Ke Kiʻikuhi Puʻupuʻu Catskills: Ka HōʻaloʻO kēia Mau Kūlohelohe Kūlohelohe

Ke Alanui Pākuʻu Ma nā Koʻo Catskillʻo New York

Ke Alanui Mai Catskill, New York, e hahai i ka Moku'āina Moku'āinaʻo New York 23 West a hiki i Prattsville. Backtrack Route 23 Ma ke Komohana Moku'āina 23A Hikina ma o ka Park Cillkill. Ke hele i ke alanui 23A Hikina, e hele i ka US Route 9W North a ke Alanui 23 East. E hele ma mua o ka Rip Van Winkle Bridge, a laila huli pololei ma ke alanui Moku'āina 9G Komohana a hiki i ka puka hema o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Olana State.

"Welina i ka'āinaʻo Rip Van Winkle," wahi i kahi hōʻailona e hauʻoli ana i nā hoʻokele kaʻa e hele i ke komohana ma ke alanui 23 i ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka mauna.

ʻO ia ma kēia mau kihiʻeleʻele, a hina hina,ʻo ia nō, uaʻikeʻia e Washington Washington keʻano o nā malihini e hoʻokani ana i nā meaʻeiwa, aʻoki ihola i ka waiʻona, a laila hiamoe no ka pō i hala mau makahiki he 20. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe nā mea kālai moʻolelo a me nā mea hana kiʻi i kēia mau kapuaʻi'ākau i ka uluʻana i nā ululāʻau ululāʻau i nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau ma mua o ka liloʻana o ka'āina i kahi hoʻomaha a kaulana. ʻO nā moʻolelo kupaianaha i laweʻia ma luna o ke kāʻei a hoʻopaʻaʻia i loko o nā puna'ōlelo maʻamau i ke ola e like me keʻano o ke ala e piʻi ai kēia ala.

I Eastham Wind Wind,ʻoiaʻiʻo e huki i ke alanui 23 ma Point Lookout. Ma nā lā kūpono,ʻikeʻia kēia ma waho o ka mea hoʻokūkū nui o Captain's Inn Point Lookout (ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Point Lookout Mountain Inn) ma mua o nā moku'āinaʻelima. I ka piʻiʻana o ke alanui 23, e komoʻoe i ka Park Cillkill, kahi 700,000 eka (kahi nui e like me Rhode Island) i hoʻokumuʻia nā'āina kūʻokoʻa a me nā'āina āpau iʻehā mau māhele.

Ma hope o ka hanaʻiaʻana o ka papa i ka makahiki 1885, ua hoʻonuiʻia nā kuleana o ka moku'āina, i paleʻia i loko o ka Cerveskill Forest Preserve, mai ka 34,000 a hiki i 300,000 mauʻeka. Me nā piha he kanaiwakumamāwalu a keu aku iʻekolu kapuaʻi kapuaʻi,ʻo ka Catskills kekahi o nā wahi hilinaʻi kaulana loa o New York; ʻO Windham, ka home ma ka'āpanaʻo Windham Mountain,ʻo ia ka mua o nā kauhale mākaʻikaʻi nui āu e hālāwai ai.

I kou heleʻana i Prattsville, eʻikeʻoe i ka Pratt Rock, kekahi o nā kaʻina o ka moku'āina. ʻO Zadock Pratt, ka mea i hele mai i ka Catskills i ke keiki liʻiliʻi, ua hana a hanaʻia a hiki i ka hikiʻana iā ia ke wehe i kahi kīnaʻi ma Schoharie Creek, e hoʻohana i ka nui o ka lole hemlock, i mea e pono ai ka hanaʻana i nā meaʻili. I loko o iwakālua makahiki, ua kūkuluʻo ia i kahi waiwai, kūkuluʻia kekahi kūlanakauhale nui, weheʻia kahi bank kahi i uku aiʻo ia i kāna kālā iho, a lanakila i ka noho ma ka'aha'ōlelo. Wahi a ka poʻe o ka'āina, i ka wā i helehelenaʻia ai kahi pōhaku kālai pōhaku i ka makahiki 1843, hāʻawiʻo Pratt iā ia i hapalua keneta no ke kahakahaʻana i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona ma ke kuahiwi. Ua pōʻinoʻo ia me ka hualoaʻa, ua kauohaʻo ia i kona moʻolelo holoʻokoʻa i hoʻoleiʻia i ka pali. Hele nā ​​malihini e piʻi i ka snenter ma Pratt Rock eʻike i kahi lio, kahi hemlock a me nā hōʻailona'ē aʻe, e like me ka pale kaua o Pratt a me kāna hua'ōlelo: "E hana maikaʻi aʻaʻole kānalua."

ʻO ka mea i hoʻomaka ma keʻano he hoʻomanaʻo no ka mea lapuwale ua lilo i mea hoʻomanaʻo no ke keiki wale nō a Pratt,ʻo George, he Kolonā Kaua Kuleana, ka mea i hoʻokomoʻia kona lepo i ka pā pōhaku he elima haneri kapuaʻi ma hope o kona makeʻana ma ke kauaʻo Manassas. Me ka loaʻaʻole o ka hoʻoilina i kona aupuni,ʻaʻole i hoʻomanaʻoʻiaʻo Pratt ma mua o nā palena o ke kūlanakauhale i huliʻo ia, akā ma Prattsville, kahi o kona home 1829 ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Zadock Pratt,ʻo ia nō ka moʻolelo.

