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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

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360 Degrees culture It would not be an overstatement to say that her compassion and activism are responsible for much of the historical and cultural vitality of the Greene County Mountain Top Born on March 22 1926 she is the daughter of Charles Burton Legg and Catherine Huff Wheeler Legg After graduating from Hunter Tannersville Central School she married Hillard Hommel deceased in 1944 They had three beloved sons Arthur and wife Patti Mark deceased and Nathan three adored grandsons Mark Jason and Zachary and many nieces and nephews Justine s remarkable contributions span the entire second half of the 20th century beginning with operating the Haines Falls Library bookmobile in 1950 to allow isolated rural families the opportunity to have library services In 1957 she became librarian of the Haines Falls Free Library a post she held until her retirement in 1988 T H W March Brown According to Bromberg and Loete the exhibit has introduced artists and anglers to each other it encourages anglers to see the art in their tackle and it entices artists to go beyond a fly s form to try its function pursuing trout on the Esopus or other Catskill waters The Erpf Gallery at the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development is at 43355 Route 28 Arkville NY The exhibit opening on January 28 2017 will include a reception from 2 PM to 4 PM For more information on the exhibit visit www artfromartifice com or www catskillcenter org or call 845 586 2611 GREENE COUNTY In Memoriam Justine Legg Hommel There are people who rs Her family ties h a v e t r a n s f o r m e d t h e ory with connections provided all the Catskills Among them are John Burroughs Thomas sville Central C o l e I z z y a n d O r v i l l e pecially her years Slutzky Ray Beecher and ryone She listened Justine Hommel historian for the O n O c t o b e r 1 7 t h rical Society she Justine Hommel passed pported the stories away A lifelong resident tory of Haines Falls she fought to preserve the Catskill s natural beauty and championed its historical significance to American was recruited to new some of the l Falls But sitting 5 Justine sharing her knowledge with students from CairoDurham Central School at the Pine Orchard toA co founder of the Mountain Top Historical Society Justine served as president for over thirty years Under her leadership the Society acquired and restored the Haines Falls Ulster Delaware train station listed on the New York State and National Registries of Historic Buildings and acquired a campus which includes a visitors center and the Hudson River School Art Trail Interpretive Center In her honor the Society recently built the Justine Legg Hommel Archive In 1982 she was appointed Town of Hunter Historian another post she held for 30 years Justine lectured tirelessly on local history and historic preservation at libraries museums and historical societies and before school church and community groups She authored

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360 Degrees assistance to the Smithsonian The New York Times and National Geographic Magazine among numerous others A recognized expert on the Catskills and the scenic environs of the Hudson River School Justine was a valuable source for Bill Moyers PBS documentary on the Hudson Valley Honored by the New York State Historical Society Justine received the award for historical excellence for The Valleys The Mountains and The Clove In 2011 she was the recipient of the first Jessie Van Vechten Vedder Award from the Greene County Historical Society Over the years Justine was active in community groups such as the PTA Red Cross Head Start and was a twentyplus year board member of the Catskill Center She is a past Trustee of the Kaaterskill United Methodist Church A spring memorial service is planned In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to The Mountain Top Historical Society PO Box 263 Haines Falls NY 12436 or Kaaterskill United Methodist Church PO Box 225 Tannersville NY 12485 Justine celebrating her 30 years as Town of Hunter Historian with Deb Allen Bob Hoch numerous magazine and journal articles and is the editor of and a contributor to the book Kaaterskill from the Catskill Mountain House to the Hudson River School She was responsible for ensuring the beauty of the scenic roadways decades before anyone was noticing the significance of preserving this historic landscape Her insistence on natural rather than man made materials resulted in the beautiful laid up stone walls at the entrance to Kaaterskill Clove after an intense hardfought battle with the NYS Department of Transportation Greene County Historian the late Raymond Beecher dedicated his book Kaaterskill Clove Where Nature Met Art as follows A number of individuals and nonprofit groups have maintained a watchful eye on the preservation of Kaaterskill Clove s scenic beauty but two individuals one in the nineteenth century and one in the twentieth and twenty first centuries deserve special accolades This book is dedicated to E T Mason and Justine L Hommel Her preservation efforts include protection of the Catskill Park and Forest Preserve at the local and county level campaigns to restore historical buildings publishing extensive journal issues devoted to the architecture and natural heritage of the Catskill High Peaks and dogged lobbying of regional and state elected officials to ensure fundamental policy effectiveness She was an active member of the Committee to Save the Thomas Cole House and The Catskill Heritage Trail Committee Her scholarship and dedication in preserving and disseminating the history of what is locally known as The Mountain Top has garnered the attention of local and national media and led to contributions and or advisory Remembering Justine By Cyndi LaPierre Growing up on the Mountain Top Justine breathed in the fresh air and began collecting memories as soon as she opened her eyes and ears Her family ties in Haines Falls put her right in the center of local history with connections to the railroads the boarding houses and to the people who provided all the services to the community Her schooling at Hunter Tannersville Central School and her employment by the Haines Falls Library especially her years driving the Bookmobile put her in close contact with everyone She listened and watched and collected all the stories around her As historian for the Town of Hunter and as a founder of the Mountain Top Historical Society she continued collecting the stories and the ephemera that supported the stories She inspired and encouraged other collectors of local history I got to know Justine beginning in the late 1980s when I was recruited to serve on a committee to produce the Hardenburgh Ball I knew some of the local history Paul and I were even married at Kaaterskill Falls But sitting and talking with Justine was the real beginning of my full immersion course in the story of the Mountain Top She was always generous with her knowledge There was no such thing as a brief visit or committee meeting with Justine Her passing leaves us all a bit at sea It will be a challenge for us to continue her work and to inspire future generations to pick up where she left off We will all be building on Justine s dedication and passion May her spirit continue to guide us 6

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360 Degrees SCHOHARIE COUNTY SULLIVAN COUNTY Callicoon Historic District on Register By Laurie Ramie Upper Delaware Council Reprinted with permission from The Upper Delaware Fall Winter 2015 Newsletter Town of Delaware NY Historian Cindy Herbert achieved a long term goal in bringing recognition and potential preservation assistance to the Hamlet of Callicoon The Callicoon Downtown Historic District is now an official listing on the National and State Registers of Historic Places The designation encompasses 74 contributing properties located on Upper Lower Main Streets Highview Mitchell Avenues River Hospital Roads Bridge Street and NYS Route 97 EEmbroidery mbroidery PPrinting rinting Upper Main Street at G GREAT REAT PPRICES RICES The New York State Board of Historic Preservation unanimously recommended the listing on March 22 leading Governor Andrew Cuomo to announce its nomination among 19 new proposals The listings became official on June 21 with the same eligibility criteria applied to the state and national registries Herbert won grants from the Preservation League of New York State 4 200 and Sullivan Renaissance to enable hiring consultant Neil Larson of Larson Fisher Associates to prepare the nomination package completed in October 2015 With a population of 167 as of the 2010 Census Callicoon prospered as a local service center and river landing for lumber transport via the Delaware then as a Tshirts w Sweatshirts Cups Mugs ID Tags w Key Chains Mouse pads Coasters w Ornaments And Much More No Job To oB Or Too Sm ig all 1068 Co Hwy 2 DeLancey 607 746 7308 8

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He was simple in his tastes but always strove for the best Whether trustee of a little church or a large college director of a bank or great corporation he was the faithful and efficient executive He was much more than a successful businessman who had accumulated property He was a clean true man of high ideals and moral integrity Reverend A K Fuller eulogy of Samuel Decker Coykendall Samuel Decker Coykendall 1837 1913 U LSTER C OUNTY BUSINESS T YCOON AND P HILANTHROPIST E XTRAORDINAIRE By Lawrence C Swayne MD Photography by author unless otherwise indicated At the turn of the twentieth century prior to income taxes and extensive business regulation moguls dominated the financial landscape Few surpassed Ulster County s wealthiest entrepreneur Samuel Decker Coykendall During its zenith his empire encompassed a Hudson River opposite page Samuel Decker Coykendall Ulster County s wealthiest and most powerful tycoon From the book The Street That Built a City by Lowell Thing Reproduced with permission by its author and is from the John Matthews collection this page Rondout one on the two deep water ports on the Hudson River and the Delaware and Hudson RR terminus The Rondout once had more citizens than Kingston While most of the commercial buildings were razed between 1966 and 1970 the Cornell Steamboat Company boiler shop and repair shop seen on the left with raised roofs and clerestory windows were preserved and repurposed reprinted from Friends of Historic Kingston Postcard History Series by Patricia O Reilly Murphy 11

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towing monopoly railroads trolleys a canal dry goods cement brick bluestone ice and dairy industries a newspaper two banks and ownership of the Grand Hotel and Kingston Point Park while simultaneously shaping the future of both Kingston and New York City Coykendall was born in 1836 to Dutch parents in Wantage New Jersey and grew up in Sparrowbush New York He began his improbable rise to riches as a clerk in L F Hough s general store in Port Jervis in 1857 then worked in Newburgh for dry goods merchant A King Chandler before advancing in 1861 to manage a Chandler branch store in Rondout the bustling port of the Delaware Hudson Canal The following year Coykendall secured a position of substantial authority as clerk on Thomas Cornell s above The neighborhood toboggan run which Coykendall had built He formed a toboggan club with some of his neighbors in 1886 and as president supervised the construction of a double toboggan run between Mary s Avenue and Andrew Street From the book The Street That Built a City by Lowell Thing reproduced with permission and is from the John Matthews collection below Kingston Point Park at Night a Downing Vaux design The park was open from1897 to 1931 and included winding brick paths trees and lush gardens plus a bandstand dance pavilion penny arcade a merry go round and more 12

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Manhattan a night steamboat from Rondout to New York City With the outbreak of the Civil War Coykendall enlisted with the 156 th NYV in 1862 gaining valuable executive experience as a first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster and eventually as Major General Nathaniel Banks s staff in charge of commissary during the Mississippi and Red River campaigns of 1863 and 1864 After three years of service Coykendall returned to marry Cornell s daughter Mary Augusta in 1865 subsequently becoming a partner in the Cornell Steamboat Company and assuming managerial responsibilities as second in command Thomas Cornell Coykendall s father in law and founder of the Cornell Steamboat Company moved to Eddyville in 1937 He began his personal economic ascent hauling coal from the Delaware and Hudson Canal in leased 50 ton canal boats and his own sloop selling supplies from his father s general store and serving as a booking agent for leading Rondout steamboat companies With financial backing from his uncle and namesake Thomas W Cornell and others young Thomas invested in steamboats garnering the exclusive D H Canal contract to haul coal in 1850 when the canal was enlarged for 136 ton boats His fledgling company survived brutal competition through continual acquisition and a reputation for reliability based on men boats and maintenance Although briefly owning the famous luxury passenger steamboats Mary Powell and Thomas Cornell Cornell focused on towing freight By 1878 the formally incorporated Cornell Steamboat Company the largest US towing company employed 450 work 13 ers owned extensive repair and boiler shops with offices along the Rondout strand and 60 coal burning towing vessels sporting the distinctive Cornell black and red colors with yellow trim bottom left Thomas Cornell founder of the Cornell Steamboat Company and Samuel Coykendall s father inlaw Cornell was Ulster County s wealthiest businessman prior to Coykendall and a two time US Congressman From Thomas Cornell and the Cornell Steamboat Company book by Stuart Murray the John Matthews Collection bottom right Mary Coykendall daughter of Thomas Cornell and wife of Samuel Decker Coykendall From the book The Street That Built a City by Lowell Things and is from the John Matthews collection Reprinted with permission by Lowell Thing

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Ever the astute businessman Cornell also established the Rhinecliff to Kingston Point Ferry 1852 the First National Bank of Rondout 1863 and later the Rondout Savings Bank 1868 and served as a two time US congressman 1867 and 1881 When Coykendall returned from the war however the two turned their attention to railroads They chartered the Rondout and Oswego forerunner of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad in 1866 followed by the Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad across the Hudson and the Delhi and Middletown Railroad in the Catskills in 1870 and were also involved with the Wallkill Valley Railroad in the 1870 s The sale of the latter provided funding for the 418 room Grand Hotel in Highmount in 1881 while the other grand Catskill hotels including the Laurel House Kaaterskill Hotel and the venerable Catskill Mountain House were serviced by the Cornell owned Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad and Kaaterskill Railroad The final Cornellowned line the Hobart Branch Railroad was built in 1884 and leased to the U D Railroad top Samuel Coykendall seated on the right with Governor Charles Evan Hughes parading in a barouche Coykendall s coachman George Kimber is seated in the front holding a flag From the book The Street That Built a City by Lowell Thing reproduced with permission and is from the John Matthews collection bottom Cover of the book Thomas Cornell and The Cornell Steamboat Company by Stuart Murray The picture is of the boat Pocahontas built in 1884 belonging to the Cornell Steamboat Company 14

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When Thomas Cornell died of pneumonia in 1890 it was assumed that Coykendall would take over A falling out over the Wallkill Railroad sale however left him excluded from Cornell s 3 4 million estate Coykendall however already possessed 50 of the Cornell Steamboat Company stock and was shrewd enough to regain control within a few years becoming President of the First National Bank of Rondout Vice president of the Rondout Savings and President of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad 1895 He expanded the Ulster and Delaware Railroad westward and continued Cornell s practice of ruthlessly undercutting and buying out the competition for towing freight on the Hudson River maintaining a virtual monopoly He also partnered in a Minneapolis dry goods business with his brother John financed a Roxbury creamery and added the Daily Freeman newspaper 1878 a brick below The Samuel Decker Coykendall mansion at 99 Chestnut Street was the largest home on this fashionable street of business tycoons who built New York City bottom Alder Lake Lodge the Coykendall country retreat photographed in 2007 by the author The lodge was designed by Downing Vaux in 1889 1890 and featured shingled walls cross gables and diamond paned windows It was surrounded by tens of thousands wooded acres and a man made lake Alder It was once listed on the National Register of Historic Places Sadly it was torn down by New York State 15

