Grand Gorge, 1,563 feet above tide. The hamlet itself nestles serenely down in the valley on the less less than a mile from the station, and will be seen from the car window soon after the train pulls out. It was formerly known as "Moresville," being named for John More, the first white settler, who came there in 1786, and who afterward became the founder of a numerous and influential family in that region. Stages are here taken for Gilboa, three miles, and Prattsville, five miles distant, over good roads and through a lovely section. Both places are on the Schoharie creek, which here flows within about three miles of the Ulster & Delaware road. They are popular summer regions for which visitors here leave the train in large numbers.

Prattsville is a delightful old village with an historic aroma, its formation dating back nearly two hundred years. But the mediaeval customs of its ancestors have been supplanted by the modern features of mountain village life, and there are very good reasons for its claim as an ideal, quiet interior village resort. The little streets are thickly shaded, and well kept, and there are many rare natural attractions. Devasego Falls, just below the village, is a famous bit of scenery which merits all the admiration bestowed upon it. Pratt's Rocks, so named from Col. Pratt, the noted tanner, and founder of the place, are also near at hand. They are visited by hundreds annually because of the artistic carving in bas-relief, of the old Pratt Tannery, a bust of Col. Pratt, and other figures emblematic of his pursuits and possessions. Upon these high, precipitous rocks the marks of the antediluvian currents are plainly visible.

The wayside now grows picturesque with stumps, stump-fences, rocks and stones, and the train speeds quickly over the six miles intervening between Grand Gorge and (South Gilboa)