Ulster & Delaware Railroad Company
The Ulster and Delaware Railroad was located in the State of New York State and founded in the city of Kingston, New York. It was advertised in old newspapers as "The Only All-Rail Route To the Catskill Mountains.
This ad appeared in the New York Tribune - 1903
The following article was printed in the New York Tribune - 1903
The Only All Rail Route to the Catskills.
The only all rail route to the
Catskills is afforded by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, which
leads to the vicinity of all points of Interest in this most
attractive and enjoyable mountain region. In fact, it was not until
it was constructed that the larger part of the region in Ulster and
Delaware counties.
A BROOK IN THE CATSKILLS - As it was known at all to summer
visitors. The Greene County Catskills were then only known to those
who took the long trip in mountain stages from the village of
Catskill on the Hudson. It was in 1866 that the construction of the
Ulster and Delaware Railroad was begun along the valley of the Esopus
Creek from Kingston westward, and it was not until last year that it
was completed to Oneonta, in Otsego County, 108 miles from the
Hudson, where connection is made with the Susquehanna. Division of the Delaware and Hudson
Railroad, and near where direct connection is made for the delightful
Cooperstown and Richfleld Springs part of the State. But four years
after its inception the Ulster and Delaware was in use to reach a
part of the ever delightful Catskill region and a few years later it
was extended to Stamford on the headwaters of the Delaware.
In overcoming the difficulties in its
construction the engineers had to solve many perplexing problems but
the road was ultimately completed successfully. When It was first
deemed feasible to build a branch from Phoenicia through the famous
Stony Close to reach the Hunter and Tannersville region only a narrow
gauge road was planned and it served its purpose until last year,
when a standard gauge track was put down, so that it is now possible
to go to this part of the mountains without change of cars. Now all
parts of the eastern and western Catskills can be reached from this
city by through trains over the West Shore and the Ulster and
Delaware roads which have their function point at Kingston.
This ad appeared in the New York Tribune - 1921
 |
| New York Tribune 1921 |
It is also possible to go up the
Hudson by any of the day or night boats to Kingston and there take a
train up into the mountains thus varying the journey. The Ulster and
Delaware road really starts from Kingston Point, on the Hudson, and
passes through Roundout and Kingston where connection is made with
the West Shore road, and then makes its way nearly westward to
Shokan, where the valley of the Esopus Creek is reached. Here many
Catskill peaks are to be soon, and one is fairly in the mountains. At
Phoenicia, twenty-eight miles from the river is the beginning of the
Stony Close and Kaaterskill Branch. This leads through most
entrancing scenery to Hunter, Tannersville, Haines's Corners, the
Laurel House, the Kaaterskill Hotel and the Catskill Mountain House,
with easy access to Twilight, Onteora, Elka and Sunset parks, which
are names to conjure with among the lovers of the Catskill region.
The main line of the Ulster and
Delaware from Phoenicia goes on past Shandaken, Big Indian and Pine
Hill, to the Grand Hotel station, where the new Grand Hotel, the
second largest one in the mountains, is close at hand near the
dividing line of Ulster and Delaware counties. Thence the decent into
the latter is made, and soon the waters of the east branch of the
Delaware are reached. Passing Oakville. Roxburv, Grand Gorge and
South Gilboa. Stamford is reached seventy-five miles from the
Hudson, and the center of a charming summer community on the
headwaters of the Delaware River. On beyond lie some small villages
along the route to Ononta, it one of which, West Davenport,
connection is made for Richfield Springs by the Cooperstown and
Charlotte Valley Railroad. For scenic beauty and access to most
desirable places for summer sojourn, no route surpasses that which is
preempted by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad.
Buy a reproduction print of an ad for the Ulster & Delaware Railroad Company at Zazzle -
Ulster & Delaware Railroad Company Print by OldVintagePosters
More Ulster Posters
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station, Saratoga Springs, N.Y - Early 1900
No comments:
Post a Comment