For a century and a half the township of Hunter has been a prime vacation destination calling visitors from far and wide. John M. Ham, mountaintop historian, businessman, and avid collector, brings a local’s eye to the rich history of this storied place. Mr. Ham searched long and hard to uncovered this multitude of high-quality early photographs of Hunter, Tannersville, Haines Falls and the surrounding area for your enjoyment, and quite a few of the images in this publication are doubtless being published for the first time ever. Take a walk back through time through 136 pages of glossy photographs and view some of the scenes of this historic area along the Rip Van Winkle Trail in the Catskill Mountains - the heart of the Land of Rip Van Winkle.