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yard in Ewen and part of an ice plant to his growing portfolio while founding the Hudson Bluestone Company 1901 Ever alert to alternative investment opportunities Coykendall purchased Kingston Point in 1893 commissioning Downing Vaux son of Calvert Vaux co designer with Frederick Law Olmsted of New York City s Central Park to create the area s first amusement parks with winding brick paths trees and lush gardens in the American Romantic style Opening in 1897 the park attracted up to 3 000 daily patrons and featured a bandstand dance hall penny arcade merry go round shooting gallery casino 900 seat theater dance pavilion refreshments canoe and rowboat rentals and the recently invented Ferris wheel Connections to the park included a large steamboat dock for New York City to Albany day lines and the Coykendall controlled Rhinebeck to Rondout ferry Kingston City Street Railway Colonial Trolley Line and a nearby Ulster Delaware Railroad station Coykendall purchased the Delaware and Hudson Canal after it closed in 1898 and reopened the eastern end shipping cement from his Rosendale Consolidated Cement Company When construction of the Ashokan Reservoir began in 1907 Coykendall was awarded 1 5 million dollars to move portions of the U D Railroad scheduled for submersion and another 1 25 million for consequential railroads delays in addition to the profits generated from selling cement to build the Ashokan dam With his fortune secured Coykendall commissioned Calvert Vaux in 1890 to design a three story red stone brick mansion partially in the Richardson Romanesque style the largest home of the region s industry titans residing on Rondout s famed Chestnut Street The partly ivy cov ered edifice featured a rear veranda flanked by rounded towers commanding a view of the Hudson River front and side porches a porte cochere on the eastern side a centered crenellated tower and a red tile roof A separate rustic English Tudor coach house and stable with red bricks halftimbering and dormers on nearby Augusta Street was probably designed by Vaux as well Coykendall also began construction of a country lodge designed by Downing Vaux in 1889 with a stone foundation shingled walls cross gables and diamond paned casements fronting the man made 45acre Alder Lake and surrounded by tens of thousands of wooded acres Amazingly Coykendall found time to actively contribute to several community endeavors He constructed a neighborhood toboggan run in 1886 provided land for the Twaalfskill Golf Club opened in1903 and served as Chairman of the Kingston City Water Board President of the Kingston Philharmonic Society and a Vassar College trustee A staunch Republican and good friend of New York Governor Charles Evan Hughes he twice refused entreaties to run for governorship himself In 1886 as a member of the Holland Society he funded a pilgrimage for 84 New Yorker and 30 Albany Dutchman on the West Shore Railroad with an overnight stay at the Kaaterskill Hotel Other charities included the Greece and Palestine Exploration Fund the local Red Cross and Kingston Hospital A golden era passed along with Coykendall in 1913 He was eulogized by Reverend A K Fuller as a man who was simple in his tastes but always strove for the best Although survived by his wife Mary Augusta and their seven children Thomas Harry Edward Frederick Katherine Frank and Robert all the 16 male children has studied civil engineering at Columbia University none possessed Coykendall s adroit business acumen The rise of rail highway and air transportation eroded the Cornell towing monopoly and facilitated tourism to more exotic locations Traditional bulk commodities of coal ice brick bluestone and Rosedale cement gave way to newer fuel and construction materials Finally internal dissension and a failure to modernize diversify and profit from new opportunities doomed the company after 127 years of existence Today Samuel Decker Coykendall once Ulster County s wealthiest and most powerful tycoons is nearly forgotten and relatively few biographies exist The 99 Chestnut Street mansion was demolished in 1950 by a developer His coach house and stable survive following conversion by Albert E Millikn into a 250 seat theater in 1950 The magnificent Alder Lake lodge once listed on the National Register of Historic Places and described as one of the country s most significant summer cottages of the kind turn of the century millionaires built in the cool mountains or along the Atlantic coast was torn down by New York State in 2008 following years of neglect Coykendall s remains are interred in the family plot on a two acre knoll in the center of Montrepose Cemetery under a grove of trees marked by a classical Greek pergola His spirit however thrives through his philanthropic beneficiaries in the world s greatest metropolis and in the quiet residential neighborhood of Chestnut Street the street that literally built a city Authors Notes For more information see The Street that Built a City by Lowell Thing and Thomas Cornell and the Cornell Steamboat Company by Stuart Murray

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KyMar Farm Winery and Distillery sure fits this perfectly Located on Bindery Lane in the hamlet of Charlotteville in the Town of Summit it is the first distillery in Schoharie County since Prohibition I really wanted to visit it and do some sampling so I exited I 88 at Richmondville and followed State Route 10 going south up the long hill to Summit You can also reach Summit going north on Route 10 from Delhi and Stamford I turned west on the Charlotte Valley Road and after a couple of miles driving over scenic hills and dales I found Bindery Lane on the right and I pulled up to KyMar Farm The winery and distillery is housed in a former book bindery Storyhouse Corp was founded in 1953 and operated until 2000 They bound and distributed schoolbooks here The building sat vacant for 14 years until KyMar took it over I enjoyed the hills and bright fall colors for a moment and then entered the building I was welcomed in warmly by the owner Ken Wurtz and the two distillers Ken s daughter Marissa and Emily Marsh The four of us immediately walked from the tasting room back to the distillery Wurtz mentioned that KyMar has been open to the public for a year and makes four distilled products He and his wife Laurie are 9 11 transplants from Trumbull CT and the business is named for their son Kyle and daughter Marissa The spirit products are Schoharie Shine Eau de Vie de Pomme Schoharie Mapple Jack and Storyhouse Vodka he said The Schoharie Shine is a sorghum based tribute to southern moonshiners the Eau de Vie de Pomme Water of Life of Apple is an un aged apple brandy with maple syrup blended in and the Storyhouse Vodka is our newest spirit It s made from sorghum wheat and molasses with no potatoes opposite page View of KyMar Farm with the visitor s center and gift store on the left The distillery buildings are to the right above Copper stills at KyMar On the left is the Alembic still on the right is the stripping still and to the back is the doubler below The settling tanks and stainless steel aging tanks 19

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I asked him about his stills and his distilling process With his stills in the background he replied The thing in distilling is about separating ethanol from the mash after fermentation The round one is an Alembic still from Portugal It s our finishing still for everything Whisky and brandy are finished in it for six hours The bigger one is a stripping still that catches vapors from the first still Then the tall one is a doubler which gives you a second distillation As you cook there s less and less ethanol So as you distill the proof drops If you start with a brandy at 135 proof you can get it all the way down to 40 The proof number of a spirit is actually double the percentage content of alcohol in it He continued that distilling produces what he calls heads and hearts The heads come off the product as very high in methanol Heads are not in the products but KyMar adds water to them to make a sanitizer for their equipment The hearts though are the distilled products that go into the barrels for aging As the proof drops more and more flavors come out Wurtz said The art of distilling is to cut off the process at the right point We call it making the cut We make that cut at whatever proof we want After that there are tails which have ethanol but also have off flavors and oils These tails then go for re distillation We began to retreat to the tasting room and paused by the barrels and stainless steel tanks used for aging the spirits and wines For its wines KyMar has planted six varieties of estate grapes here but for now sources its grapes from the Lake Erie and Niagara regions I asked him about the soils here and the climate and he told me We need cold hardy grapes here We re at 2 200 here and the soil here is glacial It s clay and rock with some gravel We also don t want shale drilling here as our business depends on clean water The tasting is always the fun part of being at a distillery and winery and I was ready to go The wines and spirits were all lined up and I started off with the Chardonnay Laurie Wurtz Ken s wife wanted an un oaked Chardonnay so this one is aged in stainless steel for a year It was semi dry and quite bold and fullbodied It hit all areas of my palate and would be very nice with a strong Ochs Orchards in Warwick NY The maple syrup that s blended in is local from Charlotteville As Ken says If it s in this store it s local I could just imagine it with apple pie and ice cream yum Onward I went to the Eau de Vie de Pomme It s an apple brandy that is bottled a couple of months after distillation At 80 proof it s clear not sweet but quite refreshing That apple aroma really comes through Their newest spirit the Storyhouse Vodka came next Made with cheese I put aside a bottle of it to take home Coming right behind the Chardonnay was the Cabernet Sauvignon It s aged for a year in used bourbon and brandy barrels sourced from the Niagara region This cab is dry and has a definite bite It s a young wine with some acidity but is also very smooth and would be great with a strong beef A bottle of this was certainly leaving with me also Burgers tonight on the charcoal grill anyone The Mapple Jack was next and was a real treat It s 65 proof and is made from their own apples from Indian Ladder Farms in Altamont NY and from Sharon Orchards and Schoharie grown sorghum wheat and molasses it s 80 proof and is charcoal filtered for purity The Bloody Mary that Marissa and Emily made up for me with it was just wonderful The Schoharie Mary was peppery but didn t have too much tabasco delicious The last spirit was also the most unique The Schoharie Shine is 90 proof wow and has a definite wheat flavor There s no charcoal filtration here and with just the sorghum flavor and alcohol it s very very pure Wurtz told me There s no aging as it s only 15 minutes from the still to the bottle We call it shine not moonshine because we make it during the day 20

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I m always a bit sad when I come to the end of my tastings at a local spot like this I was especially so as KyMar Farm is both a winery and a great distillery with an excellent variety of products Everything they feature is local and visiting KyMar in Schoharie County s scenic hills is a wonderful way to spend a fall afternoon KyMar Farm can be reached by phone at 518 290 0051 online at www ky mar com or by mail at P O Box 72 Charlotteville NY 12036 They are open from Memorial Day to Columbus Day Friday through Sunday from 12 noon to 6PM and Saturdays from Columbus Day through Christmas from 12 noon to 5PM Cheers opposite page The bottling machines above Ken Wurtz center owner with Emily Marsh left and Marissa Wurtz right Editor s note On the evening of October thirteen representatives from NBT Bank hosted an open house at the KyMar Distillery and Winery On the program was a short talk by the representatives about the merits of the bank s financial management Included was a spread of delicious finger food and more courtesy of NBT Bank Two members of The Schoharie Beveridge Trail Green Wolf in Middleburgh specializing in a variety of ales and Barbers also of Middleburgh producing the 1857 Vodka made from potatoes had display tables Later Ken Wurtz owner of KyMar led tours through the distillery explaining the distillation process The Visitor Center and tasting bar were also available We bought a bottle of apple brandy 21

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Catskill Center Celebrates the Catskill Interpretive Center by Jeff Senterman photography K L staff Since opening in July of 2015 the Maurice D Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center has welcomed more than 15 000 visitors to the Catskill Park and the Catskill region The Catskill Interpretive Center a partnership between the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development Catskill Center and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is an information mecca a place where visitors come to learn about the natural recreational cultural agricultural and historical resources of the Catskills To celebrate the first year of the Maurice D Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center s opening and welcoming the public the Catskill Center held a gala celebration on Sunday October 9th Friends of the Interpretive Center members of the Catskill Center and volunteers and friends enjoyed a fabulous evening of song music traditional drumming local cuisine and libations All proceeds supported the Catskill Interpretive Center Guests enjoyed music remarks by Markley Boyer the Chair of the Catskill Center s board of directors and Jeff Senterman executive director for the Catskill Center There was a silent auction with gifts services art and more donated by such regional businesses as Spruceton Inn do you want to name any other regional businesses Under the big tent guests sampled trout caviar from the Beaverkill Hatchery local hard cider from Awestruck and other fine foods from local caterer Mary s Cookin Again Accompanying the fine foods were flowers sourced grown and arranged locally by Bobolink Flowers right Jeff Senterman executive director of The Catskill Center welcomes the audience to The Catskill Interpretive Center festivities below Entertainment included drumming by Spirit of Thunderheart left Drummers Donna Coane Debbie Fichmer Brenda Martin Wynona Decker below right The trio ensemble Skye with Celtic cellist Abby Newton guitarist Lynn Hrity and keyboardist Selma Kaplan 22 Traditional Native American drumming by Thunderheart was a highlight of the evening and afterwards the band Skye played melodic Celtic cello arrangements Thank you to all who enjoyed this very special evening to support the Maurice D Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center If you could not attend but would like to support the Catskill Interpretive Center please make a donation at www catskillinter pretivecenter org support More Trails at the Catskill Interpretive Center

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Catskill Interpretive Center Celebrates their Newly Finished Nature Trail by Jeff Senterman photography courtesy of the Catskill Center On June 4th The Catskill Center and the New York New Jersey Trail Conference celebrated the grand opening of a new half mile long nature trail at the Catskill Interpretive Center in addition to the three quarters of a mile of existing nature trails on the site The Catskill Interpretive Center is not only the visitor center for the Catskill Park but offers visitors a unique Catskills experience with visi tor information hiking and walking opportunities an outdoor art park picnicking areas and more We are thrilled to continue expanding recreational opportunities on site here at the Catskill Interpretive Center while sharing with our visitors a sense of what they ll encounter while out enjoying the rest of the Catskill Park said Jeff Senterman Executive Cirector of the Catskill Center The lower nature trail is fully accessible to hikers and walkers of all abilities taking hikers around the Catskill Interpretive Center property on a relatively level path past an old cemetery streams wetlands open fields and forested areas A brochure available at the Catskill Interpretive Center and interpretive panels installed along the trail provide visitors an opportunity to learn more about the history and environment of the area top left to right Jeff Senterman Michael Dillinger and Bill Rudge celebrating the new nature trail bottom left to right Jeff Senterman Catskill Center Jeff Rider NYSDEC Doug Senterman NY NJ Trail Conference and Ian Dunn NYSDEC stand at the beginning of the newly created nature trail at the Catskill Interpretive Center 23

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Jeff Senterman on the new nature trail THE BLACK RAVEN Antiques Handmade Reproductions Primitives Goods Cupboards Tables Chairs Beds Benches Chests Lighting Shelves Pewter Redware Tin Textiles Accessories and more John Stys Proprietor Phone 315 941 3766 The upper nature trail travels approximately one half mile to a picnic area and viewpoint at the top of a hill overlooking the Catskill Interpretive Center This steady climb offers visitors a taste of a more traditional Catskill Mountains hiking trail crossing a stream winding past a cascade and climbing the hillside through a series of switchbacks and gracefully constructed staircases The trail ends at the top of the hill where picnic tables will be available in the summer months and with a yearround view across the valley to Mount Pleasant Stop in at the Catskill Interpretive Center before your walk and the congenial staff will direct you around 24 the site answer any hiking questions you may have and ensure that you have an enjoyable experience Visit the Catskill Interpretive Center The Catskill Interpretive Center located at 5906 Route 28 Mt Tremper is open seven days a week from 9 30 am to 4 30 pm and until 6 30 pm on Fridays closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas There you can explore the interpretive exhibits gather information and speak with knowledgeable staff about the Catskill Park and region Visit www CatskillInterpretiveCenter org call 845 688 3369 or email info catskillcenter org for more information

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Arctic Adventure Photographing Churchill s Polar Bears Photography by Lawrence C Swayne MD Interview Conducted by Garan Santicola Recently outdoor enthusiast and frequent Kaatskill Life contributor Dr Lawrence Swayne and his wife Carol traveled to the frozen northwestern shore of Hudson Bay to witness the annual fall gathering of Churchill s polar bears When we saw pictures from their trip we just had to ask about their experience KL What prompted you to venture up to Churchill to see the polar bears LS Carol and I love the scenic outdoors and wildlife of North America and have a special fondness for bears Having already visited most of the US and Canadian National Parks we couldn t resist the chance to view the legendary great white bear in its own environment KL What was the town of Churchill like LS The Polar Bear Capital of World is sandwiched between the Hudson Bay and Churchill River and consists of a main street with several side gravel roads Once the site of a US military base and Manitoba s only port closed in 2016 this isolated tiny outpost is only accessible by passenger train and airplanes depending largely upon the 10 12 000 annual eco tourists who come for the birds beluga whales bears and the spectacular aurora borealis The comradery of its 800 hardy residents forged through long dark winter nights is infectious and reminiscent of the community spirit of many small Catskill hamlets and villages Dr Larry C Swayne and his wife Carol enjoying the polar bears in Churchill Canada KL How did you get out to the tundra from Churchill LS Tour vans provide transportation each morning from the hotel to a secure transfer station where visitors board large all terrain polar rovers heated and equipped with toilets which traverse the roads of the former military base across the tundra One can also stay in the Tundra Lodge comprised of several attached large vehicles with bunks toilets and a small kitchen Town Centre Complex Churchill Visitor Center the Itsanitaq Museum and the polar bear jail There are lectures on bear biology and Inuit and other indigenous cultures and a trained naturalist accompanies each polar rover on the tundra An available one day extension in Winnipeg includes a guided bus and walking tour with stops at the Manitoba Legislative Building Saint Boniface Cathedral The Forks Market and FortWhyte KL Was there an educational element to the tour LS Visitors enjoy an informative Churchill bus tour with visits to the KL What do you think the current state of the polar bear says about our environment LS Polar bears are first and foremost

