Category Archives: Then or now

A Ramble through Watkins’ Glen, even at noonday, is cool and delightful. Excepting Niagara itself, no place will bear comparison with this wild and picturesue gorge. Our illustration represents the famous Rainbow Falls.

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Erie Train Stations Near the Delaware, 1880 • Excursion tickets were valid for continuous passage either going or returning on the date of issue or anytime within the next 30 days. • Package tickets of 10, 20, or 25 were … Continue reading →

The Erie Canal “Here we stop to view an old familiar sight, two boats passing a canal lock. “Our illustration presents a scene at once charming and romantic. Tourists frequently indulge in short trips on the ‘raging canal.’ “A few … Continue reading →

“After leaving Lackawaxen you continue to follow the course of the Delaware in its tortuous and picturesque windings among the mountains, and are ever greeted with new and charming scenes, at some places intensely interesting. “At Callicoon, where the train … Continue reading →

“Here the artist has sketched an old-fashioned country scene in one of the wildest portions of the Delaware Valley traversed by the Erie Railway. “The old covered bridge is of a style frequently seen in that region, which, by the … Continue reading →

It is at Lackawaxen that the Delaware and Hudson Canal, connecting the coal regions of Pennsylvania with the Hudson at Kingston, crosses the Delaware River, spanning it by an aqueduct, as represented in the accompanying engraving.—The Erie Railway Tourist, 1874, … Continue reading →