By Dede Terns Thorpe, Town of Hunter Historian I felt it was important to again share information on the Ukrainian Church, just outside of Hunter. Most readers feel the same […]
Author: MTHS
The Ukrainian church in Jewett
The La Cascade
By Dede Terns Thorpe, Town of Hunter Historian Today’s mountain top tidbit history is about the Lox-Hurst property that houses the Mountain Top Historical Society. It’s had a long, interesting […]
Hotel Kaaterskill trivia
By Dede Terns Thorpe, Town of Hunter Historian On June 27, 1881, George Harding opened Hotel Kaaterskill, just eight or nine months after construction began. Elias Dutcher was credited for […]
The Great Wall
of Manitou
By Dede Terns Thorpe, Town of Hunter Historian I’ve shared related articles before, but Manitou seems to be found frequently in different variants and is always a fun and exciting […]
Maude Adams
of Hunter, NY
By Dede Terns Thorpe, Town of Hunter Historian This story shares a bit on the life of one of the fascinating people who lived in the Town of Hunter: Maude […]
The historic Dolan’s Lake in Hunter
By: Dede Terns-Thorpe, Town of Hunter Historian Dolan’s Lake is just about 100 years old and has a great history. It’s always been fascinating to learn how or where a […]
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Summer work (and some play) at the Catskill Mountain House 1925
By Bob Gildersleeve Look at the banner at the top of the page. You can probably recognize that the young women who are in the picture to the left are […]
Carpet from the Catskill Mountain House C. 1900.
“Dear Justine – Is this what you were interested in? Carpet from the Mountain House! I was able to salvage enough for 6 dining room chair seats, plus this piece. […]
Summer Camps of the Mountain Top
Throughout the 20th century, the Mountain Top community welcomed campers of all backgrounds, races, religions, capabilities and interests. Rather than a simple story of campfires and bunk beds, the history […]