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STAMFORD is one of the most charming and popular summer villages in all the Catskills, for which there is ample reason. No visitor will regret the long seventy-five mile ride from the Hudson, or seventy-two from Kingston, even though he may have failed to fully admire and appreciate the wayside scenery. The elevation is 1,790 feet, and the grand and massive crag of Mount Utsayantha rises directly from the village streets over 1,500 feet higher. The place is distinctly modern in all its features, having fully outgrown every ancient aspect and custom years ago, although possessing a history replete with interest. The town was settled by people from Stamford, Conn., hence its name. Its history as a summer resort, however, does not extend much over fifteen years; for even in 1884 there was but one summer hotel. But its growth and development since then has been simply marvelous. There are now a score of large hotels and other scores of smaller houses, and nearly two thousands guests may find accommodations within the village limits, where the normal population is less than one thousands.
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