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1. Borscht Belt Exhibit Opens (2016-07-03) ...: (Events Calendar/Borscht Belt Exhibit Opens); Borscht Belt Exhibit Opens 3 (845)434-8044 ...; Created on 17 June 2016
2. Delaware: (Category); ... r soldiers' boots and belts to run the machinery of the Industrial Revolution had given up the last of the virgin forest's bounty. Beginning in the late 1960s, a new kind of tourism found its way to the town ...; Created on 30 November -0001
3. The Borscht Belt ...: (Now Showing); Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps, is a colloquial term for the (now mostly defunct) summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan, Orange and Ulster counties in upstate New York. Borscht, ...; Created on 17 June 2016
4. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... h two-by-fours and tarps. Their kids were swinging on a set of monkey bars built of lumber and tree limbs, jumping into a pile of hay at the bottom. Wavy Gravy recruited "responsible-looking" people and ...; Created on 04 January 2016
5. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... of South Fallsburg. Hurleyville was originally settled by William Hurley. The local economy was originally centered on dairy farming, but gradually became part of the Catskills Borscht Belt resort area. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
6. The Rich History of one Catskills hotel: (Video); Visit: http://www.classiccatskills.com/ for an updated version of this video plus photos and memories of the Catskills region. Kutsher's is one the last great Catskills resorts still in business. At its ...; Created on 18 December 2015
7. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2008 The Kutsher Family It has become commonplace to read in a newspaper that a Sullivan County resident has ...; Created on 11 August 2008
8. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... and somewhat condescendingly as the Borscht Belt. The core idea was simple: no guest should ever feel bored. To accomplish this, the hotel had a variety of activities going on from morning to night-in a s ...; Created on 11 August 2002