
PLAN OF
by-S^muzlE/.P^
AND
RUSK'S GUIDE.—CATSKILL
VICINITY.
CATSKILL VILLAGE AND YICINITY.
The name
meaning
many
Catskill
cats'
was derived from the Dutch Katzkill,
river or
stream
•
probably so
called
from
the
panthers or wild cats that formerly infested this locality
and the mountains bearing the same name.
Only a small part of the
village
or even from the landing at
The
is
from the Hudson
visible
Point.
A
narrow ridge of
land hes between the river and the Catskill Creek
the western slope of this ridge, along
greater part of the village
is
situated.
the
From
;
creek,
and
it is
on
where the
the river, however,
a few comfortable looking residences appear along the top of
the ridge.
The one
large building overlooking the
from the southern end of the ridge, and which
is
Hudson
so conspicuous
from the landing and from quite a long distance along the
is
the
river,
Prospect Park Hotel.
The
sketch on
Mountains
another page
as they appear from
will
convey an idea of the
Catskill.
A
distance of ten
miles reaches the nearest point of their base, and an elevation
of
some seven hundred
they
rise,
feet
above the Hudson.
From
this
base
almost perpendicularly, thousands of feet in their per-
petual sublimity.
While,
the lofty
midway between
the northern and southern Hmits of
peaks forming the front of the range, the Catskill
Mountain House
Mountain House
stands
is
in
full
view,
the
Overlook
barred from sight from this point by
AND
RUSK'S GUIDE. -CATSKILL
22
the dark clothed
southern slope
tlie
river,
summit of Overlook Mountain on whose
located; but, from a short distance
it is
There, on his back,
the
lies
seemingly unmindful of the
The
bed.
down
stands out in as clear relief against the sky as the
it
Mountain House does from
Catskill
VICINITY.
here.
Old Man of the Mountains,
many
tri-topped Indian
storms that sweep his rocky
Head forms
his
rugged visage,
pillowed between Schoharie Peak and the long slope of High
Peak
;
the Plaaterkill Mountain, his high heaved chest
the Overlook
The
Mountain outlines
Cauterskill Clove
and
his
Hudson
deep
No
finer
valley can be
The maps
mit of High Peak.
while
Plaaterkill Clove are the only
gorges cut through the eastern side of the mountains.
view of the
;
drawn up knees.
had than
that
from the sum-
show the arrangement of
will
the Mountains.
Catskill being the grand gate-way to the
and possessing within
ful
to the
summer
many choose
stand-point.
its
precincts so
pleasure seeker,
to view the varied
Its locality, directly
many
—
it
mountain scenery from
Main
the
those
special
and the
Street in the business center of
all
New York for
conveyances from the Prospect
Grant House to the bca';s and cars.
Irving House and Gunn's Hotel, located on
There are
meet
this
on the great Hudson River
leave the city but a day or two at a time.
Park Hotel
From
attractions delight-
not surprising that
is
thoroughfare, provides convenient access to
who can
mountain region,
the village, omnibuses
boats and trains.
Besides
the hotels, Catskill village
boarding-houses.
There are
contains
six churches,
some
private
two banks, an opera-
RUSK'S GUIDE.— CATSKILL
VICINITY
two
academy,
an
house,
AND
weekly newspapers, a paper mill, a foundry and a
woolen
There are
factory.
Overlook Mt. Hous
I
<\
.
rk.ok Mountain.
numerous stores with various lines of goods.
Cats-
Plaaterkill Jlountain.
being the shire-town of
East Peak.
Indian Hea.l.
3581
WestPe.ik.
the county, the court-house
East Peak.
Schoharie Peaks.
3650
West Peak.
kill
is
in this village.
The Post-office
trally located
at
is
cen-
244 Main
There are three
Street.
or four mails each day be-
tween
this place
This
York.
New
and
office receives
and forwards nearly
all
the
mail of Greene county.
It
is
also a
Money Order
Office.
The
Union
Western
Telegraph
275 Main
Office
at
Money
street.
Transfers
is
made by
are
telegraph between this and
all
other
Union
also a
Western
large
offices.
summer
There
is
office at the
Grant House, on the Catskill,
Cairo,
line.
An
American
pany
is
at
and Windham
office
of
the
Express Com266 Main
street.
Catskill Mt. Hors
z
AND
RUSK'S GUIDE.-CATSKILL
24
Sixty thousand brook and salmon
VICINITY,
trout were procured and
put in the creeks and ponds of the towns of Catskill and Cairo
1876-7
in
tion,
;
and Greene county now
in successful opera-
has,
an establishment for hatching trout and other
fish
and
re-
Many
thous-
ands of young trout have thus been already suppUed.
The
stocking
all
the lakes
establishment
and streams of the county.
located on a fine trout stream at Palenville.
is
(See index for "Greene County Fish Hatchery.")
For boating,
Hudson River
are plenty of
no better places need be desired than the
and the
at this point,
row boats and small
sail
There
Catskill Creek.
boats obtainable.
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS
Is
a part of Catskill.
On
village.
It
is
a mile from the center of Catskill
plateau are located the
this
Grant House
and
some other smaller boarding houses.
WALKS ABOUT CATSKILL AND
The
fine river
VICINITY.
view and view of the mountains from the
grounds around the Prospect Park Hotel claims
the
first
walks
Church, the
eastern
to
artist,
be made
appears on a high
which
hill
this as
The
Catskill.
an»ng
residence of
rises
from the
bank of the Hudson almost opposite.
Admirably located on the
are the residence
of
in
"The Course
hill in
the upper part of the village
and studio of the
of Empire" fame.
late
Thomas
Cole, N. A.,
His "A I,ake with Dead
Trees" and "The Falls of the Cauterskill" were painted after a
:
RUSK'S GUIDE.— CATSKILL
the
to
visit
among
from
VICINITY.
That he was greatly
Catskills.
the mountains
his
AND
is
evinced by the
25
deh'glited to
following
be
fragments
pen
Friends of
Let
me
That
my
heart, lovers of Nature's works,
transport
rear their
you
to those
wild bhie mountains
summits near the Hudson's wave.
and:
Oh,
an hour
for
Upon that sacred hill, that I might sleep,
And with poetic fervor wake inspired
Then would I tell how pleasures spring like
!
flowers
Within the bosom of the wilderness.
Two
hours or less
the Grant
will suffice for
House and
a walk up
return.
Three-fourths of a mile above the Grant
HoUcw
or
Austin's Glen,
may be
hour
a railroad
and around
to,
pleasantly spent.
in their earlier days.
House
is
Hope
whose cool recesses a
in
half-
This Hollow was the course
A spring of cold
oi
water furnishes
drink for the thirsty.
DISTANCE FROM CATSKILL BY THE MOST
USUAL ROUTE
TO
Acra
13
Ashland
Cairo
,
30
10
,
Catskill
Mountain House
12
Cauterskill Clove
10
Durham
22
East
Durham
East
Windham
15
.
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,
,
19
26
RUSK'S GUIDE.-CATSKILL
AND
VICINITY.
Freehold
15
Forge
10
Haines' Falls
13
Hensonville
25
Hunter
20
Jewett Heights
28
Kaaterskill Falls and Laurel
Kiskatom
Leeds
House
,
14
5
4
Palenville
10
Prattsville
36
South Cairo
8
South Durham
16
Tannersville
15
Windham
26
RUSK'S GUIDE.— PALENVILLE.
27]
PALENYILLE.
The hamlet
of
PalenviUe
located directly at the en-
is
trance of the Cauterskill Clove and
the township
name
of Catskill.
of Palen,
who
was named from a family by the
It
built three tanneries here
one, and soon after, two large ones
many
operation on the
—
The
ning of the present century.
carried on for
the most western part of
is
There
years.
all
enterprise
is
yet
in
—
thi-
The base and
many
and building
now a woolen
is
Where
the other
factory which was
Half a century ago, Greene county
years since.
produced more leather than
dotted with
was successfully
of the one last built by the Palens,
site
one was located, there
built several
a small
a large tannery
only one remaining anywhere in this region.
large
first,
;
dating near the begin-
all
the rest of the State of
New
mountains above PalenviUe
sides of the
quarries, producing large quantities of
stones,
York.
which are shipped to various
art
pavmg
cities through-
out the United States.
PalenviUe
vation
were
is
is
but nine miles from Catskill and
seven hundred
artists,
obtain choice studies,
ness as
is
and
Clove
place
this
first
its
general
summer boarders here
—from amid such
varied mountain wild-
surroundings.
in the Cauterskill
There are now many
here,
first-class
accommodating from a dozen
hundred people each, and they are well patronized.
is
ele-
an admirable region in which to
seldom found more alluring than
summer boarding-houses
to a
The
feet.
who found
its
certainly a pleasant one.
The
RUSK'S GUIDE. -PALENVILLE.
28
The time
of day at Palenville
City, for the
the
is
same
as at
New York
Hue of longitude three degrees east from Washing-
ton or seventy-four degrees west from Greenwich, passes through
both places.
Stages and
at Catskill,
The
stage fare
is
one
in
the
had
for
drives
such as the
;
is
The
and Sleepy Hollow.
arrival
enjoyable.
There
to the places
Catskill
House, through the Cauterskill Clove, Haines'
kill Falls,
upon
which includes baggage.
dollar,
vicinity
parties
good roads,
out, over
are plenty of conveyances to be
of interest
meet
private conveyances
and the drive
Mountain
Kaaters-
Falls,
points here mentioned are
so located that a round trip of fifteen miles will reach
them, but such a
see
them
of
daily
Mails
;
the post-office being at the
of Charles H. Teale.
store
A
all
sufficient time to properly
in detail.
There are two
New
would not allow
trip
Western Union
York,
is
Telegraph
Office, with direct wires to
located in the post-office.
In the centre of the hamlet
is
a Union
Church.
Measures
are being taken to build an Episcopal Chapel in the place.
The Greene County Fish Hatchery
(See description elsewhere.)
This
is
is
cialh for visitors wlio are interested, but
had an opportunity
ture in
its
to
examine the science and
Near the upper part of the
rainb.
who have not
hitherto
art of piscicul-
practical working.
ernpt) ing into Santa
Falls
located in Palenville.
a novel attraction, espe-
Cauterskill Clove
is
a small stream,
Cruz Creek, on which arc Eridal Veil
— well seen from
near
The Winch elsea
after
prolonged
..
WALKS ABOUT PALENVILLE AND
29
VICINITY.
DISTANCES FROM THE POST-OFFICE.
MILES.
Grotto and
Artists'
Catskill
La
Belle Falls, in Cauterskill Clove.
Mountain House, by path
Drummond
via Moses'
i
.
Rock
3
Falls ...
i
Fawn's Leap and Profile Rock,
Fish Hatchery
in Cauterskill
Clove
2
i
,
Haines' Falls, by road
"
'*
by path
4
via
Haines'
Ravine,
— including
Rock and The Five Cascades
Shelving
4
Kaaterskill Falls and Laurel House, via Cauterskill Clove
and Kaaterskill Ravine,— including Bastion
Falls ....
4
Moses' Rock
2
Mossy Rock
2^
Palenville
Overlook
2
Santa Cruz Falls
3
Sunset Rock, via Kaaterskill Ravine and Laurel House.
White Fawn
Many
Falls
of the
and Black Crook
points of interest near
Cauterskill Clove
5
Falls
#
4
Palenville are in the
and are described under that heading.
(See
index.)
DRIVES IN THE VICINITY OF PALENVILLE.
DIC-IAM ;ES
from the POST-OFFICE BY THE MOST USUAL ROUTfS.
MII.ES.
Aroiind South Mountain, via Cauterskill Clove, Haines'
Falls, Kaaterskill Falls,
Hollow,
—
^roulfid trip.
Mountain House, and Sleepy
.'.'.
..*.-;..
.
.
.
.
.
...
15
3°
.
1
.
8
Catskill
Mountain House,
"
"
"
Cauterskill Clove,
via Haines' Falls
via Sleepy
—through
it,
,T.
Hollow
6
to Haines' Falls
4
Drummond Falls
i
Fish Hatchery
i
Haines' Falls
4
Hunter
1
Kaaterskill Falls
"
and Laurel House,
"
"
"
"
via Haines' Falls ...
6|
HoUow..
8^
via Sleepy
Overlook Mountain House, via Woodstock
"
"
"
by new road via Plaaterkill
i6
ii
.
6
Plaaterkill
Stony Clove
13
Tannersville
6{,
DRUMMOND
WALK OR DRIVE
Drummond
Falls
FALLS.
IN PALENVILLE.
Union
are one mile south from the
Church, and but a few yards off of the road leading to Saugerties.
The
path starts on the
Drummond
road just beyond the
to the Falls from the post-office
on the
right,
which
The Fountain
pleasing detail, as
The
walls
on either
is,
from an abrupt turn
Falls House.
also,
one mile
The
;
in the
distance
by the road
shaded a considerable portion of the way.
is
Kill
it
left
is
here formed into a foamy cascade of
makes a sudden descent of some
side,
forty feet.
and a huge mound of red sandstone,
which stands near below, give evidence that the erosive power
of the water has gradually formed this attractive nook.
way
on, the stream unites with the Cauterskill.
A
little
RUSK'S
GUlDE-DkUMMOND
DRUMMOND
FALLS.
FALLS.
3t
:
32
WHITE FAWN
BLACK CROOK FALLS.
WALK
Black Crook Falls
on the Fountain
IN PALENVILLE.
and
White Fa-wn Falls
The
but a few rods apart.
Kill,
FALLS.
are both
distance to
them, either from Mrs. Hinman's, near the Winchelsea, or from
the
Union Church,
The path
east of
and then
fields,
half a mile.
is
in a
Hinman's house
Mrs.
first
across the
growth of small oaks and pines, amid which
From
the Falls are found.
is
the road,
north of the Church a
starts the path which leads up the mountain,
fourth of a mile,
via Moses' Rock,
The White Fawn
Mountain House.
to the
Falls are a httle to the
left
of this path,
an eighth of a mile
along.
Neither of these Falls are more than a few feet in height,
and
yet the brook in
which
invites
one
By whichever
is
usually
to
its
changing moods has a fascination
spend the morning here.
of the two ways this spot
made by
is
reached, the return
the other path.
GREENE COUNTY FISH HATCHERY.
WALK OR DRIVE
IN PALENVILLE.
The Greene County Fish Hatchery
mile south from the post-office,
that
it
may be reached by
fish, in
the
It
was established
for the
and other
fine,
numerous streams and lakes of the County.
These waters are adapted
The
about one
and located by the road, so
driving.
purpose of greatly increasing the supply of trout,
edible
is
following figures
to the habits of a variety of fish.
show the work of the Hatchery in
•tocking the waters for two years
33
1878.
Brook Trout
200.000
38,000
90,00c
Salmon Trout
California
Salmon
1S79.
288,000
1
,
White Fish
5.00c
25,000
Black Bass
It is the intention
to
continue this
undertaking for three
years more, supplying about the same or an increased number
of young fish as above
superintended by A.
Salmon
shown during each
W. Marks,
of the
trout will seldom bite a bait,
by troUing, or
and black bass are the best
An
ery,
is
State Fishery.
are taken with a
for fly fishing that
fish
All of the kinds mentioned, except the
found
The work
and are usually caught
California salmon
in nets.
year.
New York
brook
trout,
we
fly.
have.
are to be
and large creeks instead of the small streams.
in the lakes
angler might be tempted to use his hook at the Hatch-
where 2,500 full-grown brook trout may be seen together.
The
crystal
flows by,
istics
water of the
winding
Spring Creek,
which
and through the Hatchery, has the peculiar character-
which the trout naturally seek.
I
come from haunts
of coot and
hem,
make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
*
«
«
«
•
I
»
I chatter over stony ways,
In
little
sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I
»
babble on the pebbles.
«
•
«
•
I wind about, and in and out,
With here a blossom
And
sailing,
liere
and there a lusty
And
here and there a
trout,
j|;La^-ling.
—Tetittj/son,
34
WALK FROM PALENVILLE.
Palenville Overlook
ain
on the
is
the high point of South
right of the entrance to Cauterskill Clove,
A
looks Palenville.
small house marks the spot.
from the post-office
is
two
Its
elevation above Palenville
and the
side of the
mountain
to
the chief view of the houses below
of the
Hudson
House, but
There
is
less
valley
is
it
are
some
is
is
The
distance
and the roads and paths
miles,
which wind up the rugged steep
Mount-
and over-
shown on the majx
fifteen
hundred
feet
so nearly perpendicular ihat
is
The view
of their roofs.
similar to the one from
Mountain
the
extended.
a path from here over
Mountain House
—a
South
Mountain
walk of a mile and one fourlh
;
to
the
and also
another path along the side of the mountain which intersects
the road below the Mountain House.
RUSK'S GUIDE.
CAUIERSKILL CLOVE.
35
CAUTEKSKILL CLOVE.
No
'he
should depart without having seen
visitor to the Catskills
many
Clove.
attractions of the justly
Cauterskill
a fact to be especially noticed that the greater
It is
number of the
whole range of the Catskill
water-falls in the
Mountains are centered around
Catskill
celebrated
and Saugerties converge
the upper end of Palenville.
The
this Clove.
It is
roads from
which
at the entrance,
three miles, or a
little
is
at
more,
from here to the top of the mountain, and ten miles to Hunter
—
this
road constituting the Hunter Turnpike.
By
the bridge, at the entrance of the Clove,
studio of the artist Hall.
at
Opposite
is
is
the quaint
the Palenville Hotel;
whose watering tub horses are watered when driving through
tlie
On
Clove.
High Peak
;
the south side rises the long and steep slope of
while to the north an almost perpendicular wall
reaches the height of seventeen hundred feet above the road,
at
which point
is
the Palenville Overlook.
