Timeline Shawangunk  1900 - 1970

  1.  1901
    1901 - It seems but yesterday that Hubbard uttered those prophetic words as he and I lay before our blazing camp fire in the snow-covered Shawangunk Mountains on that November night in the year 1901, and planned that fateful trip into the unexplored Labrador wilderness ...
     

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    From The Long Labrador Trail - Related web pages
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  2.  1902
    Dec 1, 1902 - TOWN OF SHAWANGUNK, 77 App. Div. 645 (1902) Norman Eckert, as Administrator, etc., of Charles Eckert, Deceased, Respondent, v. The Town of Shawangunk, Appellant. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department. December Term, 1902. Judgment and order reversed and ...
    From … Division Reports - ECKERT v. TOWN OF SHAWANGUNK, 77 App. Div. … - Related web pages
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  3.  1903
    1903 - Constructed in 1903, the Undercliff Carriage Road winds its way through the tall cliffs of the Shawangunk Mountains. Known for its stability, the quartzite conglomerate rock is a favorite destination for climbers from around the world. The rocks also provide ...
     

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    From Moondance Ridge Bed & Breakfast - Events & Attractions - Related web pages
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  4.  1904
    Nov 1, 1904 - TOWN OF SHAWANGUNK, 98 App. Div. 577 (1904) 90 NYS 760 ELSIE B. MACK, by ELINORA E. MORROW, her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. THE TOWN OF SHAWANGUNK, Appellant. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department. November, 1904. Page 578 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE ...
    From … Division Reports - MACK v. TOWN OF SHAWANGUNK, 98 App. Div. 577 … - Related web pages
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  5.  1906
    Jun 17, 1906 - Passing through the Shawangunk Tunnel the trout country is reached. On the main line the road runs through the Neversink, /[, Willowemoc, and Beaver Kill trouting districts, and on all the branches are famous angling streams. The region traversed by the Ontario is full of interest to ...
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  6.  1907
    1907 - The old Goshen and Minisink turnpike road of the last century, crossing Shawangunk Mountain just west of Greenville village, was changed by the State to a macadam road constructed or, nearly so, in 1907. It takes a new route across the mountain and has greatly ...
     

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    From Full text of "The history of Orange County, New York" - Related web pages
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  7.  1918
    Jun 23, 1918 - At tho time of the construction bl the Delaware and Hudson Canal, about 1823; the range of the Shawangunk Dfountains. directly east of Port Jervis, presented no doubt an ... ~'Vith modern for tunneling, a tunnel largo for a canal could be carried through the Shawangunk range. ...
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  8.  1921
    1921 - There are many trails throughout the preserve, and we took some that led up to the tower, which was constructed in memory of Albert Smiley in 1921. There is also a popular rock scramble called the Lemon Squeeze, that leads up to the tower. Mostly anyone living in ...
     

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  9.  1934
    May 26, 1934 - Barney Ross, Chicago's lightweight champion of all the world, finished his training today here in the Shawangunk foothills of the Catskill mountains, about a hundred miles from New York as a crow would fly over this country of winding roads. ROSS WALLOPS. TWO OPPONENTS. IN FINAL DRILL ...
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  10.  1936
    Aug 2, 1936 - ... .A move to popularize the new on the Mt. Meenahga estate on top of the Shawangunk Mountains near Ellenville, N, Y., received fresh impetus this weel-end when about twenty-five glider pilots gathered to participate tn a meet sponsored by the Metropolitan Soaring Association. ...
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  11.  1951
    Jul 15, 1951 - Walter and Louise March, owners of large tracts in the Shawangunk Mountains, announced plans yesterday for improving a large section in ... The first homes will be in a colony called Shawangunk Bends, and will be part of a housing project covering 120 acres along the Shawangunk River. ...
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  12.  1960
    1960 - Construction of the highway began later than other interstates in New York as legal hurdles to the construction of the bridge had to be removed, and federal funding was more limited when it finally began in 1960. It was completed 12 years later, becoming a major ...
     

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  13.  1962
    Jun 3, 1962 - ELLENVILLE, NY A large greensward that has been growing with the passage of each year, thanks to the work of local resort owners, has become an site for tourists as they motor along US 209 at a point... about a mile southwest of this Shawangunk Mountain community. ...
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  14.  1963
    1963 - In 1963, the brothers' families placed a large parcel of land -- more than 5000 acres -- into a non-profit entity, the Mohonk Preserve. Maintained by annual memberships and day-use fees, this vast wilderness resource offers a broad spectrum of outdoor opportunity.
     

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  15.  1969
    Nov 2, 1969 - State acquisition of the 10500-acre Lake Minnewaska tract of woodlands and lakes in Ulster County's Shawangunk Mountains is to be sought by the State Council of Parks and Outdor Recreation in the new state budget. A letter saying that the tract "would be an extremely valuable addition ...
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  16.  1970
    Jul 1, 1970 - That enticing strip of woodland lakes, waterfalls and forest glens in the Shawangunk Mountains of Ulster County adjacent to the privately protected and equally beautiful Lake Mohonk tract is to become Minnewaska State Park after all instead of something like Minnewaska Homes or ...
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