Minnewaska mountain houses . isingone hundred and fifty feet above the lake on theeastern side and sixty feet on the western, andfrom either edge the rocks tumble precipitouslydown to the Wallkill and Hudson River Valleyson the one side, and to the Rondout Valley onthe other. Minnewaska is now widely known as a sum-mer resort: First. For the remarkably bracing and re-storing quality of its atmosphere. It being on thecrown of a ridge, dew seldom falls. The drain-age of each house is away from the lake and fardown the mountain side, and the hills all aroundare covered with resinous pine forests.
Minnewaska mountain houses . isingone hundred and fifty feet above the lake on theeastern side and sixty feet on the western, andfrom either edge the rocks tumble precipitouslydown to the Wallkill and Hudson River Valleyson the one side, and to the Rondout Valley onthe other. Minnewaska is now widely known as a sum-mer resort: First. For the remarkably bracing and re-storing quality of its atmosphere. It being on thecrown of a ridge, dew seldom falls. The drain-age of each house is away from the lake and fardown the mountain side, and the hills all aroundare covered with resinous pine forests. Second. For the remarkably select characterof the guests who frequent the place, a large por-tion of whom return year after year. Third. For the wonderful and unique combi-nation of the grand and the picturesque in itsscenery. JlWOStiUfl Within a mile of the lake arethese picturesque falls, above sixtyfeet high; and about half a milelower down, the same stream falls over onehundred feet by a series of pretty cascades. Tails.
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