Just above the toll-gate, an eighth of a mile along,
leading
down the steep bank
Artists' Grotto and
La
is
a path
to the creek, where are located the
Belle Falls.
It will
take but a
few minutes to reach these interesting places.
A
few rods on from the toll-gate a land-slide extends from
the road
down
to the creek,
perpendicular wall of red
and on the opposite bank
sandstone.
The
passage
is
a high,
between
RUSK'S GUIDE.-CAUTERSKILL CLOVE.
36
them
the
is
Red Chasm.
the mountain above
Point
this
is
the
projecting point of the top of
Point of Rocks.
down
a wild gorge, extending
Mountain, and
An
Gulf.
it is
The
partially dividing
it,
which
Just west of
the side of South
is
known
as
The
old road or path, starting from the bridge at the
entrance of the Clove, leads along up the side of the mountain
and has several diverging branches which reach The Gulf
at
different elevations.
Soon the road passes the cozy summer cottage of E.
son.
A
short distance
in the road,
file
in the
The
more reaches the top of a
to the right of
hill
—a
trille
Deep Chasm.
more than a mile on
Church's Ledge
the Cauterskill.
and bridge, and part of
Ma-
which the creek flows through a de-
rocky barrier called
objects of special interest to be next seen are at
Bridge,
T
at a turn
its
the way,
More
— which
rises close
spans
by the road
irregular side, seen from a point
across the Bridge and a few feet to the right of the road, reinto
features
the
of
solves
itself
Falls
are just below the bridge,
worn queerish channels and circular
Profile Rock.
More
and above, the water has
cavities into the red sand-
stone bed of the creek.
At the west end of Church's Ledge
Hillyer's Ravine.
the mountain
it
down which dash
forming Viola
Falls.
Falls,
a gorge
known
as
steep, visible side of
expands into a wide basin.
cipitous chffs,
Wild Cat
is
Half way up the
Above
are pre-
the waters of a small stream,
(See description elsewhere of Viola Falls,
Buttermilk Falls, and Santa Cruz Falls, which
are here only mentioned.)
Froni
More Bridge
the road follows for a
ways close on the
RUSK'S GUIDE.— HAINES' FALLS REGION.
VIEW OF MORE BRIDGE.
RUSK'S GUIDE. -CAUTERSKTLL CLOVE.
38
north bank of the Cauterskill, whose waters a few rods along
come
down
pitching
between
This chasm
shaded pool below.
tradition saying that a
an^
fell
the
young
A
a dark
Fawn's Leap
called
;
by a hîoter
and escaped, while the dog
The
and was drowned.
close to the road that but a few minutes
stopping to view
into
deer, being pursued
his dog, leaped across the gulf
into the water beneath
is
rocks
cleft
spot
so
is
be consumed
will
in
it.
small stream enters the Cauterskill above Fawn's Leap, up
which are located Wild Cat Falls of a hundred
The curved
many
theater,
dense.
side of South
ledges rising
its
Mountain up to the
autumn when
western extremity the
right,
with
its
The Amphi-
one above another forms
best seen in the
At
feet in height.
the
foliage
projecting
part
is
less
of
the
mountain forms Sunset Rock.
At the
and a few
the
base,
quite a hamlet
;
but
road
now
piles of stone
passes along a
only the
flat
where was once
Old Tannery Ruins
on either side mark the
sites
of the
numerous buildings that existed when the mountains furnished
plenty of hemlock bark for tanning purposes.
nery Ruins
is
Behind the Tan-
Buttermilk Ravine with a pleasing Cascade
visi-
ble from the road, while the upper part of the Ravine contains
the Buttermilk Falls proper.
In crossing the
Ravine may be seen on the
mountain
in
The road
left,
flat,
Santa Cruz
descending the side of the
an easterly direction.
takes a short turn at the end of the
ually ascends to
Lake Creek Bridge.
the really steep part ol the mountain road,
people usually walk
this
flat
From
and grad-
here,
up,
a mile long,
is
and
portion to lighten the horses' burden
a
RUSK'S GUIDE. -CAUTERSKILL CLOVE,
A
39
path leads up Lake Creek through the Kaaterskill Ravine
to the Kaaterskill Falls
and Laurel House, one mile
To
passing Bastion Falls on the way.
and opposite
terskill
this
path
is
the
left
down
another path ieading
and thence up through the ravine
distant,
of the Bridge
to the
Cau-
to Haines" Falls, a
mile and an eighth distant, passing by Naiads' Bath, Shelvmg
Rock, and The Five Cascades.
Dripping Rock
the road half
is
a moss- covered ledge by the side of
way up the mountain from Lake Creek Bridge
over which flows a small stream of
excellent
potable water.
During the remainder of the ascent the increasing exhilerating
effect of the
A
pure mountain atmos[>here
portion of Haines' Falls
may be
is
especially noticeable.
seen from a ways below
Dripping Rock.
Near the top of the mountain
Feather-bed Iiane,
road.
It
is
a road to the right, called
is
connecting with the Mountain House
steep and rough and not adapted to driving.
A
few yards more reaches the top of
The Great Land-slide,
which extends from the road fiown
to the
descent of nearly five hundred
feet.
through the CauterskiU Clove and
Hills of Massachusetts
ful
is
much
bed of the creek
The view from
beyond
adn.ired and
to
is
the
—
here do vn
Berkshire
specially delight-
near the sunset hour.
Having here reached the upper end of the CauterskiU Clove,
it is
but a short distance to the Haines' Falls House.
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HAINES' FALLS KEGION.
The name Haines' Falls
First
has been used in three senses.
was appHed particularly
it
the house of Charles
to the Falls
W. Haines,
at the
;
afterward, also, to
Falls
re-
any of the numerous houses within a radius of about a
cently,
mile are mentioned as being at Haines' Falls.
clearly designate
use the
House
more
and,
;
which
name Haines'
for the
meant,
is
it
and Hames'
;
order to
has been thought best to
Falls for the Falls only
house there
In
Falls
Haines' Falls
;
Region
for the
locality in general.
The
place
is
thirteen miles from Catskill, situated at the
head
of the long-time famous Cauterskill Clove, and, consequently,
at the front of the
Cauterskill Clove extends
the
beyond the Hudson, into Massachu-
The
and Connecticut.
setts
The view through
mountain range.
elevation
above the Hudson of
points where the houses are placed, varies from one thousand
and nine hundred
On
of
to
two thousand and three hundred
feet.
the south side the land rises quite abruptly to the summits
High Peak and Round Top, while
ual ascent leads to the top of the
a region of
many
singular wildness
canvas.
artists
sought
The view
it
made
out as a rich
of the
aear th« Shady Grovt House,
is
more grad-
ridge.
and scenic beauty
years ago, before other people had
home, noted
tiieir
much
to the north a
North Mountain
Hudson
field
valley,
excellent.
it
their
It is
;
and
summer
of subjects for
as
seen from
44
RUSK'S GUIDE. -HAINES' FALLS REGION.
With the exception of
existence
vide
many
for
a
years,
few
this
hotels
now many
for
to pro-
first
There are
the Catskills.
accommodations
houses, with
have been in
was the
region
summer boarding-houses among
that
from twenty to a
While, during the past fifteen years, the
hundred people each.
accommodations have been increased
forty-fold, there
is,
almost
every year, added provision for the increasing influx of peojile.
In this region
the Cauterskill and
is
Schoharie water-shed,
which sends the water east to the Hudson
opposite direction
Schoharie and
following in
Catskill,
it
is
and
Rivers to the
run daily to Catskill to meet the
the trains as
The Mails between
received daily or oftener
two
is
way,
For a
later
The
regular fare,
dollars.
for local excursions.
New York
here and
— Catskill being the
The Western Union Telegraph
is at
convey-
Day Boats each
hour special arrangements can be made.
including baggage, from Catskill
miles to
source.
three o'clock.
late as half past
Conveyances may be had
fifty
its
Haines' Falls Region
the
in
the
of
Hudson above Troy, and
then but a dozen miles from
From most houses
ances
by the circuitous route
flowing
course some two hundred and
its
where
;
Mohawk
at Catskill, or, in the
are
sent
and
post-office.
OflB.ce, with direct wires,
the Haines' Falls House.
There
is
a Methodist Episcopal
of other denominations as well as
Church,
its
own
in
which services
are held.
HAINES FALLS.
RUSK'S
46
GUIDE— HAINES' FALLS
REGION.
WALKS ABOUT THE HAINES' FALLS REGION AND
VICINITY.
DISTANCES FROM THE HAINES' FALLS HOUSE.
MILES.
Mountain House, by path
Catskill
"
"
Clum
via Laurel
House
3
by road
4
Hill
2^
Fawn's Leap and Profile Rock,
in Cauterskill
Clove
2
Haines' Falls
1-16
Haines' Falls Ravine,
— through
it
to
Lake Creek Bridge.
.
High Peak
i^
4
Kaaterskill Falls and Laurel House, by path via Prospect
Rock
i^
Kaaterskill
and Laurel
Falls
Falls, via the turnpike
House,
including
Lake Creek Bridge
to
Bastion
;
thence
up the Kaaterskill Ravine
2
Kaaterskill Falls
and Laurel House, by road
2^
Old Indian
between High Peak and Round Top
4^
Fort,
Overlook Mountain House, by path around the summit of
High Peak
to Plaaterkill
;
thence by new road.
Parker Hill
3
by path around the summit of High Peak. ... 6
Plaaterkill,
Prospect Rock
Rifted
11
i
Rocks
}
Santa Cruz Falls
i
Tannersville
2^
The
Five Cascades,
Shelving Rock,
Naiad
s
!
-^
^^.^^^, ^^^.
Bath,
Triton Cave,
The
^
,
*
|
J
Sphinx, or Noah's Ark
".
|
;
To
Buttermilk Falls, if;
thence
thence to Viola
^
Falls,
Where
(See index.)
way
all
^
of the above walks in
the routes are by direct roads,
The map
no descriptions are given.
these places and the
Falls,
2f
There are descriptions of nearly
these pages.
Wild Cat
to
47
will
show the location of
to them.
DRIVES IN THE VICINITY OF THE HAINES' FALLS
REGION.
DISTANCES
FROM THE HAINES' FALLS HOUSE, BY THE MOST
USUAL ROUTES.
MILES.
Around South Mountain,
via
Mountain
House,
Hollow, Palenville, and Cauterskill Clove,
Catskill
— round
trip.
Mountain House
CautersJ<ill Clove,
Cium
Sleepy
14
4
— through
it
to Palenville
3^
Hill
2|
Hunter
7
Kaaterskill Falls and Laurel
House
2^
Overlook Mountain House, by new road via Plaaterkill
.
.
.14^
Parker Hill
4!
Plaaterkill
9I
Sleepy Hollow, where Rip
Van Winkle
slept
6|
!
Stony Clove
Tannersville
(See index to find description of above places.)
...
9
2^
48
TO HAINES' FALLS AND UNDER THEM.
At the
House a road
east side of Haines' Falls
Haines' Falls, which
are but a few rods
leads
down
to
from the
distant
house, on the Cauterskill Creek.
Passing through a gate, a
payment of twenty-five cents each
is
made
A
for
subsequent
short,
No
required.
charge
is
during the same season.
visits
well defined path, to
the
right,
leads
through a
growth of laurels on the brink of a precipice to the top of the
Falls.
Here, from the outer extremity of a pendent rock at the
view
side of the Falls, the
The main
the narrow,
sheet
extraordinarily
is
wild.
of water pours over the projecting rock into
deep-cleft gorge,
on the south
make
disclosed
side
a hundred and
fifty
waters of the beautiful
the
a sheer descent of a hundred and sixty
feet
while
;
Spray Fall
feet.
Just before passing over the Falls, the water descends a fifteen
foot ledge.
Its
long continued action has worn a
number
The
circular holes into the solid rock at the foot of the ledge.
principal
cavity
is
paintings have been
down through
Sometimes
several
made
feet
in winter
flows with mufiled
a hollow
thi'
stairs.
trees,
ded
At
an
icicle,
Falls
;
hundred
It is
interior
first
A
long
flight
a natural gateway, formed by two
one of which has grown so that the wall of rock
in its side.
forms,
to the left of the gate
but a few steps to the
is
in
ice.
Falls, the path
their foot
feet
and the water which
sound down through the
under the
should be followed.
of
and
of the view from the top of this ledge
underneath, a huge cone of glistening
go
sketches
the ravine.
length, hangs from the top of
To
Many
deep.
of
few yards beyond
this
gate-way
is
is
imbed-
Crystal
Spring
49
of pure, ice-cold water, which emerges from under-
;
neath the massive ledge of rock that has just been descended
Several
more
of stairs are passed,
flights
— from
may be had throvjh
of the falling water
which glimpses
the foUage,
— befurf
reaching the bottom of the Falls.
The accompanying
and
Falls,
view
arc
I
it
is
from
down
such times
it
and sublimity.
the ordinary stream of water
here,
While
visitors
increased from
is
to the beautiful spectacle.
avdisable to be
is
down
Farther
spray.
;See description.)
down
the gorge are
The bottom
fourth of a mile from the top of the Falls
The
Falls
paintings,
thr,
clone.
The Five Cascades
of the Cascades
tance, the stream descends nearly five
.'Vt
the stream as far as
umess one does not mind being drenched by the
stairs,
the
the most comprehcnsivi,
this point that
olitaincd of their wildness
is
pond above, thereby adding
')f
was made from the foot of
illustration
;
less
is
than
yet, in this short
hundred
;i
di.s-
feet.
and Cascades were the subjects of numerous
many
years ago, by such artists as Kensett, Cassilear.
Cole and Durand.
In those days ropes and ladders were
used in descending and ascendmg
;
render access comparatively easy
implements, as well as for others
;
dail},
but now, good, safe
stairs
with
their
for
the
and down
artists,
here,
Gilford and
M'Entee have often been.
THE FIVE CASCADES,
All of
..ighth
IN H.MNES' RAVINE.
The Five Ca: cades
of a mile below
Haines' Falls.
the foot of the stairs, the top of the
It is
a
fall
of eighty feet.
are within a distance of an
first
Crossing the creek at
Cascade
is
just in sight.
The stream should be followed down,
—
—
^jj
on the
right side, a little
Jacob's
some
Ladder — an
—
thirty steps
is
farther
than
this
The
be descended.
to
Cascades are near together, and the stream
Another
them.
Cascade, which
From here
flight of stairs
is
is
stair of
and second
first
recrossed between
overhangs the side of the second
sixty feet high,
and leads
down
the path continues
safely to its base.
stream, on the kft
the
and fourth Cascades,
past the third
side,
Cascade, where
extremely steep but substantial
to
SHELVING ROCK AND NAIAD'S BATH.
The
illustration
here given of
an excellent idea of
its
Shelving Rock
appearance.
The
jects far over the stream.
tumble down underneath
it,
As may be
of the
waters
conveys
seen,
fifth
it
pro-
Cascade
forming a beautiful pool, known as
Naiad's Bath,
A
Dusky and sacred
Call Naiads.
The
lovely cave,
to the
Nymphs, whom men
Odissey.
The
cut shows the fourth Cascade, in the background.
combined picture of the Rock, Bath, Cascades, and the irimmediate surroundings
likely to
A
is
so enchanting that,
be long retained
gentleman,
who has
in the
when once
seen,
it
is
memory,
traveled
many
years in California and
Europe, pronounces the view from Shelving Rock the most
charming one of the kind that he has ever beheld.
make repeated
The
ravine
share of
Rock,
is
its
visits to this
is
spot and prolong
them
People
for hours.
walled in by perpendicular ledges the greater
length.
On
the north side, just below Shelving
a strata of rock, in some places
five feet thick,
con
taining considerable copper and sulphur.
1
51
SHELVING ROCK AND NAIADS BATH.
From
Shelving
THROUGH
One hundred
Rock
the walk
may be continued down
LAKE CREEK
HAINES' RAVINE TO
BRIDGE.
yards below Shelving Rock, by a path on the
north side of the stream, will reach the foot of
slide.
If further
Slide, itself,
procedure down the Ravine
may be ascended
to
the road,
The Great
is
l»and-
undesirable, the
— much more
easily
RaSK'S GUIDE.-HAINES' FALLS REGION.
52
A
hundred yards more,
and the water pours over a perpendicular
wall of solid rock to
rugged appearance indicates.
tlian its
the depth of twenty-five feet.
which
more
creek
itself
may now be
Fall,
many
followed and
—the
;
places seen
may be
the walk
or,
accomplished by taking an old wood road close on
die nortii bank, which leads to the
just
Delmura
repay the needed exertion
will well
easily
is
derived from the Spanish, meaning the wall.
name being
The
This
Hunter Turnpike,
at a point
above the Lake Creek Bridge and nearl} opposite the path
up the Kaaterskill Ravine.
HIGH PEAK.
WALK FROM THE
From Haines'
to the
summit
tain
3664
i?
Falls
of
feet,
it
is
HAINES' FALLS REGION.
four miles, in a southerly direction,
High Peak.
and
it is
The
elevation of this
conceded that
its
the most extensive view of any place in the Catskills.
the path to
to
it
have a guide
The path
and
are not clearly marked,
it
in taking this trip the first
moun-
summit commands
Parts of
be expedient
will
time.
crosses the Cauterskill just above Haines' Falls,
and, after passing across a sloping field almost
rocKs at the upper side, turns to the
from near the
left
to the ledge oi
and enters the woods
south-eastern corner of the
The
field.
ledge
mentioned constitutes the Rifted Rocks, which are well worth
(See
visiting.
description.)
Before
entering
the
woods,
a
glance to the east will reveal the Laurel House and Kaaterskill
Falls, directly facing.
