Hidden treasures of the Catskills
(Book)

"While New York's Catskill Mountains region remains a popular destination for snow skiing, hunting, trout fishing and hiking, its history as a booming summer resort, which began in the nineteenth century and continued through a period when a portion of it was known as the Borsch Belt, stimulated the construction of a number of structures that today serve as remnants of an earlier time. While that era is mostly extinct now, railroads that once transported tourists, smaller nineteenth century hotels that provided them lodging and some taverns that were once the sites of political and social celebrations now exist as historic museums and/or are engaged in alternate purposes such as antique shops and other retail enterprises. In this book, read about and discover a variety of sites that remain under the mainstream tourist destination radar."--back cover