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... and visitors can also freely wander the Canal’s towpath, marked with informative signage and suitable for dog-walking and bicycling. While the towpath is open year-round from dawn to dusk, the Center’s ...

... tended to be more active. In the Rondout Valley where the Lackawack Reservoir is, there was a spectacular hotel (for its day) and businesses clustered along the stream. Visitors and local people enjoyed ...

... m generated by the Delaware River. The rustic beauty of the area and recreations enjoyed on the river attract visitors from near and far. There are a number of small hamlets in the Town of Highland ...

... many hotels had been built to accommodate the growing number of visitors each summer. The fastest growing type of lodging was the farm/boardinghouse. In the 1899 issue of the O&W publication, �Summer ...

... omies badly damaged as railroad travel gave way to the automobile. Building of New York State Route 97 in the 1930s as a scenic highway did not immediately lead to an influx of new visitors. By the 1950s, ...

... to tourism (the third “T”) as its principal industry. Beginning in the 1840s, entrepreneurs were building summer hotels to accommodate visitors who, having learned of the great recreational opportunities ...

... event. Today, we have concerts & farm markets on the site and visitors from all over the world come to our town year round to visit. There are plans to make a permanent music site in the surrounding land. Cons ...

... than one million visitors. During the 1940s and 1950s, the Catskills was one of the top tourist destinations in the world. In the summer months, it was home to more than one million visitors. The.golden.age.of.the.catskills|762|432| ...

... through the exhibit, challenges visitors to accurately guess the era which each particular hat represents. As always, the SCHS Musuem is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. ...

... ere thronged with summer visitors when the alarm sounded. By the time the firemen responded and the hoses were laid the power house was roaring in flames. The fire quickly spread to the huge Palatine Cas ...

The summer has been quite busy at the Sullivan County Historical Society. Not only have we had many visitors from all over the country looking for their Sullivan County roots in our genealogy archives, ...

The archives and genealogy department has been quite busy with visitors looking for their roots this summer. If you have received error messages when emailing me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., that glitch ...

... 4th of July week end. More than seventy visitors, many of them former employees of the hotel, attended at the Sullivan County Museum, Main St., Hurleyville. The Concord, at its peak, was the world's la ...

... be the spark for a life-long interest in fashion. Visiting other historic houses, she learned about early fashion and furniture through knowledge of docents, museum guides who are trained to educate visitors ...

... restoration grants. The County developed the Stone Arch Bridge Historical Park during 1978 and 1979 to provide picnicking, fishing, and historical interpretation for county residents and visitors alike ...

... and motels and large resorts of other areas attracted the summer visitors. ...

... income they began taking in friends for the summer months. Even with the summer visitors, the farm continued in operation with horses, dairy cows and of course chickens and the family grew with the addition ...

... arts and entertainment center. Visitors come from around the world both to enjoy the arts, but also to celebrate Woodstock’s musical legacy. Named Bethel Woods, the complex has just completed its second ...

... than trains with their fixed schedules and routes; and after the Second World War the traditional summer visitors who had for years been satisfied with the relatively simple arrangements of the Catskill ...

... e, the delicious food produced by Malke and the warm hospitality of the Grossinger family. Each summer there were a few more visitors as word of mouth advertising enticed people to the farm which was ...

... he observed that the Catskill Game Farm and the North Pole were effective in attracting visitors to their areas. He believed that the colonial history of this area would be of similar interest and decided ...

... she brought some of them to the county as speakers at the annual dinners of the Society. Such important visitors included author Carl Carmer, Dean Fleigle of Syracuse, historian Dr. Louis Tucker and NYS ...

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