The
route
lowing a
is
wood
now
all
the
way through the dense
road, of gradual ascent, along the
forest.
side of
Fol-
the
I
mountain
stream and
may be
easily visited
them
able to leave
is
same name are but a
Falls of the
tiful
Santa Cruz Creek
for a mile,
53
The beau-
reached.
way down the
little
in this trip,
—
being prefer-
it
stopping place in returning.
for a
(See
description.)
Across Santa Cruz Creek the wood road turns to the right
and becomes
The
Other old roads diverge
steeper.
but the proper one to follow
points,
first
one to the
the path
left,
Two
description.)
miles
behind, and the journey
Peak,
—
for a
various
is
and Viola
from Santa Cruz the road
is
(See
Falls.
is
left
continued up the steep side of the
by the blazed
trees.
At the
foot of an exceed-
steep pitch
is
Comfort Spring, — the
—where
is
customary to lunch, as water can scarcely
rivulet,
it
ever be found nearer the top.
was a
at
clearly defined.
ways along or near the mossy bed of a tmy stream,
—as indicated
ingly
most
and but a few rods from the Creek,
Buttermilk, Wild Cat,
to
is
visit
to
High Peak, and
paused to take
his
To
excellent view.
that has
called
is
Cole's last trip to the mountains
it
was
at this spring
is
a small, open space on a ledge
Hurricane Ledge.
It affords
section of the
feet
east, quite
below.
is
seen,
of
High Peak
some
and between two
More
discernible on a clear day.
a tract along and beyond the
The summit
lies
Up, beyond, the whole northern
mountain range may be
of the peaks, Albany
an
the north, over the long stretch of forest
been passed through, the Cauterskill Clove
three thousand
where he
noonday lunch.
Near the end of the ascent
of rock, which
source of the
is
Hudson
is
to the
visible.
clothed with a growth of
spruce and a thick carpet of green, velvety moss.
tall
The path
does not lead directly to the pinnacle, but out along the eastern
;
54
side,
In the close foreground are
on the verge of a precipice.
the Cauterskill and Plaalerkill Cloves; then
valley
—the
river visible north to
parts of
Massachusetts, Vermont, and parts of Connecticut
with the Adirondacks in the north
ural
south
far to the
Green Mountains, and other
Hills, the
beyond, the Berkshire
comes the Hudson
Albany and
panorama such
as
—
man seldom
all
together forming a nat-
The Upper Lake
beholds.
by the Catskill Mountain House appears
far
below, like a tiny
mirror.
There, as thou stand'st,
The haunts of men below thee, and around
The mountain summits, thy expanding heart
Shall feel a kindred with that loftier world
To which
thou art translated, and partake
The enlargement of thy vision. Thou shall look
Upon the green and rolling forest tops,
And down into the secrets of the glens.
And streams,
To hide their
that with then- bordering thickets strive
villages,
And swarming
roads,
That only hear
And
Thou
windings.
Here on white
the
and
shalt gaze, at once,
tilth,
and herds.
and there on solitudes
torrent, and the wind,
eagle's shrieks.
******
But the scene
Is lovely
round
Wanders amid
The
The
From
ledge,
is
that direction.
ble
made unto
soil for
fields swell
a point a short
there
the fiesh and fertile meads.
paradise he
Mining the
a beautiful river there
;
upward
himself,
On
ages.
each
.side
to the hills. ^Br/ant.
way south
of this outlook, and
down
a
a less obstructed and more extended view in
The Overlook Mountain House
is
plainly visi-
on Overlook Mountain.
Returning to the previous point of observation, a path
be found to the tip-top
—a
few yards distant.
may
Here, by the
help of a ladder to
lower branches, the
its
scaled by the venturesome.
It
no easy
is
55
may be
tallest tree
feat; but
one most
estimable young lady of a party assured the writer that she had
among
looked out upon the world from
an improvement
quite
It is
upper branches.
its
on the views from below, as the
may be
other trees, in every direction,
overlooked.
SANTA CRUZ FALLS.
WALK
IN
THE HAINES' FALLS REGION.
Santa Cruz Falls
way
High Peak.
to
found
in riie
High Peak.
A
are one mile from Haines' Falls,
description of the route to
on the
them may be
second and third paragraphs of the description of
(See index.)
It
said that a bottle of Santa
is
Cruz rum. supposed to have been
by some hunters, was
left
found on the bank of the stream, from which circumstance
this
name was
but
Having reached Santa Cruz Creek,
given.
a few yards down the stream
Either side
to the Falls.
Creek may be followed, but the best path
The
it
is
is
of the
on the west bank.
peculiar view disclosed, from the top of the Falls through
the vista of the Cauterskill Clove,
*
•
full
Of hidden beauty have
Among
the mountains
The descending
remarkably
chanced
fine.
spKJt
to
espy
never one like this
;
— Wordsworth.
spurs of the mountains dovetail into each
other through the Clove
Hudson
I
;
is
many a
;
beyond spreads the wide valley of the
with the river stretching across
Hills rise in the background,
—the
it ;
while the Berkshire
highest peak in the centre
being Mt. Riga, near the junction of Massachusetts, Connecticut and
New
York.
This picture
is
best seen in mid-afternoon,
RUSK'S GUIDE. -TTATNES' FALLS REGION.
56
as the sun
then in a position to properly light
is
have spent much time
Durand
up.
it
There are
and other
artists
two
but a stone's throw apart, each some sixty feet in
Falls,
at this spot.
At the upper one the descending water
height.
by projecting points of rock
;
in a broad, translucent slieet,
and
in the
which
is
among
thrust
its
colors.
much broken
it
pours
down
morning a rainbow
frequently formed in the mist at the base,
hand may be
is
but at the second,
It
—so near
is
represented in the illustration at the
is
that the
second Fall
this
commencement
of
the book.
The
Falls
paratively
may be descended on either side, with but comThe ledge of rock which forms the
little difficulty.
second Fall extends,
in
that the shorter route
down
an
is
a distance to the right, so
arc, quite
on the
left
side of the stream.
On
the ravine are numerous cascades.
RIFTED ROCKS.
WALK
IN
THE HAINES' FALLS REGION.
The Rifted Rocks
Haines' Falls, and
top of the Falls
From
are
in sight
across
the
from the road.
— the same as
in
Cauterskill,
beyond
The path
via the
going to High Peak.
a ledge of conglomerate. Nature has, at
cut off a sUce
long and moved
about twenty
it
feet
strip is
is
period,
wide by three hundred
some
fifteen feet
feet
at the west
end only,
to
i?
twenty feet
high and broken crosswise into
blocks from twenty to forty feet long.
passage
some
out from the remaining part, so that there
a passage behind, varying in width from ten
The
is
as,
The
entrance to the
near the other extremity, a
sentinel of pudding-stone blocks the way.
BUTTERMILK
59
WILD CAT FALLS, VIOLA
FALLS.
FALLS.
WALK FROM THE
These three
Falls are
on separate streams that flow northerly
from toward High Peak down
in
the Cauterskill Clove,
Each one
tying into the Cauterskill Creek.
mile from the
The
mouth
of the stream on which
High Peak, and the reader
Walk from
Peak.
them
part of the path to
first
the
is
about half a
is
located.
it is
same
— emp-
as in going to
referred to the article,
is
"High
the Haines' Falls Region." for a description.
(See index.)
Having crossed Santa Cruz Creek and turned up the
few paces,
—the
mile to
left,
and continues easterly three-fourths of a
Buttermilk Falls.
high,
a
path leaves the High Peak path, at nearly a
right angle to the
feet
hill
and a second one,
The
first
Fall
just below, has
is
some seventy
about the same
height.
Three-eighths of a mile farther along the path reaches the
top of
Wild Cat
Falls
ledge of about a hundred
It is
feet.
This takes
were found
in
is
probably half a thousand feet
the
name
it
path,
the fact that
to
some
as late in the season as the
There are no very high
the succession of small ones
is
name from
its
bloom near
second of November.
Ravine
sheer descent from a projecting
but a fourth of a mile more, by the same
"Viola Falls.
violets
—a
Falls here, but
so great that the water descends
in
an eighth of a mile.
Hillyer's
of the gorge tlirough which the stream
descends.
There are views from the tops of the
Falls mentioned,
down
;
6o
Hudson
into the Cauterskill Clove and out on the
each of the streams are other smaller
The
named.
public have heretofore
besides
falls
known but
On
valley.
ones
the
concern-
little
ing these Falls; but in a region less diversified by magniticenr
than that surrounding the Cauterskill Clove, these
water-falls
would have been sought out as attractions of a high
The
streams are, however, small, and perhaps people
yet care to
make
order.
not
will
excepting just after rains have
this excursion,
augmented the flow of water,
WALK FROM THE
HAINES' FALLS REGION TO
THE LAUREL HOUSE.
BY PATH VIA PROSPECT ROCK.
This
is
the shortest route and the one usually chosen to walk
The
from one of these places to the other.
and a
half,
From
past
the
Lane
—
hill in
way
is
little
to reach the Sphinx.
or Noah's Ark.
The
Laurel House
upper one follows
then crosses a
;
;
the road
— Feather-bed
and up the steep
near a lone
hill,
the
is
more
For description, see index
Walk from
the
Haines'
may be reached by
is
for a short distance,
field
a mile
is
down
(The lower one
and the path
a trifle farther
bridge
At the top of the
path divides
the
tree,
is
Land-slide; up the rough road
Great
the field to the east.
Region."
distance
shady the greater part of the way.
the Haines' Falls House, the route
"The Sphinx,
it
is
to the north across a
hemlock
direct
and the path
this
for
Falls
way, buc
not quite as good.)
The
along a piece of woods
passes through a grove and into a pasture.
(In the edge of the pasture, on the south of the path,
inent bowlder, by which, a path leads
down
the
is
hill
a promto
The
J
—
Across the pasture the path again divides; the low-
Sphinx.)
er
6l
one mailing a detour of a few steps to Prospect Rock and then
(A description of the
beyond with the upper one.
uniting
beauties seen from Prospect
Rock may be found under
heading of "Prospect Rock.
Walk from the Laurel House."
On, a fourth of a mile from Prospect Rock, the
See index.)
path emerges from the woods and crosses a
way by
the
a Fish
Pond
—
field
—passing
in
its
above the
to the road, a short distance
Laurel House.
This short walk gives a great diversity of scenery, and
is
a
favorite one.
^
THE SPHINX, OR NOAH'S ARK.
WALK FROM THE
The Sphinx
Hames'
Falls
on the brow of the mountain between
is
and Kaaterskill
Falls,
seven-eighths of a mile
from the former place.
The
few
route from the Haines' Falls
yards
The Great
past
Feather-bed Lane
a small bridge
is
ascends a steep
side.
—on the
crossed.
m
hill
House.)
hill,
short distance
leaves the
field
the road, a
a rough road
Lane a
the
is
on the
Lane and
right
hand
tree,
the
the direct path to the Laurel
the lower or right
hand
direct to the Sphinx, and, although part of
no one should have any
down
noar an isolated hemlock
(The upper one
The one on
Up
left.
is
to
Here the path
a partially cleared
At the top of the
path divides.
House
Land-slide,
it is
difficulty in following
side
is
the most
not well defined,
it.
Several trees
and stones along the route are marked with spots of white
paint.
Beyond
the
hemlock
,tree the
path
—
this part of
it
a
—
62
wood road
— soon enters
woods and
the
at a fourth of a mile
reaches a partially open space on the top of a ledge
Bellevue Point.
terskill
It
overlooks the upper part of the Cau-
in the far
Continuing about a fourth of a mile
is
Turning to the
reached.
small ledge, easily passed,
prow of a
and
Noah's
more appropriate
has been more
Mountain.)
path winds
down
a
It is
a curiously
feet high, with a
base of ten
Sphinx.
Ark
was
its
(There
The Ark
is
and of the
and obviously
original
appellation, although of late
freely used.
the other
name
another Sphinx on South
stands close on the brink of a precipice
the side of the Cauterskill Clove,
thereof,
another open
upper side projecting so as to resemble the
its
ship.
background.
farther,
right, the
The
to
shaped rock, being about twenty
feet square
on
is
Clove, with a glimpse of the Five Cascades to the west
and Hunter and Rusk Mountains
space
This
sides of
commanding a
fine
view
High Peak and Round Top from
base to summit.
The walk may be continued an
eighth of a mile farther to
PROSPECT ROCK,
As
follows
:
Proceeding northward
through the clearing to the top of the
hill,
The
from
the upper path which
diverges at the hemlock tree will be intersected.
through the trees to the east
is
description of this place
"Prospect Rock.
Prospect
Rock may
fail
may be found under
Walk from
A
Prospect Rock,
view so delightfully unique that none should
A
Sphinx,
few rods
with
to witness
its
it.
the heading of
the Laurel House."
(See index.)
be conveniently visited from the direct
path between the Haines' Falls and Laurel House Regions
being but a few yards off that path.
it
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RUSk'S GUIDE.— HAINES' FALLS REGION.
WALK OR DRIVE FROM THE
GION TO CLUM
Clum
Hill
is
House, and by the same road
from
this
and a
half,
route
walk or drive
by the turnpike, a mile
road branches to the south, in front of
"Clum
Walk
Hill.
for either a
west,
is
The remainder
under
described
"Clum
The
where a
Maplewood.
HAINES' FALLS REHILL.
two miles and three-fourths from the Haines'
Falls
place.
63
of the journey and the place are
Drive in
Hill.
and
Tannersville."
(See index.)
in Tannersville.'
WALK FROM THE HAINES" FALLS REGION TO
PARKER HILL.
The
distance for a walk to
and the route
miles,
One
is
Parkejr Hill
as follows
mile west from the Haines' Falls
be
should
left,
and the road
is
about three
•
House
the turnpike
to the right followed for
three-fourths of a mile, where another road intersects
west
it
somt
on
tht
J
Or,
There
is
way
a shorter
By entering a path
close
to reach this point of the journey
by the west side of the Shady Grove
House, a few rods will lead past the barns and through a cluni]
of
fir
trees into the fields beyond.
Across these
fields,
diag
onally to the north-west, three-fourths of a mile will reach the
road mentioned in the
first
route.
By
this
road,
the walk
continued toward the north-west; passing two houses and,
ther on,
barn
is
two isolated barns
A
few yards beyond the second
the path up Parker Hill, on the right hand.
of the Hill and
of their wood.
its
is
far-
The
top
side toward the road were long since divested
For a description of the view obtained from
64
this Hill, see
"Parker
Walk
Hill.
or drive from Tannersville."
(See index.)
Parties taking this walk usually return by road by the
Tannersville
It is
—a
circuit of seven
way
of
miles.
not advisable to take the path mentioned via the Shady
Grove House, immediately
quite
and a half
after a rain,
is
then
HAINES' FALLS REGION
TO
as part of
it
muddy.
WALK FROM THE
PLAATERKILL.
BY PATH AROUND THE SUMMIT OF HIGH PEAK.
This, the shortest route,
mostly through the
is
six miles
The
forest.
first
;
by an old wood road,
three miles
is
path as to High Peak, and, therefore, the reader
the article,
for
"High Peak.
Walk from
a description of the same.
three miles of the old road
out
difficulty,
This route
and leads
is,
is
to the
referred to
the Haines' Falls Region,"
The remaining
(See index.)
enough
plain
by the same
is
to
be followed withr
head of the Plaaterkill Clove.
also, the shortest
way from
this
place to the
OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
And
is
continued from Plaaterkill,
—making
the total distance
eleven miles.
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RUSH'S GUIDE.— LAUREL HOUSE REGION.
65
LAUREL HOUSE REOION.
Besides the
rel
— the
Laurel House,
there are but two or three
The Laurel House was named from
houses here.
Kalmia
latifolia of botanists
— which
is
the lau-
profusely dis-
tributed through the forest immediately surrounding the house.
The
kill,
location of the Laurel
is
fifteen miles
from Cats-
between the Catskill Mountain House and Haines' Falls
— the
last half
elevation
Falls
House
is
mile leading thereto being a private road.
2038.
Standing just above the Kaaterskill
feet.
—which are Laurel House
front of the
Its
property
— the
view from the
house extends through the wide Kaaterskill Ravine,
High Peak, Round Top, and other
and embraces beyond.
mountains, along the Schoharie valley.
A
sea of fog sometimes
the ravine below, but
fills
dispersed by the morning sun.
Earth's children cleave to
Earth— her
Decaying children dread decay.
Yon wreath of mist that leaves the
And
morning ray
Look how, by mountain rivulet,
It
And
lessens in the
frail
vale,
:
upward creeps,
and copsewood set
green and dewey steeps ;
lingers as
it
clings to fern
Along the
Clings to the fragrant kalmia, clings
To
precipices fringed with grass.
Dark maples where
And bowers
Yet
all in
vain
the wood-thnieh sings,
of fragrant sassafras.
—
it
passes
Eroni hold to hold,
it
still
cannot stay,
it
is
soon
—
.
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66
And
in the very
beams
The world with
Till, parting
It
And
A
From
human
is
now
Bryant,
portion of the glorious sky.
leaves the
it
away,
eye,
which sprung of earth
a point on the Laurel
from where
fill
from the mountain's brow,
vanishes from
that
that
glory, wastes
House
road, but a few yards
Mountain House road,
view of the mountains, from High Peak west tc
ain
is
a magnificent
Hunter Mount-
and beyond.
Conveyances
from these houses run daily to Catskill to
meet the boats and
trains,
and the route therefrom leads up the
Carriages and stages can
mountain through Slee])y Hollow.
be obtained
for
drives
to the
many
dehghtful resorts in the
vicinity.
The Mails
are received once or
more each day
— Catskill
being the post-office.
