Msewu Wokwerera Kumbuyo Kudutsa M'mapiri a Catskill ku New York
Njira Yochokera ku Catskill, New York, yotsatira New York State Route 23 West ku Prattsville. Kubwereranso Njira 23 Kum'mawa kupita ku State State 23A East kudutsa ku Catskill Park. Pamene Njira 23A Kumapeto imatha, tsatirani US Route 9W kumpoto kuti Njira 23 East. Pitirizani kuwoloka ku Rip Van Winkle Bridge (phindu), kenako pita ku State State 9G South kupita kumanzere kutsogolo kwa Olana State Historic Site.
"Mwalandiridwa ku dziko la Rip Van Winkle," akulemba chizindikiro chosonyeza kuti amakolo oyenda pamadzulo akulowera kumadzulo pa Njira 23 kulowera kumapiri.
Zinali m'mapiri akale a mchenga, imeneyi, kuti Washington Irving anali wokongola kwambiri ankawona zachilendo zomwe zikusewera pazinthu zisanu ndi zinayi, akuwotcha mowa wawo, ndikugona usiku womwe unatenga zaka 20. Amalonda ndi ojambula ojambula mapiriwa akukwera m'nkhalango zomwe zinkakhala zovuta kwambiri kuti dera likhale losavuta komanso lotchuka. Zithunzi zochititsa chidwi zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa nsalu ndipo zinalembedwa m'nthano kumapeto kwa moyo pamene mukutsatira njira yowonongeka.
Ku East Windham, onetsetsani kuchoka pa Njira 23 ku Point Lookout. Pa tsiku loyera, izi zikuyang'anitsitsa pambali pa malo otchuka a Captain's Inn Point Lookout (omwe kale anali Point Lookout Mountain Inn) amapereka maonekedwe a mayiko asanu. Monga njira 23 ikupitiriza kukwera, mulowera ku Catskill Park, malo okwana maekala 700,000 (pafupifupi lalikulu ngati Rhode Island) omwe ali ndi malo apadera komanso omveka m'madera anayi.
Popeza kuti pakiyo inakhazikitsidwa mu 1885, zigawo za boma, zotetezedwa ku Catskill Forest Preserve, zawonjezeka kuchoka ku 34,000 kufika pa mahekitala pafupifupi 300,000. Ndi mapiri makumi asanu ndi atatu mphambu asanu ndi atatu aatali kuposa mamita atatu, Catskills ndi imodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri a nyengo yachisanu ku New York; Windham, kumalo okwerera skim Mountain, ndilo loyamba m'matawuni angapo a cheery ski yomwe mudzakumana nawo.
Pamene mukuyandikira Prattsville, mudzawona Pratt Rock, imodzi mwa zochitika zapamwamba kwambiri za boma. Zadock Pratt, yemwe anafika ku Catskills ali kamnyamata kakang'ono, anagwira ntchito ndi kugwira ntchito mpaka atakwanitsa kutsegula nsomba ku Schoharie Creek, pogwiritsa ntchito makungwa a hemlock ochuluka, omwe anali ofunikira kupanga khungu. Pasanathe zaka makumi awiri, iye adasonkhanitsa chuma chambiri, anamanga tawuni yonse, adatsegula banki pomwe adadzipangira yekha ndalama, ndipo adapeza mpando ku Congress. Malingana ndi malo am'deralo, pamene miyala yamtengo wapatali ya miyala inadutsa mu 1843, Pratt anam'patsa masenti makumi asanu kuti adziwe mbiri yake pamapiri. Wokondwa ndi zotsatira zake, adatumiza mbiri yake yonse ya moyo kumangoyang'ana pamwamba. Alendo amene amakwera njoka ya serpentin ku Pratt Rock adzawona mahatchi, zizindikiro ndi zizindikiro zina, kuphatikizapo malaya a Pratt ndi mawu akuti: "Muzichita Zabwino Ndipo Musakayikire."
Chimene chinayambira ngati chophimba chopanda pake chidakhala chikumbutso kwa mwana wamwamuna yekha wa Pratt, George, Wachigwirizano wa Nkhondo Yachikhalidwe, yemwe adamuonjezera ku khoma la thanthwe la mazana asanu ndi limodzi atamwalira ku nkhondo ya Manassas. Popanda olandira ufumu wake, Pratt sali kukumbukira kutali ndi malire a tawuni yomwe adasintha, koma ku Prattsville, kumene nyumba yake ya 1829 tsopano ndi Zadock Pratt Museum, ndi nthano chabe.
