Old Stone Walls: Catskills Land and Lore

Stone walls are relics left by previous generations to record their history on the landscape of the Catskills.  Those with dignity are followed confidently by land surveyors trying to solve the puzzles woven into old and faded deeds.  Along they way they meet those characters who are a part of the lore of the mountains and other surveyors–some with character and some without.  It’s all here in the narratives of surveyor-author Norman Van Valkenburg, who roamed these hills searching for lost corners and boundary lines and found people, vistas, and experiences worth remembering.