A
New
Western Union
York,
There
is
is
Telegraph
OfB.ee, with direct wire to
located in the Laurel House.
trout
fishing in the
neighborhood.
WALKS ABOUT THE LAUREL HOUSE REGION
AND VICINITY.
DISTANCES FROM THE LAUREL HOUSE.
MILES.
\
Bastion Falls
Catskill
Mountain House, by path south of South Lake.
.
i^
"
"
'<
'<
by path along north of South Lake if
<<
"
by road
'«
"
by path via Sunset
by path via Druid Rocks
i^
2\
Rock
3
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RUSK'S GUIDE.— LAUREL HOUSE REGION.
Council
67
Bluff
f
Fawn's Leap and
Profile
Rock,
in Cauterskill Clove,
via
Kaaterskill Ravine
2
Mary
Glen
|
Rock
Haines' Falls, by path via Prospect
"
by path via Kaaterskill Ravine and
"
Ravine,
The
i^
— including Bastion
Falls,
Shelving
Haines'
Rock and
Five Cascades
2^
Haines' Falls, by road
2^
High Peak
5!
Kaaterskill Falls
o.
Palenville, via Kaaterskill
Ravine and Cauterskill Clove.
Lemon
by path via
Palenville Overlook,
Squeezer,
.
.
Spring and Fat Man's Dehght
Prospect
3
Fairy
2f
Rock
^
Santa Cruz Falls
South Lake
—
,
Catskill
.
2J
Lakes
f
Sunset Rock, South Mountain
i
The Outlook, on North Mountain
2^
The Sphinx,
or Noah's Ark
Descriptions
these pages.
of nearly
(See index.)
that any description
places
f
all
of the above walks
Some
of
the
routes are so direct
would be superfluous.
may be seen on
the map.
are given in
The
location
of
.
RUSK'S GUIDE. -LAUREL HOUSE REGION.
68
DRIVES IN VICINITY OF THE LAUREL HOUSE.
DISTANCES FROM THE LAUREL HOUSE, BY THE MOST USUAL
ROUTES. ^
MILES,
Hollow, Palenville,
Falls,
Catskill
— round
via
Mountain
House,
CauterskiU Clove,
Sleepy
and Haines'
trip
15
Mountain House
2^
Grand View, East Windham
21
Haines' Falls
2^
Hunter
9
Overlook Mountain House, by new road via Plaaterkill.
16^
Parker Hill
6^
Plaaterkill
Sleepy
1
Hollow
1|
4^
Stony Clove
11
Tannersville
4^
Windham
19
KAATERSKILL FALLS.
In the name Kaaterskill Falls, the original Dutch
ing of the
word has always been retained
freouently written CauterskiU,
;
but
and, except
it
is
when
spell-
now more
referring to
these Falls or the ravine leading therefrom, the latter form
is
used throughout these pages.
It is
Falls.
but a few feet from the Laurel House to the top of the
The Spray
House
stands on the very verge, an J
its
platform, with timbers bolted to the rock, projects over the aw-
KAATERSKILL FALLS.
—
70
ful
chasm.
above
This
is
and over
;
the point from which to view the Falls from
this first Fall the
water drops a hundred and
broken into millions of foamy fragments ere
sixty feet,
below, and flowing along a few yards
depth of eighty
it
it
strikes
again plunges to the
feet.
Midst greens and shades the Cauterskill leaps,
From cliffs where the wood-flower clings
summer he moistens his verdant steps.
;
All
With
the sweet light spray of the mountain springs
;
And he shakes the woods on the mountain side.
When they drip with the rains of autumn tide.
But when
The
He
hi the forest
blast of
bare and old.
and cold,
builds in the starlight, clear
A
palace of ice where his torrent
With
turret,
and
falls
and fretwork
arch,
Aiid pillars blue os the
The
—
Decemlx;r calls
summer
;
fair,
an.
~ Bryant.
Kaaterskill Falls were the subject of one of Bryant's
beautiful poems,
— the
and
"Pioneers," LeatherrStocking says of them
in Cooper's
"To my judgement,
met with
rock
in the
many
lad,
woods
portion of which
first
j
copied above,
•
•
«
I've sat
on the shelving
a long hour, boy, and watched the bubbles as they
shot by me, and thought
water which seemed
how
made
long
it
would be before that very
for the wilderness
would be under
the bottom of a vessel, and tossing in the salt sea.
to
:
the best piece of work that I've
it's
»
is
make a man
It is
a spot
solemnize."
made a fine painting of the Ravine leading from the
and Durand, M'Entee, Cole, Church, and other well-
Gifford
Falls,
known
It is
artists
have made
visits to this delightful spot.
from under the Falls where
striking.
its
grarwieur
becomes most
At a gate by the Spray House a payment of twenty-
five cents is
made
—
for
once during the season
—and
7i
charm-
a
ing path followed a few yards through the forest to the head of
the
Rustic seats are placed along the way, and there
stairs.
are resting-places at various landings along
flights
of stairs passed in reaching the bottom
down
:)f
many
the
the Falls.
In the immense amphitheater which curves behind the water
of the
Fall
first
is
a level path on which one
around behind the
entirely
falling water.
may
safely pass
Midway along
the
path the flood comes pouring over the enormous arch of rock,
and as
descends,
it
is
eighty feet distant from the point of ob-
After passing around by this path, the stream
servation.
be re-crossed a few yards below,
where the
stairs
continue
down
to the foot,
Fall,
and reach a
seat
placed so as to give an unobstructed view of both Falls
parties are
the Falls
down
is
While
immediately above
opened, thus augmenting the usual flow of water,
and the scene
It is
dam
here, the gate of a
may
second
at the top of the
is
then truly marvellous.
but a fourth of a mile
down
the stream to
BASTION FALLS.
The
path to
it
crosses at the foot of the second Fall,
stead of following the creek, which has a
point,
it
takes a
more
direct course along the
the ravine, meeting the creek just above
crossing
These
./ill
it
again by a foot-bridge of
Falls
make a
wooded
and
at
in-
this
slope of
Bastion Falls and
logs.
very pleasing picture, and a view of them
convey the idea that the name
is
derived from the bastions
of rock which partially divide the stream as
edge of the precipice.
sharp turn
it
breaks over the
72
The
down
path continues
THROUGH KAATERSKILL RAVINE TO LAKE
CREEK BRIDGE.
It is
path
three fourths of a mile from Bastion Falls and the shaded
is all
the
way on the
right side, quite close to the stream.
This path through the Kaaterskill Ravine
one
—
is
House
much used
to
—always a pleasant
as a short route for walks from the Laurel
Fawn's Leap, Palenville, and up Haines' Ravine.
GLEN MARY.
WALK
Mary
Glen
THE LAUREL HOUSE REGION.
IN
an eighth of a mile from the Laurel House,
is
A
to the right of the Laundry.
the
Lake Creek, with
Spruce Creek
— the
its
mossy
rustic foot-bridge here crosses
rocks, just at
the
junction of
mingled waters passing over Kaaterskill
Falls a few yards below.
SUNSET ROCK.— SOUTH MOUNTAIN.
WALK
IN
Sunset Rock
overlooking
the
Laurel House
By
the Laurel
right
is
a
is
a point on the side of South Mountain,
Cauterskill
one
mile,
Clove.
road.
The
from
distance
by a good path through the
House Laundry
—below Glen
wood
is
the
forest.
the path crosses the creek to the
Mary, which
is
visible,
— and part of the way
Half of a mile along, a path on the
right leads
lu Council Bluff.
THe view
of the whole extent of Cauterskill Clove as disclos-
ed from Sunset Rock
is
the best that can be found;
and the
Jl
vastness of
its
High Peak,
—seen from down
summit,
its
—
Falls,
Haines' Falls appear in the
valley
foreground,
and bordering mountains
There
is
up over the dense
an imposing spectacle.
truly
is
the Clove, where
by the ravines leading from But-
sides are so irregularly cleft
termilk, Wild Cat, and Viola
in
73
with
To
the west,
Schoharie
the
in the distance
a path over South Mountain from Sunset
the Mountain House,
—
forest to
Rock
to
a two mile walk.
COUNCIL BLUFF.
WALK
IN
CoTincil Bluff
House.
The path
kill
The
is
to
three-fourths of a mile from the Laurel
Bluff,
is
it
Walk
"Sunset Rock.
index.)
under the heading of
described
in the
House Region."
Laurel
(See
which projects on the side of the Kaaters-
Ravine, affords a view
portions of Haines' Falls
down
into the Cauterskill Clove
and Santa Cruz
and
Falls,
WALK FROM THE LAUREL HOUSE TO THE
PATH VIA PROSPECT ROCK.
BY
This route
much used
is
the shortest one between these places, and
for a walk.
From
the road,
above the Laurel House, a path crosses the
(passing
property
in its
of the
way by
Laurel House), and
branch continuing
woods
it
field
to the west
Fish Pond — private
the head of a
fourth of a mile through the
is
an eighth of a mile
enters
divides
direct, while the left
the
— the
woods.
right
A
hand
hand one leads a few
ir4
Steps out of the
way
to Prospect
index for " Prospect Rock.
and
Rock,
Walk from
unites with the other in a pasture a
this point
down
a path turns
—see index
for "
The
—
is
it
and
a
this
is
left
little
to
The
The
farther.)
Sphinx,
Walk from
way may be used
readily followed the remainder of the way,
(From
beyond.
little
on the
hill
see
House"),
Laurel
Sphinx, or Noah's Ark.
Haines' Falls Region,"
Haines' Falls, but
the
(for description,
the
direct
the
reach
to
path
is
and the whole walk
very enjoyable.
PROSPECT ROCK.
WALK FROM THE LAUREL HOUSE.
Prospect Rock
is
House by an extremely
half a mile distant
Up
pleasing path.
from the Laurel
the
road a
beyond the Laurel House barns the path enters the
left,
through a gate
and passes
clearly
crosses the upper
;
into the forest,
first
trod.
diverging
from
Prospect
Care must be taken to
the
as
path,
main one
Rock
is
a few
this.
Rock
is
the best possible place from which to see
the Kaaterskill Falls from a short distance
level with the top of the
Falls,
It is
and a bold curve
ravine places them directly facing.
are visible
the
continues very
it
leads to the Haines' Falls Region, and Prospect
steps off
field to
end of the Fish Pond,
through which
marked by being much
turn to the left by the
little
from top to bottom and,
about on a
in the
Both upper and lower Falls
also,
the
Laurel
House,
above.
'Twas here a youth of dreamy mood,
A hundred
winters
ago-
Had wandered over the
deep
mighty wood.
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kUSK'S GUIDE.— LAUREL HOUSE REGION.
Where
And
The long dark boughs
of the
[
It is
was
the panther's track
fresh
keen were the winds that came
on the snow
Is
;
to stir
hemlock
fir.
T/ie Catiterskill Falls, by Bryant.
but one-fourth of a mile farther to
THE
By a path, a
Httle
ways west from Prospect Rock,
space which slopes to the
The Sphinx
is
OR NOAH'S ARK.
SPHINX,
at its
under the heading of
and forms a
left
lower extremity.
"The
is
a cleared
V shaved piece; and
A description of is
it
Walk
Sphinx, or Noah's Ark.
from the Haines' Falls Region."
(See index.)
WALK FROM THE LAUREL HOUSE TO HIGH
PEAK.
The
distance to
miles and a half
High Peak by the shortest path is five
A full description of the walk may be found
under the headings of
Haines' Fall Region.
Peak.
This
Walk from
trip
'*
Walk from
By path
the Haines' Falls
may be made more
Falls, thus
House
the Laurel
via Prospect Rock,"
Region."
to the
and "High
(See index).
far as
Haines'
reducing the walking distance to four miles.
Along
easily
by driving as
the route, a mile from Haines' Falls, the path
is
very near
SANTA CRUZ FALLS,
And
it
will
take but a few minutes to go to this charming spot.
(See index for " Santa Cruz Falls.
Region."
Walk
in the
Haines' Falls
76
WALK FROM THE LAUREL HOUSE TO CATSKILL
MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
BY PATH ALONG NORTH SHORE OF SOUTH LAKE.
The
distance by this route
the way
is
is
a mile and three-fourths,
and
At the Laundry the path crosses the
mostly shady
creek straight ahead, and beyond a few trees crosses a
field to
Crossmg the road a
Scribner's road, near a small house.
half
mile will reach the lower end of South Lake, from which point
the path continues quite near to the Lake, on the north-west
side,
Pit.
and
strikes the
The remainder
Mountain House road near the Charcoal
of the walk
by the road.
is
BY PATH SOUTH OF SOUTH LAKE.
This walk of a mile and a half
these places, and
rains
it
is
the woods.
is
somewhat muddy.
From
is
the shortest route between
the one generally taken,
the
Most
of the
Laundry the path
is
left
hand path should be taken.
through the
forest,
way
after
through
is
to the right, across
the foot-bridge at Glen Mary, to Scribner's.
the
although
It
Beyond
is
the house,
clearly
defined
and comes out by the Mountain House
barns, passing Hygeia Spring on the way.
WALK FROM THE LAUREL HOUSE TO
PALEN-
VILLE OVERLOOK.
BY PATH VIA LEMON SQUEEZER, FAIRY SPRING, AND FAT MAN'S
DELIGHT.
The
shortest path from the
Overlook
is
two miles
the Laundry, the route
to Scribner's.
is
and
Laurel House to
three-fourths.
To
Palenville
the right of
across the foot-bridge at Glen Mary,
Beyond the house
are
three diverging pathi,
and the center one
A
—an old wood
mile through the woods
Turnmg
House, near Druid Rocks.
tain
—should
road
intersects a path
it
A
index.)
the
necessary to
now
known
tain.
the
is
reach
is
entered as
the
ascends the
ledge
summit of South Mountain.
The
it
crosses the narrow summit,
of which point
is
right,
the U.
passing by a bowlder
a ledge
S.
ing, tortuous
Overlook.
path
for the
is
Man's Delight
quite well
is
moun-
soon descended, to
Coast Survey Signal, and
but a few rods more to the Bowlder.
here, through the Fat
—
(See
last
Again turning to the
of stones
ascends
Sqeezer and Fairy Spring.
as Star Rock, to the front or eastern side of the
left
ville
it
underneath another
few yards beyond, the path from Sunset Rock to
Mountain House
path
Lemon
be followed.
from the Moun-
to the right
a small ledge and winds around to and
ledge, soon passing the
77
marked
Passing
down
it
the ledge
(see index), the descend-
—
in
some places by
piles
remaining three-fourths of a mile to Palenville
(For description of this place, see index for " Palen-
Overlook.
Walk from
Palenville."
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78
CATSKILL MT. HOUSE REGION.
The Catskill Mountain House having
than
is
fifty
years and being the largest house
quite generally
many
known throughout
A
foreigners.
this
existed for
more
in the Catskills,
it
country as well as to
mile and a half intervenes between this
house and the nearest one to
It
it.
stands on the eastern side
of the mountain range, on the edge of a high ledge of rock,
Hudson
overlooking the
It is plainly visible
From
the house a tract of
Hudson
visible,
valley
is
and
valley,
an elevation of 2225
at
from a great distance to the
many hundred square
spread to view
feet.
east.
miles of the
with sixty miles of the river
;
appearing as a mere bright thread stretched across the
patchwork plain of
field
The Green Mountains and
and wood.
Berkshire Hills form the dim background, and the Highlands
appear
far to the right.
Directly south of the house, paths lead to the
summit of
South Mountain, which attains an altitude greater by 292
The
beautiful Calskill
Lakes
to the west a half mile
lie
feet.
and the
road in that direction passes between them.
The
route to the Mountain
Stages
which
is
House
is
by the way of
Catskill.
of the house meet the boats and cars at that place,
twelve miles distant.
In ascending the mountain the
road winds up through Sleepy Hollow
seen where Rip
Van Winkle
is
quaffing from "that wicked flagon
;
and the rock may be
supposed to have slept
!"
after
(For description of this
J
RUSK'S GUIDE.— CATSKILL MT. HOUSE REGION.
The
place, see "Sleepy Hollow.")
cluding hand baggage,
is
two
79
stage fare from Catskill, in-
dollars.
Trunks are charged
for
extra.
to
Kaaterskill Falls,
for drives, the
prmcipal ones being
Haines' Falls, Stony Clove, and around
South Mountain through the Cauterskill Clove.
The Mail
is
carried regularly by the stages of the house to
and from the Catskill
A
Western Union
a direct wire to
New
post-office.
Telegraph
Office
is
in the
house with
York.
WALKS ABOUT THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN
HOUSE REGION AND VICINITY.
DISTANCES FROM THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
MILES.
Artist's
Rock, and Prospect Ledge
Catskill Lakes, (North Lake,
Haines' Falls, by path via Laurel
"
"
^
South Lake), by road
House
^
3
by road
4
Hygeia Spring
f
Kaaterskill Falls, by path south of South
"
"
"
Lake
il
by path along north shore of South Lake, if
2I
by road
Lovers' Retreat
^
Mary's Glen
i
Moses' Rock
i|-
Newman's Ledge
Palenville Overlook,
if
by path over South Mt, via Pudding-
stone Hall and Fat Man's Delight
i4
8o
South Mountain,
"
"
Lemon
—top
of
it,
by
direct path
^
Circuit of the top, by path via Druid Rocks,
Squeezer, Fairy Spring, and Pudding-stone Hall i^
Sunset Rock, on South Mt., by path over the
"
"
"
"
via Scribner's
Sunset Rock, north of Mt. House,
Jacob's Ladder,
Mt
2
2^
]
)
Bears' Den,
|
# . . .
J
The Outlook, on North Mountain
af
DRIVES IN THE VICINITY OF THE CATSKILL
MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
DISTANCES FROM THE MT. HOUSE, BY THE MOST USUAL ROUTE.