Mukadutsa nsomba za anthu ambiri pamene mukutsatira Njira 23A East pamtsinje wa Schoharie Creek womwe umadzaza Hunter ndi Tannersville, mizinda ikuluikulu yamapiri yomwe imakhala pamodzi ndi alendo m'nyengo yachisanu, nsomba yozizira, nyengo yachilimwe ndi tsamba lakugwa. nyengo ku Hunter Mountain. Dothi la mkungudza limene iwe udzawona kumanzere usanafike ku Hunter ndi St. John Baptist Baptist Church Church. Tchalitchi cha 1962 ndi nyumba zina zinamangidwa popanda misomali, mumayendedwe ka Chiyukireniya. Alendo amatha kuyesa chakudya cha ku Ukraine pamsonkhano wachisanu.
Pamene njira 23A imatsikira ku Haines Falls, yang'anani kumanzere kumtunda wa North Lake Road / County Road 18, kumene mungapeze pakhomo la kumpoto kwa nyanja ya South-South: nyanja ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kumalo osungiramo malo.
Anthu oyendayenda omwe amatsata Njira ya Escarpment kuti azindikire ngati Rock Rock ndi malo a Catskill Mountain House omwe adakhalapo oyang'anira atatu pakati pa 1824 ndi 1941, adzalandira mawonedwe opangidwa ndi ojambula a Hudson River School kuphatikizapo Thomas Cole, bambo wa sukulu iyi yoyamba ya ku America yopenta zojambula.
Mtsinje wa Kaaterskill , Mphepete mwa mapiri awiri a ku New York ndi malo ena opangidwa ndi pepala, amatha kufika pamsewu womwe umachokera ku Escarpment Trail, kapena mukhoza kupitilira makilomita atatu kudutsa ku North Lake Road pa Njira 23A kupita kumanja malo osungirako magalimoto. Samalani mukamayenda pamsewu wathanzi ku Bastion Falls, omwe ali pamtunda wa makilomita ochepa kwambiri, okwera makilomita ochepa kupita ku Kaaterskill Falls. Mphepete mwa makilomita 260 ndi awiri omwe amachititsa chidwi kwambiri m'chaka, pamene kusungunuka chisanu ndi ayezi kumawonjezera kuthamanga kwa madzi pazitsulo zamathanthwe.
Njira 23A imakhala yosangalatsa kwambiri pamene mukupitirizabe kupita ku Catskill. Musanayende njira ya 23 East kudutsa la Rip Van Winkle Bridge, pitani kumanzere ku Spring Street / Route 385. Kunyumba kwa Cole kunyumba ndi studio ku Thomas Cole National Historic Site akudziwitsani za ntchito yapadera ya munthu wodziwa kwambiri wodziwa Chingerezi amene Zithunzi zoyamba za Akatekills, zojambulajambula mu 1825, zinatenga dziko la New York City luso lachisomo. Oposa makumi asanu ndi awiri ojambula amatsata kutsogolera kwa Cole, akupanga zojambula zowala ndi zojambula bwino zomwe zinapangitsa kulemekeza kukongola kwa maonekedwe apadera a America.
Mutatha kuwoloka ku bwalo lakumpoto la Hudson, pitani kunyumba ya Frederic Edwin Church, wophunzira wa Cole ndi mmodzi mwa ojambula omwe amapanga sukulu. Chifukwa chodziwika bwino ndi zilembo zake zazikuru, ntchito yaikulu kwambiri ya tchalitchi chinali Olana, malo omwe analenga mothandizidwa ndi katswiri wotchedwa Calvert Vaux. Polimbikitsidwa ndi zomangamanga zomwe adaziwona ku Middle East, tchalitchi chinkapangira nyumba yolemera ndi maonekedwe ndi mtundu, ndipo adaligwiritsa ntchito ndikukulitsa pakati pa 1870 ndi 1890. Anapatsanso mphamvu zowonetsera misewu ya malo kotero kuti zochitika zochititsa chidwi Hudson ndi Catskills anali kuwululidwa mwachiwerengero.
Pamene mukusangalala ndi maulendo awa, mosangalala mukasintha nthawi, mudzazindikira kuti ngakhale wakale wa Rip atakhala atatha zaka zana, akadakali kuchokera kumapiri, akudula ndevu zake pododometsa, koma otetezeka mu chidziwitso chakuti "apo panali mapiri a Kaatskill-kumeneko munathamanga Silver Hudson."
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