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Shawangunk, NY 12566
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- Town of Shawangunk
- P.O. Box 247
- 12 Central Ave
- Wallkill, NY 12589
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Shawangunk Ridge The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Open Space Institute and the Trust for Public Land are working with NY State DEC to permanently protect more parcels of land along the ridge as public open space. These current efforts are a continuation of a long history of visionary efforts to protect the Shawangunks. This began with the Smiley family's vision to protect the Mohonk area and later to create the Mohonk Preserve.
Shawangunk Ridge - NameThe name is a Dutch transliteration of the indigenous Munsee Lenape "Scha-WAN-gunk" (/ʃɑˈwɑŋˌgʌŋk/) "Schawan" is an inanimate intransitive verb meaning "it is smoky air" or "there is smoky air." Its noun-like participle is "schawank," meaning "that which is smoky air." Adding the locative suffix gives us "schawangunk" ("in that which is smoky air" or, more simply, "in the smoky air").
It is believed to be derived from the burning of a Munsee fort by the Dutch at the eastern base of the ridge in 1663 (the Second Esopus War), where it spread quickly across the basin on land deeds and patents after the war. Another source suggests the name derives from speculative atmospheric conditions (a foggy, smoky morning) during the sale of the first parcel in January, 1682. By the early 18th century, Shawangunk became associated with the ridge. European colonists began to truncate Shawangunk into "SHONG-gum," (/ˈʃɑŋgʌm/) a pronunciation still favored by some locals and frequently misrepresented as the original indigenous name.
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- Zink Studios Antiques & Interior Design
- 29 Vinegar Hill Road
- Shawangunk, NY 12566
- 917-543-5138
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