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Cattail Falls at Livingston Manor, New York

October 10, 2026 • Leave a Comment

Cattail Falls is a scenic waterfall located near the hamlet of Livingston Manor, New York. The falls are located on the Cattail Brook, which feeds into the Little Beaver Kill and the Willowemoc Creek at Livingston Manor.

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The Red Caboose at Livingston Manor

October 03, 2026 • Leave a Comment

The regional New York Ontario & Western Railway (O&W) operated from 1868 to 1957 and ran from Weehawken, New Jersey to Oswego on the shores of Lake Ontario, passing through the southern Catskills and Sullivan County along the way. There were also branches to Kingston, Port Jervis, Monticello, Delhi, Utica, Rome and Scranton. The railway was mainly...

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Catskills Museum of Photography: Historic Photograph of the Month – October 2026

October 01, 2026 • Leave a Comment

The Catskills Museum of Photography is an online historical photograph gallery with over 5,400 photographs from over 190 of the greatest Catskills photographers in history. Each month I will select one photograph from the collection to feature as the Historic Photograph of the Month. Title: John Burroughs on Veranda at Woodchuck Lodge, Ro...

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Delaware & Ulster Railroad: A History and Photographic Study

September 26, 2026 • Leave a Comment

The Ulster and Delaware Railroad had its founding roots with the Rondout and Oswego Railroad, chartered in 1866 by Thomas Cornell in order to provide a route for goods from mid-state beyond the Catskills to the Hudson River. By 1872 the Rondout and Oswego was bankrupt, but was reorganized as the New York, Kington and Syracuse Railroad. This railroa...

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Roscoe O&W Railway Museum

September 19, 2026 • Leave a Comment

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Bethel Woods Center for the Arts: A Photographic Study

September 05, 2026 • Leave a Comment

The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is scenically located just north of the hamlet of Bethel in Sullivan County, New York. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is home to the site where the historic Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place on August 15-18 1969. The concert featured 32 of the most famous musical acts of the era including the Gratef...

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Catskills Museum of Photography: Historic Photograph of the Month – September 2026

September 01, 2026 • Leave a Comment

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Brunel Park: A History and Photographic Study

August 29, 2026 • Leave a Comment

“As a token of admiration for the grandeur and mysteries of nature and the beauty of the Catskill Mountains, Emile Brunel, a native of France, chose these sites for the Chalet Indien in 1920. He conceived, designed, sculpted and erected these statues and monuments in memory of the Indian tribes who sojourned on these grounds, once upon a time.”...

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Tugboat Catherine C. Miller on the Hudson River

August 22, 2026 • Leave a Comment

The Catherine C. Miller is a U.S flagged tugboat from Staten Island, New York. It was built in 1981 by Terrebonne Shipbuilders Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana as the Miss Keely for Sea Ray Marine Services Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana. In 1998, the tug was acquired by G and B Marine Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana. The tug retained her name...

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Coral Coast, Chesapeake City, Maryland

August 15, 2026 • Leave a Comment

The Coral Coast is a U.S. flagged tugboat from Chesapeake City, Maryland. It was built in 1971 by the McDermott Shipyard Incorporated of Morgan City, Louisiana as the Luke Z. Defelice for the DeFelice Marine Towing Company of Lake Charles, Louisiana. In 1980, the DeFelice Marine Towing Company was acquired by Gulf Fleet Marine Incorporated of Ho...

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Esopus Meadows Lighthouse: A History and Photographic Study

August 08, 2026 • Leave a Comment

Introduction The Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, affectionately known as the Maid of the Meadows, is an active lighthouse located on the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Kingston. It is located at River Mile 87 on the Hudson River, as measured from the southern tip of Manhattan. The Hudson River is approximately 315 miles long. The lighthouse...

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North Lake-South Lake: A Photographic Study

August 01, 2026 • Leave a Comment

Thomas Cole at North-South Lake “Shut in by stupendous mountains which rest on crags which tower more than a thousand feet above the water, whose rugged brows and shadowy peaks are clotted by dark and tangled wood, they [North and South Lakes] have an august aspect of deep seclusion, of utter and unbroken solitude, that when standing on their br...

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Catskills Museum of Photography: Historic Photograph of the Month – August 2026

August 01, 2026 • Leave a Comment

The Catskills Museum of Photography is an online historical photograph gallery with over 5,400 photographs from over 190 of the greatest Catskills photographers in history. Each month I will select one photograph from the collection to feature as the Historic Photograph of the Month. Title: Cauterskill Fall, from above. (2nd Series, #232)...

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Fitch’s Covered Bridge: A History and Photographic Study

July 25, 2026 • Leave a Comment

Introduction The historic Fitch’s Covered Bridge is located off Route 10 in the hamlet of East Delhi, approximately 3 miles northeast from the village of Delhi in Delaware County, New York. The bridge spans the West Branch of the Delaware River. Fitch’s Covered Bridge is a single span carried on abutments of dry laid fieldstone faced with con...

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John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary: A History and Photographic Study

July 18, 2026 • Leave a Comment

“Living in the woods is a real satisfaction to me. When I reach Slabsides there is always a sense of relief, as if I’d got away from something that harassed me. The place attracts me, and I feel very much at home, with the great rock that I can see from my window reaching around my house like a protecting arm.” – John Burroughs. “If I were to na...

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