ICatskills Idrafti yeDiskhi: Ukutyelela ezi Ntaba ezingapheliyo

Indlela Ehamba Ngendlela Ehamba Ngeentaba ZaseCatskill eNew York

Umzila ovela eCatskill, eNew York, landela iNew York State Route 23 West ukuya ePrattsville. Umzila we-Backtrack I-East ukuya kwi-State Route 23A East ukuya kwiCatskill Park. Xa iNdlela ye-23A yeMpuma iphela, landela US Route 9W North ukuya kwindlela ye-East-East. Qhubeka ngaphesheya kweRip Van Winkle Bridge (ii-toll), uze ujike ngasekunene kwi-State Route 9G eMzantsi ukuya ekungeneni kwesango lase-Olana.

"Siyakwamkela ezweni likaRip Van Winkle," sifunda isibonakaliso sokubonga abathungisi abahamba ngasentshonalanga kwindlela ye-23 ukuya kwintaba ephakamileyo.

Kwakule mihlathi yamatye emandulo, emnyama, okwenene, ukuba u-Washington Irving wayengumntu onomdla obona izinto ezingaqhelekanga ezidlala ezintlanu, ezitshiywe utywala, waza walala ubusuku obuneminyaka engama-20. Abadlali beengxelo kunye nabaculi baphakanyisile ezi ntaba zinyameko zihlambela emahlathini ahlambulukileyo kwixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba ummandla ube yi-vacationland efikelelekayo kwaye ithandwayo. Iimpawu eziqingqiweyo ezithathiwe kwinqanawa kwaye zibhalwa kwiingonyama zitsho ebomini njengoko ulandela umkhondo wendlela yokuloba.

E-East Windham, qiniseka ukuba usuka kwiNdlela yesi-23 kwi-Point Lookout. Kwiintsuku ezicacileyo, oku kujonga ngaphaya kweCapetain's Inn Point Lookout (eyayiyiPot Lookout Mountain Inn) inika imibono yesihlanu. Njengoko iNdlela 23 iyaqhubeka ukunyuka, uza kungena kwiCatskill Park, indawo engama-700,000 (malunga ne-Rhode Island) enokuzibandakanya kumazwe abucala kunye noluntu kumaziko amane.

Ekubeni ipaki yenziwe ngo-1885, ukubanjwa kwelizwe, kukhuselwe kwiCatskill Forest Preserve, kuye kwanda ukusuka kuma-34,000 ukuya kuma-acre 300,000. Ngeentsika ezingamashumi asibhozo anesibhozo ezithatha iinqwelo eziliwaka ezintathu, iiKatskills ziyingxenye yezona ndawo eziqhelekileyo eziza kubusika zaseNew York; Windham, ikhaya kwi-skiw Mountain ski, indawo yokuqala kwiidolophu ezininzi ze-cheery eziza kuhlangana nazo.

Njengoko usondela ePrattsville, uza kubona iPratt Rock, enye yezinto ezikhangeleka zikarhulumente. UZadock Pratt, owafika kwiCatskills njengenkwenkwe encinci, wayesebenza kwaye wayicacisa kwaze kwaba yilapho ekwazi ukuvula i-tannery kwi-Schoharie Creek, ukuxhamla ubuninzi be-hemlock bark, ebalulekileyo ekwenzeni isikhumba. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini, wayedla i-fortune, wakha idolophu yonke, wavula ibhankini apho wayifaka khona imali yakhe, wafumana isihlalo kwiCongress. Ngokutsho kwendawo yendawo, xa i-stonecutter ehambahambayo yajikeleza ngo-1843, uPratt wamnika amasenti angamashumi amahlanu ukuba ahlambe iprofayili yakhe kwinqanaba leentaba. Ekholiswa yiphumo, wayithumelela ibali lakhe lobomi elichanekileyo kwi-cliff face. Ababhenkethi abakhwela i-serpentine e-Pratt Rock baya kubona ihashe, i-hemlock kunye nezinye iimpawu, kuquka neengubo zikaPratt zeengalo kunye nesantetho: "Yenza kakuhle kwaye ungaqiniseki."

Oko kwaqala njengesikhumbuzo sokuba yintsipho yaba isikhumbuzo kwindodana kaPratt yedwa, uGeorge, umkhosi weMfazwe yombutho, owabanjelwa ngodonga lwamala angamakhulu amahlanu ngamanqina emva kokufa kwakhe kwi-Battle of Manassas. Ngaphandle kwendlalifa ebukumkanini bakhe, uPratt akakhunjulwa ngaphaya kwemida yedolophu edlulileyo, kodwa ePrattsville, apho ikhaya lakhe lalingu-1829 ngoku liyiMyuziyam yaseZadock Pratt.