MILES.
Around South
Mountain, via Sleepy Hollow,
Cauterskill Clove, and Haines' Falls,
— round
Palenville,
trip,
....
15
Haines' Falls
4
Hunter
10
Kaaterskill Falls and L.i.nrcl Flonse
2^
Parker Hill
8
Plaaterkili,
Sleepy
Hollow
13
2
Stony Clove
i2|
Tannersville
6
3
RUSK'S GUIDE.—CATSKILL MT. HOUSE REGION.
Si
SOUTH MOUNTAIN.
WALK
It
of
IN
is
THE MT. HOUSE REGION. BY DIRECT PATH TO THE
House
a mile from the Mountain
half
South Mountain
to the
by the shortest path.
TOP.
summit
This walk
i?
probably more frequently taken than any other here.
The path ascends among
the trees from near the south-wes;
A
corner of the Mountain House.
it
painted guide-mark along
and a red bar crossing
consists of a round, white spot
it.
Passmg up a small ledge and reaching the top of a second,
The one
higher one, paths diverge.
Pudding'-Stone Hall and up
to the
summit
a narrow passage between the ledge
is
through
This Hall
a third ledge.
is
and a huge block of pud-
The
ding-stone broken and separated therefrom.
plain path
winds along the eastern ledge of the summit and commands
views
much
much
the
same
as those
from the Mountain House bn'
increased in extent and variety.
I
lojked upon a plain of green,
That some one called
the
Where many living things
In movement or repose.
But most
•
It
my wonder
bred,
all
wa^
the mountain
reams that fed
The
fair
s
the nobly wise,
green plain's a\nenit:es. —Stirling.
of South
Slightly
on the very top.
2,497 feet.
of Prose,
Though known by
The summit
nearly barren.
this fact
Land
are seen,
Mountain and much of
back from the eastern edge
.-:alled
Star Rock.
The
At the edge of the mountain,
a part of the projecting ledge
is
its
is
sides are
a bowlder
elevation here
east
from
called the Spliinx.
is
this point,
—
RUbK'S GUIDE. -CATSKILLMT. HOUSE REGION.
82
The path
which
is
continues
southerly
to
Overlook,
Palenville
a mile and a fourth from the Mountain House.
scending one ledge, a signal used by the U.
stands on the
A
left.
Viie
To
the
on the edge of a high
Bowlder
is
ledge.
the only near, convenient
through, although
man may
its
down through
Bowlder
of the
left
A
way down.
Fat Man's Delight,
the fat
through the thirty feet of
quite winding
Coast Survey
few yards further along
appears
the ledge, called the
S.
De-
rent in
affords passage
find difficulty in getting
From
length.
here the path
is
the shrubbery to Palenville Over-
(For description, s©e index for "Palenville Overlook.
look.
Walk from
Palenville."
CIRCUIT OF THE TOP.
Near the south-west corner o# the Mountain House the
same path
is
taken as
in
going to th: summit of the mountain.
At the top of the second ledge
wmds
it
separar.-s to the right
along below the third ledge, through the forest,
half a
mile
to
about a dozen
These Rocks are some
Druid Rocks.
blocks of conglomerate, on the
feet high,
lett
of the path
being called the
one
;
ascends
it,
above and
the
tlirns to
Lemon
return
near the ledge, but then
and by quite a
is
circuit
to the left
the right underneath
Squeezer,
Fairy Spring.
The
is
It
or,
the
piece,
Great Bear,
somewhat resembles a large animal in a sitting posture.
a ways farther the path
and
nearly
it,
it
as
it
On,
turns and
reaches a ledge
through a fissure
Elfin
Pass— passing
soon ascends the ledge to Star Rock.
made by way of Puddmg-stone
Hall,
as in the walk by direct path to the top.
This makes a walk of about a mile and a fourth.
the same
—
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83
CATSKILL LAKES.
WALK
The Catskill
ain House.
and
lie
IN
THE MT. HOUSE REGION
Lakes
They
are a half mile west of the
close on either side of the road
and Haines'
to Kaaterskill
The North one has an
Falls.
twenty acres, and the South one some
Mount-
and South Lake,
are distinguished as North
area
Falls
of about
thirty-five acres
The
water from them flows to the south-west over the Kaaterskill
Their elevation
Falls.
is
2,138
feet.
They
are bordered by
— one side of the South one by the side of South Mount— and the Shore of the North one covered with a cran-
forest
ain
is
berry marsh.
Before reaching the Lakes by way of the road,
a path turns off to the
left
and
strikes the shore of
South Lake
at the boat-house.
VIEW ON SOUTH LAKE
Till death the tide of thought
There's
The
road,
all its
may
stêm,
chance of our forgetting
higliland lake, the water
With
A
little
gem.
rugged mountain-setting.
Milnes.
few yards east of the Lakes, close on the south side of the
is
a large rock with a crevice in one end resembling
the
—
»4
open jaws of an
hence called Alligator
and
Alligator,
Rock.
ARTISTS ROCK, AND PROSPECT LEDGE.
WALK
IN
THE MT. HOUSE REGION.
a walk of half a mile from the Mountain
It is
Artist's
Rock,
which
mountain north of the house.
The way
road to the top of the second small
on the
The
left.
right
House
down
is
the mountain
where two paths
hill,
hand path gradually ascends a
giving a sight of the valley below,
and soon reaches
Rock, from where the scenic beauty
to
on the brow of the
a bowlder
is
start
ledge,
Artist's
seen with increased ex-
is
tent.
After ascending
yards to
some
way
steps in the rocky
Prospect Ledge.
At
only a
few-
place the high wall of
this
rock facing the valley curves farther
it is
out
than
any other
at
point near, and thus greatly extends the view both north and
south.
West
The Hudson
Down
Point.
while just over
hill.
This
is
it
is
valley
is
the
to
Cairo
spread to view form Albany to
left
and near
Round Top
—a
is
Sleepy Hollow,
prominent round
an attractive walk.
On, three-eighths of a mile are
SUNSET ROCK, JACOB'S LADDER, AND BEARS'
DEN
the path soon ascends a short
From Prospect Ledge
called
which
Red
Hill, from the color ot the earth,
stands
a bowlder
Sunset Rock.
The
on the
—
at
the
right of the path,
hill,
top
known
of
as
views from this point are interesting
Stone steps and a ladder
— Jacob's Ladder — permit
next ledge being ascended, and to tne
left
of the
of the top are deep
the
clefts in
rock, constituting the
Mountain, with High Peak and Round
down
Close
distance.
to the west
To
Bears' Den.
House
Mountain
appear the
south
lie
resting
^5
ap;ainst
Top looming up
the
South
in the
the Catskill Lakes and
a dozen miles beyond appear Stony Mountain, Hunter Mountain,
This spot commands a varied
and Rusk Mountain.
scenery that
The path
is
well worth viewmg.
continues to
NEWMAN'S LEDGE,
Which
a mile and three-fourths from the Mountain House.
is
After winding along a ways
near the top of this
hill
it
ascends quite a steep
(The path which continues up the
Ledgê.
The
Outlook.)
to those seen
and
Newman's
turns to the right to
it
hill,
hill
leads to
The
scenes presented from this Ledge are similar
from Prospect Ledge except that the northern
horizon has receded and the
Ledge was named
southern drawn
Rev.
after
Newman
pendicular height of about one hundred
Hall.
Mountain House.
is
It
The
has a per-
feet.
THE OUTLOOK, ON NORTH
The Outlook
nearer.
MT.
two miles and three-fourths from the
Following the path from where the one
branches to Newman's Ledge beyond the Bears' Den, a small
hollow
The
forest
is
crossed in which, on the
Cellar.
;
The way
is
left,
is
now mostly through an unbroken
one place through a clump of
at
a depression called
tall,
straight spruce
up the slope of the mountain, with the ground exceedmgly
smooth and
often
met
free
with.
by marked
trees.
from brush
— as beautiful a piece of wood as
The path through
the forest
is
clearly
is
shown
86
There are two points
from The Outlook,
for observation
This brow of North
and Second Outlook.
called the First
Mountain on which they are situated
From
the First a broad, steep basin
lies
extremely steep.
is
below and in
In successive oider, beyond
are the CatskiU Lakes.
Mountain House, South Mountain, and High Peak
seen just to the
left
here a good idea
m
of the curve
Round Top
other Outlook
its
may be
are the
—the
latter
the mountain forming the
hidden by
is
depths
this curve.
From
obtained of the route and distance
traveled to reach this point.
The Second Outlook
Its elevation is
ed from the
3,108
is
feet.
First, with
a few rods farther along the path.
The view
is siriiilar
some portions incrtastd
to that obtain-
m
beauty and
extent.
The
return route
from the
is
usually
by a nearly
Second Outlook down
and plain path
direct
thr-,ugh
the fortst, striking
the road just west of the Lakes
WALK FROM THE CATSKILL
HOUSE TO
MT.
KAATERSKTLL FALLS.
BY PATH SOUTH OF SOUTH LAKE.
The
distance
is
a mile and a
The path
half.
starts
by the
barns, passes Hygeia Spring three-eighths of a mile along and
continues most of the
Here
it
way through
the
passes front of the house, and
crosses the creek at Glen
House Laundry.
This
is
muddy
to Scribner's.
Mary and comes out by
the shortest
places and gives a charming walk
are usually
woods
be5'ond the saw-miU
just after rains.
;
path
the Laurel
between these
but some parts of the
way
RUSK'S GUIDE.-CATSKILL MT. HOUSE REGION.
87
BY PATH ALONG NORTH SHORE OF SOUTH LAKE.
This route
is
a mile and three-fourths long.
road, west of the Lakes, near the charcoal
follows through the woods, near the Lake,
road to Scribner's, and opposite
The path
field
this point
pit,
From on
a well
the
worn path
and comes
to the
a small
house.
is
continues close by this house, on the right, across a
and over Spruce Creek by the Laundry.
SLEEPY HOLLOW.
The
spot
HoUo-w,
Sleepy
said
to
known
as
and
be the place where
Rip Van Winkle took
twenty years' nap,
is
his
on the
Mountain House road two
down
miles
The
Rip
the mountain.
illustration
at
home
is
piece of statuary
Rogers.
(For
list
showing
from the
by John
of other
groups, see index for ^'Rogers'
Statuary.") Irving says
"The
'
'V ^J^
children of the village, too, would shout with joy when-
ever he approached.
village,
skirts,
:
Whenever he went dodging about the
he was surrounded by a troop of them, hanging on his
clambering on his back, and playing a thousand tricks
on him with impunity; and not a dog would bark
throughout the neighborhood."
at
him
88
MARY'S GLEN.
WALK
The shady walk
tain
House
down
to
IN
of a mile, without climbing, from the
Mary's Glen
is
the mountain road to the top of the second small
where the
followed.
left
is
hill,
one of the two paths on the north should be
It leads past the <»astern
ing a small stream near the Lake.
Creek
Moun-
The way is
a desirable one.
end of North Lake,
A
crossed on a log for a foot-bridge.
some two hundred
feet
further
from the top of the
falls
to the road,
of the lake, and the return
is
cross-
Half a mile farther Ashley's
pretty falls are
A
up the stream.
path leads
by the charcoal
pit
west
usually by this way.
HYGEIA SPRING.
WALK
Hygeia
IN
Springy
and enters the woods.
up,
east of the barns
a nice spring of cold water, wailed
It is
and with conveniences
mile from the
of a
three-eighths
is
Mountain House, on the path which passes
for drinking.
MOSES' ROCK.
'.
WALK
Moses' Rock
is
IN
on the eastern side of the mountain, be-
The way
low the Mountain House.
ain road about half a mile
to
it
is
down
and then by a path on the
the mountain three-fourths of a mile farther.
the mountright
down
(From the path
a short distance from the road a path diverges and leads along
the side of the mountain to Palenville Overlook.)
is
about one hundred feet long by twenty
flows from an opening in
(This path continues
way
to Palenville.)
its
side a yard
down
The Rock
feet high,
and water
above the ground.
the mountain and
is
the shortest
;;
RUSK'S GUIDE.— TANNERSVILLE
89
TANNEllSVILLE.
About
half a century ago the
borne by a Uttle hamlet with
mountain,
owed
ing
its
in
name
its
of
Tannersville was
post office at the foot of the
the upper part of the Cauterskill Clove,
existence chiefly,
if
which
not wholly^ to a large and flourish-
tannery located there
In
later
years, as the
tannery
ceased operations and the place became one of ruins, the
was transferred to the
and which
is
Tannersville
gion,
locality
three miles
is
and a
name
which has ever since retained
half from the original
it,
site.
the next place west of the Haines Falls Re-
on the same road,
miles from Catskill.
House, Kaaterskill
—the Hunter turnpike, — and
nearness
Its
Falls,
is
fifteen
to the Catskill Mountain
Haines' Falls, Cauterskill Clove and
Stony Clove renders excursions to these places easy to be made
while
many
may be
other interesting points,
but
little
more remote,
conveniently visited.
Tannersville has quite a
number
of popular boarding-houses,
with accommodations for from fifteen to a hundred people each
and as the number of people who stop
at this place increases
each succeeding year, additional provision
is
made
for
their
reception.
The
general elevation of the place, where the houses are
cated, varies from
one thousand and eight hundred
sand and two hundred
south,
feet.
Clum
Hill
is
in
and Parker Mountain and Parker Hill
to
the
rise
lo-
two thou-
immediate
on the north
RUSK'S GUIDE.— TANNERSVILLE.
i90
To
side.
many
its
ley
is,
the west
and the view down the Schoharie Val-
irregular spurs,
also,
The
a grand view of Hunter Mountain with
is
an excellent one.
route from Catskill to Tannersville leads through the
well-known CauterskiU Clove, up the mountain.
the houses in Tannersville run daily
the boats and cars at Catskill
parties will be
met
at
;
ances from various houses,
stages between this place
two
is
The
The
are received from
post-office
is,
is
at the
Hunter, Tannersville and East Jewett
Union
Church
a daily line of mail
also,
New York
The Telegraph Ofi&ce
A
regular fare, includ-
for local drives.
once or more each day.
Mountain Home.
at the
is
of
meet
Catskill.
There are plenty of vehicles obtainable
Mails
all
Besides the convey-
dollars.
there
and
to
and, by previous arrangement,
unusual hours.
ing baggage, from Catskill
Nearly
conveyances
Mountain
Home — on the
line.
has recently been erected.
There
is
a
store in the place.
Near the Mountain
fancy articles of
wood
and probably never
artistic
The
Home
excelled.
workmanship can
piscatorial art
is
a turning shop where many
are turned, in a style seldom equaled
fail
may be
No
lover of pleasing designs
to appreciate a visit to this shop.
practiced in the vicinity, and the
streams hereabout are being re-stocked with
county hatchery.
and
trout from
the
9^
WALKS ABOUT TANNERSVILLE AND
VICINITY.
DISTANCES FROM THE MOUNTAIN HOME.
,
Clum
:
.,
MILES.
wifj V
Hill
-.
1
Haines' Falls
2A
( The Five Cascades,"^
Haines' Falls Ravine, as far as-< Shelving Rock and >
(^ Naiad's Bath,
)
Haines' Falls Ravine,
—through
it
to
.
2|
Lake Creek Bridge
3^
.
Kaaterskill Falls and Laurel House, by path via Prospect
Rock
4
Kaaterskill Falls and Laurel House, by road
Lovers'
4^
Retreat
1-16
Old Indian Fort, between High Peak and Round Top..
7
Parker Hill
2
Lane
Raspberry
Nearly
all
(See index).
tion
of the above walks are described in these pages.
Where
omitted.
is
^
the route
The
is
by a
location of
direct road, the descrip-
these places
and ways
to
them may be seen on the map.
DRIVES IN THE VICINITY OF TANNERSVILLE.
DISTANCES FROM THE
MOUNTAIN HOME, BY THE MOST USUAL
ROUTES.
MILES.
via
and Cauterskill Clove,
Catskill
—round
trip
Mountain House
Cauterskill Clove,
Qum
Mountain House,
Hill
—through
Palenville,
i8|
6
it
to Palenville
6
•
.
92
Haines' Falls,
zj
Hunter, ...
4^
Kaaterskill Falls and Laurel House,
4^
Overlook Mountain House, by new road, via
Parker
Plaaterkill,
Hill,
12
2
Plaaterkill,
7
Sleepy Hollow, where Rip Van Winkle
slept
8J
!
Stony Clove,
6.}
Windham,
145^
(See index to find description of above places).
CLUM
WALK
The walk
to
Cluin
and most popular one
TANNERSVILLE.
IN
llill
in
i
HILL.
is
considered the most important
annersville.
The
Hill
is
a continua-
tion
of the ridge formed by High Peak and Round Top, and
t\'as
named
afier
its
owner.
Its elevation is
2372
feet.
It rises
on the south of Tannersville and the distance from the Mountain
Home
By
to
its
summit, by the shortest path,
the road from directly in front of the
to the south a fourth of a mile, will cross
beyond the second bridge the path
starts
is
is
mile.
two bridges.
Just
from the road, crosses
the fields to the foot of the Hill, and winds up
which
one
Mountain Home,
its
north side,
covered with a growth of shrubs.
The view from
the
summit
is
panoramic.
Looking over
Tannersville hamlet, to the north, shows Eastkill and Parker
Mountains and Parker
other prominent peaks.
Hill,
while in the background are five
The view
Laurel House and Kaaterskill
Falls,
to the east
embraces the
which are some three and
The
a half miles distant in a direct line
93
Falls are facing this
Round
point and show the falling water from top to bottom.
