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unusual facts about Catskill


John H. Bagley, Jr.

He settled in Catskill, Greene County and engaged in mercantile pursuits and the manufacture of leather.


Alf Hjort

After the completion of these projects, Hjort was engaged with the Degnon Contracting Company of New York City, in the task of building part of the Catskill Water Supply Project, which was used to supply New York City with water.

Appalachian Plateau

The main physiographic sections (generally ordered from the northeast to the southwest) of the plateau are named the Mohawk section, the Catskill section, the southern New York section, the Allegheny Plateau section, the Kanawha section, the Cumberland Plateau section, and the Cumberland Mountains section.

Balsam Lake Mountain

Catskill forest historian Michael Kudish says the Mill Brook Ridge range, including Balsam Lake, is one of the areas in the region showing the fewest signs of human disturbance.

Blue Knob State Park

The bedrock in the valleys of the park consists of the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation, consisting of sequences of sandstone, siltstone, and shale.

Carson City and Indian Village

Carson City and Indian Village (or simply Carson City) was a road-side Wild West-themed amusement park located in Catskill, NY, approximately 2 miles north of the former Catskill Game Farm on New York State Route 32.

Daily Freeman

In addition to its Uptown Kingston headquarters, the newspaper has offices in Catskill, Greene County; and Rhinebeck, Dutchess County.

Deep Notch

Catskill forest historian Michael Kudish has found evidence of some disturbance on the east slope.

Hillview Reservoir

It was built within a six-year period from 1909-1915 by the New York City Board of Water Supply to receive water from the newly constructed Catskill Aqueduct, which drained water from the Ashokan Reservoir, and sent it down into the Kensico Reservoir, where it would, in turn, be drained back into the Catskill Aqueduct, and sent into the Hillview Reservoir.

Kaaterskill

Kaaterskill Clove, a deep gorge, or valley, in New York's eastern Catskill Mountains

Otis Elevating Railway

For the first 64 years of its existence, the Catskill Mountain House was accessible only by a long stage coach from Catskill Landing on the Hudson.

Rusk Mountain

Rusk is the highest peak (and the only High Peak) on what Catskill forest historian Michael Kudish calls the Lexington Range, the northern of two that fork off from nearby Hunter Mountain, the second-highest Catskill peak.

Seymour Burr

He fought at Bunker Hill and Fort Catskill, and suffered through the long winter at Valley Forge and his nickname was "Seacracker".

Slide Mountain Wilderness Area

According to Catskill forest historian Michael Kudish, the Slide wilderness contains the most extensive tract of first-growth forest in the Catskills.


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