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survivors in earth s harshest environment Born weighing less than 2 kilograms 2 2 pounds blind helpless and facing a one year mortality rate 50 the survivors grow to become the world s largest land carnivores With a worldwide population of 22 000 31 000 polar bears are not endangered but are vulnerable to global warming pollution and overhunting The Canadian Wildlife Service research estimates a 2 5 week earlier spring ice breakup of Hudson Bay since 1980 has cost the bears approximately 50 lbs Obviously the world is interconnected and we all share a responsibility to be responsible stewards KL You ve been contributing to KL for 10 years writing on a variety of cultural topics you re a photographer and outdoor adventurer but you re also a radiologist and writer and researcher in your field as a scientist How do you balance these two aspects of your life and how do they relate to one another LS Good time management and an incredibly understanding and supportive wife are key We enjoy outdoor pursuits traveling reading and watching nature documentaries together As a KL frequent contributor each assignment has also been a mini adventure offering the opportunity to learn something new discuss our discoveries over dinner share our findings with the KL readership and perhaps in a small way to preserve a piece of Catskill history or cultural legacy Both radiology and photography are visual disciplines which involve digital manipulation pattern recognition and inherent sets of rules Radiologists diagnose and treat a wide variety of diseases using imaging techniques while photographers manipulate light color and composition to capture a special moment in time often with a subliminal message i e an arctic fox lying on a rotting boat suggests the classical themes of man s ephemeral state and nature s ultimate reclamation KL You have a story in this issue about the Coykendall family history What are you working on next for Kaatskill Life LS The extirpation of the mountain lion from the East excepting a small Florida remnant has resulted in ecologically ravaged forests due to deer overpopulation Although numerous unconfirmed sightings have persisted for years a three year old male recently completed a well documented 2000 mile journey from the Black Hills through New York State before dying in a Connecticut car accident in 2011 The article will discuss what this remarkable odyssey as described in William Stolzenberg s book The Heart of a Lion A Lone Cat s Walk Across America portends for the future of mountain lions in New York KL You ve written some great pieces on animals for KL Since taking your trip to Churchill where does your encounter with polar bears stand in your experiences as a naturalist and photographer LS I ve been fortunate to photograph most of North America s largest mammals in the wild The opportunity to witness the arctic king s power and majesty striding across the tundra and to stare directly into his eyes while inhaling his breath and spirit with his gaping maw mere inches below our feet opposite the steel mesh floor of the polar rover observation deck was an unparalleled experience As a photographer it was also gratifying given the challenges of extreme cold variable lighting an all white environment and unpredictable ever changing bear behavior KL Do you have any tips for those interested in making the journey LS This once in a lifetime trip is expensive and must be reserved more than a year in advance for the peak season mid October to midNovember Be sure to book with a company that uses one of the two licensed tour groups allowed into the Wild Life Management Area We used Natural Habitat which partners with Churchill s Great White Bear Tours supports the World Wildlife Fund provides warm parkas and boots and limits participants to 1620 vehicle versus the 30 50 maximum capacity to improve visibility and photographic access to bears arctic hares arctic foxes snowy owls and gyrfalcons We re already saving our money for a stay in the Tundra Lodge to revisit these magnificent bears For more information see Polar Bears of Churchill by Kelsey Eliasson or visit Natural Habitat online at www nathab com polar bear tours

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KaatskillTrees Mountain Paper Birch Hidden in the Mountains By Ryan Trapani Interim Executive Director CFA photography by the author It s not every day that I discover a new tree at least one I never knew existed Each summer I take a short camping trip into the higher elevations of these Catskill Mountains My first campsite sits somewhere just below the legal limit of 3 500 feet above sea level This lofty elevation is where I found a rare forest type for this neck of the woods a boreal forest In the Catskills boreal forests are rare they exist mostly in areas much further north that is in eastern Canada the Adirondack Mountains or Maine Some of the trees in those forests are balsam fir mountain ash paper birch and red spruce In the Catskills boreal forests are mostly confined to upper elevations although some boreal forests do exist in cold pockets or where soil conditions permit dominance over northern or southern hardwood forest types After setting up camp I began to hunt for some kindling Finding dry material in a boreal forest isn t always easy It seems like everything is often damp perhaps that s due in part to the trees and underlying sphagnum moss that seem to retain moisture or the fact that these mountaintops probably receive more rainfall than the lower elevations In any case a fire felt necessary Barreling through the balsam fir boughs I came upon a tree I thought I d seen a thousand times but somehow seemed different The bark is weird I muttered to myself At first it seemed like paper birch Betula papyrifera with its unique bark that breaks into papery strands as its name implies This papery bark makes for some great fire starting material The paper on this paper birch seemed just as opposite page Mountain Paper Birch grows in boreal forests mostly in the upper most elevations of the Catskill Mountains right The bark of the Mountain Paper Birch appears to be pinker than paper birch 37 papery as any other paper birch but somewhat redder or pinker I looked around to see if others shared this trait sometimes an individual tree will contain unique bark for its species but it seemed that each paper birch shared that reddish or coppery hue Did I discover a new species of paper birch Was this a unique birch tree to the Catskills a Catskill birch

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The leaves are dotted with resin glands on their upper surface The base of the leaf is cordite or heart shaped No not really John Burroughs believed he discovered a new bird atop Slide Mountain in the late 19th century the Bicknell s thrush only later learning that it was only rare for the Catskills Like the Bicknell s mountain paper birch Betula cordifolia is more common in boreal forests to the north of our mountains Coincidentally both mountain paper birch and Bicknell s thrush share a similar distribution and range However unlike the Bicknell s thrush mountain paper birch wasn t recognized as its own separate species until recently Mountain paper birch was formerly known as Betula papyrifera var cordifolia In other words it was considered a variety of paper birch The separation must have occurred fairly recently since upon researching this tree I found information mostly under its previous name The more well known paper birch is an easy tree to identify it has that distinguishable papery bark Paper birch sel dom grows beyond 14 inches in diameter at breast height and above 60 feet tall You can normally find it searching for a pocket of sunlight in the woods due to its extreme lack of tolerance for shade If you see paper birch it immediately tells you that sometime in the recent past there was a large disturbance since it is a pioneer species In other words it grows after a large disturbance farm abandonment micro burst fire failed housing development etc Mountain paper birch shares all these qualities with paper birch If your forest is older then you ll often find this tree on the ground dead and down shaded out from other trees Mountain paper birch differs most from paper birch by looking more into its common name mountain paper birch and Latin name cordifolia Although paper birch can be found on mountain tops in the Catskills it too can be found on recently disturbed areas in the valleys On the other hand mountain 38 paper birch is mostly confined to the upper elevations of the Catskills tucked away inside boreal forests atop mountains where a burst of wind mixed with ice damage manages to provide enough sunlight once in a while for it to eke out a living In addition paper birch can be found trans continentally across the northern half of North America mountain paper birch is confined to the eastern portion of North America mostly in the northeastern US eastern Canada Its Latin name cordifolia is derived from its cordate or heart shaped leaf Another way to distinguish mountain paper birch is to examine its leaves they are dotted with resin glands on the upper surface For me it was the bark Now bark is difficult to describe using the English language since there really aren t many words to choose from And since I only speak English I m left with muttering about this tree s pinkish or reddish or coppery overtones in its bark To me it seems like its bark has more of these traits than paper birch after all it s what made me stop and stare that day If you re unconvinced by the aforementioned traits distinguishing mountain paper birch from paper birch you can always take a chromosome test not sure where you would do that though Researchers have apparently found that this is what most distinguishes the two trees Before chromosome analysis it was thought the two trees hybridized making distinguishing the two a great challenge However it has been found that the two trees have entirely different numbers of chromosomes I guess we ll have to take their word on it For now there s something sticking out to me about that bark Climb a mountain and see if you can find the mountain paper birch tree www catskillforest org

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KaatskillKritters Appalled by galls by Brigette Zacharczenko photography by Nicholas Zacharczenko D D S Many of us in the Catskills tend to raspberries strawberries blueberries and other native delicacies whether cultivated or wild We knowingly but typically unwillingly share these delights with the surrounding megafauna rabbits nibbling at shoots birds pecking at berries and deer browsing as if they own the place We put up fences hang fake owls and use bitter sprays to repel them But there is another cohort of berry minded enemies we must face who are not so easily dissuaded insects Not only are they ubiquitous and hard to deter they can be difficult to detect in the first place The occasional beetle grub inside a raspberry gross is not much to fear and adult beetles chewing leaves can be picked off plants or encouraged to enter pheromone traps But others are more subtle in their tactics One particular miscreant is trying to make a living on our beloved blueberry plants but they do not affect the berries In fact their damage is seldom noticed until later in the season in the fall and winter when the denuded branches reveal their plight The unveiled symptom is an assortment of globular galls and the culprit is the Blueberry Stem Gall Wasp Hemadas nubilipennis Galls are an outgrowth of a plant in response to a perturbance typically the egg or larva of an incredibly small insect Plants respond differently to different kinds of insects so we can identify the offender based on the size shape and texture of the gall the plant produces The galls of the Blueberry Stem Gall Wasp are distinctive and kidney shaped outgrowths on stems sometimes with irregular lumps The texture color and size of each gall depends on the time of year and the development of the larvae inside The process starts in the spring when adults emerge from the previous year s galls They are remarkably tiny under 1 8 th of an inch long The females look for fresh blueberry shoots and stems into which they lay their eggs this is done with a sharp ovipositor at the end of the abdomen Several eggs are laid at a time and the plant forms a chamber around each one That same pointy egg layer is used to create damage further along the shoot or branch diverting the plant s resources to the developing gall In the beginning the gall is somewhat soft with hues of green and red You are less likely to notice it as it blends in with the blueberry leaves As the larvae hatch and grow and feed on 39 the plant tissue the plant s response heightens creating an even larger nutritious gall for the wasp youngsters Up to a dozen larvae may be clustered in a single gall and as they grow larger the gall becomes tough and woody Galls can range from just under an inch up to two inches and are finished growing by the end of the summer As colder weather approaches the larvae hunker down protected in their plant provisions They briefly pupate as spring approaches they have complete metamorphosis and finally emerge as adults to start the cycle anew So what does this mean for us as we fuss over our blueberry plants It depends on the level of infestation These are native wasps doing what they do best living on the blueberries they have evolved with for millions of years The wasps love blueberry plants and they don t care if it s highbush lowbush or some fancy variety you paid too much money for A few galls on your plants aren t going to do much damage or have an impact on your yield But if things get out of hand with dozens of galls and your bushes are suffering there is an easy fix Prune them There are no known effective pesticides for this little wasp but removing the larvae at any stage of development will reduce the population Be aware if you see small holes in the gall you re too late The adults already flew the coop The summer mornings of picking fresh berries in our bare feet are behind us and we must face the reality of frigid temperatures snowfall and the lack of fresh local fruit However this does not mean our outdoor chores are over there may be some galls lurking in the berry batch While they shouldn t cause much alarm it s important to keep an eye on them and prune them back if they get out of hand After all we need to ensure a good yield for the blue jays and woodchucks right

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A quick look is enough to fill your eyes with the beauty of this site fig 1 but when you actually know all that there is to look at you see so much more We were determined to learn from all that we could see there we sat for a while but then got up and did some exploring We had a lot to learn a lot to appreciate and a lot to comprehend We were soon heading east passing through the heart of Oneonta and beyond on Rte 7 It s an old highway which has to a great extent been bypassed by the more modern Interstate I 88 The new highway is a speedy and efficient way to travel but the old road takes you on a slower and more revealing opposite page fig 1 View of Susquehanna Valley from Strawberry fields below fig 2 Road outcrop of marine strata on NYS Rte 7 journey We drove along the road for a mile east of Schenevus and we stopped here and there whenever we spotted some interesting outcroppings All the ones we passed told the same story These were outcroppings of dark shales fig 2 sedimentary rocks that had once been dark muds at the bottom of a dark sea We like to call it the Catskill Sea Soon we started finding fossils of the creatures that had lived on this sea floor fig 3 they dated back to a geological time period called the Devonian That time lasted from 419 million years ago to about 359 The rocks we were looking at dated back to about 382 The fossils were of shellfish that had lived on the floor of that ocean relatives of modern clams and much less known brachiopods This ocean spread out across much of North America in Devonian times It was not especially deep in the Catskills vicinity but it certainly was a broad sea We stepped back from the outcrop we were looking at and 41 in our mind s eyes were transported back to the Devonian We were now standing at the bottom of the Catskill Sea right where someday Rte 7 would pass All around us were the murky muds of the sea floor These muds were littered with the living and dead shells of those brachiopods and clams We looked up and saw just the dimmest glimmer of light Up there was the surface of the Catskill Sea and it was daytime up there Down below it was dark and silent Just then a passing truck roared by and brought us abruptly back to the present The strata of the Catskill Sea have hardened into rock and those strata make up the lower levels of our view from Strawberry Field We thought that there would be more to learn so we got back into our car and continued exploring We drove across the valley and headed back west on Rte 23 Soon we had the option of driving uphill on Rte 28 geologists like to go uphill uphill carries us through time and through strata into younger and younger eras

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Very soon we were passing different sorts of rock We had traveled through time into younger chapters of the Devonian and had entered a very different moment in Catskill history We were driving uphill and along the left side of the highway were brick red rocks fig 4 These were stratified sandstones and shales We had entered the fabled Catskill Delta We were still in Devonian time but it was a later chapter A great delta as big as the Mississippi Delta had grown and spread across much of what would someday be the Catskills These delta deposits had been slowly overriding those of the Catskill Sea It was like so many other tropical deltas There had long ago been bayous here along with swamps marshes and great pools of water The red sandstones were composed of sands that had accumulated in the floodplains of sizable rivers many such rivers had crossed the Catskill Delta The red shales had once also been floodplain deposits As we drove up Rte 28 we were traveling through time again All around us the Catskill Delta was piling up great thicknesses of sediment Across the Delta vast primitive forests flourished Forest ecology had only recently evolved and it was flush with evolutionary success fig 5 We with our mind s eyes open witnessed that success The Delta deposits make up all of the middle and upper slopes of our view from Strawberry Fields They reach all the way to the top of the mountains and these deposits had watched as the Devonian time period came to a close One or two hundred million years passed by We our mind s eyes rose high into the sky and watched as our vast Catskill landscape eroded down to a relatively flat surface lying not just a little above sea level Below the flat landscape seemed never changing Down there it must have seemed as if an eternity of overwhelmingly immoveable permanence was underway But things were going to change even if ever so slowly A river ancestral to the modern Susquehanna was working its way north by a process called headward erosion it s when the upstream end of a river is eroding a channel farther and deeper into the hinterlands There had to have been a time when the upstream terminus of the Susquehanna began to cut its way above fig 3 Fossil brachiopods below fig 4 Red delta sandstones on Franklin mountain south of Oneonta 42