Top
is
and beyond
Plaaterkill Clove,
its
right lies the
rises Plaaterkill
head of the
Mountam. From
Mountain the eye may follow along the ridge
Plaaterkill
passing
west,
To
near southeast.
in the
successively
Head,
Indian
:
Schoharie
Mink Mountain. Stony Mountain, Hunter Mountain,
Chair,
Rusk Mountain, and others on down the
ing less and
less distinct,
There
horizon.
till
away
they fade
Peak,
Colonel's
becom-
valley,
into the far blue
no better view obtainable of
is
to the
range of
this
mountains and of the Schoharie valley than the one from Clum
Hunter Village
Hill.
Eastkill
(There
"Clum
tor
lies just
behind a long-extended spur of
Mountain.
See index
a road nearly to the top of this Hill.
is
Drive in Tannersville.")
Hill.
RASPBERRY LANE.
WALK
In front of
Elm
IN
TANNERSVILLE.
Cottage, and one-half of a mile west of the
Raspberry Lant;
Mountain Home,
pike, across to the road to Plaaterkill
wood
— and
is
the
Lane
is
The
pretty brook which
flows through amoiig the trees, renders the spot
and the walk here
ued
is
near Blythe-
a grove of hemlocks and maples,
which picnics are frequently held.
creek
it
about three fourths of a mile long.
Midway along
in
extends from the turn-
—entering
is
a pleasant one at
a few rods below, and
to the Plaaterkill
roadr'
is
all
crossed
times.
if
more
inviting,
The Schoharie
the walk
is
contin-
94
LOVERS' RETREAT.
WALK
Lovers' Retreat
is
i*
IN TANNERSVILLE.
among
the cluster of trees,
Home.
road a few rods, in front of the Mountain
down
the
Seats are
arranged in this secluded shade, on a bank at whose foot winds
a pebbly trout brook.
Beneath the quivering arch of leaves
Where
sunlight flickered through,
While birds sang merry songs of love,
Each to its mate so true,
Where just below the mossy bank
The laughing stream flowed by,
We
came, with fishing
My
blue -eyed
PARKER
WALK OR DRIVE
The proper
route to
the west side of the
line
May and
and
I.
rod,
— Harpers^ Magazine.
HILL.
IN TANNERSVILLE.
Parker Hill
is
Mountain Home.
by the direct road
It
gradual ascent, for nearly two miles, where
a road on the
path to the
left,
of the Hill.
The
of
it
is
right,
which leads up through the
It is
in
intersected by
is
field to
the
is
a
summit
East Jewett.
is
2545
The
—which descends
Beyond,
is
in the direction of
to the right,
feet.
north side
and thus allows an excellent
the Eastkill valley,
and numerous peaks
More
at
with
but a few rods from the road to the top.
quite precipitous,
—taking
it
north,
rods along this right hand road
elevation of this mountain
down through
ham.
A few
leads
and
a tract of
sight
to the west,
hilly
country
Hensonville and Wind-
just across the Eastkill valley,
il
grandly
rise several liigh
Dome
the east and Black
mountains
— Black
in this vicinity
Eastkill valley
and contiguous country
Head
farthest
There
next, adjoining.
walk or drive
95
to
no other
is
that gives such an idea of the
from Parker
as this view
Hill.
Prominent
in the south-east are
and the view of them from here
Round Top
west of
far
High Peak and Round Top,
is
To
an impressive one.
the
the successive peaks can be well seen as
along as Hunter Mountain
;
while Tannersville
lies
in
the
foreground.
The mountain immediately west
of
Parker Hill
is
Parker
Mountain,
ascending
In
Parker Hill a boulder
ârge white star has been painted.
name
— Parker Hill —
The boulder
obtained, nor in any
therefore the
;
The
reason the original
been
the view
with
passed, on which a
Star Rock.
known
is
is
this
has, for a time,
place been
as
For
first
way
appellation
trip to this Hill is
lost sight of,
is
and the
not where
specially connected there-
is
retained in these pages.
a popular one.
WALK FROM TANNERSVILLE TO THE LAUREL
HOUSE.
BY PATH VIA PROSPECT ROCK.
The
may
Falls
first
A
miles.
part of this walk
is
by the turnpike
be found under the heading of
"Walk between the Haines'
Region and the Laurel House.
Rock."
(See index.)
Home, by
—two and a half
detailed description of the remainder of the route
The
By path
total distance
this route, is four miles.
via Prospect
from the Mountain
g6
CLUM
-
HILL.
4
DRIVE IN TANNERSVILLE.
It is
HilL
practicable to drive almost to the
By
the
the Mountain
way
of this road the distance
Home.
The
where a road to the south
wood,
—which
steep
hill
summit of
is
turnpike
taken,
—
is
is
Clum
two miles from
followed east for a mile
directly in front of
Maple-
descends a ways and then winds up the long,
to the top of the
running perpendicular to
it.
ridge,
terminating in an old road
This old road
few rods past the house to the west,
may be
followed a
and then the path crosses5
a field to the summit.
An
enumeration of the beauties seen from
found under the heading of "Clum
villa."
(See index).
Hill.
this place
Walk
in
may be
I
Tanners
RUSK'S
GUIDE— HUNTER.
97
HUNTER.
The
at the
village of
Hunter
is
located on the Schoharie Creek
base of Hunter Mountain, and forms a part of the town-
The township extends from
same name.
ship bearing the
hundred square
ter,
The
miles.
who owned a
place was
large tract of the
named
John Hun-
after
mountains here during
In the year 17 17, Colonel William
early settlement.
wards and his son moved from
and here established the
first
Massachusetts to
War
this Village
some of
valley,
and
tories in this region acted
their plundering expeditions.
Nearly every building in the village of Hunter
street
a
which follows the course of the Schoharie
half.
The
The
elevation
Hunter
is
is
old elms, and
distant.
other
places
—
The
route to
it
is
trains,
ways
feet.
is
usually by the
on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad,
Stagês meet the
for a
by maples.
west of Tannersville and adjoining, and
sent for parties
The road
a mile and
for
shaded,
from sixteen to seventeen hundred
miles from Catskill.
Phoenicia,
at
on the one
is
is
greater portion of the street
by a row of lordly
During
the Indians often crossed the mountains
by way of the Schoharie
as guides in
its
W. Ed-
extensive tannery in the State, in
which the then new method of tannmg was adopted.
the Revolutionary
west
and has an area of about one
of the village, east to Palenville,
twenty
way
of
thirteen miles
and private conveyances are
when such arrangements
are previously made.
leads through the remarkable Stony Clove, where ice
J
RUSK'S
98
GUIDE— HUNTER.
remains among the rocks during the entire year.
tion of this
fare
place, see index for
The
one
dollar.
from Phoenicia, with baggage included,
is
for drives to Catskill
House, Overlook Mountain House, Kaaterskill
Falls,
(For descrip-
"Stony Clove.")
and many other popular summer
stage
Mountain
Falls, Haines'
resorts,
more
between Hunter and
New
or less dis-
tant.
There
is
post-office
Mail
a daily
is
at the store of
There are two
Telegraph
OfiBices
and the other near the lower end,
Co.,
on the U.
The
three
byterian,
&
one
at the
Churches
and
at the store of
D. Railroad Company's
upper end
Roman
H. E. Biddell
line.
are of the Methodist Episcopal, Pres-
Catholic denominations.
There are two physicians
extensive
;
on the Hunter, Tannersville and East Jewett Hne,
of the village
&
The
York.
Burgess and Douglass.
in the place
;
three stores
;
two
chair factories, which are continually producing var-
ious styles of chairs in great
numbers
;
and a bedstead
WALKS ABOUT HUNTER AND
factory.
VICINITY.
DISTANCES FROM THE POST-OFFICE.
MILES.
Chair Factories, in the village ....
Cold Spring,
in
Shanty Hollow
I
f and i|- f
i
Colonel's Chair
2
Entrance to Stony Clove Notch
3
j
Ford Hill
2
<
Hunter Mountain
4
Ingraham Square,
Lovers' Glen
— around
it
5
i
I
.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— HUNTER.
100
Mossy Brook
i
Rusk's Hill
i
DRIVES IN THE VICINITY OF HUNTER.
DISTANCES FROM THE POST-OFFICE, BY THE MOST USUAL ROUTES.
MILES.
Catskill
Clum
Mountain House
lo
6|
Hill
Grand View, East Windham
i2
Haines' Falls
7
Kaaterskill Falls and
Laurel House
g
Overlook Mountain House, by new road via Plaaterkill.
14
Parker Hill
7
Plaaterkill
9
Prattsville
16
Stony Clove
5^
Tannersville
,
Windham
4
10
,
HUNTER MOUNTAIN.
WALK FROM HUNTER,
Hunter Mountain
abruptly, with
It
many
is
has an elevation of 4040
Catskills.
south of Hunter village, and rises
from the Schoharie
irregular spurs,
The summit
vj
feet,
2431
and
feet
is
above the
village of Hunter,
and the distance thereto by the shortest path
miles,
although as measured on a
but one-half as
far.
map
valley.
the highest peak of the
it
is
about four
would appear to be
I
Of
made
the ascent of this mountain,
have been as
satisfactory,
and economy of time,
from the village up
By
as
none
one taken by an ahuost direct course
The upper
distant,
part of the
spur of the mountain, and the
fields
and a
there
v\heie
Hollow
way
is
woods
to
a small farm
divided
is
by a long
continues, east of the house,
From
for three-fourths of a mile.
exceedingly steep and there
the west side of the
strip of
by a log road up the eastern branch of
across a small stream,
rill
is
here the
no path marked.
which comes down
course to follow by the compass
south.
be said that
has
steep side.
its
Shanty Hollow, a mile
Hollow
writer
freedom from difficuUies
in point of
and leads up through some
house.
may
it
the
a path crosses the Schoharie in front of the post-
this way,
office
the
by which
several different routes
the
lOl'
is
way
is
Crossing to
this hollow,
a proper
about forty degrees west of
be well to bear in mind that there are no more
It will
hollows to cross in any part of the journey, and that, therefore,
the route
is
always ascending.
There are no high ledges to
form barriers to one's progress, but the steep mile, of quite
regular slope, rises at
some places
at
an angle of
forty-five de-
grees or more.
From
journey
same
is
is
of gradual ascent, and should
The
direction.
remainder of the
the
the top of this steep portion,
be continued in the
long walk through the dense forest here
delightful.
The summit
of
Hunter Mountain
is
a level area of about
one-fourth of a square mile, covered with
a
spruce, as are
most of the other peaks of the
to the forest,
the views
thick
growth of
Catskills.
Owing
obtamed from here are quite meager;
i
I02
however, from a small ledge on the eastern brow,
and Round Top may be
west
side
is
it
seen, seven miles distant,
possible to get a glimpse
down
High Peak
and from the
into Westkill.
Bears and deer have well-worn paths 'jonverging at a small de-
which holds
pression, near the eastern outlook,
days after rams.
many
'J'he
ledges towards Stony Clove
while a mile
;
along the high ridge which extends south of
narrow Stony Clove Notch cuts through
The
mountain from Stony Mountain.
east,
and a
half,
the deep and
and separates
this
adjoining peaks, contin-
uing in this direction from Stony Mountain,
tain,
some
kvater for
south side of the mountain descends by
are
Mmk
Moun-
Schoharie Peak Indian Head, and Plaaterkill Mountain,
which
latter
terminates this ridge at the front or eastern side of
the mountain range.
west,
the
first
peak encountered
others follow in th»
to the north.
By a branch
same
down
is
direction.
Rusk Mountam
succession of peaks
Hunter Mountain
of
Westkill
Mountam,
to the
while
By another branch, more
is first
beyond which
met
the Schoharie valley.
is
a
West of north
a long, curved spur forms the Colonel's Chair.
Hunter Mountain
Quite a large number of people ascend
each summer.
attempt.
Probably ladies
The contour
will
not
of this mountain
some use of the compass,
it
will
care
is
such
to
make
that,
the
without
be a very easy matter to de-
scend in an unintended direction.
COLONEL'S CHAIR.
WALK FROM HUNTER.
The Colonel's Chair
is
a long spur of Hunter Mountain
which extends towards the village and terminates on the Schoharie.
I
In front of the post-office, the path to
and the
Shanty Hollow, a mile
fields to
along the way, on the
left, is
is
may be
enough
The
if
to the right of the little
is
Hollow
pipes were laid to conduct
its
sides are covered,
climbing rather than walking, for
it
is
Cold Spring,
is
thereto.
it
must be considered as
so steep that the hands
ridge forming the Chair measures but a few rods across
summit.
Its elevation at the front is
303 7
of the highest place, a fourth of a mile back,
The summit
is
and the surrounding
Many
needed
ladies
make
many
3^^5is
an
miles along the Schoharie val-
this trip
and
feel
well
repaid
for
the
effort.
(^LOVE.
Stony Clove Notch
given under this heading,
its
to
which attention
narrow pass through
is
especially
remarkable features are unlike
those of aey other place in the Catskills.
a deep,
and that
feet,
country.
STONY
It is
is
almost barren, and the view from here
extensive one, embracing
ley
started, the
frequently have to assist locomotion.
The
its
beyond should be
ascent of the last half mile of the Chair, over the broken
rocks with which
will
frequently
water issues from the ground to sup-
clear, cold
ply the village,
is
readily found.
A few rods back of the house in the
vvhere
and
once properly
not clearly indicated, but
remainder of the way
The stream
distant.
house, and the point at which the shrubbery
entered
crosses the creek
it
Mossy Brook,
In Shanty Hollow, the way
visited.
103
Nature has here cut
the loftiest ridge.
The entrance
RUSK'S GUIDE.— STONY CLOVE.
104
to this
Notch
is
three milles from
Hunter
The road which
from Tannersville.
village
and four miles
passes through extends to
Phoenicia.
STONY CLOVE NOTCH.
Proceeding through from the north, or Hunter
gap gradually becomes narrower, with
steeper
its
side,
and higher, and the road somewhat ascending,
a mile or more,
when
the
sides considerably
for
the highest point on the road and the
narrowest part of the Notch are reached.
Here the
almost perpendicularly, more than two thousand
feet,
sides rise
and are
a
RUSK'S GUIDE.-STONY CLOVE.
SO close that the
roadway
will
not admit of wagons passing each
There
other except in a few places.
through the Notch, but the tiny
sides pass out, either
rills
no creek running
is
which come down the
toward the north to the Schoharie, or
southward to the Esopus,
—
As
the sun never shines in
portions of the Notch, ice, which
in
is
obtained from cavities
mid-summer.
The
Continuing through, the road descends gradually.
widens, and the right hand side
places overhanging.
dark water, called
tJie
At
is
Stygian Lake.
bowlder planted endwise
above the surface.
is
the
in the
This
is
another appellation.
It is
a pool of
Farther along, close to
known
rising a
as
dozen
—
feet
Pulpit Rock,
and, as parties frequently picnic at this spot,
is
is
Devil's Tombstone,
ground and
also
pass
a high wall of rock, in some
base, near the outlet,
its
other side of the road,
some
formed among the rocks,
is
remains during the entire year, and
by the road, even
else
taking circuitous and widely separ-
ated courses to the Hudson.
close
165
Picnic
Rock
possible to obtain trout from the
stream near by, which flows from Stygian Lake.
It is
about half a mile from here to the inhabited part of
— which
contains a few houses, saw-mills, and a
chair factory, nestled
between the high mountains on either
Stony Clove,
side,
—through which the road takes a westerly
direction along
the winding course of the Stony Clove Creek.
many
trout in this stream.
There are
—
RUSK'S GUIDE. -OVERLOOK MT. HOUSE REGION.
io6
OVEKLOOK ML HOUSE
I'he
Overlook Mountain House
summit of Overlook Mountain,
RE(ilON.
is
located near the
at an elevation of
2978
feet
higher than any other house in the Catskills.
The
Hudson
route to this house from the
the Ulster and Delaware Railroad
Hurley
nine miles by
Rondout
West
to
thence nine miles by stagês of the Overlook Hou?e
;
which meet
The
from
is
The
all trains.
stage fare
is
fare
on the cars
one dollar and a
The Overlook Mountain stands
Catskill range
of the
The mountain and
half,
is
thirty-one cents.
exclusive of baggage.
at the south-eastern
and reaches an
also the house
altitude of
corner
3150
may be observed
feet.
for a long
distance along the Hudson.
The mountain
view of
it
from that point, as
in full view,
is
ley the stages
^
nearly north from
is
it
towers above, with the house
exceedingly grand.
come
to the
has an elevation of 594
feet.
West Hurley and the
little
This
Four miles from West Hurvillage of
is
the Post-ofiElce of the
Overlook House and the stages carry the
twice or
more each
Woodstock which
Mails
to
and
fro
day.
From Woodstock
the ascent of the mountain
good road through the
forest.
is
made by
Half way up the mountain
a
is
the nearest house to the Overlook House.
The
house, standing close on the brow of the mountain, com-
mands
surprising
Down
in the front
and unbroken views
is
in nearly every direction.
a plain of ten miles reaching to the Hud-
son, with a long stretch of the river
and contiguous country.
—
RUSK'S GUIDE. -OVERLOOK MT. HOUSE REGION.
io8
To
the south and west appear
Shde Mountain and adjacent
Portions of seven states are said to be visible from
mountains.
here.
There
is
Telegraph
a
OflB.Ce in the house.
for
drives
to Cauterskill Clove,
Haines' Falls, Kaaterskill Falls, and Catskill Mountain House.
WALK ABOUT THE SUMMIT OF OVERLOOK
MT.
Standing just in front of the Overlook House and facing the
valley, to the left the front of the
mountain about an eighth
a mile distant forms a clearly cut profile,
Duke.
