Watkins Glen 



Watkins Glen needs no introduction to 

 Americans. This famous gorge opens directly, 

 on the main street of the village of Watkins. "A 

 few years ago Watkins Glen was taken over by 

 the State of New York and made a state park. 

 It is visited annually by thousands of tourists. 



Watkins Glen stretches into the hillside for 

 two and one-half miles. Concrete walks and 

 steps built by the state make it possible to explore 

 the beautiful gorge. 



Ivike its sister city, Ithaca, Watkins is the cen- 

 ter of improved highways which radiate Into the 

 beautiful lake country- Watkins is within a few 

 miles of Lyamoka, Kayutah and Wauneta Lakes, 

 three little patches of silver on the map of the 

 region. 



Mineral Water 

 Springs 



Although mineral water springs of more or lesj^ 

 importance are found throughout the lake coun- 

 try, Watkins has the distinction of being the only 

 place where the healing properties of the waters 

 have been used on a large scale in the treatment 

 of disease 



The Glen Springs, a mineral springs health re- 

 sort and hotel, is more than a commercial organ- 

 ization; it is a national institution. Americans 

 may obtain in Watkins all the medicinal and nat- 

 ural advantages of the European Spas. 



Long before the white man came into the lake 

 country the Indians knew of the value of the 

 springs at the head of Seneca Lake, It wa^ 

 a custom for the Seneca Indians to visit 

 the locality to partake of the health giving 

 waters. So, deep rooted was the habit that even 

 within the last quarter of the nineteenth century 

 descendants of the Senecas who once held the 

 land came to Watkins for the purpose. The most 

 celebrated of the springs at Watkins is Deer 

 Lick. Other springs are Nauheim, Glen Kissing- 

 en, Salubria and Senega. 



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Watkins is located over one of the most pro- 

 fitable salt veins in the United States. Thou- 

 sands of tons of salt are refined annually from 

 the brine pumped from the earth. 



Cayuga Lake 



Cayuga Lake with Ithaca at its head and Sen- 

 eca Falls near its foot has the distinction of bein^ 

 the largest of the six lakes in the group. Ithaca 

 is a city of 17,000 population and 5,000 students 

 during the time when Cornell University and 

 various preparatory schools are in session. The 

 city is cut by three deep gorges formed by Fall 

 Creek, Cascadilla Creek and Six Mile Creek. 

 There are many beautiful waterfalls within the 

 city limits. To the person w^ho likes to travel 

 afoot Ithaca affords limitless opportunity. The 

 ravines and gorges have been made accessible. 



Red Jacket Monument — Canoga 