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through what would become Oneonta We don t know when that was but some think it might have been during the Cretaceous time period a bit more than 100 million years ago Again we sat on the slopes at Strawberry Fields and gazed at the valley before us From its bottom to its top there was about a thousand feet of relief The Susquehanna had eroded that thousand foot deep valley and made it almost three miles across as well We pondered the slopes on the far side of the valley Right before us all the processes of erosion were going on in plain view Soil was forming from bedrock It was again right in front of us sliding down the hill Eventually it would tumble into the waters of the Susquehanna Now it would be called sediment and it would begin a journey towards Chesapeake Bay How long would any particular piece of silt or sand take to make this journey We did not know but we do know that these processes have been going on for more than 100 million years and although they are incredibly slow it was they that fashioned the great river valley that slices through Oneonta The slopes of this valley make up an erosional surface the modern version of an erosional surface that is more than 100 million years old From Strawberry Fields we could now look at the valley itself with a new perspective we truly comprehended the time that was before us But there was more there was a whole other geological chapter recorded in the landscape The bottom of the modern Susquehanna Valley is broad and flat fig 6 You might assume that these are floodplain deposits created by the river itself They are not That flat valley bottom is the top of a series of glacial lakes that once formed at the valley s bottom At the close of the most recent ice age gla ciers deposited earthen dams called glacial moraines Behind these dams water was impounded and lakes sometimes hundreds of feet deep formed It was these lakes that accumulated the muds of the valley s lake deposits These deposits made the floodplain of the Susquehanna Valley Time would vanquish them Their earthen dams could not long withstand the effects of erosion and 44 one by one they broke and the lakes drained We traveled up to Cooperstown to look at Lake Otsego That is another old glacial lake but this one has never drained fig 7 Geologists know a lot about these deposits much has been learned from wells that have been drilled into them They bury and conceal several hundred feet of the valley s bottom The real Susquehanna Valley bottom

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opposite page fig 6 Flat Lake bottom in the village of Maryland above fig 7 View of Lake Otsego below fig 8 Narrow valley bottom on Rte I 88 bottom fig 9 Cross section of stratigraphy in the Oneonta vicinity the one that lies buried is 300 or 400 feet deeper and comes to a sharp vee shaped bottom It s the same with all the other big river valleys in the Catskills They all have flat valley bottoms but none of them are real floodplains All are glacial lake bottoms Only where Rte I88 crosses over a plateau a few 45 miles east of Worcester can you see the real bottom of a local valley Here the upper reaches of Schenevus Creek reveal the valley s vee shaped bottom fig 8 There were never any glacial lakes this far up Our figure 9 summarizes what turns out to be a lot of geological history The heavy dark u shaped line describes more than 100 million years of Susquehanna erosion It has cut more than a thousand feet into the underlying landscape Below that line the brown describes a time when this region lay under a shallow ocean The red makes up those strata that were originally deposited on the Catskill Delta The gray above the erosion surface is composed of glacial lake sediments Any one of these geological units represents an enormous amount of time Collectively they only begin to define the vastness of Earth history Our story has been about the most recent 400 million years the planet itself is ten times older than that We returned once again to Strawberry Fields and resumed our vigil We had started out here drawn to the site by its scenic Catskills beauty This view should have been painted by Frederic Church or Sanford Robinson Gifford but neither had ventured this way with their sketch pads and easels It was left to us to paint this view and we have chosen not to use canvases or brushes We have explored the region and painted it with words We have journeyed through time and brought you along In the end what we most want you to see is the vastness of time that is represented by this beautiful valley and the richness of its history Only words can paint such things Contact the authors at randjtitus prodigy net Join their facebook page The Catskill Geologist Or visit their blog thecatskillgeologist com

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opposite page View of Plateau Mountain from Hunter Mountain fire tower looking southeast Hunter Mountain in the foreground Note the first growth spruce fir stand Plateau Mountain appearing as a dark band along the ridge crest POSTGLACIAL FORESTS There is probably no need to describe Plateau s forests from the postglacial era up to the time of European settlement because such a description has already been written in the first installment of the Slide Mountain forest history article see Kaatskill Life winter 2015 pages 24 to 28 The early histories of the two peaks are about the same except that red spruce did migrate up to the top of Plateau Mountain but not on Slide I had found two bogs in the area one on each of two of Plateau s spurs Plant fossils from these bogs have been identified and the samples radiocarbon dated Peat in Bog 341 in a shallow col between the two 3000 foot summits of Edgewood Mountain is almost 6900 years old The spruce yellow birch forest has not left Historic marker in Stony Clove Notch describing the 1893 forest fire which burned both on Plateau and Hunter mountains Sparks from a Stony Clove Catskill Mountain RR locomotive caused the fire changed since then and seeds of the three way sedge suggest open water in the early years before the little pond filled in with vegetation Peat from Bog 360 in the col between Olderbark and Little Rocky Mountains is about 6300 years old and shows nil change in the present yellow birch hemlock spruce fir forest over the millennia 49 below View from Danny s Lookout looking northeast to Tannersville Birches dominate the 1893 burn but scattered spruce and spruce groves interupt

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BARKING AND ROADS The earliest roads in this vicinity were bark roads In the early 1840s Colonel William Edwards built a road south through Stony Clove Notch to haul hemlock bark to his New York Tannery in the Village of Hunter Branch bark roads climbed the east slopes Hunter Mountain and the west slopes of Plateau Mountain and its spur Daley Ridge In fact portions of the Devil s Path and Warner Creek Trail are built over some of these bark roads see KL summer 2014 pages 60 to 67 for the article Between Edwards and Fenwick a Slice of First Growth The present trail through Mink Hollow at the east end of Plateau Mountain began as a hide and leather hauling road between the port of Rondout and the tanneries in the Schoharie Valley from before 1802 through 1823 This was before the shorter route up the Kaaterskill Clove was built RAILROADS The Ulster Delaware built its narrow gauged branch line the Stony Clove Catskill Mountain Railroad from Phoenicia past Plateau Mountain in 1881 It divided at Kaaterskill Junction two miles north of Stony Clove Notch and terminated at Hunter Village and at Kaaterskill Station the latter at South Lake This line when it was standard gauged in 1899 became the Stony Clove Kaaterskill Branch of the U D and was abandoned in 1940 One can easily find and walk most of the abandoned grade today from Edgewood northward to Kaaterskill Junction The railroad s greatest effect on Plateau Mountain in addition to hauling some of the peak s wood and possibly quarry products to points outside the Catskills was the burn it started in 1893 This forest fire the only one I can find actually traced to locomotive sparks burned both sides of the Stony Clove Notch On the Plateau side it burned all the way up to just past Danny s Lookout A New York State historic marker describes this fire along Route 214 in the height of the Notch today The paper white birch trees that followed the fire are presently maturing and will soon be replaced by the more shade tolerant balsam fir and red spruce beneath This year I explored an old road heading up Plateau Mountain Although the road initially served a quarry see paragraph below it must have also later served as a log road prior to New York State acquisition in 1909 It s difficult to imagine how the stumps alongside it survived this long unless they were yellow birch LOGGING In 2014 while hiking the abandoned railroad grade about a halfmile south of the Devil s Tombstone I discovered an old road heading east and up Plateau Mountain This year I followed it I assumed that it had been used solely as a logging road too wide and well built for one of Edward s bark roads but was amazed to find it terminating in an abandoned bluestone quarry at elevation 2586 By estimating the age of the trees growing in the quarry I could date it to most likely to a decade or so before the 1909 State acquisition An abundance of 19th century wood product industries between Edgewood and Lanesville along Stony Clove Creek suggests that much logging had occurred on both sides of the valley including the north slopes of Edgewood Mountain and the adjacent southwest end of Plateau Mountain Once the railroad arrived in 1881 this activity might have increased In Mink Hollow the Wilber Brothers sawmill was active in the 19th century harvesting timber from the east slopes of Olderbark Mountain the southeast spur of Plateau The southern portion of this tract bordering the Greene County line was logged again probably in the 1960s or 1970s prior to the sale to the State of New York sometime between 1985 and 1989 There is evidence stumps log road of recent logging north of the Devil s Path and above Mink Hollow before the tract was sold to New York State in February 1997 The Devil s Path follows a portion of a log road at about 2900 feet A 1917 map by State Forester Karl Schmitt locates and dates two areas that had been logged shortly before he mapped One northwest of Elka Park was cut over for softwood between 1912 and 1916 The other just southwest of Edgewood Station was cut over for both hardwoods and softwoods between 1913 and 1916 54 QUARRYING BURNS The major 1893 burn on Plateau Mountain has already been described in the section above on railroads NEW YORK STATE LAND ACQUISITION New York State has been acquiring lands on Plateau Mountain as it has on many mountains piecemeal over many decades The year of acquisition in the Stony Clove Notch was 1909 The largest tract from just above Mink Hollow through to Stony Clove was acquired in 1933 The Wilber Brothers tract on the east slopes of Olderbark Mountain was acquired in two phases the northern part between 1920 and 1924 and the southern part along the Ulster County line between 1985 and 1989 The log roads and

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stumps on the southern part are still quite fresh The tract on the north side of the mountain between Mink Hollow and Elka Park lands was acquired quite recently in early 1997 TRAILS Once lands were acquired by New York State and opened to the public trails could readily be built The Devil s Path was extended from Sugarloaf Mountain westward over Plateau Mountain in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps based in Tannersville The Mink Hollow Trail whose tanning origins are described above opened about the same time in 1934 The Warner Creek Trail part of the Long Path was extended over Edgewood also known as Silver Hollow Mountain from Warner Creek in 2000 and up Daley Ridge in 2007 to connect with the Devil s Path LEAN TOS The Mink Hollow lean to was constructed about 1934 along with the Mink Hollow Trail northeast of the junction with the Devil s Path It was moved in 1964 to its present location southwest of the junction The Plateau Mountain lean to was built in 1935 at elevation 3460 near a spring just below Orchid Point Note The New York New Jersey Trail Conference renamed the lookout Orchard Point in their 2010 edition map This lean to was moved in 1964 to elevation 3740 along the Devil s Path on the crest of the ridge and then removed sometime between 1971 and 1975 CAMPGROUND The Devil s Tombstone Campground was opened by the State of New York in 1926 FIRST GROWTH Despite the wide diversity of human disturbances Plateau Mountain has managed to maintain a large tract of first growth forest along its summit along the crest of some of its spurs and on some upper slopes It is the old growth spruce stand on the summit ridge that was made famous by the Society of American Foresters only one of two such stands reported by them in the 55 Catskills the other is in the col between Slide and Cornell Mountains Actually there are many more old growth spruce stands but the Society did not either know about or did not wish to report them These first growth tracts on Plateau Mountain were in most cases just too inaccessible for farmers tanners loggers and quarrymen I have mapped 15 entry points around Plateau Mountain points where one crosses out of second or third growth barked logged burned or cleared forest into first growth forest as one climbs the peak Each entry point is shown on the accompanying map as dot on the purple line with my calculated elevation I had originally believed because I had sufficient detail on Plateau Mountain that writing an article about this peak s forests would be quick and easy But this has turned out not to be so I forgot that the accumulation of field notes magazine clippings and old maps is so rich in my home library that a great deal of study compilation and time was required to write I hope that the reader will find this article therefore a handy reference

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through a hemlock grove and a steeper climb after another switchback to an old blue stone quarry with an information sign describing the quarrying industry of the 1800s More switchbacks bring the hiker up and to the top of a small ledge then to the Phoenicia Overlook 300 feet above the valley The hamlet of Phonecia with Rt 28 visible is spread out below Diagonally to the right Panther Mountain is the prominent peak to the left is Romer Mountain and further left Mount Pleasant There is a badly vandalized interpretive photo sign identifying the points of interest Phoenicia Overlook makes is a satisfying destination for those with limited time the round trip is about a half mile Those who wish a longer walk may continue beyond the Overlook ascending and swinging towards the Along the Loop Trail at the Catskill Interpretive Visitors Center east reaching High Quarry before beginning a descent to Grand View Ledge a view that is similar to Phoenicia Overlook The trail swings right and begins a steady descent down to the junction this last section has numerous downed trees across the trail Hikers should be careful to follow the markers as they can be obscured by foliage in summer The complete loop is a little over two miles The third short trail is ROCHESTER HOLLOW located about eight miles west of Phoenicia past the hamlet of Big Indian This trail follows an old wood road ascending gradually along a stream to a sign commemorating the John Burroughs Memorial Forest before turning west to a leanto located among the ruins of an old farm Total elevation gain is about 800 feet The trailhead is reachable via car shortly after passing Peekamoose Restaurant in Big Indian hikers should look for a roadside marker stating that the trail is a right turn a quarter mile beyond The right turn Matyas Road leads in about a quarter mile to a small parking area at the end of the dirt road The blue marked trail 61 begins past the gate on a gentle grade along the wide wood road for about a mile and three quarters before reaching the turn and the Burroughs Marker Just before the monument a yellow marked foot trail heads right swinging west and rejoining the blue trail in three quarters of a mile A red marked trail bears left sign not visible when heading uphill about a hundred yards beyond the yellow one rejoining the blue trail past the lean to to create a loop trail It is about another mile on the blue trail to the lean to and spring two and a third miles from the parking lot The lean to is nestled against the hillside in a woods It is about a quarter mile past the lean to to the end of the blue trail and a junction with the west end of the red trail coming up from the left It is a mile and a third on the red trail back to the blue trail near the Burroughs Marker giving one an option for a different return walk for part of the way back All of these walks can be done anywhere from an hour of so from the Interpretive Center to a half day for Rochester Hollow unless the hiker wants a fairly easy camping experience in a lean to Rochester Hollow in addition to a pleasant walk makes a great cross country ski excursion on the wood road up and back Grades are reasonable and the road is wide enough for a novice skier A foot or more of snow is necessary to cover the rocks and cobbles The walks around the Center are meant to be easy and accessible to everybody The Tanbark Trail is steeper and offers a preview of the longer mountain climbing trails in the Catskills Children will especially enjoy this trail for the ledges and rock scrambles and opportunities for exploration They can all be enjoyed in a day or spread out over several visits

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where a continental breakfast is served every morning combine with the restaurant and bar on the first floor to provide ample room for parties of varying sizes to relax and socialize during downtime The second floor features a variety of bedroom options all equipped with private baths while the third floor functions more like a hostel with two shared bathrooms for the entire floor providing an affordable getaway for those willing to bunk in like college students Before it was the Horton Smith House it was The Hilltop House a popular Greek resort And though it is now known as Hammo s ownership has recently changed and a rebranding to the Windham Mountain Brewery and Lodge is planned by the new owner Manu Dutt a restauranteur from Pennsylvania who now runs the Hunter Mountain Brewery as well The ambiance is of a rustic country nature with clapboard siding from the exterior of the old house visible in the hallway between the bedrooms where an extension done decades ago doubled the size of the original structure Beautiful woodwork is featured throughout the large top left One of the economically priced hostelry rooms available for groups left A bedroom with bath above One of the nicely decorated note the shower curtain bathrooms opposite page Two views of the Dining room with a fireplace and a hand carved booth by a local artist 64

