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the Beaverkill Valley Inn Lew Beach, New York , is the only remaining fishing lodge on the upper Beaver Kill from the early days of dry-fly trout fishing in the Catskills ?
the pygmy hardwood forest on the summit of New York's Graham Mountain Catskills ?
the Catskills ' Esopus Creek pictured, near Shandaken ) is one of the most productive trout streams in the Northeast ?
the Catskill Escarpment Catskill Mountains ?
the fire tower Hunter Mountain in the Catskills is the highest in New York ?
unlike most other Jewish communities in the Catskills , the congregants of Ulster Heights Synagogue
the Red Hill fire tower Catskills to be closed down?
some of the architectural elements of the Skene Memorial Library Fleischmanns, New York , suggest contemporary train stations in the Catskill region?
one common route up New York 's Balsam Mountain trail in the Catskills ?
Greenville Presbyterian Church Dutch church established in New York 's Catskill region?
Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue Fleischmanns, New York , is unique among Catskill synagogues in having an exposed truss ceiling in its sanctuary ?
Balsam Lake Mountain (pictured) in the Catskills was the site of the first fire lookout tower Mountain Lake lakes in Virginia , was the filming location for the fictional Kellerman's Resort in New York's Catskill Mountains for the 1987 feature film Dirty Dancing Stony Clove Notch pass in the Catskill Mountains , was once so narrow that it could only be traversed by people walking in single file ?
even though Kaaterskill High Peak pictured ) was the first Catskill High Peak to be climbed, there is no official trail to its summit?
artist and hotelier Emile Brunel's studio Boiceville, New York , is an imitation of a European farmhouse, an unusual style in the Catskills ?
Oscar Wilde praised the location of a resort hotel at the foot, rather than the summit, of the Catskills ' Mount Tremper (pictured) because it provided better views?
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Question 1 : It has also been suggested that it refers to ________ , which Dutch visitors had seen the Iroquois natives play.
Question 2 : During the nineteenth century, the region became a destination for wealthy urbanites seeking vacation retreats from ________ .
Question 4 : What district number does Catskill Mountains represent?
Question 5 : What state is Catskill Mountains associated with?
Question 6 : Where does Catskill Mountains come from?
Question 7 : What region does Catskill Mountains belong to?
Question 8 : The Catskills are mentioned in ________ 's song "Time to Kill." The Band was also photographed there for their first album, Music from Big Pink The Band in the Catskills .
Question 9 : The Catskills are famous in American cultural history for being the site of the so-called ________ , a Jewish resort area where many young Jewish stand-up comics got their start.
Question 10 : According to one Belgian authority, kat occurs in many placed names throughout ________ and has nothing to do with cats and everything to do with fortifications.
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