1888 Villages and Houses Reached by the Erie Railway

The following descriptions are from “Picturesque Erie: Summer Homes,”
by L.P. Farmer, N.Y., L.E. &R.R., 1888. The distance is from New York City. Week days: 3–8 trains from and 5–8 trains back to N.Y.C.
Sundays: 1–5 trains.

Sparrowbush, N.Y.,
90-3/4 miles
Fare: $2.80; round trip $3.80.
Sparrowbush is a romantic village two miles west of Port Jervis. It is in the midst of some of the finest mountain scenery of the Delaware Valley. The Hawk’s Nest Mountain Road, which is one of the attractions of Sparrowbush, is an unequaled drive. There are many other natural and artificial attractions in the vicinity which commend Sparrowbush especially to the summer visitor.

Boarding houses: Geo. Terwilliger, John R. Patterson (Sparrowbush); and Mrs. Mary Rose.

Pond Eddy, Pa., 99 miles
Fare: $3.05; round trip $4.20
Situated in the Delaware Valley, in the midst of picturesque mountain scenery, with ponds and streams, ravines and glens in profusion. Boating, bathing and fishing of the best. Population, 200. Comfortable and healthful place to spend the summer. Wm. Rixton Hotel.

Parkers Glen, Pa., 102-3/4 miles
Fare: $3.15; round trip 4.40
A quiet and enjoyable resort among the mountains. Delaware River close at hand. The glen from which the town derives its name is picturesque in the extreme, and provides delightful rambles to those who locate in the vicinity. Population 75. Best of fishing and gunning, and good drives in every direction.

Shohola Glen House, Pa., J. F. Kilgour, Proprietor (1886)
Opposite depot. Accommodates 50; 35 rooms; adults, $8 to $10; children, reduced rates; servants, $4.50; transient, $2 per day. Cottages for camping parties. Raises vegetables; abundance of fresh milk, eggs, butter and poultry.

Lackawaxen, Pa., 111 miles
Weekdays: 8 trains from and to N.Y.C.; Sundays: 5 trains from, 4 trains to N.Y.C. Fare: $3.40 Round trip: $5.
The scenery is superb, and the view up and down the valley is of surpassing loveliness. It is on the Delaware and Lackawaxen Rivers.
The attractions of this place are its pure air, its beautiful scenery, its fishing, its boating, and the general wildness that pervades the surrounding. No mosquitoes or malaria. Population 200.

Holbert’s Delaware House, Buck’s New York Hotel, National Hotel, and H.E. Twichell’s Mt. Lake Farm House.

Mast Hope, Pa., 116-1/2 miles
Fare: $3.55; round trip: $5.30.
A picturesque and healthy locality (population of 200) situated amidst surroundings similar to Lackawaxen. It is very popular as a summer retreat, and has everything to recommend it to those who would spend the summer quietly in the midst of delightful surroundings.

Some boarding/farm houses: Mrs. Mary Hankins; Mrs. M. Dabron; W.H. Hankins; and F.C. Munger.

Narrowsburg, N.Y., 122-1/4 miles
Fare: $3.75; Round trip: $5.45.
At Big Eddy, the widest and deepest part of the Delaware River above tide. Population of 600. There are lakes, and streams and mountains; splendid views and healthful air and water. Ten mountain lakes within eight miles, and numerous trout streams. Best of black bass fishing. Boating for two miles. Deer hunting on surrounding ridges. Partridge shooting good; splendid drives; livery near station. No mosquitoes or malaria; cool nights.

2 hotels; 13 boarding or farm houses.

Cochection, N.Y., 130-3/4 miles
Fare: $4; Round trip: $5.60
Cochecton village is neat and cozy, and there is an air of pastoral ease. Population 600. Several fine lakes in the mountains within four miles of the station. Both pickerel and trout fishing.

18 boarding or farm houses: DeWitt Knapp, Ezra Calkin, etc.

Callicoon, N.Y., 136 miles
Weekdays: 7 trains from and to N.Y.C.; Sundays: 4 trains from and 3 to N.Y.C. Fare: $4.15; Round trip: $5.75
Callicoon (population 1,200) is in the midst of surroundings of a wild and rugged character. Numerous lakes cluster in the hills on both sides of the river. No malaria.

Stage lines to North Branch: 50 cents; Callicoon: 75 cents, daily except Sundays. 40 hotels or boarding houses.