Catskills Drive Scenic: Yawon shakatawa Wadannan Mountains mutuwa

Hanyar Hanya Ta Hanyar Kasuwanci Ta Hanyar Catskill na New York

Hanyar Daga Catskill, New York, bi hanyar Route na Jihar New York 23 West zuwa Prattsville. Wayar Backtrack 23 Gabas zuwa Ƙasar Jihar 23A Gabas ta hanyar Catskill Park. Lokacin da Route 23A Gabas ya ƙare, sai ku bi hanyar US Route 9W arewa zuwa Route 23 Gabas. Ci gaba a cikin Rip Van Winkle Bridge (toll), sa'an nan kuma juya dama a kan Dokar Jihar 9G Kudancin zuwa hannun hagu na Olon State Historic Site.

"Barka da zuwa ƙasar Rip Van Winkle," ya karanta wata alamar da ke nuna wa masu motocin motsa kai kan yammacin Route 23 zuwa ga tsaunukan sama.

Ya kasance a cikin wadannan dutsen kullun, wanda ba a san ba, hakika, halin da ake ciki na Washington Irving ya sa 'yan kasuwa da ke wasa a tara tara, sun shayar da giya, sa'an nan kuma suka yi barci don wani dare da ya wuce shekaru 20. Mawallafa da masu zane-zane sun tayar da wadannan tuddai masu tasowa a cikin gandun daji na hawaye har zuwa matsayi na yau da kullum kafin wannan yanki ya zama sanannen wuri mai ban sha'awa. Tarihin almara da aka samu a kan zane da kuma rubuce a cikin fables sun fara zuwa rayuwa kamar yadda kake bin hanya ta hanyoyi na wannan jirgin sama.

A Gabas Windham, tabbas za a cire hanyar Route 23 a Point Lookout. A kwanakin da suka wuce, wannan ya kau da kai a gefen madaukakin abin Captain's Inn Point Lookout (tsohon Point Lookout Mountain Inn) yana bayarwa game da jihohi biyar. Kamar yadda Route 23 ya ci gaba da hawan, za ku shiga Catskill Park, yankin 700,000-acre (kusan girman Rhode Island) wanda ke kunshe da ƙasashe masu zaman kansu da jama'a a yankuna hudu.

Tun lokacin da aka gina wurin shakatawa a 1885, dukiyar jihar, wanda aka tsare a cikin Catskill Forest Reserve, ya karu daga 34,000 zuwa kusan 300,000 kadada. Tare da tudun tasa'in da takwas a kan tudu da suka wuce mita dubu uku, Catskills na daya daga cikin wurare masu shahararrun hunturu na New York; Windham, a cikin filin jirgin sama na Windham, shi ne na farko na ƙauyukan ƙauyuka masu farin ciki da za ku haɗu.

Yayin da kake kusanci Prattsville, za ku ga Pratt Rock, daya daga cikin abubuwan da ke faruwa a jihar. Zadock Pratt, wanda ya zo Catskills a matsayin yaron yaro, ya yi aiki har sai ya iya iya buɗe wani tannery a Schoharie Creek, yana amfani da yawan yalwar da yake da muhimmanci ga tsari na fata. A cikin shekaru ashirin, sai ya tara dukiyarsa, ya gina gari duka, ya bude banki wanda ya tara kuɗin kansa, ya lashe wurin zama a majalisa. A cewar tsohuwar gida, lokacin da wani dutse mai banƙyama ya ɓoye a cikin 1843, Pratt ya ba shi hamsin hamsin don ya rubuta martaba a kan dutsen dutse. Da aka yi masa sakamakon wannan sakamakon, sai ya ba da cikakken labari game da rayuwarsa. Masu ziyara da suke hawa da maciji sun tashi a Pratt Rock za su ga doki, alamomi da wasu alamomin, ciki har da gaskiyar Pratt da makamai: "Yi da kyau kuma ba shakka ba."

Abin da ya fara ne a matsayin abin tunawa ga girman kai ya zama abin tunawa ga ɗan ɗan Pratt, George, wani yakin basasa na Kundin Kasa, wanda aka kara da shi a kan bangon dutsen da ya kai mita biyar bayan mutuwarsa a yakin Manassas. Ba tare da wani magaji ga daularsa ba, ba a tuna Pratt a kan iyakokin garin ba, amma a Prattsville, inda gidansa na 1829 yanzu shi ne Zadock Pratt Museum, ya kasance labari.

