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History of our Catskills Mountain Community

The Chapin Estate property dates back to 1891, when Chester W. Chapin, Jr., a successful urban entrepreneur from New York City acquired 18,000 acres of land in The Catskill Mountains of New York.

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The extensive land holding was comprised of hills and valleys, lakes and winding brooks. An avid sportsman and nature lover with a strong sense of preservation, Mr. Chapin spent 31 years developing the land into a private hunting preserve and lodge, not two hours from his principal home in Manhattan. Shortly after his death in 1922, Rockland Power and Light and Orange and Rockland Utilities acquired the property and maintained it in its pristine state.

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