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dining for a lot of little people Spencer has run restaurants of his own in the past and has worked as a chef at the Hunter Mountain Lodge Of the area he says I like the mountain I like the energy and that rush that comes with the kind of influx of tourism you get here Spencer specializes in American cuisine and his creative influence over signature dishes can be seen throughout the menu Hearty salads with options for adding grilled chicken Notch which is a narrow pass that cuts between Hunter and Plateau Mountains and is visible from the restaurant Chicken shrimp roasted tomatoes olives and spinach are tossed with a white wine butter sauce to make this dish worthy of a pre hike meal up Plateau or perhaps something to enjoy after ice climbing up the rock walls that are crystalline in winter and ascend on either side of the Notch The Fire Tower Burger references the old structure that is a hiking destination at the top of Hunter Mountain as well as the five alarm hell gate sauce drizzled over Cajun seasoned beef topped with jalapenos onions and gruyere cheese The Spinach and Artichoke Dip is superb among the selection of varied and above left Spinach artichoke and cheese appetizer left Chef Spencer signiature salad below left Shrimp spinach and chicken over penne pasta below The man who creates all this Chef Daryl Spencer flavorful appetizers Ample amounts of tasty spinach and artichoke are steeped in a mother sauce and topped with a layer of cheese melted to a crisp golden brown and accompanied for dipping by soft naan one of just a few items on the menu reflecting Dutt s background as a chef and proprietor of four distinctive Indian restaurants in Pennsylvania Working as Dutt s seasonal chef throughout the fall winter and spring months is Daryl Spencer a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park NY In the summer Spencer is the chef for Long Lake Camp for the Arts a prestigious getaway for young people where the food is gourmet Of Long Lake Spencer says We do a lot of fine 69

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steak or saut ed shrimp range from a Kale Caesar with parmesan cheese to a BLT Panzanella with bacon greens and roasted fresh tomatoes Skiers will be particularly fond of certain comfort foods that hit the spot after a long day out in the cold Decadent mac and cheese options include a dish with beer cheese sauce one with grilled chicken and another with lobster Entr es include the succulent Kaatskill Meatloaf which is covered in a tomato brown sugar glaze the Shepherd s Pie with a stout gravy and mashed potato crust and the Colonel s Alternate Fried Chicken a half chicken fried to golden perfection that takes its name from the nearby Colonel s Chair hiking trail For the ultimate in a shared dish the Cowboy Steak for Two features a giant bone in custom cut of beef and for desert the Brownie la Mode is a house specialty With a mountain house style post and beam entryway the Hunter Mountain Brewery presents a welcoming environment from the outset The rustic elegant interior features a massive fireplace a deck for outdoor dining in the warmer months a glass enclosed brewing area visible from the restaurant floor and views of Stony Clove and the Hunter ski slope It s location along the scenic Route 23A will draw many first time visitors who are sure to return to this unique Catskill Mountain establishment 70

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5 1 2 Main Street Delhi NY 13753 Voice 607 746 2281 Fax 607 746 3571 www greatwesterncatskills com info greatwesterncatskills com November 4 December 18 Community Art Show A Celebration of Local Art and Artists Opening Reception Saturday November 5th 2 4 pm MURAL on Main 631 Main Street Hobart 607 538 3002 muralonmain gmail com November 19 January 7 Small Works Opening Reception November 19 4 6pm Roxbury Arts Center 5025 Vega Mountain Road Roxbury 607 326 7908 DECEMBER 10 7pm CHRISTMAS VARIETY SHOW Four of Hearts Father Dan and accompanist with audience participation Deposit Community Theatre PAC 148 Front St Deposit 607 467 2727 DECEMBER 10 10am DEER CUTTING DEMONSTRATION Learn how to properly process deer Pre registrations required Catskill Forest Association 43469 St Hwy 28 Arkville 845 586 3054 Ray s Fine wines Spirits 70 Main Street Delhi New York 607 746 3775 MONDAYS 5 30 P M YOGA Classes are a combination of Bikram Hatha Vinyasa flow all levels welcome Mondays 10 pp Season passes also available Classes will be held outdoors in the event field on the stage in the mountains with the trees flowers birds sun clouds and breezes or by the pond weather permitting We will move inside the Carriage House during inclement weather and winter months We have extra mats so don t let that stop you Turquoise Barn 8052 County Highway 18 Bloomville 607538 1235 info turquoisebarn com WEDNESDAYS 7 10PM TRIVIA NIGHT Come put your knowledge to the test every Wed 7pm Teams 1 7 people Winning team gets 50 off the bill Cara Vaughn as your hostess O Neill s Shire Pub Main St Delhi www theshiredelhi com 607 746 8758 Courtney Funeral Home 25 Townsend St Walton NY 13856 607 865 4383 www courtneyfh com THURDAY S 8 30PM KARAOKE Every Thursday Late Nite Happy Hour 9 11pm DJ Pat Del Rosario O Neill s Shire Pub 123 Main Street Delhi NY 607 746 8758 Through December 2016 5 30pm Family Fun Nights Event will take place first Friday of each month Pool games and activities and each Fun Night will be different Fee Catskill Recreation Center Arkville www catskillrecreationcenter org 845 586 6250 Dec 17 Jan 21 Feb 18 March 18 April 15 May 20 7pm JAM SESSION Live music table games and refreshments Bring instrument or games or come for fun Free St John s Episcopal Church 134 Main St Delhi DEC 19 JAN 16 FEB 20 MARCH 20 APRIL 17 MAY 15 7pm WRITERS EVENINGS Community members invited to come and listen to local writes read their new works and participate in moderated Q A period following each reading Stamford Village Library 117 Main St Stamford 607 326 7908 DEC 20 JAN 17 FEB 21 MARCH 21 APRIL 18 MAY 16 2pm BOOK AND FILM CHAT William B Ogden Library 42 Gardiner Place Walton 607 865 5929 October 15 January 6 2 4pm Utilitarian Art Catskill Center 43355 New York 28 Arkville Joel Murray Architect Davenport New York 607 278 5709 www joelmurrayarchitect com DECEMBER 12 11AM 4PM HOLIDAY HEIST ART SO AFFORDABLE IT S A STEAL Exhibit Longyear artists will be presenting their watercolors prints monotypes photographs drawings ceramics objects and small oil paintings in Holiday Heist Art So Affordable It s A Steal and any purchases may be taken home at the time of sale rather than when the exhibit is over Hours 11 4 p m Fridays Sundays and Holiday Mondays and Saturdays from 10 5 p m from December 2nd through December 31st Longyear Gallery 785 Main Street Margaretville DECEMBER 12 5 30 PM YOGA Join us for relaxing and rejuvenating yoga classes Classes are a combination of Bikram Hatha Vinyasa flow all levels welcome Mondays 10 pp Season passes also available Classes will be held outdoors in the event field on the stage in the mountains with the trees flowers birds sun clouds and breezes or by the pond weather permitting We will move inside the Carriage House during inclement weather and winter months Turquoise Barn 8052 Co Rd 18 Bloomville DECEMBER 13 9AM 4 30PM FUNCTION OR FORM UTILITARIAN ART EXHIBIT will be on display in the Erpf Gallery December 3 through January 21 It features beautiful functional items by 17 local artists An Artist s Reception will be held on Saturday December 3 from 2 4 PM Many of the products we use every day are not only useful but beautiful Homemade furniture clothing blankets pottery quilts so many items we depend on for everyday use could be on display as art To celebrate this sometimes overlooked art the Catskill Center s Erpf Gallery sent out a call for functional art and invited 17 local artists display their work Artist and type of work on exhibit include John Byer woodwork Dave Channon table lamps Solveig Comer pottery Rosalind Dickinson pottery Joyce Jarrit quilts Tabitha Gilmore Barnes weaving Rob Kunstadt woodwork Kim L Heureux ceramics Annie hannah Mancini repainted furniture Gary Mead wood compositions Crystal Moore leather Joe Muehl wood work Dan Palm woodwork John Perrella wood work Howard Raab wood and stained glass Heather Rolland jewelry Laurie Sheridan clothing Mon Fri 9 am to 4 30 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm Erpf Gallery 43355 Route 28 Arkville For information 845 586 2611 or visit www catskillcenter org DECEMBER 13 10AM 5PM CLOSE AND FAR a photography show with work by Christian Harder is on exhibit through December 31 Please visit during store hours Monday through Friday at 10am 5pm and Saturday at 11am 5pm Stone and Sawyer 76 Main St Delhi NY DECEMBER 15 7PM CLASSIC FLICKS A CHRISTMAS STORY A showing of A Christmas Story starring Peter Billingsley Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin 6 person Walton

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Theatre 30 Gardiner Pl Walton DECEMBER 15 5 30 7 00PM POETRY WORKSHOP Join fellow poets get feedback on your poetry in an open nonjudgmental atmosphere Third Thursday every month Stamford Village Library 117 Main St Stamford DECEMBER 16 7PM INDOOR CORNHOLE TOURNEY hosted by DJ Bangkok and Amy Young 7pm sign up 100 payout to 1st 2nd and 3rd Kitchen open 5pm 10pm full menu served No cover All welcome Cornhole boards bags and score keepers provided 10 per team Castle on the Delaware 139 Stockton Ave Walton DECEMBER 16 9PM UGLY SWEATER PARTY Wear a sweater or not if you choose to remember the ugliest wins DJ Pat Del will be spinning the tunes Don t miss this festive and hilariously good time Complimentary holiday snacks O Neill s Shire Pub 123 Main St Delhi 607 746 8758 www theshiredelhi com DECEMBER 17 10AM POP UP FARMERS MARKET Local farmers and craftspeople are coming together to put the perfect touch or taste in your Winter Holidays The Greater Stamford Area Chamber of Commerce and the Stamford Rotary Club are hosting a Pre Christmas Event to showcase the best fresh from the farm and workshop goods in the Greater Stamford Area Please join the event and enjoy the best locally produced goods The Historic Delaware Inn 54 Main St Stamford DECEMBER 22 6 30 10 00PM DUNGEONS DRAGONS NIGHT Become a character in an ongoing fantasy narrative with imaginative acting problem solving and likely deadly combat with orcs and dragons all while sitting in the safety of the Roxbury Arts Center We play with the Dungeons Dragons 5th Edition Rules from Wizards of the Coast Newcomers are always welcome and if you wish you can get right into the action with the other players If you re new to the hobby no equipment or supplies will be needed any writing materials needed and dice will be available for anyone to use And if you only want to watch and see how Dungeons Dragons is played that is fine too Experienced players are welcome also Questions or are interested contact Doug Idleman or Roxbury Arts Group at 607 326 7908 Free Roxbury Arts Center 5025 Vega Mountain Road Roxbury NY DECEMBER 31 NEW YEAR S EVE BASH Three course sitdown live music by Blues Maneuver dancing champagne toast and party favors Make your reservations now Serving regular dinner in the Red Room until 7pm The Andes Hotel 110 Main Street Andes DECEMBER 31 NEW YEAR S EVE KARAOKE BASH Come down and ring in the New Year with us We ll have karaoke all night long w DJ Bangkok keeping the night full of good times Party favors dancing drink specials and delightful dinner specials as well Call ahead for reservations O Neill s Shire Pub 123 Main St Delhi 607 746 8758 www theshiredelhi com JANUARY 5 12 19 26 FEBRUARY 2 9 16 MARCH 2 9 16 PLI PLAY celebrates youngsters creative expression and imagination by introducing rhythm exercises awareness of the body and basic ballet through creative approaches For the Pli Play class tiny dancers can wear sweat pants dance pants leotards or tshirts Cotton socks bare feet and sneakers No jeans or constricting clothing please A complete registration consists of Roxbury Arts Group staff receiving a completed Pli Play Registration Form Waiver Form and payment or completed Scholarship Form Limited to 10 participants All forms can be downloaded or picked up at the Stamford Village Library 117 Main St Stamford Hanford Mills Museum Co Rt 10 12 East Meredith 800 295 4992 www hanfordmills org JANUARY 5 12 19 26 FEBRUARY 2 9 16 AND MARCH 2 9 16 4 10 4 55 PM BALLET Ages 6 10 Class introduces young dancers to the practice of ballet an important foundation for all dance forms Students will learn basic barre exercises turns and floor combinations For ballet class girls need to wear pink canvas ballet slippers pink or white tights and any color leotard Ballet skirts optional Boys need to wear black tights white t shirt and black or white canvas ballet shoes With Victoria Lundell Robinson Terrace 28652 NY 23 Stamford NY JANUARY 15 6pm COFFEEHOUSE AT THE THEATRE JohnPotocnik and friends This group s music will span folk jazz and world music but will be rooted in traditional improvisation on fiddle guitar and mountain dulcimer mostly instrumental with a few vocals Walton Theatre 30 Gardiner Place Walton 607 865 6688 FEBRUARY 4 7 30 PM DALA Canadian folk duo Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine present gorgeous harmonies in original songs that are both catchy and insightful Juno nominees and winners of 2010 Canadian folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year Their singing in harmony can bestbe described as angelic and the sheer joy with which they perform is infectious Every show is unique with their funny and down to earth stories between songs Walton Theatre 30 Gardiner Place Walton 607 865 6688 www waltontheatre org FEBRUARY 12 3pm Winter Respite Lecture Series The Catskills A Geological Guide A Lecture by Johanna Robert Titus Each lecture lasts about an hour followed by refreshments There is no fee but seats are limited Adams Antiquarian Book Shop 602 Main St Hobart The Tinderbox 1130 Main St Fleischmanns NY 845 254 5999 FEBRUARY 19 6pm Coffeehouse at the Theatre Bowin the Strings Fiddlers Laura Kortright and Steve Jacobi with guitarist Craig Gehrig delight audiences with lively traditional boot stomping dance tunes Walton Theatre 30 Gardiner Pl Walton 607 865 6688 FEBRUARY 16 23 AND MARCH 2 9 16 23 30 6 30 PM 2017 TRACTOR MACHINERY OPERATOR S CERTIFICATION COURSE By federal law no person under 16 years of age may operate a farm tractor or farm machinery on a farm owned by anyone other than the person s parents The Tractor and Machinery Operator s Certification Course allows exemption from this law for 14 and 15 year olds Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County 4 H Program will be sponsoring the course which will be taught by Larry Burgin a Delhi farmer This course will cover safe operation and routine maintenance of farm tractors For more information or to register call the Extension office by February 1 2017 MARCH 11 7 30 PM GIRSA Gaelic for young girls is a traditional Irish music band made up of eight women What is clearly evident is that they have a passion for their music and use their instruments and talent to share this time honored Irish musical heritage They share enthusiastic performances of traditional Irish song and dance with a creative and powerful mix of fiddle accordion banjo tin whistle bodhran guitar and keyboard Walton Theater 30 Gardiner Place Walton NY 13856 607 865 6688 www waltontheatre org MARCH 19 6pm Coffeehouse at the Theatre Eileen McIntyre and Friends An evening of traditional Irish music on harp flute and fiddle Walton Theatre 30 Gardiner Pl Walton 607 865 6688 March 19 3pm Winter Respite Lecture Series Jim Meagley More Hobart History Each lecture lasts

