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The result of more than 40 years of research on the Catskill forest, The Catskill Forest: A History by Dr. Michael Kudish 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, and forest industries. A must for anyone who loves the Catskills. -
In the 16th century, the converts to the new Calvinist religion in the southern Netherlands fought on the losing side in the revolution against Spain and the Catholic Church. Unsuccessful in their battle to win the right to worship as they wished in their homeland, where they were treated as criminals, they wandered stateless for decades and finally crossed the Atlantic in the company of Dutch entrepreneurs to populate important areas of the New World. These refugees from the southern provinces, whose new neighbors were Dutch, gradually forgot that they were not ethnically Dutch but Walloon and Flemish, from a part of the world that is now known as Belgium. This book is an effort to retell their frequently distorted and even suppressed story. -
The lore of Lake George and its individual islands, drawn from the author’s forty-two years as a New York State ranger and ranger supervisor there. Frank Leobruno blends history, description and reminiscences of people he has met, Lake George natives and campers, for a book at once informative and warmly intimate. -
A history of the creation of the Ashokan Reservoir from 1905 inception to 1917 completion and what it involved: the emptying, damming and inundation of the inhabited valley to bring pure water to New York City. -
Like his three previous books in this series, this fourth and final volume is a monumental atlas. It covers the Catskills region from the Hudson Valley to the West Branch Delaware River Valley. Included are the Ulster & Delaware; the Delaware & Northern; the New York, Ontario & 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 & 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. -
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A highly-readable illustrated history of the geology of the Catskills, by renowned experts on the subject. -
The cornerstone book of any collection of books on the Catskills, Alf Evers' definitive history of the region is once again available. -
In her third book on the Mohicans, Shirley Dunn surveys their important role in the history of colonial New York: their interactions with Europeans, their relations with other powerful tribes including the Mohawks and Esopus Indians, and their participation in military events. This new edition features a foreword by Justin Wexler, cofounder of Wild Hudson Valley, a forest farm and environmental education organization based in Cairo, New York. -
This is an addendum of supplemental and updated material for Volume 4 of this series, Where Did the Tracks Go in the Catskills? It contains 31 new maps and detailed text for cattle passes, charcoal kilns, quarries, logging lines and other industries, as well as emergences from reservoirs, construction, and relocations. -
An exhaustively-researched view into the Mohicans' ways of life and dealings with Europeans during the period after initial contact. -
Along the northern edge of broad fertile plains of the Schoharie Valley south of Middleburgh abruptly rises a unique natural mountain upon which one’s eye cannot help but focus. This is the famed Vrooman’s Nose, named for the Dutch pioneer from Schenectady who bought land including this mountain in 1712. Scientist and historian Vincent J. Schaefer traces the story of this prominent Schoharie Valley landmark from its shaping by the great continental glacier to its preservation by a dedicated community and the direct descendants of Adam Vrooman (b. 1649). -
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New York City's water system is an engineering marvel, delivering 1.3 billion gallons of water daily to nine million people. Now in its third printing, Liquid Assets presents a detailed history of the system, encompassing engineering, political and social history. The 2016 expanded edition includes 36 new pages and a portfolio of color photos detailing infrastructure projects, watershed protection programs, conservation efforts and recreation and historic preservation initiatives launched since original publication in 1999. -
Updated 2025 edition of a book that has become of classic of Adirondack history. In “Breaking Trail,” authors Peggy Lynn and Sandra Weber teamed up to present the stories of remarkable and courageous women who blazed trails–literally!–through the Adirondacks in the early 20th century. -
The history of Native American presence within Bear Mountain State Park as evidenced in specific places and archaeological finds that readers can visit and view there today. -
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From 1833 to 1878, the Chemung Canal served as one of the lateral canals in New York State, capitalizing on the wildly successful Erie Canal that had opened in 1825. The Chemung Canal connected the Chemung River in Elmira, New York, to Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen, New York. -
The untold story of two men's mysterious underground deaths in 1930 at the famous Howe Caverns in upstate New York and the dramatic courtroom battle that followed. -
From Rip Van Winkle to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, art to ancient forests, and so much in between, this collection of essays explores the history and lore of the Catskill Mountains. Selected and with an introduction by renowned Catskills writer Bill Birns and beautifully illustrated with color photos and artwork throughout.
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A comprehensive illustrated history of Delaware County encompassing peoples and settlement, industries and agriculture, transportation and tourism, wartime, the coming of the reservoirs, and the shifting economy and demographics of recent times. -
The second volume in Shirley Dunn's masterful two-part survey of Mohican history during the period of European contact.
