e-book Gumshoe Goddess and the Catskill Caper

Dottie May

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Lieutenant Colonel Rep 1, Posts Drives: A few struggled on, but even the world-famous Grossingers and Concord Resorts closed in the late s and s, respectively. Kutshers folded in the recent Great Recession. Accordingly, I fired up my ever-willing BMW i hardtop convertible and motored briskly to the Catskills.

New York greeted me with dark skies and a steady light rain, but the i shrugged it off and never complained when I clambered back in with wet clothes and muddy shoes. The Lenape Indians had lived in this area for over 10, years. Tanneries sprang up starting in the s, and by the Civil War they were tanning over 80 percent of the leather goods for the entire Union Army.

German, Irish, and Jewish immigrants sought relief here from the blistering New York City summers beginning in the s, and many local farmers expanded their homes and set up tents to accommodate the influx. Over time, large wooden resort hotels were built, such as the Columbia House in Hurleyville.

These mega-resorts hosted hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. This photo shows the ties and rails being taken up. Vacationers became increasingly uncomfortable taking the same trains used by the patients and staying at nearby facilities, and tourism began to wane. Matters were not helped by the Great Depression. This was the Welworth Hotel, years after it had been abandoned. Moreover, the development of modern antibiotics in the early s ended the TB epidemic.

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The stone walls, steel door, and flimsy roof were designed to contain any accidental blast and direct it skyward. That was quite the long read lol!! Rayjan Koehler marked it as to-read Mar 27, Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Once there, I learned that the falls are long gone, having been dynamited into oblivion in the s to facilitate rafting timber down Beaver Kill. She renovated the bar and dining rooms downstairs to their original configurations, discovering in the process that a complete, two-lane bowling alley from the late s was hiding behind a disco dance floor that someone had added! My poor i was looking like it had just finished a tour of Tobacco Road.

The Catskills became the preferred vacation spot for Jewish families and many others, and competition ensured reasonable prices and ever-better amenities and activities. Then the tide turned again. The advent of air conditioning made city life bearable in the summer. A few of the classic Catskills resorts continued, but the great majority simply closed. I was encouraged to visit Sullivan County by my friend Ron Polimeni, who is an artist and vintage automobile racer. Unless noted otherwise, all of the historical photos are drawn from this exceptional book.

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I found the room Web Horton Mansion on the first try and marveled at its marble walls and green ceramic roof tiles. My primary reason for visiting Middletown was to find its classic railroad station. A quick zip up Highway brought me to Bloomingburg and the start of the Catskills.

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I saw many of the men walking or bicycling about in their formal dark suits and hats, despite the warm temperatures. Their wives and children were also in evidence, and I received many friendly nods as I walked around. It is now a local community museum. The fresh air and views near the top of the Shawangunk Mountains were a welcome break from the 4-hour train ride from the City.

This photo shows the High View station in the distance, together with some support buildings and businesses that have since disappeared. The Sha-wan-ga Lodge was the largest of the Bloomingburg resorts. Jewish hotel owner Abraham Dan bought the lodge in and rebuilt the resort after a disastrous fire in November Sadly, the resort closed in and burned to the ground a year later.

In fact, I was surprised to see that there was no sign whatsoever of the huge resort.

It had been completely bulldozed and every brick carted off. Even the swimming pool had been filled in. In February this year, the town board voted unanimously to approve the building of a casino on the acre site of the Sha-wan-ga Lodge. To the best of my knowledge, however, all such ventures in Sullivan County are still awaiting approval by the State of New York.

The crossing was uncomfortable and, in bad weather, even perilous. The resulting High View Tunnel took 3 years to build and went into service in February I managed to find the Mamakating Station mostly by luck. As I was photographing the station, a large, orange-ish, and rather disheveled sheep dog appeared. I also learned from the volunteer that it was possible to walk the old train right of way clear up to the northern entrance of High View Tunnel!

Although my schedule was tight, I immediately vowed to find the tunnel. The first section of the right of way proved to be easy going. Later, as the grade steepened, the terrain became a lot rougher and a lot wetter, with all the rainwater finding its way to the path.

I was hoping to discover the old control tower as I hiked up the mountain, but I later learned that it had been dismantled and removed. However, I did find this curious little windowless stone building. I believe it is the same one shown in the old photo below closest to the camera. Subsequent research identified it as an explosives magazine.

The stone walls, steel door, and flimsy roof were designed to contain any accidental blast and direct it skyward.

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Water was pouring out of the entrance, complicating any attempt at a closer look. The original tunnel extended roughly 20 feet past the present opening. In my photo below, note the brick lining inside the tunnel, which was intended to help prevent cave-ins. The highway is in the process of being upgraded to Interstate 86, and substantial consideration has been given to whether the tunnel poses a problem for the expected heavier traffic flow.

If you want to see this tunnel for yourself, sooner would be better than later. The friendly volunteer gave me a nice cold bottle of water, and I resumed my tour. This Catskills survivor started out in as the Gumaer House, which could handle 80 guests. The ensuing hostilities led to the construction of several forts along the Old Mine Road. Fort Roosa still stands and now serves as a private residence. Built in , it is the oldest surviving building in Sullivan County. An elderly passer-by recalled that there used to be a stone guardhouse on the other side of the road, with a tunnel leading back to the fort.

The club attracted numerous investors, but it foundered on hard economic times at the end of the s. Their hotel subsequently became the Mamakating Park Inn and did well enough until going out of business in the s. The property then became Camp Lakota. Temporarily abandoning the faithful i, I walked around the gate and hiked up the hill to the grounds of the former club. Along the way, I realized that Camp Lakota is still alive and well.

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Almost no one was there on the day of my visit, but I got a friendly wave from one of the camp counselors as she drove by. This part of New York is filled with natural ponds. It was very popular and prospered until the main building burned in This one serves as the office for the camp. Comparing these two photos, the Glen Wild Methodist Church looks completely unchanged from its original appearance in But the current photo reveals mischief of some sort.

ABANDONED GROSSINGER"S RESORT: Catskill Mountains, NY

This bridge carried traffic over the Neversink River starting in As I continued driving through Sullivan County, I became progressively more aware that a large proportion of the houses, motels, camps, and resorts that I passed were either abandoned or for sale. The total collapse of the tourism economy in the county was all too apparent. The door to this old place was wide open, but I defy anyone heavier than a cocker spaniel to make it across the front porch! In Case We Die. I, Stammer In Disbelief.

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