E heleʻoe i nā wahi lawaiʻa lehulehu e like me ke alanui 23A Hikina ma kahi o Schoharie Creek ma kahi o Hunter a me Tannersville,ʻelua mau kūlanakauhale mauna hoʻokipa e pihoihoi me ka poʻe malihini kipa i ka wā o ka hoʻokele hoʻokele, ka lawaiʻa lele, ke kauwela a me ka hāʻuleʻana o ka lau nahele nā kau ma Hunter Mountain. ʻO kaʻike maka, ka hale kedera ka mea eʻikeʻia ma ka hema ma mua o kou hikiʻana i Hunter,ʻo iaʻo St. John Baptist Baptist Ukrainian Church Church. ʻO ka basilica 1962 a me nā kūkulu'ē aʻe i kūkuluʻia me nā kuiʻole, ma kaʻano kālai'āina Ukrainian. Hiki i nā poʻe kipa ke hōʻailona i nā mea'enekania ma kaʻaha ahiahi o ka lā Sākona.

Ma ke alanui 23A e iho ai i Haines Falls, e nānā no ka hema i ka North Lake Road / County Road 18, kahi eʻike aiʻoe i ka komoʻana i ke kaiʻo North-South: he kahakai moku, kahua kahua a mālama.

ʻO nā holokoʻa e hahai ana i ke alanui Trap a hōʻea i nā palena'āina e like me ka Pōhaku Artist a me ka hale o ka Catskill Mountain House - kahi i helu aiʻekolu mau pelekikena ma waena o nā malihini ma waena o 1824 a 1941-e hauʻoli i nā manaʻo i hanaʻia e nā Hudters River School painters including Thomas ʻO Cole, ka makuakāne o kēia kulaʻAmelika mua o ka pena kiʻi pena.

ʻO Kaaterskill Falls , ke kahawai kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻeʻelua o New York a me kahi kiʻi pena'ē aʻe paha, hiki ke hiki ma kahi ala e hele ai mai ke Alakaʻiʻo Escarpment, aiʻole hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomau i 1.3 mile ma mua o North Lake Road ma ke Alanui 23A a hiki i kaʻaoʻao'ākau wahi kaʻa. E mālama pono i ka wā e hele aiʻoe ma ke kuahiwi o kaʻaoʻao i kahi hāʻule haʻahaʻa o Bastion Falls, ma kahi o ka alahele no ka pōhaku a me ke aʻa, hiki i ka hapa mile mile ka piʻiʻana i Kaaterskill Falls. ʻO ka 260 kapuaʻi ka lua o ka wai i ka mea nui loa i ka punawai, i ka wā e hoʻoheheʻe ai ka hau a me ka hau i ka nui o ka wai e nininiʻia ana ma luna o nā pali pōhaku.

Lawe ke alanui 23A i kahi hoʻololi o S-huliʻana i ka hoʻomauʻana i kāu helehelena i ka Catskill. Ma mua o ka hahaiʻana i ke alanui 23 East ma'ō aku o ka Rip Van Winkle Bridge, e huli hema ma ke alanui Street / alanui 385.ʻO nā huakaʻi o ka hale a me kahi lumi o Thomas Cole National Historic Site e hāʻawi ana i kaʻike i ka hana kupaianaha a kēia kanaka Pelekānia i aʻoʻia. nā kiʻi mua loa o nā kuki Catskills, i paʻiʻia i ka makahiki 1825, ua lawe i ke ao honua o New York City ma kaʻino. Hiki i nā kumuʻoi aku he kanahiku e ukali i ke alakaʻi o Cole, e hana i nā kiʻi i ka nani a me ka nani i loaʻa ai ka mahalo no ka nani o nā meaʻAmelika'ē aʻe.

Ma hope o kou heleʻana i kaʻaoʻao hikina o ka Hudson, e kipa aku i ka home o Frederic Edwin Church, ka haumana a Cole a me kekahi o nā kiʻiʻoihanaʻoi loa o ke kula. Uaʻikeʻia no kāna mau hōʻailona nani,ʻo kaʻoihana nui loa o ka Ekalesiaʻo'Olana, ka waiwai āna i hana ai me ke kōkua o ka mea hoʻolālāʻo Calvert Vaux. Ua hoʻolālāʻia e ka Moorish hoʻolālā iʻikeʻia ma ka Hikina Hikina, ua kūkulu ka Ekalesia i kahi hale i waiwai i kaʻili a me ke kala, a kūkuluʻia a hoʻonuiʻia i waena o 1870 a me 1890. Ua hāʻawi nuiʻo ia i ka ikaika i ka hoʻolālāʻana i nā alanui o ka waiwai a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka ua hōʻike ponoʻia ka Hudson a me nā kīʻaha.

Keʻoluʻolu neiʻoe i kēia mau mea, ua hoʻololi ikiʻia i ka halaʻana o nā manawa, eʻikeʻoe inā paha ua hiamoeʻo Ri i nā makahiki hoʻokahi haneri, akā, e iho mauʻo ia mai nā mauna mai, e kahi o kaʻumiʻumi i ka haʻalulu, ʻo kaʻike "ua kū nā Kaatskill Mountains-ʻo ia ka Hune Hudson e holo nei."

Hoʻopukaʻia mai nā Backroads o New York , ka papaʻaina a me ka puke alakaʻi e hōʻike ana i nā kuhikuhi, nā moʻolelo, nā palapala'āina a me ke kiʻi no nā kiʻi he 28 i ka Moku'āinaʻo New York. Kikokikona © 2007 na Kim Knox Beckius. Hoʻopukaʻia e Voyageur Press. Ua mālamaʻia nā kuleana a pau. Hoʻopiliʻia me kaʻaeʻia.