. The Catskill Mountains . Catskills as a popular summerresort. A new impetus was imparted to the mountain board-ing business, and hotels, large and small, began to rise hereand there in the valleys and on the mountain slopes. Itopened a new section of the range, which rivaled and ever sur-passed in beauty any other portion, while the entire region atonce became easily accessible. Luxurious parlor and daycoaches are now attached to the trains, and the most infirmand debilitated may thus enjoy the benefits of this great sanitarium. The ivhite clouds are like pictures in a breathin fram
. The Catskill Mountains . Catskills as a popular summerresort. A new impetus was imparted to the mountain board-ing business, and hotels, large and small, began to rise hereand there in the valleys and on the mountain slopes. Itopened a new section of the range, which rivaled and ever sur-passed in beauty any other portion, while the entire region atonce became easily accessible. Luxurious parlor and daycoaches are now attached to the trains, and the most infirmand debilitated may thus enjoy the benefits of this great sanitarium. The ivhite clouds are like pictures in a breathin frame o blue,An the sunbeams are a shoot in all their silver arrows its June-time in the country, an its June-time in the the mockin birds are singin and the blossoms rainin down !Its June-time in the Catskills, and happy folks are the brook a-dashin, splashin, and the winds a-blowin free !An the sun is climbin higher, an the nights are full o moon,An a fellers soul is dancin to the melodies o June!. K THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 37 INGSTON CITY, THE that famous old HudsonSTA R T OF THE river landing of formerALL- R A I L ROUTE, ^^^^^ which has now been restored and greatly im-BEGINNING AT ^^^^^^^ t^jg mountain trackKINGSTON POINT, ^f jhe Ulster & Delawareline never ends until the entire Catskill range has beencrossed, and the city of Oneonta, in Otsego county, 108 milesfrom this eastern terminus is reached. Here at the Point,passengers from the elegant and popular Day Line steamersmay board The Ulster & Delaware trains for any point inthe range, stepping directly from their palatial decks to thecars. The transfer of baggage is quickly effected, and thereis no change of cars between the river and the hills. Thestart is made over the river shoal and up the Rondout creekfor two miles, when RONDOUT STATION is reached. This was formerlya village, and in 1614 the Dutch established a settlement is the river port of the city of Kingston, which was incor-por
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