Descriptive Guide Book Of The Watkins Glen Near The Village Of Watkins Head Of Seneca Lake Schuyler County Ny And Its Romantic Surroundings

Author : W. E. Robinson
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ISBN 13 : 9781332119738
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Guide Book of the Watkins Glen written by W. E. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide Book of the Watkins Glen: Near the Village of Watkins, Head of Seneca Lake, Schuvler Co;, N. Y. And Its Romantic Surroundings First in order, a short general description of the Glen and its surroundings may be interesting to the reader. Watkins - named after its founder, Dr. Samuel Watkins, a native of England - was embraced through its entire length of more than three miles, in the "Watkins and Flint purchase." This tract was obtained from the Indians, nearly a century ago, and covered a "large tract of country" around the head of Seneca Lake. The idea of unsealing this mysterious "Book of Nature" and opening its successive pages to the eyes of the "outer world," was conceived in 1863, by one M. Ells, a journalist and resident of Watkins, who deserves great credit for the measures he took to carry out his plan, by the construction of pathways and railings; building staircases, bridges, and a miniature chalet on the site of the present one (the Swiss Cottage), called the "Evergreen," and by announcing through the press of the surrounding country that on and after the 4th day of July, 1863, Watkins Glen would be open as a Summer Resort for Visitors, and a claimant for a share of the favors annually bestowed upon Niagara, Saratoga, the White Mountains, the Catskills, the Thousand Islands, Mammoth Cave, &c., &c. The popular response far exceeded the most sanguine expectations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.