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A MAGAZINE WINTER 2016 FOR KAATSKILL VOLUME 31 LIVING NUMBER 4
A MAGAZINE WINTER 2016 FOR KAATSKILL VOLUME 31 LIVING NUMBER 4
TOC O WINTER 2016 VOLUME 31 NUMBER 4 F E A T U R E S D E PA R T M E N T S 2 KAAT CHAT and AREA MAP 4 360 DEGREES 36 KAATSKILL TREES 10 SAMUEL DECKER COYKENDALL 1837 1913 ULSTER COUNTY BUSINESS TYCOON and PHILANTHROPIST EXTRAORDINAIRE by Lawrence C Swayne MD MOUNTAIN PAPER BIRCH HIDDEN in the MOUNTAINS by Ryan Trapani 39 18 KAATSKILL KRITTERS A SPIRITED PLACE APPALLED by GALLS by Brigette Zacharczenko KyMar FARM WINERY and DISTILLERY by Russ Patton Jr 40 KAATSKILL GEOLOGIST TIME to FILL a VALLEY by Robert and Johanna Titus 48 PLATEAU MOUNTAIN THE PEAK THAT HAS EVERYTHING by Michael Kudish 56 KAATSKILL HIKING LET S TAKE A WALK THREE SHORT HIKES by Peter Senterman 62 22 KAATSKILL FOREST HISTORIAN CATSKILL CENTER CELEBRATES the CATSKILL INTERPRETIVE CENTER and THEIR NEWLY FINISHED NATURE TRAIL by Jeff Senterman KAATSKILL LODGINGS 26 THE CRAFT of LODGING in HENSONVILLE by Garan Santicola 66 ARCTIC ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHING CHURCHILL S POLAR BEARS KAATSKILL DINING EATING at the HUNTER MOUNTAIN BREWERY by Garan Santicola photography by Lawrence C Swayne MD interview by Garan Santicola Member INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION
Kaat Chat The dancing leaves in their colorful gowns have finally succumbed to the inevitable and now lay on the ground in monotone palettes only to be draped in whiteness Winter has arrived snow covers ugly shapes and turns them into interesting sculptures This past year Kaatskill Life has seen many changes We lost our restaurant and lodgings reviewer Joe Munster and his wife Joanie who now live in New Jersey We lost a valuable editor and friend Marilyn M Francis who continues as an active freelance editor And Kaatskill Life decided to take the plunge into digital publishing thereby eliciting approvals and disapprovals Kaatskill Life morns the passing of a truly dear friend and active contributor to K L Justine Hummel cofounder of The Mountain Top Historical Society where she was president for over thirty years A Memoriam to Justine is in 360 Degrees Kaatskill Life looks forward to 2017 and wishes every one a HAPPY HEALTHY new year Nina Lawford Juviler Editor in chief Managing Editor Art and Photography Editor EDITOR IN CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR Nina A M Lawford Juviler FAX 607 746 3135 CONTRIBUTORS Peter Senterman Robert Titus Johanna Titus Russ Patton Jr Michael Kudish Nicholas Zacharczenko Brigette Zacharczenko Justin Askins John Rowen Ryan Trapani Larry Gambon Lawrence C Swayne LaVerne Black Francis X Driscoll Steve Hoare Garan Santicola ART DIRECTOR LAYOUT Nina A M Lawford Juviler with John Stys PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Nina A M Lawford Juviler FOOD LODGINGS EDITOR CALENDAR OF EVENTS WEB MASTER Cathy Roloson FAX 607 746 3135 ADVERTISING In house SUBSCRIPTIONS Cathy Roloson BOOKKEEPER Sherri Telian PUBLISHER The Delaware County Times Inc web site www kaatslife com e mail info kaatslife com Francis X Driscoll Digital Subscriptions 20 To get your Kaatskill Life digital subscription Visit www kaatslife com and click on button for subscriptions You can pay with PayPal or you can send a check or money order to Kaatskill Life 56 Main Street Delhi NY 13753 Please be sure to include your name address phone number and email so we can process your order Back issues of Kaatskill Life available at 10 each ppd Write your name and full street address or call 607 746 2176 Allow 6 8 weeks for processing Rt 20 SCHO GREEN 8 30 42 DELAWARE 23 ULSTER 213 9 0 2 149 E L AW A R E 97 52 17 R I VE R SULLIVAN 97 NY STATE THRUW AY 87 28 17 D A SPIRITED PLACE KYMAR FARM WINERY AND DISTILLERY