Located halfway between New York City and Albany, the Gardiner and Minnewaska region includes not only the Wallkill Valley lowlands but also Lake Minnewaska, a mountain lake, and the wonders of the mountains around it. The region, settled some three hundred years ago by French Huguenots and Dutch, long featured dairy and fruit farming in the valley and millstone cutting and berry picking in the mountains. In stunning photographs, Gardiner and Lake Minnewaska portrays the history of this region: the Tuthilltown gristmill, in operation for more than two hundred years; the Gardiner boarding houses and Minnewaska mountain hotels, which for years attracted guests; the state park that developed as the hotels disappeared and that now offers a vast network of hiking trails; and the rise of two new daring sports: rock climbing and skydiving.
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Carleton Mabee is Gardiner's official town historian. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author with wide interests, he has also written several other mid-Hudson-related histories. His love of the area is evident in Gardiner and Lake Minnewaska, a beautiful and richly informative work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A must read for anyone who knows Lake Minnewaska,
By Andrew Bell (Beacon, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gardiner and Lake Minnewaska (NY) (Images of America) (Paperback)
The author captures the unique spirit of this grand old mountain resort that is no more. I remember well Lake Minnewaska, having spent many summer days hiking it's trails and swimming the lake. The pictures and stories of the old hotels in their heyday will be a warm reminder to those who knew and loved this place...and still do.
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The town of Gardiner drains primarily into the Wallkill River. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
swimming restrictions, aqueduct tunnel, town historian Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Paltz, Ireland Corners, Minnewaska State Park, Lake Minnewaska, New York City, Gardiner School, Wallkill River, Delaware Aqueduct, George Majestic, New Hurley, Cliff House, Eddie Bell, Mohonk Preserve, Wildmere House, Catskill Aqueduct, Main Street, Minnewaska Trail, Carol Sternberg, Farmer's Turnpike, Huguenot Herald, Albany Post Road, Benton's Corners, Courtesy of Daryl, Gardiner Hotel, Shawangunk Ridge New!
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The town of Gardiner drains primarily into the Wallkill River. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
swimming restrictions, aqueduct tunnel, town historian Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Paltz, Ireland Corners, Minnewaska State Park, Lake Minnewaska, New York City, Gardiner School, Wallkill River, Delaware Aqueduct, George Majestic, New Hurley, Cliff House, Eddie Bell, Mohonk Preserve, Wildmere House, Catskill Aqueduct, Main Street, Minnewaska Trail, Carol Sternberg, Farmer's Turnpike, Huguenot Herald, Albany Post Road, Benton's Corners, Courtesy of Daryl, Gardiner Hotel, Shawangunk Ridge New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- New Paltz (NY) (Images of America) by Carol A. Johnson on page 73, and Back Matter
- The Huckleberry Pickers: A Raucous History of the Shawangunk Mountains by Marc B. Fried in Back Matter
- Native Americans (Sacred Symbols Series) by Mark Lehner in Front Matter
- The Mountain Road by Theodore H. White on page 56
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