Uya kudlula iinkalo zoluntu zokuloba njengoko ulandela iNdlela ye-23A eMpuma kunye ne-Stharie Creek ezaliswe nge-trout eya eHunter naseTannersville, iidolophana ezimbini ezinqabileyo zentaba ezihamba kunye neendwendwe ngexesha lokubhakabhaka kwasebusika, ukuloba i-fly-fishing, imikhosi yasehlobo kunye nokuwa kweqabunga amaxesha e-Hunter Intaba. I-complex catch-tree, i-sededar log you will see ngakwesobunxele ngaphambi kokuba ufike eHunter nguSt. John umBhaptizi iSonto lamaKatolika lamaKatolika. I-basilica yase-1962 kunye nezinye izakhiwo zakhiwe ngaphandle kwepiki, kwindlela yokwakha yaseMukraine. Ababhenkethi banokukrazula i-Ukraine ukutya kwiqela laseCawa.

Njengendlela ye-23A yehla eHaines Falls, jonga ikhohlo kwiNorth Lake Road / County Road 18, apho uza kufumana ukungena kweLwandle oluseNyakatho-South: ulwandle lwaseburhulumenteni, indawo yeenkampu kwaye ulondoloze.

Abahambahambayo abalandela umzila we-Escarpment kwiindawo eziphambili ezifana neLatye loMculi kunye nesiza se-Catskill yeNdlu yeNdlu-eyayiba ngabaongameli abathathu phakathi kweendwendwe zayo eziphakamileyo phakathi kwe-1824 no-1941-baya kujongana neembono ezenziwe kwintsimbi ngabapendeli beSikolo se-Hudson River kuquka noTomas Cole, utata wesi sikolo sokuqala seMelika sokupenda.

I-Kaaterskill Falls , e-New York ephakamileyo yamanzi e-New York kunye nomnye umzobo odweyiweyo, ungasifumana ngeendlela eziphambuka kwi-Escarpment Trail, okanye unokuqhubeka neekhilomitha ezili-3 ngaphaya kweNorth Lake Road kwiNdlela 23A ukuya kwicala lasekunene indawo yokupaka. Zilumke xa usenza indlela ehamba ngeendlela ezinqamlekileyo kwi-Bastion Falls, elisezantsi kwinqanaba le-rocky and rooty, i-mile-mile elilinganayo linyuka eKaaterskill Falls. I-cascade ephindwe ngamanqanaba angama-260 eyoyikwesaba kakhulu entwasahlobo, xa ukutyutyhula ikhephu kunye neqhwa kwandisa ukukhawuleza kwamanzi kwiindawo ezikhohlakeleyo.

Umzila 23A uthabatha i-S-turn when you continue the desccent to Catskill. Ngaphambi kokuba ulandele iNdlela 23 yeMpuma ngaphesheya kweRip Van Winkle Bridge, jikela ngakwesobunxele ukuya kwiSpanish Street / Route 385. Iindwendwe zasekhaya likaClele kunye ne-studio kwiTrock Cole National Historic Site inikeza ingqiqo kumsebenzi ophawulekayo waloo mntu ufundela isiNgesi, Ukuboniswa kokuqala kwamaCatskills, atywe ngowe-1825, wathatha iNew York City art art by storm. Amanqaku angaphezu kwemashumi anesibhozo aya kulandela ukukhokela kukaColle, ukudala imidwebo ekhanyayo kunye eneenkcukacha ezicacileyo ezenza ukuba uhloniphe ubuhle beendawo zaseMelika eziyingqayizivele.

Emva kokuba uwele kwi-bhanki empuma ye-Hudson, tyelela kwikhaya likaFréderic Edwin Church, umfundi kaClele kunye nomnye wabalingisi bezona zikolo abaphumelele. Eyaziwayo ngeendawo zakhe ezinkulu, umsebenzi omkhulu kwiCawa yayinguOlana, indawo ayenayo ngoncedo lomqambi uCalvert Vaux. Ekhutshwe ngumbuso wobuMoor ayewubonile kuMbindi Mpuma, iBandla lenza ikhaya elityebileyo ekubunjweni kunye nombala, kwaye wakha waza wandisa phakathi kwe-1870 neye-1890. Wanikezela ngamandla amakhulu ukuyila iindlela zepropati ukuze I-Hudson kunye neCatskills babonakalisiwe ngokubala.

Njengoko ujabulisa le vistas, unonwabo ngokuncinci ukutshintshwa kwinqanaba lexesha, uya kuqonda ukuba nangona u-Rip osemdala sele elele iminyaka engamawaka, wayesele ehla ezintabeni, ehlutha intshebe yakhe ngokuphazamiseka, kodwa ekhuselekile ulwazi lokuba "kwakukhona amaNtaba aseKaatskill-kwakukho isilivere iHalson."

Ukugqitywa kwi- Backroads yaseNew York , itafile yekhofu kunye nencwadi yesikhokelo ebonisa iinkcazo, ingxelo, iimephu kunye neefoto kwiimoto ezingama-28 zaseNew York State. Umbhalo © 2007 nguKim Knox Beckius. Ishicilelwe nguVictoria Press. Onke Amalungelo Agciniwe. Ishicilelwe ngemvume.