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"At some time in the 19th century the falls were used as a mill to power a tannery[12]."
The falls never powered a tannery, the nearest tanneries were in Hunter and down in Kaaterskill Clove near the writer meant the sawmill on Spruce Creek, which was the original dam to control the flow of water over the Falls. And why is the image of the Spray House linked to at the end of the statement? Is he implying the Spray House was a mill? Nonsense... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.39.164.250 ( talk) 17:31, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
To the anon that keeps putting back in some of the original language, let explain why I reverted or changed it:
reply: Daniel, listen very carefully, that is when Thomas Cole was first able to afford a cheap ride up the Hudson to paint the first images ever done of Kaaterskill Falls. Art is linked to economic events, so no Cole, no Durand. This is of far greater significance to the areas place in American history, than hiking and eating granola with SUNY New Paultz hippies. The discovery of Kaaterskill Falls is a perfect storm of New York state tourism in the 19th century, as it was propelled by the economics of the Erie Canal boom and broadcasted around the world by the literature of Washington Irving and the art of Thomas Cole. Free advertising made this place special. Ergo, to question the date of the Erie Canal's completion's relevance to this subject, well that is to confess to a lesser education. R AlexanderBoyle
The New York Conservation Department put to flame the Catskill Mountain house on the morning of January 25, 1963 at 6:00am. See the photos of the dee in Van Zandt "Ctaskill Mountain House" book, second edition 1997, page 341. So torched, flame, matches what ever, it went up in smoke intentionally, per government policy. R AlexanderBoyle
Daniel Case 18:39, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
there is an easier way to get to the falls... theres a parking lot with like a 5 minute walk that brings you right to the top of the cliff. why is this not mentioned?—Preceding
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The State gets weird periodically when somebody takes a tumble over the falls, so access from above can be shut down without notice. After the Moyers PBS special aired in 2002 a number of people went over and access was closed for a while in late 2002 and 2003. R AlexanderBoyle
Kaaterskill Falls is not the highest in New York. That title belongs to Letchworth State Park, which has a fall a good 100ft. taller than Kaaterskill. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letchworth_State_Park). Wffurr ( talk) 22:03, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I added a this link about the Kaaterskill Falls information but Daniel Case reverted it saying that it is spam. NHRHS2010 Talk 01:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Is the term clove specific to the Catskill region? Does it mean a gorge/valley? What's the etymology? Mirboj ( talk) 23:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Something doesn't seem right about the measurements listed in the article. The total height is listed as 260' with the largest drop listed as 240'. This implies to me that the lower waterfall is 20' and, having been there just a few weeks ago, it is clearly not. It's easily double that. Xxovercastxx ( talk) 22:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
See the following photo taken by me: [3]. Click to enlarge and you can clearly see a red dot on the ridge. That red dot is a person roughly 5'9" tall. Xxovercastxx ( talk) 18:02, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
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