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At Last, Presenting the Kaaterskill Rail Trail!
Four years ago, on June 1, 2013, a celebration was held on the campus of the Mountain Top Historical Society in Haines Falls, NY for the opening of the Kaaterskill Rail Trail from the U & D...
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Longtime MTHS board member and mountain top community friend Doug Humm, 95 of Haines Falls and Indialantic, FL passed away peacefully, May 9, 2017 at his Florida home.Doug was regularly host on Sunday...
View ArticleHikefest 2017
MTHS hosts 4th Annual HikefestSaturday, October 7th, 2017 It’s that time of year again for Hike Fest with the Mountain Top Historical Society on Rt. 23A in Haines Falls. This year we will feature 4...
View Article2017-18 Winter Hikes
New York State Licensed Guide Moe Lemire will be leading a series of outdoor events this winter. These fundraiser events will include a hike, a snowshoe walk and a cross-country ski excursion. The $10...
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DEC opens Pine Orchard view
The view from Pine Orchard made famous by the Catskill Mountain House has, in recent years, been increasingly obscured by brush growing at the brink and trees growing at the base of the cliff known as...
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Justine L. Hommel Memorial Highway
Celebrating Justine Hommel! Unveiling of the Justine L. Hommel Memorial Highway Please join us in a champagne toast to a dear friend and a grand lady of the Mountain Top! (All are encouraged to wear...
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Train station will be open
The historic Ulster and Delaware Train Station on the MTHS campus will be open to the public on a few Saturday afternoons this summer thanks to volunteer Pete Senterman. Pete will be in the station...
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Rip's Back
It's good to see Rip Van Winkle back in his place of honor on the signpost at the MTHS! For 18 years, Rip had weathered the wind, rain, snow, and sun at the top of Kaaterskill Clove and still looked...
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Kaaterskill Floor Plan
Hotel Kaaterskill Talk and Walk July 13 and 14 – can you help? In a talk by George Harding and me, Bob Gildersleeve, on Friday July 13 we will use photos donated to MTHS by George and other materials...
View ArticleLark-2018
The Mountain Top Historical presents Hikefest as part of the Catskills Lark in the Park On Saturday, October 6, 2018 the Mountain Top Historical Society’s Haines Falls campus will be the place to begin...
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KRT is Open
KRT Rail Trail Is Open In 2005 I wrote about trails and sites on Prospect Mountain in the afterword for Catskill Mountain House Trail Guide: A path across this mountain that lies west of South...
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The 1883 Hexamer Survey of the Hotel Kaaterskill
By Bob Gildersleeve In 1883, Hotel Kaaterskill builder, owner and well-known Philadelphia lawyer, George Harding, commissioned Hexamer and Sons of Philadelphia, to conduct a fire safety survey of his...
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The Direct path to South Mountain
The Direct path to South MountainPrepared for the Mountain Top Historical Society hike of June 8, 2019 The history of trails near the Catskill Mountain House is complex. The trails grew and changed...
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On Saturday, October 12, 2019 The Mountain Top Historical Society’s Haines Falls campus will be the place to begin your Columbus Day Weekend. Starting in the KRT parking lot behind the Visitors'...
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Train station will be open
The historic Ulster and Delaware Train Station on the MTHS campus will be open to the public on a few Saturday afternoons this summer thanks to volunteer Pete Senterman. Pete will be in the station...
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Kaaterskill Floor Plan
Hotel Kaaterskill Talk and Walk July 13 and 14 – can you help? In a talk by George Harding and me, Bob Gildersleeve, on Friday July 13 we will use photos donated to MTHS by George and other materials...
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Rip's Back
It's good to see Rip Van Winkle back in his place of honor on the signpost at the MTHS! For 18 years, Rip had weathered the wind, rain, snow, and sun at the top of Kaaterskill Clove and still looked...
View ArticleLark-2018
The Mountain Top Historical presents Hikefest as part of the Catskills Lark in the Park On Saturday, October 6, 2018 the Mountain Top Historical Society’s Haines Falls campus will be the place to begin...
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KRT is Open
KRT Rail Trail Is Open In 2005 I wrote about trails and sites on Prospect Mountain in the afterword for Catskill Mountain House Trail Guide: A path across this mountain that lies west of South...
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The 1883 Hexamer Survey of the Hotel Kaaterskill
By Bob Gildersleeve In 1883, Hotel Kaaterskill builder, owner and well-known Philadelphia lawyer, George Harding, commissioned Hexamer and Sons of Philadelphia, to conduct a fire safety survey of his...
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