New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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Cooperstown

1 New Paltz

On the western side of

the Hudson is New Paltz,

home of a campus of the

State University of New

York, natural food stores

and a liberal ecofriendly

vibe. A few blocks north

of the center are several

homes of the original

French Huguenot settlers

of New Paltz (c 1677) on

Historic Huguenot Street

(%845-255-1660; http://www.

huguenotstreet.org; 88 Huguenot

St; guided tours adult/child

$16/10; hclosed Tue & Wed,

otherwise check for hours), the

oldest in the US. Water

Tranquil

Catskills

American.painters.discovered.this.mountainous.

region.rising.west.of.the.Hudson.Valley.in.the.mid-

19th.century..They.celebrated.its.hidden.mossy.

gorges.and.waterfalls.as.examples.of.sublime.

wilderness.rivaling.the.Alps.in.Europe..And.while.

the.height.and.profile.of.its.rounded.peaks.might.

have.been.exaggerated.and.romanticized,.while.

traveling.through.the.Catskills.it’s.still.possible.to.

glimpse.the.landscapes.that.beguiled.these.artists.

and.inspires.others.today..

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