The Gunks Ridge and Valley Towns Through Time: Shawangunk Mountains - Couverture souple

Knapp, Professor And Chairman Department Of Geography Ronald G; O'Donnell, Michael Neil

 
9781635000146: The Gunks Ridge and Valley Towns Through Time: Shawangunk Mountains
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1635000149 ISBN 13 : 9781635000146
Editeur : America Through Time, 2015

Synopsis

Explore the history of the Shawangunk Mountain's breathtaking landscapes, sky lakes, and historical Victorian hotels from the 19th century to present day.

The Shawangunk Mountains―the Gunks―are renowned for stunning landscapes on and off the ridge in a region that has remained a favorite destination for visitors since the middle of the nineteenth century. While the mountain elevations are not high―nowhere exceeding 2240 feet―they present rugged topography with glistening grey-white escarpments, jumbled boulders at the base of cliffs, deep crevices, as well as precipitation-fed "sky lakes." Arnold Guyot, the first Professor of Geology and Geography at Princeton University, remarked in 1887 that "Few spots on our continent unite so much beauty of scenery, both grand and lovely, within so small a compass, to be enjoyed with so much ease," a sentiment echoed by many today. Three magnificent Victorian hotels were constructed in the northern Shawangunk Mountains in the decades after 1869, one situated along Lake Mohonk and two others on cliffs above Lake Minnewaska. Only the grand Mohonk Mountain House remains. Framing the Gunks are the valleys of the Rondout Creek and the Wallkill River where one finds New Paltz, which lays claim to being "one of the oldest towns in America" because of the stone houses aligned along Huguenot Street, as well as quaint hamlets like Gardiner, Rosendale, Accord, High Falls, and Marbletown.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ronald G. Knapp is a historical-cultural geographer at State University of New York at New Paltz, where he taught from 1968 to 2001. For the past forty-five years his research has focused on China's frontier history and Chinese vernacular architecture, with many books that celebrate these traditions.

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Éditeur
America Through Time
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1635000149
ISBN 13 
9781635000146
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
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