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about an hour followed by refreshments There is no fee but seats are limited Adams Antiquarian Book Shop 602 Main St Hobart APRIL 8 7 30 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH A dynamic a capella madrigal group of singers from the Oneonta area who perform a wide range of vocal numbers from renaissance madrigals to Beatles and jazz Do not miss this group They appeared in our Coffeehouse series and no one wanted them to end Their singing is phenomenal and the variety of music is unbelievable Talented and a lot of fun Walton Theater 30 Gardiner Place Walton NY 13856 607 865 6688 www waltontheatre org April 23 3pm Winter Respite Lecture Series Carol Dave White Catskill Peaks and Trails Each lecture lasts about an hour followed by refreshments There is no fee but seats are limited Adams Antiquarian Book Shop 602 Main St Hobart museums and other attractions Covered Bridges are reminders of life in the 19th century Rte 10 Delhi Rte 10 Hamden Rte 206 Downsville Catskill Center for Conservation and Development Inc Arkville 845 586 2611 catskill community players Hobart 607 652 7514 Colchester Historical Society Downsville 607363 2212 community chorale of the catskills Roxbury 607 326 4692 delaware county historical society Delhi 607 746 3849 Delaware Ulster Rail Ride Arkville 1 800 2254132 delhi art group Walton 607 829 8787 deposit community theatre Deposit 607 467 2269 deposit historical society Deposit 607 467 4422 erpf cultural institute Arkville 845 586 2611 franklin stock company Franklin 607 829 3700 hanford mills museum East Meredith 607 278 5744 Hancock Library and Historical Museum 607637 2519 honest brook music festival Delhi 607 746 3770 hunting tavern Andes 845 676 3238 John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site Rte 30 Roxbury little victory players Downsville 607 363 2819 Meredith Historical Society www meredithhistory org 607 746 8083 OPEN EYE THEATRE Margaretville 845 586 1660 Maple Shade Farm 2066 County Highway 18 Delhi NY 607 746 8866 mapleshadefarmny com mt utsayantha regional arts Stamford 607 6527927 Round Barn Historic Site Rt 30 Halcottsville roxbury arts group Roxbury 607 326 7908 State University of Technology at Delhi Delhi 607 746 4540 the open eye theatre Roxbury 607 326 4986 tri town theatre 607 639 8200 walton little theatre Walton 607 865 5274 west kortright centre West Kortright 607 278 5454 WOODCHUCK LODGE Burroughs Memorial Road Roxbury roxburyny com word thursday New bright hill center Treadwell 607 746 7306 For more information on events contact Greene County Visitor Center Department 700 Rte 23B Leeds NY 12451 or call 518 943 3223 or 1 800 355 2287 www greatnortherncatskills com November 12 Dec 10 Jan 14 Feb 11 March 11 April 8 May 13 5pm 2ND SATURDAY STROLL Shops galleries and restaurants host special events and entertainment on second Saturdya of each month Sponsored by HOCA 518 9430989 Main St Catskill November 19 Dec 17 Jan 21 Feb 18 March 18 April 15 May 20 6pm SATURDAY STUDIOS Network look at art have good convesation Mingle with an artist or friend listen to discussion and expand your collection of art Many galleries shops and restaurants open Main Street Galleries Catskill 518 943 0380 NOVEMBER 16 JAN 7 SALON 2016 HANDMADE FOR THE HOLDIAYS Affordable Art and Fine Crafts GCCA Catskill Gallery 398 Main St Catskill NY www greenearts org 518 943 3400 NOVEMBER 19 JAN 7 SALON 2016 HANDMADE HOLIDAYS Affordable Fine Art Crafts Exhibition and Sale Opening Reception Saturday November 19 5 7 p m GCCA Gallery 398 Main Street Catskill NY Gallery Hours M F 10 5 Sat 12 5 FREE www greenearts org 518 943 3400 DECEMBER MARCH LIVE LOCAL JAZZ Enjoy beautiful music in an intimate setting right in America s first artist colony Every Friday Saturday Kindred Spirits Steakhouse Pub 334 R t 32A Palenville 518 678 3101 DECEMBER 9 10 11 THE NUTCRACKER Catskill Mountain Foundation in partnership with Valentina Kozlova Victoria Rinaldi and Margo Sappington presents second annual production Fee Tickets available at www catskillmtn org Orpheum Film Performaning Arts Center 6050 Main St Tannersville Blue Bee Caf 114 Main Delhi 607 746 8000 DECEMBER 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 HOLIDAY MEMORIES During the depths of the Great Depression a lonely 7 year old boy and his elderly cousin forge an unbreakable friendship Russell Vandenbroucke s brilliant stage adaptation of stories by Truman Capote is an ode to the simple joys of love shared a touching chronicle of growing up different in the Deep South and a terrific alternative to more traditional seasonal fare This Kaliyuga Arts production is directed by John Sowle Pay What You Can preview Dec 8 Runs Thursdays Saturdays at 7 30pm and Sundays at 2 00pm until Dec 18 Tickets can be purchased at BrownPaperTickets com or by calling 800 838 3006 For more information visit BridgeSt org or call 518 943 3818 BRIDGE STREET THEATRE 44 Bridge St Catskill NY DECEMBER 10 ATHENS ANNUAL VICTORIAN STROLL

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Contemporary arts and performances galore roving carolers dressed in Victorian garb Victorian Santa horse drawn trolleys annual holiday concert by Coxsackie Athens Community Band live music performances arts and crafts vendors children s holiday cottage contest historic open houses ice sculpture carving cookies hot chocolate wine tasting food specials at local restaurants house decorating contest caricaturist face painting chocolate fountain and more Evening bonfire caroling and tree lighting in Riverfront Park 5pm 24 Second Street Athens 945 2136 DECEMBER 10 noon THE BISHOP S WIFE 1947 film Book to film presentation Free Mountain Cinema 7971 Main St Windahm DECEMBER 13 7 30pm CONCERT THE CATSKILL GLEE CLUB winter concert Variety of traditional classical nad contemporary holiday favorites First Reformed Church Main St Catksill 518 755 9024 DECEMBER 14 7pm THE NOT SO QUIET CONCERT SERIES Sloop Clearwater friends sing songs of the Hudson River Pete Seeger the environment and just plain fun Fee Middleburgh Library 323 Main St Middleburgh 518 827 5142 www middleburghlibrary info DECEMBER 16 7pm MOUNTAIN TOP DRUM AND DANCE Free Community Jam All ages welcome Bring instruments and your dancing fee some percussion instruments available for sharing Featuring the High Peak Drummers Info 516 242 5206 or 518 263 3709 Tannersville Village hall 5974 Main St Park Lane Tannersville DECEMBER 30 JANUARY 1 THARLO Tharlo is an orphan whom lives a simple life but could a brief encounter with a woman in his local town change his life forever DOCTOROW CENTER FOR THE ARTS VILLAGE OF HUNTER NY DECEMBER 31 9PM NEW YEARS EVE at the Blackthorne Resort We will be hosting a five course dinner with a one hour open bar during cocktail hour and live entertainment with Peter McKiernan while you dine Tickets are 55 00 per person with tax included Can t make dinner but don t want to miss the fun Join us in the Pub at 9 00 pm no cover charge for complimentary party hats and favors live entertainment provided by the Little Creek Band champagne toast and jumbo screen ball drop at midnight followed by an amazing fireworks display Dinner reservations are suggested and rooms are availble 518 634 2541 Blackthorne Resort 348 Sunside Road East Durham NY 12423 JANUARY 1 1PM FIRST DAY HIKE Start the new year with a breath of fresh air Join the Friends of Schodack Island State Park at the Eagle s Nest Pavilion The hike will be about five miles long and will go to the Ice Chimney remains and back Dress appropriately and bring a snack SCHODACK ISLAND STATE PARK 1 Schodack Island Way Schodack Landing NY 12156 JANUARY 6 8 THE LOVING STORY A racially charged criminal trial and a heart rending love story converge in this documentary about Richard and Mildred Loving set during the turbulent Civil Rights era DOCTOROW CENTER FOR THE ARTS VILLAGE OF HUNTER NY JANUARY 14 COMMON GROUND ON THE MOUNTAIN A Concert of Folk Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Aztec Two Step the right sound at the right time beautiful acoustic guitar playing and questioning lyrics songs performed with forceful vocals and near perfect instrumental harmonies Variety Performing groups or songwriting pairs don t often find themselves creatively collaborating after five or even ten years ORPHEUM FILM AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Village of Tannersville Stewarts Dept Store 85 Main Street Delhi NY 13753 607 746 2254 APRIL 8 15 11 AM TROOPER BRINKERHOFF MEMORIAL BICYCLE RACE SERIES Come and join us for the 14th year of this bike racing series there is a separate field for first time bicycle racers Competitors will travel south on Johnny Cake Lane and Adams Road to 385 south on 385 to Union Street west on Union Street to Farm to Market Road and returning north on Farm to Market Road Four separate groups of competitors will complete between two and five laps of this course over the threehour duration The main groups will be accompanied by pace and follow vehicles although some competitors may be ahead or behind these groups For further race information please either contact Thomas Butler 518 857 0502 or visit our website at www cbrc cc for further details Coxsackie Athens High School 24 Sunset Boulevard Coxsackie 518 857 0502 APRIL 29 30 TAP New York at Hunter Mountain Held annually at the end of April and praised as the state s largest craft beer festival as well as the largest single state craft beer event in the nation TAP New York features hundreds of beers from over 120 breweries throughout New York State Prizes are awarded for the Best Craft Brewery in New York State Greene County s own Crossroads Brewing Co was awarded a bronze medal in 2015 as well as Best Craft Brewery in the Hudson Valley There s more museums and other attractions ART GALLERY AT THE ATHENS CULTURAL CENTER Main Street Athens www athensculturalcenter org Bear Creek Landing Family Sport Complex Hunter 518 263 3839 Bronck house Museum Coxsackie 518 731 6490 Catskill Mountain Foundation Hunter 518 263 4908 Durham Center Museum Route 145 East Durham 518 239 8461 Greene Council on the Arts P O B 463 398 Main St Catskill 518 943 3400 www greenearts org Mountain Top historical society Rt 23A Haines Falls Horton By the Stream Elka Park 518 589 5383 Hudson Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society Athens 518 828 5294 HUNTER FOUNDATION ASTER HOUSE Tannersville 518 5899500 IRISH CULTURAL CENTER East Durham 518 634 2286 Mahayana Buddhist Temple South Cairo 518 622 3619 RIVERSIDE FARMER S ARTISAN S MARKET At historic Catskill Point Every Sunday thru October 29 9 30 1 30 PM 518 9433400 The Mountain Top Arboretum Tannersville 518 589 3093 Thomas Cole House Catskill NY 518 943 7465 Ukrainian Church Rte 23A Hunter 518 734 5330 Vedder Memorial Research Library at the Bronck House Coxsackie NY 518 731 1033 Zadock Pratt Museum Pratt Rock Prattsville 518 299 3395 ZOOM FLUME Shady Glen Rd Durham 518 239 4559 www zoomflume com

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Otsego County Tourism 242 Main Street Oneonta NY www thisiscooperstown com THRU DECEMBER 31 HAMILTON S FINAL ACT View lettes between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr that led to the eventual confrontation in Weehawken NJ Museum possesses 34 original documents relating to the events Hours thru Dec 31 Tues Sun 10am 4pm Closed Mondays Thanksgiving and Christmas Fenimore Art Museum 5798 St Hwy 80 Cooperstown Dec 1 Jan 5 March 2 April 6 May 4 7 30pm THE MERRYMAKERS LIVE FOLK MUSIC Merrymakers perform Appalachain Irish and Israeli Folk music Free tea and sweet treats Bring instrument if you like Free to join Yellow Deli 134 Main St Oneonta 607 431 1155 Dec 2 Feb 3 March 3 April 7 May 5 8pm CONTRADANCE BY OTSEGO DANCE SOCIETY Traditional New England dance form tha is easy to learn All ages welcome no experience since all dances are taught Presbyterian Church 25 Church St Cooperstown 607 95 8232 DECEMBER 10 11 17 2PM SANTA EXPRESSES Celebrate Holiday Season with Santa and his helpers Fee Reservations and Prepayment Required 607 432 2429 LRHS Milford Depot 136 East Main Street Milford DECEMBER 10 6 30PM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TRAINS Fee Reservations Required 607 432 2429 LRHS Milford Depot 136 East Main Street Milford DECEMBER 10 3 7pm CANDLELIGHT EVENING Museum decoratedin greenery and illuminated by hundreds of candles Ride through the Museum s grounds in wagons pulled by draft horses with jingle bells children holdiay ars and crafts activities visit with Saint Nicholas ride teh Empire State Carousel free rides courtesy of Matt Sohns and family complimentary wassail warmed in kettles over open fires bonfire on the Tavern Green Farmers Museum 5775 St Hwy 80 Cooperstown DECEMBER 10 noon CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY Over 30 spirit vendors Best Wine Spirits Price Chopper Plaza Rte 7 Oneonta 607 432 4144 DECEMBER 10 12 55p m L AMOUR DE LOIN will be shown Tickets at door or 607 431 2080 Foothills Performing Arts Civic Center Production Center 24 Market St Oneonta DECEMBER 16 18 A CHRISTMAS CAROL Classic tale of one loney man who learns the true meaning of Christmas Produced in house by Glimmer Globe Theatre Fee Farmers Museum 5775 St Hwy 80 Cooperstown DECEMBER 17 DARLING SIDE Harmonies the critics compare them to Crosby Stills Nash Darlingside has emerges as an indie fold band to be reckoned with Otesaga Resort Hotel Cooperstown For more info www cooperstownconcertseries org JANUARY 7 12 55pm NABUCCO will be shown Tickets at door or 607 431 2080 Foothills Performing Arts Civic Center Production Center 24 Market St Oneonta JANUARY 15 Noon BRIDAL EXPO Planning a wedding Get up close and personal with more than 40 of the areas top wedding experts Door Prizes Giveaways Register now by calling 607 431 2080 M F between the hours of 10AM and 5PM Online registration available at https www eventbrite com e 2017 wedding expo tickets 27948803624 Foothills Performing Arts Center 24 Market St Oneonta NY 607 431 2080 Email info foothillspac org JANUARY 18 Feb 17 LOCAL HEROES EXHIBIT Mon Fri 11am 5pm Project Space Gallery SUNY Oneonta Oneonta 607 432 3456 JANUARY 21 12 55pm ROMEO ET JULIETTE will be shown Tickets at door or 607 431 2080 Foothills Performing Arts Civic Center Production Center 24 Market St Oneonta JANUARY 21 THE YOUNG NOVELISTS Through their rich but rustic sound Toronto roots rock outfit The Young Novelists deliver a dose of honesty in audible form Ripe with raw but elegant instrumentation and stacked multi layered harmonies their pure take on folk tinged rock translates equally well from the stereo or stage Otesaga Resort Hotel Cooperstown For more info www cooperstownconcertseries org JANUARY 23 March 17 PARISI AND DAVIS EXHIBIT Mon Fri 11am 5pm Project Space Gallery SUNY Oneonta Oneonta 607 432 3456 FEBRUARY 4 ANNIE THE HEDONISTS Covering an eclectic mix of acoustic blues vintage jazz and swing and folk roots Americana Otesaga Resort Hotel Cooperstown For more info www cooperstownconcertseries org FEBRUARY 25 12 55pm RUSALKA will be shown Tickets at door or 607 431 2080 Foothills Performing Arts Civic Center Production Center 24 Market St Oneonta MARCH 3 7 30pm ROOP VERMA Roop Verma Sitar with Naren Budhakar Tabla Arjun Verma Sitar and Tracy Verma Tamboura will perform Indian Classical music Goodrich Theate SUNY Oneonta Fine Arts Building Ravine Parkway Oneonta MARCH 11 12 55pm LA TRAVIATA JULIETTE will be shown Tickets at door or 607 431 2080 Foothills Performing Arts Civic Center Production Center 24 Market St Oneonta MARCH 11 WILLIE NILE From the Who to Bruce Springsteen Nile s rock fans are legion and why not Nile has produced classic work since his 1980 debut Otesaga Resort Hotel Cooperstown For more info www cooperstownconcertseries org MARCH 25 12 55pm IDOMENEO JULIETTE will be shown Tickets at door or 607 431 2080 Foothills Performing Arts Civic Center Production Center 24 Market St Oneonta APRIL 22 12 55pm EUGENE ONEGIN JULIETTE will be shown Tickets at door or 607 431 2080 Foothills Performing Arts Civic Center Production Center 24 Market St Oneonta MAY 13 12 30pm DER ROSENKAVALIER JULIETTE will be shown Tickets at door or 607 431 2080 Foothills Performing Arts Civic Center Production Center 24 Market St Oneonta

