"Twenty-One Trees" commemorates Mountain Top Arboretum, the geology of the Catskills, and the Arboretum's exceptional, traditionally-timber-framed Educational Center, and detailing the twenty-one species of trees used in its construction. As the only public garden/arboretum in Catskill Park, the Mountain Top Arboretum strives to inform its visitors about the landscape they visit and live near.

Twenty-One Trees

Michael Kudish

Larry McCaffrey

Jack A. Sobon

Self-published

This volume covers the eastern portion of the Adirondacks, especially the Delaware & Hudson from Whitehall to the Canadian border. All its branches and connecting lines are described. The book includes a chapter on Amtrak and on non-connecting rail lines. The maps in the Mountain Railroads of New York State: Where Did the Tracks Go? series combine detail from multiple sources and will greatly assist the reader in the field to locate precisely sites of historic railroad activity. Volume I, published in 2005, and Volume IIred the western and central Adirondacks. Volume IV>/i> (2011) will cover the Catskills.

Mountain Railroads of New York State, Volume 3: Where Did the Tracks Go in the Eastern Adirondacks

Purple Mountain Press

This is the fourth and final volume of Mountain Railroads of New York State by Michael Kudish. Like his three previous books on Adirondack railroad lines, this is a monumental atlas. It covers the Catskills region from the Hudson Valley to the West Branch Delaware River Valley. Included are the Ulster &amp; Delaware; the Delaware &amp; Northern; the New York, Ontario &amp; Western s Delhi Branch; and the Catskill Mountain Railroad with its connecting narrow-gauged lines in Greene County. A series of short lines that served individual industries and construction sites are also described along with a few railroads that were partially built but never completed. Included are brief chronologies of the two recent tourist lines: the (second) Catskill Mountain Railroad and the Delaware &amp; Ulster Rail Ride. A catalog of 379 railroad-related industries and facilities is included, and each rail line is illustrated in detail on 191 maps.

Mountain Railroads of New York State, Vol. 4: Where Did the Tracks Go in the Catskills?

Published in August 2000, this book is the result of more than 30 years of research on the Catskill forest. It includes 25 maps showing the distribution of species and forest-products industries in addition to a full-color, large, fold-out map that shows the extent of the first growth forest, second and third growth forest, agricultural lands, burned areas, reforested areas, and landslides. Five sections look at plant migrations to the region following the last glaciation, the impact of people on the forest, the forest regrown, mountain ranges, forest industries. A must for anyone who loves the Catskills.

The Catskill Forest: A History

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Purple Mountain Pr Ltd

The primary intent of Mountain Railroads of New York State is to assist the reader in the location of railroad grades, primarily abandoned, in the field. For future historians, these four volumes date, as best as possible, the period of service of each line and major industry. Many references to further, more detailed, reading on the lines are provided, especially on topics which cannot be included here: forestry, geology, finances, biographies of railroad builders, political, and social aspects, etc. A secondary intent for Mountain Railroads of New York State is to provide detailed itineraries for passengers riding on existing trains for a fuller, richer appreciation of historic sites and interpretation of natural sights along the right-of-way. Volume I consisted of two parts: The first part introduced the reader to Adirondack topics, rather than to specific geographic areas. The intention is to assist researchers working on subjects like railroads and forest products, railroads and agricultural products, railroads and mining products, railroads and agriculture, railroads and passengers, etc. The first part consists of ten chapters. The second part is geographically structured, railroad by railroad, line by line, branch by branch, station by station. Softbound, 8.5x11, 263 pages, illustrated with numerous photos, 100+ maps.

Where Did The Tracks Go In The Western Adirondacks? (Mountain Railroads of New York State) (Mountain Railroads of New York State, 12005)

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

This is the second of a four-volume set on Mountain Railroads of New York State. It includes railroads which diverged from the New York Central Main Line into the Adirondacks from the south, concentrating on the Adirondack Division, its branches, and its connecting shortlines. The major objectives of Volume Two, as well as for the other three volumes of Mountain Railroads of New York State, are: locate as precisely as possible abandoned and extant railroad grades, with their associated industries and facilities, on maps based on topographic quadrangles, i.e. an atlas. To present both the opening and closing years for these railroads and industries.

Mountain Railroads of New York State, Volume Two: Where Did the Tracks Go in the Central Adirondacks?

Mohonk: Its People and Spirit

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