- 1. Rockland
- (Category)
- ... other end by sun-down. The First Settlers & Township Development The renowned Hardenburgh Patent set the stage for the eventual development of the Catskills. Johannes Hardenburgh and associates ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... of the aviation industry, fewer and fewer tourists came to the Catskills. Although the hotel industry is all but gone, the area still enjoys a large influx of summer visitors. Numerous bungalow colonies ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. The Golden Age of The Catskills ...
- (Video)
- This Content is reposted from and is Property of Spectrum News During the 1940s and 1950s, the Catskills was one of the top tourist destinations in the world. In the summer months, it was home to more ...
- Created on 06 July 2017
- 4. The Rich History of one Catskills hotel ...
- (Video)
- Visit: http://www.classiccatskills.com/ for an updated version of this video plus photos and memories of the Catskills region. Kutsher's is one the last great Catskills resorts still in business. At it ...
- Created on 18 December 2015
- 5. Vintage Catskills Bungalow Colony ...
- (Video)
- A video by Gary Swartzberg lZ4bzu5Qi2U
- Created on 03 August 2014
- 6. John Conway Book Talk and Signing
- (News)
- ... his columns have been collected in book form, following “Retrospect,” published in 1996 and “Remembering the Sullivan County Catskills,” published in 2008. The column has appeared weekly since 1987, first ...
- Created on 11 March 2020
- 7. The Borscht Belt
- (Now Showing)
- ... in the 1980s the growth of air travel made the Catskills less attractive. Most Borscht Belt resorts hosted traveling Jewish comedians and musicians, and many who later became famous began their career ...
- Created on 17 June 2016
- 8. How Woodstock Happened...
- (General History)
- ... said. "Here you have thousands of people descending on the community. How in the world do you stop them?" Ken Van Loan, the president of the Bethel Business Association, wasn't worried. He'd decided th ...
- Created on 04 January 2016
- 9. Hurleyville
- (Fallsburg)
- ... of South Fallsburg. Hurleyville was originally settled by William Hurley. The local economy was originally centered on dairy farming, but gradually became part of the Catskills Borscht Belt resort area. ...
- Created on 26 December 2015
- 10. Edward Van Put
- (History Preserver)
- ... and whenever a weekend was available, he would leave his home in northern New Jersey to come up to the Catskills to be close to streams such as the Beaverkill and Willowemoc. At first his fishing days ...
- Created on 11 August 2009
- 11. The Kutsher Family
- (History Makers)
- ... into an attractive setting for people seeking a brief respite during the summer months from the city pressures. However, as the families who came to the Catskills for their summer vacations became more ...
- Created on 11 August 2008
- 12. Andrew Neiderman
- (History Makers)
- ... to Sullivan County in the Catskills area of New York. After attending public schools in Fallsburg, he graduated from the State University of Albany where he received his Master’s degree in English. For ...
- Created on 01 June 2006
- 13. Wilmer Sipple
- (History Preserver)
- ... part of the State and the Erie whose tracks ran across the southern part. This area included a portion of the Catskills, the hills along the Chenango River and the farmland around the Finger Lakes. ...
- Created on 11 August 2005
- 14. Jennie Grossinger
- (History Makers)
- ... at kind of Catskills does not sound inviting, but despite its simplicity the guests were happy. They had escaped the noise, dirt and summer heat of the City, if only for a week, to enjoy the rural ambien ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
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