. The Catskill Mountains; . uses,and other con-venient build-i n gs. Amongthese may benamed the ElkaPark Associationover on Sprucetop slope, nearihe source of theSchoharie, seenon the right, On-teora Park across the valley, north of the station, and SchoharieManor adjoining Elka Park. The elevation at the station is i,86^feet, and the train now ascends graduallv all the way to the end. HAINES CORNERS is at the end of the succeedingtwo miles, which are sure to challenge the admiration,even at this late stage of the journey. Another livelystation is this, nearly 2,000 feet above the sea. You are
. The Catskill Mountains; . uses,and other con-venient build-i n gs. Amongthese may benamed the ElkaPark Associationover on Sprucetop slope, nearihe source of theSchoharie, seenon the right, On-teora Park across the valley, north of the station, and SchoharieManor adjoining Elka Park. The elevation at the station is i,86^feet, and the train now ascends graduallv all the way to the end. HAINES CORNERS is at the end of the succeedingtwo miles, which are sure to challenge the admiration,even at this late stage of the journey. Another livelystation is this, nearly 2,000 feet above the sea. You are nowat the head of the famous Kaaterskill Clove, of which there isbut one, and the like of which there is no other. For entranc-ing beauty of situation it has no equal. The view down thegreat canyon to the Hudson and beyond, is grand and beau-tiful, defying all description of pen or brush, and there is rarenative charm on every hand. Nothing which man has done—and there is much of his work here—has been able to despoil7. THK AND THE HOUSE AS SEEN FROM THE TRAIN. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 99 the mighty chisehng of Nature in this great clove, nor evendivert the attention for a moment from the sublime and trans-cendant vastness of this scene. Here at the head of the canyonthe water plunges madly over the precipice i6o feet in height,and then descends by a series of cascades and rapids 1,200 feetmore in four miles, to Palenville, on its woodland way to theHudson. Halfway down, it is joined by the Kaaterskill streamwhich tumbles in from the lateral gorge on the left. It is notstrange, of course, that people love to linger here, as there aremany good hotels, large and small, just over the falls, and onthe massive slope of Mount Lincoln, which here towers 3,664feet in the air and forms the great south wall of the clove, sev-eral parks have been established. These will be seen mosteffectively soon after the train leaves the station. The first is
Size: 1240px × 2015px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorulsteranddelawarerail, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