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Museums and Other AtTractions anonymous arts museum 606 Charlotte Valley Rd Charlotteville 607 397 8606 BREWERY OMMEGANG Milford 1 800 656 1212 COOPERSTOWN Art Assn Gallery Cooperstown 607 547 9777 COOPERSTOWN CHARLOTTE VALLEY RAILROAD Milford 607 432 2429 Cooperstown Brewing Co River St Milford 607286 9330 Fenimore Art Museum Farmer s Museum Cooperstown 607 547 1400 607 547 1450 fly creek cider mill Fly Creek 607 547 9692 Foothills Performing Arts Center 24 Market St Oneonta 607 431 2080 info foothillspac org foothillspac org GILBERT LAKE STATE PARK Laurens 607 432 2114 GLIMMERGLASS STATE PARK Lake Otsego 607 547 8662 GREATER ONEONTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 183 Main St Oneonta 607 432 0960 www OneontaHistory org Greater Milford Historical Association Milford NY 13807 Hilton Bloom Art Gallery P O B R Gilbertsville 607 783 2779 hyde hall Glimmerglass State Park Closed Winter 607547 5098 www hydehall org major s inn and gallery Gilbertsville NY 607 7832780 Murdock Fine Art Galleries East Main St Milford NY 13807 607 286 9941 NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME Cooperstown 607 547 7200 NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME Cooperstown 607432 3351 Oneonta Theatre 47 Chestnut St Oneonta www oneontatheatre com OTESAGA HOTEL LEATHERSTOCKING GOLF COURSE Cooperstown 607 547 9931 SAYER HOUSE Milford Historical Society Milford SHARON SPRINGS HISTORIC DISTRICT Rts 10 20 Smithy Pioneer Gallery 55 Pioneer St Cooperstown NY 13326 607 547 8671 Studio 925 925 South America Rd Worcester NY 12197 607 397 9207 SUNY Oneonta Fine Arts Gallery Fine Arts Building SUNY Oneonta Oneonta 607 436 3717 www oneonta edu Schoharie Chamber of Commerce 143 Caverns Road HoweCave NY 12902 518 296 8991 DECEMBER 1 21 FESTIVAL OF TREES New York Power Authority Visitors Center 1378 St Rte 30 North Blenheim 800 724 0309 DECEMBER 9 5 30 8 30pm MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET Stroll through Middleburgh and enjoy the celebration of holiday season in a small country town Middleburgh DECEMBER 9 11 VICTORIAN HOLIDAY Activities include kissing beneath the mistletoe Santa Claus or St Nick exchanging gifts caroling all traditions embraced by the Victorian Era Fri 6pm All day Sat and Sun Sharon Springs Central School and Main St Sharon Springs DECEMBER 10 noon 2pm PHOTOS WITH SANTA New York Power Authority Visitors Center 1378 St Rte 30 North Blenheim 800 724 0309 DECEMBER 17 HOLIDAY MOVIE New York Power Authority Visitors Center 1378 St Rte 30 North Blenheim 800 724 0309 MARCH 18 19 ANTIQUES IN SCHOHARIE Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association presents this 100 dealer show Sat 10 am 5pm Sun 11am 4pm Schoharie Central School Rte 30 Schoharie MUSEUMS AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS CAVE HOUSE MUSEUM 136 Blowing Rock Road Howes Cave NY 12092 518 296 8800 THE GILBOA MUSEUM AND FOSSILS Stryker Road Off Route 990V kwyckoff dmcom net 607 588 9413 Howe Caverns 255 Discovery Drive Howes Cave NY 12092 518 296 8900 OPEN ALL YEAR 9am 6pm daily w extended hours of 8am to 8pm July 1 Labor Day Iroquois Indian Museum Large collection contemporary Iroquois art craftwork PO Box 7 324 Caverns Road Howes Cave NY 12092 518 296 8949 Landis Arboretum Educational nonprofit public gardens teaching natural history botany and horticulture PO Box 186 174 Lape Road Esperance NY 12066 518 875 6935 Lansing Manor Museum Part of the Blenheim Patent 1819 Fedreal style manor house 1378 State Rte 30 North Blenheim NY 12131 518 827 6121 New York Power Authority Public utility operates visitor center and Lansing Manor Museum PO Box 898 1378 State Route 30 North Blenheim NY 12131 518 827 6121 OLD STONE FORT MUSEUM 145 Fort Road Schoharie NY 12157 518 295 7192 Schoharie Colonial Heritage Assoc Operates Depot Lane Center Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum and Palatine House PO Box 554 143 Depot Lane Schoharie NY 12157 518 295 7505 Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum Depot Lane Schoharie NY 12157 518 295 7505 Secret Caverns PO Box 88 671 Caverns Road Howes Cave NY 518 296 8558

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Sullivan County Visitors Association 100 Sullivan Avenue PO Box 248 Ferndale NY 12734 845 747 4449 www scva net Dec 16 Jan 20 Feb 17 March 17 April 21 May 19 6pm INTERGENERAIONAL TEXTILE PROJECT PUBLIC GROUP Free monthly opportunity to learn or work on knitting or crochet skills Bev Hells 4 H volunteer instructs Make one item for community service and one for themselves Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County 64 Ferndale Loomis Rd Liberty 845 557 0694 Dec 22 Jan 26 Feb 23 mach 23 April 27 May 25 PAGES PINTS A BREWTASTIC BOOK GROUP Book discussion Must be 21 and up to attend Visit the library for copy of bood Registration required Programs without 5 people preregistered may be cancelled WSPLonline org email wsplprograms rcls org 845 887 4040 Callicoon Brewing Co 16 Upper Main S Callicoon Dec 23 Jan 27 Feb 24 March 24 April 28 May 26 6pm ARTISTS ASSEMBLY Opportunity to rendezvous with fellow artists share creative process and get feed back from like minded people in creative social setting Refreshments Catskill Arts Society 48 Main St Livingston Manor 845 436 4227 NOVEMBER 12 DEC 23 VALLEY ARTISTS HOLIDAY SALE Exhibit and sale Tues Sat 10am 5pm Alliance Gallery Delaware Arts Center 37 Main St Narrowsburg 845 252 7576 NOVEMBER 19 Dec 23 ART IN SIXES Exhibit of mixed media small works Opening reception Sat Nov 19 7pm Open 10am 5pm Allinace Gallery Delaware Arts Center 37 Main St Narrowsburg 845 252 7576 DECEMBER 10 12 7PM DICKENS ON THE DELAWARE Retailers galleries and restaurants highlight their Holiday goods and dazzle town visitors with Holiday Spirit Shopkeepers dressed in Victorian garb with stores restaurants and the surrounding environs decorated to create the days of yore Callicoon NY JANUARY 14 Feb 4 11 EAGLE WATCH BUS TOURS Learn about eagles in our region how they returned from the brink of extinction and the habita they need to thrive Seats are limited and reservations required Call 570 226 3164 845 583 1010 email info delawarehighlnads org Upper Delaware Visitor Center 176 Scenic Drive lackawaxen Pa JANUARY 28 7pm SULLIVAN COUNTY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA BAROQUE TO THE FUTURE Rediscover the music of the Baroque period that so heavily influenced the music of the future Eugene D Nesin Theatre 22 Saint John St Monticello 845 798 9006 www TannersvilleAntiques Artisans com 6045 Main St Tannersville NY 518 589 5600 MARCH 18 ST PATRICK S DAY PARADE Jeffersonville Firehouse 4903 St Rte 52 Jeffersonville 845 4824202 APRIL 2 noon CHICKEN BARBECUE Jeffersonville Firehouse 4903 St Rte 52 Jeffersonville 845 4824202 APRIL 23 2pm AEOLUS QUARTET Concert preceded by introduction to the music being performed and followed by a specialty dessert reception Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 200 Hurd Rd Bethel 866 781 2922 APRIL 29 9am 5K SAP RUN Runners and walkers welcome Awards 5kSapRun jeffersonvilleny com Jeff Bank Main St Jeffesonville APRIL 29 MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL Pancakes 8 am in park Learn about NYS local maple syrup products and how syrup is made Many treats to taste made with maple syrup Kids learn to tap a tree plus more activities Live maple candy making deomonstration pancake eating contest maple photo contest live music specialty foods unique vendors and more The Backyard Park 876 Swiss Hill N Jeffersonville MAY 7 3pm ANDREW ARCECI BAROQUE ENSEMBLE Concert preceded by introduction to the music being performed and followed by a specialty dessert reception Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 200 Hurd Rd Bethel 866 781 2922 Stitch Witch Embroidery Printing Transfers Sublimation 1068 County Highway 2 DeLancey NY 13752 607 746 7308 museums and other attractions Amapro Family Fun Center Liberty 845 292 9022 Apple Pond Farming Center 845 482 4764 Audubon Society of NYS Delaware Valley Region Eldred 845 557 8025 BETHEL WOODS ARTS CENTER Bethel Woods NY 845454 3388 Bloomingburg Dutch Reformed Church Bloomingburg 845 733 4809 Callicoon Center 845 482 4764 CAS Arts Center 48 Main St Livingston Manor NY 845436 4227 Catskill Fly Fishing Museum Livingston Manor 845 439 4810 Catskill Fun Land Fallsburg 845 436 5000 Catskill Morning Farm Livingston Manor 845 4823984 Catskill Pheasantry and Sporting Clays Long Eddy 845 887 4487 Choo Choo Charlie s Large Scale Trains Liberty 845 292 4826 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and Gallery Narrowsburg 845 252 7576 DELAWARE VALLEY RAPTOR CENTER 416 Cummins Hill Rd Milford PA 570 296 6025 www dvrconline org Forestburgh Playhouse Forestburgh 845 794 1194 Fort delaware 6615 Route 97 Narrowsburg 845 794 3007 Frost Valley YMCA 845 985 2254 www frostvalley org Liberty Paint Ball Games Ltd Ferndale 845 2927500 Nutshell Art Center Rt 52 Lake Huntington 845 932 8708 or 718 740 5490

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Neversink Valley Area Museum 26 Hoag Rd Cuddebackville 845 754 8870 NeversinkValley Historical society Port Jervis 845 856 2375 www minisink org Petting Zoo at Hadley Stables Monticello 845434 9254 Roscoe Ontario Western Railway Caboose Roscoe 845 439 4859 Sullivan County Museum and Historical Society Hurleyville 845 438 8044 Ten Mile River Scout Museum 1481County Road 26 Narrowsburg 845 252 3911 Tomsco Falls Park Mountaindale 845 434 6065 Upper Delaware scenic parks and recreation National Park Service 274 River Rd Beach Lake PA 570 729 7134 ULSTER COUNTY TOURISM 20 BROADWAY KINGSTON NY 12401 For more information on Ulster County events contact www UlsterCountyAlive com 1 800 342 5826 Dec 9 Jan 13 Feb 10 march 10 April 14 May 12 6pm CATKSILL MOUNTAIN ACCOUSTIC SLOW JAM All accoustic musicians welcome advanced beginners to professional Local musicians meet to play Bluegrass Irish Old Time Western Swing in low key relaxed atmosphere Free Pine Hill Community Center 287 Main St Pine Hill 845 254 5469 Dec 18 5pm SLOW JAM People who are new playing an accoustic instrument practice with friendly local musicians at slower pace Gardiner Library 133 Farmer s Turnpike Gardiner 845 255 1255 Dec 16 Jan 20 Feb 17 March 17 April 21 May 19 8pm ASK FOR MUSIC Third Fridays feature three lineups of some of the Hudson Valley s acoustic performers Arts Society of Kingson ASK 79 Broadway Kingston 845338 0331 Dec 2 Jan 6 Feb 3 March 3 April 7 May 5 6pm FIRST FRIDAYS IN SAUGERTIES Village businesses stay open lae and offer special activities and discouns Facebook com SaugertiesFirstFriday Various locations partition Market and Main St Saugerties 845 387 3112 Dec 2 Jan 6 Feb 3 March 3 April 7 May 5 7pm STAR NATION SACRED CIRCLE Positive not for skeptics discussion group for experiencers of the paranoral Open to all dreames contactees abductees ET Ambassadors those interested in acknowledgin extraterrestrial presence on earth Bring drink snack to share chair Center for Symoblic Studies 475 River Rd Ext Tillson Dec 3 Jan 7 Feb 4 March 4 April 1 May 6 5pm FIRST SATURDAY CELEBRATIONS Live music open studio tours theatrical performances historical re enactments arts and culural activities and more Arts Society of Kingson ASK 79 Broadway Kingston Askforart org 845338 0331 Dec 3 Jan 7 Feb 4 March 4 April 1 May 6 10 30am UKULELE AT LIBRARY Monthly lesson and jam sessions Ukuleles available for check out with library card Phoenicia Library 9 Ava Maria Phoenicia Dec 4 Feb 5 March 5 April 2 May 7 2pm FIRST SUNDAY FREE GALLERY TOUR with guest educator Kevin Cook Dorsky Museum SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Dr New Paltz DECEMBER 2 18 EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD Three actors perform every Christmas story ever toldplus holiday traditions from around the world Thurs Sat 8pm Sun 2pm Shadowland Theatre 157 Canal St Ellenville 845 647 5511 DECEMBER 9 11 HISTORIC ULSTER COUNTY IN GINGERBREAD EXHIBITION Ginger bread houses and structures built to represent many of our treasured historical sites in Ulster County Dec 9 6pm Dec 10 dn 11 noon Bevier House Museum 2682 Rte 209 Marbletown 845 338 5614 DDECEMBER 10 10am Handmade local gifts as well as hot lunch music and raffle baskets Vendors include natural body products handmade jewelry quilts American Girl doll clothes local honey and maple syrup knit items and many more Olive Free Library 4033 Rt 28 A West Shokan 845 657 2482 http www olivefreelibrary org DECEMBER 15 7 30PM ELYSIA ROMAN DELIVERS AN HOMAGE to one of the most prolific composers for harp Carlos Salzedo Rom n s recital will feature several of Salzedo s original compositions as well as arrangements written by the likes of Debussy Handel and Haydn ARTBAR Gallery 674 Broadway Kingston 845 338 2789 http artbargallery com DECEMBER 17 3pm TUBA CHRISTMAS Tuba and euphonium platers of all ages perform traditional Christmas music from around the world Clinton Hall Ulster Savings Bank Community Conference Center SUNY Ulster 491 Cottekill Rd Stone Ridge 845 687 5000 DECEMBER 17 2PM HUDSON VALLEY PHILHARMONIC Handel s Messiah UPAC 601 Broadway Kingston 845 331 1613 www upac org DECEMBER 31 NEW YEAR S EVE DANCE DINNER PARTY Swingology and Les Ferrailles plus Tempest with jazzy cutting edge contras callers Dugan Murphy and John Krumm and Zydegroove to rock the late night 6PM dinner reserve by December 28th arrive 5 30 to 6pm Dinner served family style 7PM sing along with Peter Davis 8PM dance couple dancing contras squares No reservations needed for the dance 11PM snacks Unlimited beverages lemonade hot and iced teas coffee local beers and wines Overnight lodging limited spaces available www ashokan org lodging Ashokan Center 477 Beaverkill Road Olivebridge NY12461 JANUARY 27 30 19th ANNUAL CATSKILL ICE FESTIVAL Multiple clinics on all skills techniques for ice climbing baskic skills slide shows demo gear and more Slide show free Reservations required Schedule and register alpineendeavors com reference catskill ice festival 2017 Alpine Endeavors LLC P O Box 58 Rosendale NY 877 486 5769 FEBRUARY 3 5 WINTER HOOT Benefit for Ashokan Center Local food beer wine music dancing film art nature activities for all ages Ashokan Center 477 Beaverkill Rd Olivebridge 845 657 8333 MAY 9 ROCK THE RIDGE Traverse a 50 mile course within 24 hours by walking running or any combination thereof Course winds along well maintained carriage roads through lush forests and over ridgelines with magnificent vistas Can be run as individual team or relay Mohonk Preserve Rte 44 55 Time and the Valleys Museum Rte 55 Grahamsville NY 845 985 2262 ext 313