Taking a path
in that direction, thirty
a point of the ledge called
beyond
is
Styles'
bridge,
some
bowlder with
its
reached.
by a
wall.
split
the Iron Duke's cap.
from where a wonderful view
is
is
soon passed,
This rock
A
is
is
a large
its
outer
from the side of the rocky
ladder reaches to the top,
obtained of the immense depth
immediately below and of the Hudson and Esopus
Just beyond
few feet
deep and
rustic foot-
inner edge resting on the ledge and
supported by a column of rock
It is
A
The Devil's Kitchen,
a triangular hole in the rock thirty feet deep,
Rock
of
Iron
rods will reach
thirty-five feet
Gorge — crossed
named Grace's Bridge.
and "Wellington's
as the
Dramatic Rock.
a fissure in the ledge
eight feet wide
known
Pulpit Rock.
valleys.
Here the projecting
face
of the mountain descends perpendicularly about a hundred
feet.
Next
ridge
of the
down
is
Overlook Ledge
where a path descends a
mountain, called Minister's
a succession of ledges to the
Face, winding
Dominie's Nose,
where
RUSK'S GUIDE.— OVERLOOK MT. HOUSE REGION.
the mountain
dred
almost perpendicular for a depth of
is
The
feet.
spot
The path from Overlook Ledge on around
them
are Black
High Peak and Round Top; and
Head and Black Dome.
and Albany are
left,
and a few yards along comes
er
whose top
kill,
reaching
there
is
visible.
to
still
it
down
the
Turtle
Rock— a
mountain
Hud-
bowld-
(From
this
a fourth of a mile distant.)
a point of the ledge, called
mountain
on the return path
—
a
from
htre
is
to return
Kimball's Rock, which
Echo Lake, about
cool recess
rock, detached from the western
far
away
to the road to Plaater-
side
three-fourths of
Glen Evans
a mile to the north and a thousand feet below.
Not
beyond
;
here the path turns to the
round;; the north side of the
discloses a beautiful view of
is
to the
farther
a fair representation of a turtle.
is
As the path
Near,
Kingston, Catskill,
From
son,
point a path turns
hun-
summit of the
the
Rock.
Mountain and Indian Head
Plaaterkill
staiid
five
a mile from the house.
is
mountain soon comes to Bishop's
north are
109
among huge
of the
Hawkin's Rock,
best view of the succession of mountain
blocks
mountain
of
top.
which affords the
peaks
to the north
and west.
There are other interesting places on the summit of the
mountain,
all
within half a mile of the Overlook House.
MINNEHAHA
WALK
IN
THE OVERLOOK MT. HOUSE REGION.
Minnehaha Spring
house.
and
is
Remarkably
caught
in
SPRING.
is
a fourth of a mile west of the
clear water flows
from underneath a ledge
a pocket of the rock, making
drink therefrom, before
it is
lost in the forest
it
convenient to
below.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— OVERLOOK MT. HOUSE REGION.
no
ECHO LAKE.
WALK OR DRIVE
Echo Lake,
or,
IN
THE OVERLOOK MT. HOUSE REGION.
Shuc's Lake,
as
it
was formerly
called,
two miles north from the Overlook House, near the new
is
road between
to
this
The Lake
it.
house and
is
Mountain tops covered with
feet
its
above
its level.
Plaaterkill.
very deep and
It is
forest
fed by
rills
the
rise
A
branch road leads
water clear and cold.
around,
a thousand
and springs and discharges
waters into the Sawkill to the south-west.
Trout are found
here.
Note.
— Mention
is
made
Mountain House and
in this
Guide of a new road between the Over-
That was written and put in type
The work was
finally suspended when the road was finished half way, and so it is only
complete from the Overlook House to Echo Lake. It will probably be'finished for next season.
There is a path the whole distance.
look
Plaaterkill.
while the construction of the road was being carried on.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— CAIRO, HENSONVILLE, WINDHAM,
iii
(A mo.
The
village of
Cairo
kill,
is
is
route to
The view
ten miles distant.
near point
on high land near the north-eastern
The
base of the Catskills.
is
it
by stage from Cats-
of the mountains from this
Telegraphic communication.
excellent.
HENSONVILLE.
Hensonville
village
ains at an elevation of
a pleasant spot
is
some
fifteen
among
hundred
head of the valley
Dome
mountain
in
to
which
this
place
may be
by stage
or,
the east, at the
located, rises the Black
is
an altitude of 4,003
and a half from Windham.
To
half.
mount-
It
feet.
reached by stage from Catskill, twenty-five miles,
from Phoenicia, twenty miles and a
the
feet.
It
is
two miles
Telegraphic facihties.
WINDHAM.
"Windham
It
lies in
a
is
as beautiful a village
mountain valley
at
as the
Windham High Peak which
The
has,
extended view from
its
by stages either via
twenty-three miles
;
feet,
is
and
There are churches, two
houses are very pleasantly located.
is
long
the east
summit.
telegraph offices, and a weekly newspaper.
nicia,
To
an altitude of 3,534
place was settled in 1785.
place
A
an elevation of 1,510.
ridge of mountain peaks rises on either side.
affords an
county affords.
The few boarding
The way
to reach
Catskill, twenty-six miles
or, Prattsville,
route, although a longer stage ride,
is
ten miles.
the most direct.
;
this
Phoe-
The
first
II3
RUSK'S GUIDE-r-CATSKILL.
PROSPECT PARK HOTEL,
CATSKILL,
N. Y.
(See illustration in description of Catskill.)
SUMMER RESORT,
FIRST-CLASS
Of Easy
Access on the
Banks of
the
Hudson River,
WITH ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
The main building is two hundred and fifty feet front by forty feet, with
wing one hundred and forty by forty feet. Dinnig-room full length of wing
with two-story Piazza three hundred and seventy by sixteen feet.
;
The
grounds, walks, avenues and shrabbery are adapted to the chief design
to produce such an establis.inient, on a liberal and appropriate scale,
as can offer to those who with their families annually seek in the country, during the Sunnier months, healtli and grateful change from the heat and confinement of the city.
No mahria, hay fever or mosquitoes. Croquet, Billiards, Bowling Alley, Fishing, Boating, Bathing, good Music.
which
:
IS,
The Views from the Hotel are Unsurpassed
in
Extent and Beauty.
—
The annually
increasing tide of visitors to this region drawn hither in the
pursuit of health and pleasure - has already vindicated its right to the title of
"The Switzerland of America."
The location is a judicious selection from
the Prospect Hill
and the site,
surroundings, occupies twenty acres.
The plateau is admirably adapted to the purpose. With a commanding view of the River in front, and for
miles north and south, and the grand old Mountains in the background, with a
climate of great salubrity, healthy mountain air, and the accessories of field
and river sports and pleasure drives, it is unsurpassed in all the borders of the
Hudson in its attractions and advantages.
with
;
its
Carriages
will
be
in
attendance at the Cars and Boats.
Accessible by nearly all trains on the Hudson River Railroad, and by the
Day Boats "Chauncey Vibbard" and "Daniel Drew." Also by Night Steamers every evening fro.n foot of Harrison Street, New York, for Catskill.
connected with the Hotel, with
brick stables recently erected.
First-class Livery
in
new
Western Union Telegraph
in the
good stabling
for horses
House.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Address
PROSPECT PARK HOTEL
CO.,
Catskill,
N. Y.
RUSK'S
114
GUIDE—CATSKILL.
THE OLNEY HOUSE.
Prosi>ect
Avenue,
Catskill,
N. Y.
Delightfully Situated on the
Banks
of
The Hudson,
A
short distance from the Prospect Park Hotel,
ient to
House open May
Churches and
and conven-
Post-office,
ist.
$8 TO $12.
GEO R. OLNEY,
TERMS,
Address
P. O.
338, Catskill, N. Y.
BENNETT,
H.
C.
Box
Hats, Caps, Umbrellas,
&c., &c., &c.
White
Shirts
& Summer Underclothing,
A
289
Main Street,
Specialty
-
-
Catskill, N. Y.
SUMMER BOARD_
SALISBURY HOUSE,
Jefferson Heights,
New
Catskill.
J
House,
Extensive grounds
extra large rooms, newly furnished.
attached, with orchards of fruit and shade trees.
Pleasant scenery on all
sides, antl excellent bathing and fishing witliin a short distance.
Near the
Village, in a fashionable neighborhood.
Tcrm.s reasonable.
Address,
JAMES SALISBURY,
Box 366, CatskUl, N. Y,
J
I
RUSK'S GUIDE.—CATSKILL.
ns
IRVING HOUSE
CATSKILL,
Is a large,
new and comuiodious
N. Y.
brick building, in the centre
of the Village, with
First-Class
Accommodations
FOR TRAVELERS AND TOURISTS.
The
Village
Omnibus and Baggage Wagon
attend
all
Trains
and Boats.
Il
"*
An
authorized Agent
will
accommodate and attend
to
be on hand to give information,
the wants of the
guests
of this
House.
Parties desiring Country Board, furnished with information
regarding the different localities and prices.
H. A.
PERSON,
Proprietor.
i
i
u6
RUSK'S GUIDE.— CATSKILL.
SUMMIT HILL
CATSKILL,
1
HOUSE,
N. Y.
s
^
—
I
§
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f^
c:^
T~S,
—
1
^
S
P.
M. GOETCHIUS,
6^
Proprietor.
—
117
THE WINCHELSEA,
THE
CA~rSKIl_l_S_)
(IN
A
The
location
heavy dews
;
Clove,
terskill
Sufmner Resort.
First- C/ass
is
one of the most heahhy
perfect drainage.
it
in the country.
Directly in Iront of the
N(>
Cau
receives the full benefit of the cool mounlaii
Good
breeze that passes through the gorge.
For Circular and terms
Stabling.
—stating accommodations
THEO.
address
Palenville,
C.
desired
TEALE,
Greene
Co., N. Y.
PINE GROVE HOUSE,
Entrance
to the Cauterskill Clove,
PALENVILLE,
Located amidst the beauties of the
good accommodations.
Good
with
N. Y.
Catskills
;
Carriage
House new,
House and
Stables.
For terms, address the Proprietor,
C.
Dubois,
PalenviUe, Greene Co., N.
Y
VIEW HOUSE,
PLEASANT GREENE
PALENVILLE,
CO., N. V.
This new house, located at the entrance of the Cauterskill
Clove, has accommodations for twenty people.
The
proprietor Rins a Daily Stage
and i rains at Catskill.
between
Palenville
and
the Boats
GEORGE
HAINES,
Proprietor.
u8
MAPLE GROVE HOUSE,
Entrance to Cauterskill Clove.
Located amidst the Beauties of the
Catskills.
House Enlarged and Refurnished.
Billiards,
Bowling, and good Stabling.
PHILO PECK,
For terms, address
Greene
Palenville,
Co..
N. Y.
PALENVILLE HOTEL,
PETER BURGER,
Near the First Bridge
Proprietor.
in the Cauterskill Clove.
4
A
very Pleasant Location and Favorite
Resort.
Comfortable
Rooms.
Excellent Table.
Watering Tank
Terms, $7 to $10.
for Horses.
HENSONVILLE.
GRIFFIN'S
Situated in a Pleasant
RURAL RETREAT.
Hamlet of
the Catskills
;
Two
Tele-
graph offices and Post-office within a stone's throw of the
House. Fine accommodation for drives to places of interest.
House New, and newly furnished. Terms low.
For particulars address
O.
S.
GRIFFIN,
Prop'r,
Hensonville, N. Y.
"9
RUSK'S GUIDE. -HAINES" FALLS REGION.
Clifton House!
On
the Catskill Mountains.
Pleasant Location, four miles West of Catskill Mountain House,
two miles West of Laurel House.
ORROSITE MAINES=' RAl_l_a_
Terms for Families, Reasonable.
For further particulars address
Telegraph Address, Haines'
E. F.
P. O.
Box
Falls,
N. Y.
HAINES,
71, Catskill,
N. Y.
Carriages and an Authorized Agent at the Landing in Catskill.
SHADY GROVE HOUSE!
Catskill Mountains.
J.
U'Hara,
I'roprietor.
This House, having been enlarged, has accommcxlations for 35 guests.
Located in the centre of all the attractive points of interest, 3 miles from
Mountain House, Yz mile from Haines' Falls. Daily Mail and Telegraphic
Conveyances on the premises for Pleasure Parties. For Terms and
Facilities.
Particulars, address
J. O'HARA, Box 332, CatskUl, N. Y.
Telegraph Address, Haines' Falls, N. Y.
Miles A. Haines' Corner,
ON THE CATSKILLS,
Near Haines' Falls and other celebrated Mountain Resorts,
The accommodations have been
recently much improved, and increased by the addition of a
and on the Stage Road.
small Cottage with seven rooms.
Inquire for
Reference:
GILBERT HAINES' STAGES
at the Boat.
Hiram Dixon, 59 Broadway, New
MILES
P. O. Address, Tannersville,
A.
HAINE3,
York.
Proprietor.
Greene Co., N. Y.
Telegraph Address, Hames'
Falls,
N. Y.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— TANNERSVILLE,
I20
THE MOUNTAIN HOME,
Tannersville, Greene County, N. Y.
Aaron Roggen,
This house
is
Will
Proprietor.
P. Ellis, Clerk.
located on the Catskill Mountains,
miles
15
from Catskill, accessible by a daily line of Mail stages.
Good Trout
Fis/ii/ii:^
in the Season.
Conveya)ucs on the premises for Pleasure Parties.
Post-office
and Telegraph
House.
Office in the
&
Fitch, No.
For further particulars api)ly to More, Nicoll
Co.,
7 Warren St., or Thomas Groves, with A. T. Stewart
&
New
York.
Tannersville Cottage,
:
»
Tannersville, Greene Co., N. Y.
,\
>iE\v
House with Large and Airy Rooms, on the Cats-
kill Moutains, 14 Miles from Catskill Landing.
Accessible by a Daily Line of
Post-office
Mail
Stages.
and Telegraph Office are but two minutes' walk
distant.
Former patrons
pains
mer
will
of this
house have been well suited, and no
be spared to continue to
Accommodations
Resort.
make
this a pleasant
Sum-
for 20, at reasonable terms.
GEO. CAMPBELL, Proprietor.
ELM COTTAGE,
This House
Catskill,
situated in a pleasant spot on the Mountains, 15 miles from
for tifteen people.
It will he the endeavor
give satisfaction to its patrons.
The Post-office and Telegraph
is
and has accommodatiuns
to continue to
Office are vvithui live minutes' walk.
application.
Terms and
full
particulars furnished on
Miss L. A.
CRAIG.
I2»
Cascade House,
This House
is
located on the western slope of the Ca'skill Mountains
miles from Catskill, and 6 miles from Catskill Mountain Mouse.
by daily stages.
Post-office
and Telegraph
;
15
Accessible
Office within 15 rods of the
House.
TERMS VERV MOOERATEConveyances on the premises
the Boats
for parlies of pleasure,
and meeting
parties at
and Cars.
G. N.
EGGI.ESTON,
Proprietor.
MEADOW-BROOK HOUSE,
Catskill Mountains, 15 Miles from Catskill.
Summer Board at ReasonableRates.
Carriages and Horses on the Premises.
This House
is
near a delightful
pleasantly located on the western
meadow
slope
of the
Mountains,
brook, with cheerful sunoundings.
Address A.
STIMPSON HAINES,
Tannersville, Greene Co., N. Y.
FOUR-HORSE STAGES
PALENVILLE, TANNEHSYILLE,
HUNTER AND LEXINGTON
Leave
Connecting
with
Catskill Daily,
Catskill
Boats
Each Way.
GILBERT HAINES,
Proprietor.
122
MAPLEWOOD.
This long established House is located amid the chief attractions of the Catskills at an elevation of about 2,000 feet.
Some
large, airy rooms have recently been added, and it has comfortable
accommodations
Daily Mail.
Terms and
for 25 people.
and Telegraph Office
and best of references
Post-office
particulars,
Philadelphia, Boston
near.
in
New
York,
and other cities, furnished.
E. H. LAYMAN, Tannersville. N. Y.
COTTAGE,
GLEN
CATSKIL_l_ MOUNTAIN3_
This Summer Resort is capable of accommodating 45 guests. Located in r.
romantic neighborhood, amidst beautiful mountain scenery.
Elevation
2,500 feet. Directly opposite High Peak and Round Top four miles west cf
the Mountain House, three miles from tlie Laurel House or Cautcrskill Fall;-,
one and a half miles from Haines' Falls, and fifteen miles from the landing at
Catskill. Accessible by H. R. R. R., Albany Day Boats, and Calskill Steamboats, to Catskill, where a conveyance will be in waiting.
quiet,
;
OWEN GLENNON,
Proprietor.
Po^t ofiice Address, Catskill, Greene County, N. Y.
Telegraph Address, Haines' Falls, N. Y.
ROBERT KERR'S
DAILY STAGE
For Palenville and the Haines' Falls Region.
Meets the Boats and Trains at Catskill. Always
upon arrival of the Day Boats,
Only authorized conveyance
for
The
in
waiting
Vista, the next house
to the Haines' Falls House.
Rusk's Illustrated G-uide to the Catskill Mountains
with Maps and Plans, 75 cents. Guide, complete, without Guyot's
;
Map,?25
cents.
Map of the Catskills, covers, pocket form, 75 cents.
Map of the Heart of the Catskill Mountains,
G-Uyot'S
Rusk's
covers, pocket form, 25 cents.
The aboveVorks
upon
are for sale at
numerous places
in the Catskills.
Mailed
receipt of price.
SAMUEL
E.
RUSK,
CatskiU, N. Y.
123
Hunter House,
Hunter, Greene County, N. Y.
This Hotel
is
now Open
for the
Accommodation of Boarders
and the PubUc Generally.
