Seeker
January 25, 2020
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"It is quite true that there is no walker who has not longed sometime for wheels, no vagabond who would not at times trade all his liberty for the discomforts of home. Every seeker has often criticized the curiosity that led him forth. But he who would find must also seek."
--- The Catskills, T. Morris Longstreth
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Earning Enjoyment
June 23, 2019
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“One day I heard a boy say to his younger brother, who was crying lustily, “Now, Tom, I know you don’t want anything, but what do you think you want!” That boy was a philosopher, and went to the root of the matter. It is not what we really want, but what we think we want, that frets most of us. If you only could snatch to-day’s happiness, instead o...
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Covered Bridges of the Catskills: Ulster County
December 28, 2018
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Ulster County is home to seven covered bridges including the Millbrook Covered Bridge, the Forge Covered Bridge, the Tappan Covered Bridge, the Myers Covered Bridge, the Friendship Manor Covered Bridge, the Ashokan/Turnwood Covered Bridge and Perrine’s Covered Bridge.
The first five of those bridges are located within a fairly close distance of...
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Covered Bridges of the Catskills: Delaware County
December 15, 2018
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Delaware County, New York is home to five beautiful covered bridges, including the Downsville Covered Bridge, Hamden Covered Bridge, Fitch’s Covered Bridge, Lower Shavertown Covered Bridge and the Erpf Covered Bridge. The Downsville, Hamden and Fitch’s Covered Bridges are accessible to the public, while the Lower Shavertown bridge is on private pro...
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Covered Bridges of the Catskills: Sullivan County
December 07, 2018
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Sullivan County, New York is home to five beautiful covered bridges, including the Beaverkill Covered Bridge, Livingston Manor Covered Bridge, Halls Mills Covered Bridge, Bendo Covered Bridge and the Chestnut Creek Covered Bridge. Included below is a photograph as well as a brief informational summary for each bridge. For more photographs of all fi...
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Kaaterskill Falls: Safe and Dangerous
November 18, 2018
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Over the summer The New York Times published an article titled “The Deadly Waterfall in the Instagram Age” that described recent deaths at Kaaterskill Falls in the northern Catskills. The article stated that the last four people who died there were either taking or posing for photos; and also described the various developments to make the area safe...
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To Live’s To Fly: Ultimate Road Trip #7
November 15, 2018
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I recently had the great opportunity for six full, dawn-to-dusk, uninterrupted days of Catskills photography, and the trip was as great as it sounds. It started with a focus on Sullivan County, with 3 1/2 days along the Delaware River and also around the Monticello area, some of which, remarkably, were new for me. With a deluge of recent rains, it...
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Catskills: Top Region
November 03, 2018
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Lonely Planet, the popular travel guide website and publisher, recently released their “Best Places To Go in 2019” lists. Categories included Top Countries, Top Cities, Top Regions and Top Values. The worldwide list is based on nominations from editors, researchers, locals and influencers. The pool of nominations is then then culled down and ranked...
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Ultimate Road Trip #6
April 26, 2018
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The weather is starting to turn, the buds are out, flowering bushes are blooming, the snow and extreme cold are in the rearview mirror. The sun is out, the sky is deep blue. Spring cleanup in the yard. The cover is off the barbecue and the patio set. Our first dinner outside. Moods are improving. Driving home in the light. Every day gets longer. An...
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Thomas Morris Longstreth, Author of The Catskills (Part 5 of 5)
April 20, 2018
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The books written by T. Morris Longstreth include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Reading the Weather
1915
New York: Outing Publishing Company
Reissued in 1943 as Knowing the Weather.
The Adirondacks
1917
New York: The Century Co.
Travelogue through the Adirondacks region.
Lake Placid and an...
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Thomas Morris Longstreth, Author of The Catskills (Part 4 of 5)
April 20, 2018
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Through his extensive time spent living in Canada, Longstreth would become enamored with the Canadian Royal Mounted Police, a subject which remained important throughout his career. He wrote many books on the subject, both fiction and non-fiction. While researching his Canadian subjects, Longstreth became an historian for the Mounted Police, even w...
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Thomas Morris Longstreth, Author of The Catskills (Part 3 of 5)
April 06, 2018
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Upon graduation from Haverford College T. Morris Longstreth originally intended to pursue music as a career. “Music was then banned by the Quakers and so my intoxication by it grew. I planned to become a composer, Beethoven’s successor, to speak frankly. But my father’s death [in 1912] routed me out of dreamland and I taught school instead.” [1]
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Thomas Morris Longstreth, Author of The Catskills (Part 2 of 5)
March 30, 2018
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After attending the Friends Select School for his early education, Longstreth entered the Westtown Boarding School in 1899 at the age of 13. The school had a long, distinguished history having been first established in 1799 by the Members of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The school campus, located in...
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Thomas Morris Longstreth, Author of The Catskills (Part 1 of 5)
March 23, 2018
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The Catskills by T. Morris Longstreth is one of the best books ever written about that famous region. The travelogue follows the author as he journeys through the Catskill Mountains in 1918. Longstreth takes you to Overlook Mountain, Stony Clove, Phoenicia, Hunter, Slide Mountain, Kaaterskill Falls, the Ashokan Reservoir, Mount Utsayantha and many...
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Stone Arch Bridges of Sullivan County, New York
February 08, 2018
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Sullivan County is home to three beautiful and historic stone arch bridges, the Hankins Stone Arch Bridge, the Tusten Stone Arch Bridge and the simply named Stone Arch Bridge. All three bridges played an important role in the development of their respective communities and are therefore listed on the National Register of Historic Places as “rare an...
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