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Kaaterskill Falls is a two-stage waterfall on Spruce Creek in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene County.The two cascades total 260 feet (79 m) in height, making Kaaterskill Falls one of the highest waterfalls in New York, and one of the Eastern United States' tallest waterfalls.
Kaaterskill Falls is a 1998 novel by Allegra Goodman, set in a small Orthodox Jewish community in the Catskill Mountains during summers in the mid-1970s. The location is based on the town of Tannersville, New York , where Goodman spent summers with her family. [ 1 ]
John Frederick Kensett (March 22, 1816 – December 14, 1872) was an American landscape painter and engraver born in Cheshire, Connecticut.He was a member of the second generation of the Hudson River School of artists.
It is located at 218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY, United States. The site provided Thomas Cole with a residence and studio from 1833 through his death in 1848. [4] The property was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. [2] [5] It was designated a National Historic Site in 1999 and is an affiliated area of the National Park Service. [6]
Bryant, poet and newspaper editor, would poetically capture the Kaaterskill in his poem "Caaterskill Falls." [7] Combining two locations—Kaaterskill Falls and the Clove—in an idealized format, the painting illustrates the idea of communing with Nature. As kindred spirits, Cole and Bryant both shared a passion for the American landscape.
Kaaterskill Clove is a deep gorge, or valley, in New York's eastern Catskill Mountains, lying just west of the village of Palenville and in Haines Falls. The clove was formed by Kaaterskill Creek, a tributary of Catskill Creek rising west of North Mountain, and is estimated by geologists to be as much as 1 million years old. [1] Kaaterskill ...
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Susie M. Barstow was the daughter of old-time New York City tea merchant Samuel Barstow (1805-1884) and Mary Tyler Blossom (1813-1895), whose lineage traces back to one of the original passengers of the Mayflower.