Daily Line of Stages between Hunter and
necting with
Parties
all
trams to and from
New
met with private conveyance
Phoenicia, con-
York.
if
desired.
M. C.
VAN
PELT.
&
CO.,
FURNITURE.
BALDWIN
D. B.
HUNTER,
N.Y.,
Dealers in
Parlor,
Chamber and Dining Room
FURNITURE,
BEDDING, SPRING BEDS,
We make
&c.
a specialty of Furnishing Hotels and
Boarding Houses.
—
124
Central House,
HUNTER,
County, New
Greene
York.
(See illustration in descriplion of Hunter.)
This house
is
located in the beautiful Village of Hunter, in
the heart of the Catskills.
each
and
No
floor.
fever,
has ample grounds and plenty of
Pure spring water on
The
bar.
Hunter Mountain
freedom from
— the highest of
the Catskills.
4040
spur, the Colonel's Chair, rise directly
chills
m
feet
front.
Among
the drives, over good roads,
to the Catskill
Mountain House, Kaaters-
(See map, in this book.)
may be mentioned,
Falls,
locality aftbrds
malaria and hay fever.
and the rugged
kill
It
Piazzas about 150 feet in length.
shade.
Haines' Falls, Plaaterkill, Tannersville, Stony Clove,
Grand View and Windham.
There are many well shaded
walks to places of interest.
The most
Rondout
the
route to Hunter
direct
thence by
;
renowned Stony Clove, where
mer.
Private conveyances will
desired.
is
to Phoenicia,
rail
ice
Two
Telegraph
Hudson River
remains even
meet
Daily mail between here and
next door.
via
Offices.
to
and by stage through
parties
at
in
mid Sum-
Phcenicia
if
New York. Post-office,
Two Physicians. Three
Churches.
Circulars
giving
full
patrons furnished on
information
application.
and reference
to former
Address the proprietors,
J.
Rusk
& Son.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— NEWSPAPERS.
125
THE EXAMINER,
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
YEAR OF PUB LieA TION.
M. H.
A
TROWBRIDGE,
EIFTY-SECOND
Editor and Proprietor.
large nine-column paper containing all the local county
Arrivals at the leading hotels also
resort news
and summei
reported.
TERMS,
-
-
The Steam Job
Of
the Office
$1.50 in advance.
Printing
complete
IS
in all reapecrs.
Office in Martin's Building.
CA~rSKIl_L_
„
Department
N...
301 Main
V
St.
,
THE COXSACKIE NEWS,
A
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
ESTABLISHED IN
Contains a full report of all news, both foreign and
Especial attention given to the news of Greene county.
1867
local.
NOT THE BEST PAPER
In the county, perhaps, but taking no back seat for any other.
A GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM, AND
RATES MODERATE.
A
First-class Job Printing- Department is run with
the Paper, and new type and power jjresses put us on a good
business footing with our cotemporaries.
Terms of Subscription
advance.
WM.
p.
to
News, $1.50/^;- Annum,
strictly in
75 cents for six months.
FRANKLIN.
S.
M. AUSTIN.
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—
——
—
—
RUSK'S GUIDE.— AMERICAN GUIDE BOOKS.
126
THE
AMERICAN GUIDE BOOKS.
New England :
with 6
Maps
atid 1 1
CUv
Plans.
Before you begin to travel in New England, be sure to provide yourself with
It is a small compact volume, with maps and
Sweetser's "Hand Book."
plans and tours ; with history condensed, and such illustrations as make it a
It is admirably put together and is
constant help and pleasure to the tourist.
a vast labor-saving guide for one who wishes to know what to see and what
Observer.
York
he is seeing. —Rev. Dr. Prime, in New
New York Tribune.
It is about as nearly faultless as such a book can be.
The book is compact and crowded • • • -The information in regard to
Boston Transcript.
the different localities is full, minute and exact.
It is by all odds the best book of the kind that ever has appeared, leaving
Boston
all others tar behind— so far, indeed, that they are out of siglit of it.
Traveler.
The Middle States
:
with
8 Maps and ij
City Plans,
No
previous manual is so copious or so exact in its treatment, or can be consulted to so great advantage by the tourist in the Middle States as a trustworthy g\i\AQ.—NdW York Tribune.
The maps alone are worth the price of the volume, which is crammed with
knowledge like a traveler's valise with luggage. Daily Graphic.
The work is very faithfully done, and the 500 pages are crammed with facts
usetul to the tourist.
Springfield Republican,
The Maritime Provinces
:
with 4 Maps and
4.
City Plans.
copiousness of information, and impartiality, it is
likely to take the place of all other guides or handbooks of Canada which we
know of. Quebec Chronicle.
In graphic and picturesque description, In completeness and fullness of information, and in clear insight into a traveler's needs and perple.\ities, this
guide book is not to be excelled, Boston Journal.
By
its
intrinsic value,
Tlie
White Mountains
:
with 6 Plans and 6 Panoramas.
Altogether, in plan and workmanship, this guide-book is as perfect a thing
It is simply indispensable to all who
of its kmd as could well be produced.
7 he Coiigregationalist.
visit or sojourn among the White Mountains.
By far the best guide through that favorite region of summer tourists that has
Indeed, the book combines all the information that any
yet been published.
intelligent being can possibly need for making a thorough exploration of the
White Mountain country, on foot, by rail, by stage or carriage. PMla.
—
Bulletin.
*,* Price $2,00 each.
For Sale by Booksellers.
Sent by mail on receipt of price by the Publishers,
HOUGHTON, OSGOOD & CO.,
Boston.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— TANNERSVILLE,
1^?
BLYTHEWOOD.
This Summer Resort,
beautifully situated in the heart
of
be open for Boarders (he ist of
It IS accessible from Catskill village, by two daily lines
June.
of stages.
The house is new, has all modern conveniences,
and is comfortably furnished throughout
There is abundant
shade, fine lawn and croquet ground on the premises.
Good
trout fishing in the neighborhood during the season.
the Catskill Mountains,
will
Comfortable private conveyances can always be furnished for
pleasure parties, and will be sent to meet guests on the arrival
of cars or steamboat, when desired.
Post-office and Telegraph Station within half a mile of the
house.
Mrs.
ALEX. HELMSLEY,
Taiuiersville,
Greene
Co.,
N.
Y.
FAIRMOUxVFPlOUSE,
TANNERSVILLE, GREENE
CO., N. Y.
WILLIAM WOODEN,
Proprietor.
locatpcl in the western slope
house, with larqe and airy rooms
of the Caiskills, sixteen miles from Catskill Lantling, and six miles west of the
Daily stages from Catskill. Telegraph and PostCatskill Mountain House.
Conveyances for pleasure parlies.
office one-fourth mile distant.
For further particulars inquire of Rev. A. Crosby, 96 Orange St., Brooklyn.
This
is
new
a
;
JACOB FROMER,
TANNERSVILLE,
SELLS
Zephvr Worsteds,
Germantown Yarns,
Hosiery, Boots and Shoes,
AND A
General Assortment of Notions and Dry Goods.
CONFECTIONERY, FRESH FRUITS,
DRUGS AND GROCERIES.
Store but a few steps east of the Post-office.
128
RUSK'SGUIDE.— LAMPS, ARCHERY, LAWN TENNIS;
HINRICHS'
1801.
1879.
BAZAAR.
Germain Study-Lamp,
St.
The
best
lamp
for
kerosene
known
to civiluation.
No Smoke.
No
Odor.
Handsome.
Easy
to
Safe.
Economical.
manage.
All of metal.
BRILLIANT, UNWAVERING LIGHT,
VERY AGREEABLE TO THE EYE.
SURPASSED ONLY BY THE
L'URE,
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Medals of the Centennial, American Institute,
Patronized by the (jovernnient. Army and
etc.
Navy, professional men, engineers and mechanics.
My lamp is the Original. All others with this
burner are infringements. None genuine without
my naiTTE on chimney-holder.
I import and manufacture
Archery,
And
all
Out-I>oor
Lawn
Games and
Tennis,
Sports, Pastimes
and Amusements.
DRESDEN CHINA, BRIC-A-BRAC, RICH CUT AND ENGRAVED
GLASSWARE, STATUARY, CLOCKS, BRONZES, MUSIC
BOXES. A FULL LINE OF FANCY GOODS.
All Toys from a tallyho to a penny whistle.
Goods
sent to
any part of the world
C. F. A.
29, 31
&
in
Send
for
Priced
Catalogue.
any quantity.
HINRICHS,
33 Park Place, N. Y.
RUSK'S
GUIDE— EASY
BEST IN THE
CHAIRS.
129
WORLD
dl
With
No
or without
Reading Table.
Ouice, Library (public or private), Sitting-room, or Piazza,
my Rocking Chairs
my Puritan Rocker,
should be without some of
Try
easy and durable.
Comfort, and you
My
is
Old Point
or
will find Jvest.
Reading and Writing Table
separate from chair, and
is
se-
by a strong but-
cured
in position
ton.
Is easily adjusted
all
so roomy, so
;
to nearly
kinds of arm-chairs, but should
be used on
my
No.
4,
5,
or 13, to
give complete satisfaction.
Table
can be set at any angle desired, or
lowered to good position for writing.
Makes a nice table for an
invalid.
Cutting-board for the'
ladies.
None of your little 7x9
affairs, but is 16x32 inches.
Cannot be got out of order.
FOR SALE BY THE TRADE.
MANUK.\CTURIiD
F. A.
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The Peddler
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RUSK'S GUIDE.— CLOCKS.
134
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RUSK'S GUIDE.— INDEX.
»3S
INDEX.
TAGE.
84 Conveyance from Catskill
Mountains,
9
38 Council Bluff,
Alligator Rock,
Altitudes,
Amphitheatre, The
Artists' Grotto,
Artist's
,
Dears' Den,
Bellevue Point,
Bishop's Rock,
Black Crook Falls,
Board, Price of
Bowlder, The
25
Deep Chasm,
Delmura Fall,
36
52
71
108
Devil's Kitchen,
Devil's Tombstone,
105
Directory, Hotel and Boarding-
84
62
.'
Buttermilk Falls,
Cairo,
I
Conveyance from,
28
House,
Domuiie's Nose,
Dramatic Rock,
Dnpping Rock,
Druid Rocks,
59
Drummond
109
32
12
82
.
.
Bridal Veil Falls,
Catskill,
48
84
Austin's Glen,
Bastion Falls,
i
I
to
the Alountains,
Plan of
Catskill Lakes,
Mountain House,
Catskill Mountain House Region
Catskill
Falls,
25
19
83
7^
78
82
Elfin Pass
Falls
:
Bastion,
71
Black Crook,
32
28
Bridal Veil,
Buttermilk,
Walks,
79
Delmura,
The
The
Central House, Illustration of
.
.
.
Church's Ledge,
Clura Hill, Drive in Tannersville
Walk
in Tannersville,
Cold Spring
Colonel's Chair,
Comfort Spring,
Dmmmond,
14
Fawn's Leap,
21
Five Cascades,
Haines',
il
Routes to the
Clove
Cellar,
13
24
Cautei-skill
31
no
80
Walks,
39
82
30
Illustration of
Drives,
Catskill Point,
Catskill Station,
Catskill Village and Vicinity, ...
7
108
108
."
Echo Lake,
15
Distances from
Catskills,
15
73
Crystal Spring,
35
Rock,
I'AUE.
to the
13
Kaaterskill,
35
85
La Belle,
99
36
96
92
103
102
53
The ....
Illustration of
Illustration of
More,
Santa Cruz,
55
Illustration of
11
48
Spray,
Viola,
White Fawn,
Wild Cat,
59
52
30
38
49
48
45
68
69
35
36
.
59
32
59
.
..
.
RUSK'S GUIDE.— INDEX.
136
Fairy Spring,
Fat Man's Delight,
82
82
,
Fawn's Leap,
Feather-bed Lane,
Five Cascades, The
38
39
49
Laurel House Region,
6;
Drives,
61
Walks,
66
Leeds,
Lemon
1
Squeezer,
82
94T
Lovers' Retreat,
Glen Evans,
Glen Mary,
Grace's Bridge,
.
109
72
108
24
82
32
.
Grant House,
Great Bear,
Greene County Fish Hatchery,
Gulf,
The
3^
22
Gunn's Hotel,
48
Haines' Falls,
Map
of the
Catskills,
Minister's Face,
Minnehaha Spring,
More Bridge,
Illustration of
Illustration of
45
More
Haines' Falls Region,
43
47
46
Moses' Rock,
Mossy Brook,
Naiad's Bath,
Drives,
Walks,
Hawkins' Rock,
•
Haiisonville,
Walk from
High Peak.
25
88
108
log
36
37
'.
103
;
.
.
.
....
50
51
85
62
83
old Man of the Mountain,
Old Tannery Ruins,
22
Outlook, The
98 .Overlook Ledge,
100 Overlook Mountain House, ....
85
108
106
107
106
97
loo
,
35
53
38
Overlook Mt., Illustration of.
Overlook Mt. House Region,
.
.
.
88
Iron Duke,
Irving House,
108
Palenville,
Drives,
22
Walks,
115
Illustration of
Haines' Ra-
in
50
vine,
Jacob's Ladder, on North Mt.
Jefterson,
Kaaterskill Falls,
Illustration of
Kimball's Rock,
Kingston,
Kiskatom,
.
84
24
68
69
The Great
Laurel House,
.
.
.
Palenville Overlook.
Palenville,
27
29
29
Walk from
34
Parker Hill.
Walk or Drive
from Tanneisville,
Picnic Rock,
Plan of Catskill,
Point of Rocks,
36
84
Prospect Ledge,
Prospect Park Hotel,
21
18
Illustration of
35
38
39
65
Pudding-stone Hall,
Pulpit Rock, in Stony Clove,
Pulpit Rock, on Overlook Mt,
.3d p. of cover.
94
105
19
Walk from the
Prospect Rock.
Laurel House,
Profile Rock,
16
Belle Falls,
IllusU-ationof
.
109
16
Lake Creek Bridge,
Land-slide,
41
36
...,,,..,.....:.
Hygeia Spring,
La
5
36
88
.
.
Newman's Ledge,
Noah's Ark,
North Lake
Hope Hollow,
Hunter,
Jacob's Ladder,
,
Hi
52
Walks, .... A
Hunter Mountain,
Hunter Turnpike,
Hurricane Ledge, ...........
.
Illustration of
Haines' Falls Region,....
Hillyer's Ravine,
,
Drives,
Falls,
109
the
Guyot's,
one edition,)
Map of the Heart of the Catskill
Mountains,
Mary's Glen,
{in
.
74
36
81
.
.
105
loB
1
RUSK'S GUIDE.-INDEX.
Raspberry Lane,
93
Red Chasm,
36
Rhiiieheok,
Rifted Rocks,
16
Style's Gorge,
108
Sunset Rock, on North Mt.,
84
Sunset Rock. Walk in the Laurel House Region,
72
Tannersville,
89
56
Rip Van Winkle,
87
130
Rogers' Statuary,
Rondout,
Routes to the Catskills,
16
The
13
Drives,
gi
Walks,
91
or
the
Sphin.x,
Walk from
Santa Cruz
I
Walk
Falls.
laines' Falls
Illustration of
ii
view from.
.
.
Illustration of
in this edition.)
p. eover.
90
109
no
Shuc's Lake,
Hollow,
South' Lake,
87 .View of llie Mounjtains from CatsS3
kill.
Illustration
83 Viola Falls,
Illustration of
South Mountain,
Sphinx, on South Mountain, ....
The.
Spiay Fall,
Spray House,
Star Rock, on Parker Hill, ....
Star Rock, on South Mountain,
Stony Clove,
Stony Clove Xotch,
Sphin.x.
,
Illustration of
61
:
Catskill Night Boats, 2d
Turning .Shop,
Turtle Rock,
57
50
51
vSleepy
Stygian Lake,
Tl.ME TABLE
(Omitted
55
Shelving Rock,
Noah's Ark.
Haines' Falls
Kegion,
in the
Region,
Illustration of
137
23
59
'
81
81
61
48
68
95
81
103
103
104
105
Walk between
the Haines' Falls
Region and the Laiuel House,
by path via Prospect Rock,
60
Walk from Laurel House to the
Haines lialls Region, by path
via Prospect Rock,
73
Wellington's Rock,
108
White Fawn Falls,
32
Wild Cat Falls,
59
.
Windham,
.
1 1
RUSK'S GUIDE.-LAUREL HOUSE.
138
THE
AT THE KAATER8K1LL
Catskill Mountains, i^ Miles
J.
1 ALLS,
West of Mountain House.
L. SCHTJTT, Proprietor.
This new and spacious Hotel, recently enlarged and
nished,
located at the celebrated
is
the eastern
The
summit of the
Falls
re-fur-
Kaaterskill Falls, on
Catskills.
have been well described by Bryant and Cole,
and by Cooper in The Pioneers. The first Fall is nearly two
hundred feet high, and the water looks like flakes of snow as it
strikes in the pool below.
Working along the rocky shelf, it
falls
in
'.
another hundred
feet,
and then descends the wooded glen
a succession of cascades.
In the immense rocky amphitheater which sweeps like ma-
son work
visitor
in the rear of the first Fall, are paths
may
pass entirely
around behind the
on which the
falling water.
Through the wide ravine may be seen the western side of High
Peak and the adjacent mountains. The walks in the vicinity
include those to Sunset Rock, North and South Mountains,
and Haines' Falls, and there are pleasant drives through the
Cauterskill Clove and over the adjacent mountains.
Good
A
hunting and trout fishing in the neighborhood.
50x50
has recently been added to the House,
accommodations at this popular resort.
Carriages, Stages and an authorized Agent in attendance at
the Cars and Boats, Catskill.
wing,
feet,
greatly extending the
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