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Featured Destination: John Burroughs Estates

Slabsides, West Park  Naturalist John Burroughs built his log cabin in West Park, Ulster County in 1895, in the Adirondack style. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968, the cabin retains most of its original furnishings, and is open to the public year round. Slabsides is one mile east of Riverby, Burroughs’ main residence. The naturalist wrote some of his most celebrated essays while at Slabsides. He … Continue reading Featured Destination: John Burroughs Estates

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Book Reading Event at Roxbury General

Novelist Annie DeWitt and photographer Jerome Jakubiec spoke about their widely praised books “White Nights in Split Town City” and “I Actually Wore This: Clothes We Can’t Believe We Bought” at Roxbury General on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 25 this year. The Los Angeles Review of Books depicts “White Nights in Split Town City” as “the story of what it means to feel desired and plugged … Continue reading Book Reading Event at Roxbury General

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Pressing Cider at Hubbell Family Farm

Pressing cider has been a cherished tradition at Hubbell Family Farm since 1870 when the family acquired a custom-made press manufactured in Syracuse. For the first 40 years, the press was powered by a steam engine, replaced in 1917 with a gasoline engine that still runs today, a hundred years later. A popular fall activity and tourist attraction in the Catskills, the Hubbell press turns … Continue reading Pressing Cider at Hubbell Family Farm

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