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From the New York Tribune, June 10, 1906 - Americans Lead the Movement - To the great hurly-burly of modern travel the native of the United States is, perhaps, the most conspicuous figure. It has been well said of him (by H. T. Tuckerman) that "the American is by nature locomotive: he believes in change of air for health, change of residence for success, change of society for improvement." The size of his own country makes him regardless of distance; his taste and temperament make him desire all that he has not; it is incumbent on him, as the youngest of mankind, to abroad to see the material embodiment of the historical, artistic, religious, and
literary civilization in which he has his roots. The desire for movement leads to such a rapid multiplication of moans of communication in Ins own country that it is credibly reported that the average American translates nulla dies sine linea as “no day without its new railroad." An American
railway company thinks nothing of making a detour of thirty miles just to allow its passengers a passing glimpse of Niagara Falls.

From the Times-Dispatch in Richmond, VA. appeared this on the "perfect Vacation" on May 1, 1910, just when families were making their summer travel plans.

"THE Ideal Vacation involves a complete change of scene and living conditions.
For the Easterner living at a low altitude, and cooped up in the office, the home or the school a good part of the time, no vacation more fully meets these requirements than one spent in Colorado. There life in the open air?a dry, sunny, tonic, mountain air? soon renews the vitality of mind and body, gives the keenest zest for the enjoyment of every moment and best of all, charges the whole being with an overflowing supply of new energy upon which to draw during the coming year. If these are the vacation results you want, then go to Colorado. The great variety of things you will do there, where you will spend your time, what it will cost you at the different places? and you will be surprised at the reasonable cost? These are all shown in great detail in our Colorado Utah handbook and our Estes Park (Col.) folder for 1910, just published. A copy is yours free for the asking. Remember, too, that the Burlington, with its five daily electric-lighted trains to Denver is the best and shortest way to get there. $30 round trip from Chicago; $25 from St. Louis every day. Similar low rates from other points. Just write "Colorado" on a postal, sign your name and address, and mail to me, and I"It sent you our Colorado handbook and give you other useful information. If you would like copies sent to friends, please give me their names and addresses also."

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But within easy reach of all New Yorkers is some of the finest scenery in the world. The noble Hudson, which flows beside the city, affords most picturesque and attractive scenes, rivaling, If not surpassing those of the famous Rhine. The voyage through the Highlandsis all that the most exacting lover of nature could demand, and Is within the reach of almost every one. It can easily be included in journeying to resorts in Orange, Sullivan and Delaware counties, to the Catskills, the Adirondacks or the Green Mountains. Another delightful water trip is that up the East River and through Hell Gate into the Sound, and this can be included in all trips to Connecticut. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire points, Including the White Mountains, Mount Desert, Newport and hundreds of other places to which visitors are attracted. The trip by vessel to Portland Is also a most delightful one, taking the traveler beyond the smooth water out on the real ocean and Including going out of sight of land. The trip down the St. Lawrence from the Thousand Islands to Quebec and up the Saguenay includes some of the most novel and entrancing of the beauties of natural scenery. In the other direction the trip up the Great Lakes to Duluth. "the zenith city of the unsalted seas." is a fresh water voyage that includes almost as much in the way of variety and enjoyment as a salt water trip across the ocean.

 

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The Catskill Mountain House was a summer hotel about 12 miles S.W. of the village of Catskill Greene County New York. This is from an original print from 1830 and features a carriage traveling through mountains approaching hotel.

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