CHARLOTTVILLE 23 A 9W 10 23 4 28 206 10 E N H U D S O N R I VE R 23 EATING AT THE HUNTER MOUNTAIN BREWERY HUNTER TANNERSVILLE 30 HARIE 21 I 8 10 28 OTS EGO 8 145 I 8 23 THE CRAFT OF LODGING IN HENSONVILLE TIME TO FILL A VALLEY ONEONTA LET S TAKE A WALK THREE SHORT HIKES MT TREMPER SAMUEL DECKER COYKENDALL 1837 1913 ULSTER COUNTY BUSINESS TYCOON AND PHILANTHROPIST EXTRAORDINAIRE KINGSTON Locations are approximate 2 Kaatskill Life established in 1986 is published four times yearly by The Delaware County Times Inc Delhi NY Editorial and sales office located at 56 Main Street Delhi NY 13753 phone 607 746 2176 FAX 607 746 3135 Copyright 2016 by The Delaware County Time s Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reprinted or reproduced without the written permission of the publisher Kaatskill Life cannot be responsible for unsolicited manuscripts drawings photographs or transparencies PLEASE ALLOW 2 TO 8 WEEKS for responses to submitted material ISSN 1073 9076 Kaatskill Life reserves the right to accept or reject all submissions advertising or editorial and to edit manuscripts for length clarity and style We accept original manuscripts double spaced and clean typed without corrections or insertions FAXES AND COLUMN FORMATS NOT ACCEPTED front cover Francis X Driscoll inside front cover David Turan inside back cover Francis X Driscoll back cover Larry Gambon
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360 Degrees impression of an insect or baitfish and fish take other fly patterns because they are almost an exact replica of the fish s prey Paradoxically the beauty in this show arose from disaster In March 2011 the Phoenicia Library burned and fire destroyed a set of hatch emergence charts in the Library s Jerry Bartlett Memorial Angling Collection The Bartlett Collection wanted to rebuild the chart Then Hurricane Irene tore up nearby Esopus Creek anglers and fisheries manager feared that some insect species were locally extinct after the mayhem As a fishing guide and photographer Loete helped inventory what insects remained in the Esopus He and his fellow fly tyers tied 64 fly patterns that best imitate the 34 common insect and baitfish species found to be remaining in the Creek He photographed the flies for the new hatch chart that would be an integral part of the Bartlett Collection s website The actual flies are in a display in the Library s Angler s Parlor While undertaking this work Tina Bromberg a local artist and curator learned of Loete s work She was so impressed by his photographs that she Loete and Loete s DELAWARE COUNTY Catskill Fly Tying by John Rowen If you are an art lover or angler who is suffering from cabin fever Mark Loete and the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development have just the thing for your condition From January 28 2017 to March 18 2017 the Center is hosting Loete s exhibit Catskill Fly Tying The Art of Artifice at the Center s Erpf Gallery in Arkville Ulster County The exhibit includes nearly 40 macro photographs in vivid color of flies that imitate insects and fish in Catskills trout streams and portraits of the 15 prominent Catskill fly tyers who tied them Mark Loete For many years anglers have known that trout flies are magical and artistic But seeing flies in large 14 by 20 inches photographs gives anglers and non anglers alike a fresh view of a fishing tackle mainstay Scientists and anglers still puzzle over why as Loete asks you can catch fish with feathers and fur tyed on a steel hook However his photographs suggest at least two reasons fish take some flies because the pattern gives the Ginger Quill wife Stephanie Blackman developed the exhibit which launched at the Kleinert James Center for the Arts in the heart of Woodstock in May 2016 It has since appeared elsewhere in Kaatskill Life country 4