Za ku shiga wuraren kifi na yankunan jama'a kamar yadda kuka bi Route 23A gabas tare da Schoharie Creek zuwa ga Hunter da Tannersville, ƙauyuka biyu masu tuddai waɗanda suka damu tare da baƙi a lokacin hunturu, yanayi a Hunter Mountain. Ganin ido, kullun itacen al'ul za ku gani a gefen hagu kafin ku isa Hunter shine St. John Baptist Baptist Ukrainian Church Katolika. Basilica ta 1962 da sauran gine-ginen an gina ba tare da kusoshi ba, a cikin al'adun gargajiya na Ukrainian. Masu ziyara za su iya samo abinci na Ukrain a cikin hutun rani na ranar Lahadi.

Kamar yadda Hanyar 23A ta sauka zuwa Haines Falls, sai ka duba gefen hagu a kan titin Lake Lake Road / Road Road 18, inda za ku sami ƙofar arewa maso yammacin tekun: rairayin bakin teku, filin sansani da kuma adana.

Masu binciken da suka bi tafarkin Escarpment zuwa wurare masu mahimmanci kamar Rock Rocket da shafin gidan Catskill Mountain-wanda ya ƙidaya 'yan majalisa guda uku tsakanin masu zuwa tsakanin 1824 zuwa 1941-zasu ji daɗin abubuwan da Hudson River School painters ya hada da Thomas Cole, mahaifin wannan makaranta na farko na Amurka a zane-zane.

Kaaterskill Falls , Newfall 's top two-tiered waterfall da kuma wani zane-zane-zane, za a iya isa ta hanyar hanyar da ke jan hankalin daga hanyar Escarpment Trail, ko kuma za ku iya ci gaba da 1.3 km daga Arewa Lake Road a kan Route 23A zuwa hannun dama filin ajiye motoci. Yi hankali a hankali lokacin da kake yin hanyarka a kan hanya zuwa ƙananan Bastion Falls, wanda yake a gefen hawan dutse don dutsen da kuma raƙuman ruwa, matsakaicin kilomita mai tsayi zuwa Kaaterskill Falls. Kwancen kwalliya mai tsawon mita 260 ya kasance a mafi yawan abin mamaki a cikin bazara, lokacin da ruwan sama da kankara suke narkewa ya karu da ruwan da ke kan tudu.

Hanyar 23A tana ɗaukan S-jũya yayin da kake ci gaba da hawan ka zuwa Catskill. Kafin ka bi Route 23 Gabas a fadin Rip Van Winkle Bridge, juya hagu a kan titin Road Street / Route 385. Gidan Tarihin Cole da gidan studio a dandalin Tarihin Tarihi na Thomas Cole yana ba da hankali game da irin wannan aiki na wannan mutumin da ake koyar da shi a cikin harshen Ingilishi, wanda na farko na Catskills, fentin a 1825, ya ɗauki birnin art na New York City ta hanyar hadari. Fiye da saba'in masu fasaha za su bi Cole jagorancin su, suna samar da hotuna mai haske da cikakken zane waɗanda suka nuna girmamawa ga kyakkyawan kyan gani na Amurka.

Bayan ka haye zuwa bankin gabas na Hudson, ziyarci gidan Frederic Edwin Church, ɗaliban Cole kuma daya daga cikin manyan malaman makaranta. An san shi da kayan aikinsa, babban aikin Ikilisiya shine Olana, dukiyar da ya kirkiro tare da taimakon mai tsarawa Calvert Vaux. Yayin da Gine-ginen ya yi ta haɓaka da shi a Gabas ta Tsakiya, Ikilisiya ya gina gida mai arziki a cikin launi da launi, kuma ya gina shi kuma ya fadada shi tsakanin 1870 zuwa 1890. Ya kuma ba da babbar ƙarfin makamashi don tsara hanyoyin hanyoyi don haka abubuwan da suka dace da Hudson da Catskills an kwatanta su da yawa.

Yayin da kuke jin dadin wadannan zane-zane, kuna jin dadi kadan lokacin lokacin, za ku gane cewa ko da tsohon Rip ya kwanta har shekara ɗari, zai kasance daga tsaunuka, yana ci gaba da gemunsa, yana da matukar damuwa a cikin Sanin cewa "akwai tsaunukan Kaatskill da suke tsaye - akwai Hudson azurfa."

An cire shi daga Fuskoki na New York , teburin teburin da littafi mai shiryarwa da ke nuna alamomi, sharuɗɗa, taswira da daukar hotunan daukar hoto don wasan kwaikwayo 28 a Jihar New York. Rubutun © 2007 na Kim Knox Beckius. An buga ta Voyageur Press. Duk haƙƙoƙin haƙƙin mallaka. Rubuta tare da izini.