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New Paltz 845 255 0919 MAY 14 11am TULIP FESTIVAL MOTHER S DAY CELEBRATION Festivities include vendors lunch and music Lunch reservations 845 210 1600 Honor s Haven Resort Spa 1195 Arrowhead Rd Ellenville MAY 27 29 WOODSTOCK NEW PALTZ ART CRAFTS FAIR More than 200 artists and craftspeople from across America Furniture architectural crafts demonstrations handcrafted specialty food healthcare products and live performances by Hudson Valley s musical talent Ulster County Fairgrounds 249 Libertyville Rd New Paltz 845 679 8087 museums and other attractions Bearsville Theater Rte 212 Bearsville 845 679 4406 Belleayre Highmount 1 800 942 6904 www belleayre com BRADFORD GRAVES SCULPTURE PARK Kerhonkson 845 626 4038 www bradfordgravessculpturepark com Bruderhof Museum Rifton NY 845 658 7754 bruderhofmuseum com Canal Forge working Blacksmith Shop Rte 6 and Towpath Rd High Falls 845 687 7130 Catskill Mountain Railroad Phoenicia 845 688 7400 catskillmtrailroad com Center for Photography 59A Tinker Street Woodstock 845 679 9957 D H Canal Museum Mohonk Road High Falls 845 687 9311 Ellenville Public Library Museum 40 Center Street Ellenville 845 647 5530 Empire State Railway Museum Station Rd Phoenicia 845688 7501 Forsyth Nature Center Kingston 845 331 1682 forsythnaturecenter org Greenfield Park Museum Off Rte 52 West Greenfield Park 845 647 6570 HITS 319 Main St Saugerties 845 246 8833 www hitshows com Hudson River Cruises Rondout Landing Kingston 800 8437472 Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing Kingston 845 338 0071 www hrmm org historic Huguenot Street New Paltz 845 255 1660 www huguenotstreet org Hudson Valley Philharmonic 601 Broadway Kingston 845 454 1222 Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center 300 Wall Street Kingston 845 331 5300 www lgbtqcenter org Hurley Heritage Society 52 Main Street Hurley 845 338 1661 www hurleyheritagesociety org Kleinert James Art Center Woodstock 845 679 2079 Kingston Heritage Area Visitors Center Rondout Visitor Center 20 Broadway Kingston N Y 800 331 1518 www kingston ny gov Klyne Esopus Historical Society Museum Rte 9W Ulster Park 845 338 8109 Kripplebush Museum Stone Ridge 845 687 0510 9229 Mohonk Preserve New Paltz 845 255 0919 www mohonkpreserve org New York Conservatory for the Arts 120 Schildknecht Rd Kingston 845 339 4340 www nyca org OLIVE FREE LIBRARY 4033 Rt 28A West Shokan 845 657 2482 www olivefreelibrary org Opus 40 Quarryman s Museum 50 Fite Road Saugerties 845 246 3400 Rondout II Lighthouse Rondout Creek Kingston 845 3380071 Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy Saugerties 845246 4380 Senate House Museum 312 Fair Street Kingston 845 338 2786 Shadowland Theater 157 Canal Street Ellenville 845 6475511 Samuel dorsky museum of art New Paltz 845 257 3844 www newpaltz edu museum Town of Shandaken Historical Museum Academy Street Pine Hill 845 254 4460 Trolley Museum 89 East Strand Kingston 845 331 3399 www tmny org Ulster County Historical Society Museum Rte 209 Marbletown 845 338 5614 Ulster Performing Arts Center The Broadway theatre at UPAC 601 Broadway Kingston 845 331 1613 Unison Arts and Learning Center 68 Mountain Rest Road New Paltz 845 255 1559 Volunteer Firemen s Hall and Museum 265 Fair Street Kingston 845 331 0866 Women s Studio Workshop 722 Binnewater Rd Rosendale 845 658 9133 Woodstock Artists Assn 28 Tinker Street Woodstock 845 679 2940 www woodstockart org PLEASE NOTE Organizations interested in having their activities listed FREE please note the following schedule SPRING ISSUE covers March 25 through July 10 SUMMER ISSUE covers June 25 through October 10 FALL ISSUE covers September 25 through December 10 WINTER ISSUE covers December 10 through April 10 E mail is acceptable Send calendar listings to Kaatskill Life Calendar 56 Main Street Delhi NY 13753 OR e mail info kaatslife com OR fax at 607 746 3135 For more information call 607 746 2176

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Ski The Catskills Belleayre Mountain Ski Center 181 Galli Curci Rd Highmount NY 12441 845 254 5600 or 800 942 6904 http www belleayre com December 10 11 Ski Council Days December 14 Why Not Wednesday December 17 First Day of Kidscamp December 18 Ski Stay Sunday December 21 Why Not Wednesday December 24 Holiday Race Camp Begins December 24 Jan 1 Christmas Holiday Period Holiday Rates December 27 30 Holiday Alpine and Freestyle Camp Begins January 4 Why Not Wednesday January 7 Weekend Season Long Programs Begin January 8 Ski Stay Sunday January 8 Scout Day January 11 Midweek Workshop Begins Full Season Session I January 11 Why Not Wednesday January 14 16 Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Period Holiday Rates January 22 Ski Stay Sunday January 25 Why Not Wednesday January 28 Ski Council Days February 1 Why Not Wednesday February 4 Belleayre Cup Race February 5 Ski Stay Sunday February 8 Why Not Wednesday February 8 Midweek Workshop Session II Begins February 11 12 USA Luge Challenge February 15 Why Not Wednesday February 18 President s Style Torchlight Bash February 18 26 Presidents Holiday Period Holiday Rates February 25 Ski Council Days March 1 Why Not Wednesday March 4 5 2 Day Bump Clinic March 4 Mogul Mash March 5 Ski Stay Sunday March 8 Why Not Wednesday March 11 Ski Patrol BBQ March 12 Scout Day March 15 Why Not Wednesday March 18 Tailgate Party March 18 Turn N Burn March 19 20 Ski Council Days March 22 Why Not Wednesday March 25 Dummy Race March 25 Cardboard Classic March 25 26 Scout Days March 29 Why Not Wednesday Plattekill Mountain 469 Plattekill Mountain Road Roxbury 607 326 3500 www plattekill com December 5 20 Early season rates in effect Tickets 40 December 19 20 LEARN TO SKI OR SNOWBOARD FREE December 26 January 3 Holiday Week December 26 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Talking Machine Duo December 26 11am 4pm Snowtubing NOW OPEN December 31 1 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC John Hill January 2 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Becca Brian January 8 20 LIFT TICKETS January 9 KIDS CUP RACE 1 January 9 SKI COUNCIL DAY January 9 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Talking Machine Duo January 16 17 18 Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend January 16 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Becca Brian January 17 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC John Hill January 23 College Day January 23 24 Snowboard Demo Day January 23 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC The Decoys January 24 Catskill Mountain Snowboard Series Slalom GS Races January 27 29 8 45am 4 15pm SKIER APPRECIATION DAYS January 30 31 Scout Weekend January 30 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Dave Mason February 5 20 LIFT TICKETS February 6 KIDS CUP RACE 2 February 6 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Talking Machine Duo February 13 21 8am 5pm Holiday Week February 13 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Becca Brian February 14 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC John Hill February 15 19 8am 5pm Fire Police EMS Days February 20 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC The Decoys February 26 4th Annual TELEFEST February 27 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Dave Mason February 27 3 6pm RIDE SKI Apres Ski Party March 4 20 LIFT TICKETS March 5 8am 5pm PLATTEKILL CUP GS RACE March 5 5 30pm 10pm WINTERFEST Esquela March 12 St PLATTY s Day March 12 3 6pm LIVE MUSIC Dave Mason March 19 Platty BEACH PARTY March 20 Season Passholder Day March 20 SNOWTUBING ENDS March 27 EASTER at Plattekill

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Hunter Mountain 64 Klein Ave Hunter 518 263 4223 www huntermtn com December 12 Jan 23 Feb 13 March 20 Signature Series Rail Jam December 13 Rail Jam December 21 28 Jan 6 13 18 27 Feb 3 17 Adult Ski Racing Training January 1 2 3 Freestyle B meet January 3 Feb 14 March 12 Mini World Cup January 4 11 25 Feb 1 22 29 March 7 14 LocalMotion January 9 Slalom January 9 Giant Slalom January 10 RVW Council Race January 10 Slopestyle January 16 Rail Jam January 20 21 East Coast Police Winter Games February 6 7 USCSA Atlantic Highlands Conference College February 7 The SNOW BOWL Race February 8 March 6 US Chefs Ski Club Race February 9 10 High School Sectionals Ski Racing February 19 Bob Basil Boardercross Skiercross Camp February 20 Vertical Express for Can Do MS February 20 Boardercross Skiercross February 21 Boardercross Skiercross February 27 KLK Ukrainian Ski Race March 5 Slopestyle March 6 Banked Slalom March 8 9 FDNY East Coast Firefighter Races March 26 Cardboard Box Derby March 26 Dummy Race April 2 Vita Coco Pondskimming Beach Bash Catskill Mountain Railroad POLAR EXPRESS Departing from Westbrook Station December 26 8PM December 27 6PM and 8PM December 28 4PM and 6PM Catskill Mountain Railroad Co Kingston NY 12401 LRHS 2016 Train Schedule Schedules subject to change Nov 25 26 Dec 3 4 10 11 17 Santa Expresses 2PM December 3 10 Christmas Lights Trains 6 30PM Special Trains Fare Adults 20 Seniors 19 Children 3 12 17 Under 3 FREE Reservations and Prepayment Required For Reservations Call 607 432 2429 Milford Depot 136 East Main St Milford 607 432 2429 www lrhs com Windham Mountain P O Box 459 19 Resort Drive Windham Phone 800 754 9463 www windhammountain com DECEMBER 17 4PM LIVE MUSIC by SEASONS DECEMBER 18 8AM SKIING AND RIDING SANTA DAY DECEMBER 31 NEW YEAR S EVE CELEBRATION JANUARY 6 1PM WORLD S LARGEST SKI LESSON JANUARY 7 8AM CATSKILL MTN SERIES SLALOM 1 GIANT SLALOM JANUARY 7 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES JANUARY 7 4PM SONNY ROCK TAS CRU JANUARY 8 8AM CATSKILL MTN SERIES SLOPESTYLE JANUARY 190 9 AM 50 MIDWEEK SKI PROGRAM JANUARY 14 7AM CATSKILL MTN SERIES RAIL JAM JANUARY 14 8AM CATSKILL MTN SERIES SLOPESTYLE 2 JANUARY 14 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES JANUARY 14 4PM COLD SPRING HARBOR BAND JANUARY 14 9PM 80 S FLASHBACK PARTY JANUARY 15 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES JANUARY 17 9AM 50 MIDWEEK SKI PROGRAM JAUARY 21 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES JAUARY 21 4PM LIVE MUSIC SCORE JANUARY 24 9AM 50 MIDWEEK SKI PROGRAM JANUARY 25 8AM FEAR WORKSHOP MERMER BLAKESLEE JAUARY 28 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES JANUARY 28 4PM LIVE MUSIC NY NY DUELING PIANOS JANUARY 31 9AM 50 MIDWEEK SKI PROGRAM FEBRUARY 2 8AM I HEART SNOWBOARDING FEBRUARY 4 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES FEBRUARY 4 4PM LIVE MUSIC PROBABLE CAUSE FEBRUARY 7 9AM 50 MIDWEEK SKI PROGRAM FEBRUARY 8 8AM KICK ASS SKI WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN FEBRUARY 11 8AM CATSKILL MTN SERIES SLALOM 4 GIANT SLALOM 4 FEBRUARY 11 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES FEBRUARY 11 4PM LIVE MUSIC WYLD BLU FEBRUARY 14 9AM 50 MIDWEEK SKI PROGRAM FEBRUARY 16 8AM HALL PASS HEROES SKI WORKSHOP FEBRUARY 18 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES FEBRUARY 18 4PM LIVE MUSIC JASON GREEN THE LABOR OF LOVE FEBRUARY 18 8PM COMEDY SHOW DINNER FEBRUARY 18 8PM FIREWORKS FEBRUARY 21 9AM 50 MIDWEEK SKI PROGRAM FEBRUARY 24 8AM CATSKILL MTN SERIES BROADERCROSS SKIERCROSS CAMP FEBRUARY 25 8AM CATSKILL MTN SERIES BROADERCROSS SKIERCROSS 2 FEBRUARY 25 3 30PM SUNSET SNOWSHOE HIKE BIG BITES FEBRUARY 25 3 30PM BAVARIAN BASH WITH DIE SCHLAUBERGER FEBRUARY 26 8AM CATSKILL MTN SERIES BROADERCROSS SKIERCROSS 3 FEBRUARY 28 9AM 50 MIDWEEK SKI PROGRAM MARCH 4 10AM PARK A PALOOZA MARCH 4 2PM LIVE MUSIC BREEZY GRASS