Big Indian is a hamlet within the Town of Shandaken in Ulster County , New York , United States. It is located along State Route 28 , within the Catskill Park , 17 miles (27 km) west of Woodstock . The Esopus Creek flows through the area, as Birch Creek feeds in from the north. Big Indian Hollow is located slightly to the west, while Big Indian Mountain sits to the southwest.
5-469: The Winnisook Club is a private club located in Big Indian, New York , and has been in operation since 1886. The club is named after Chief Winnisook, a Native American from area folklore. The club is situated on man-made Winnisook Lake with a number of private homes surrounding the lake. The club also consists of a lodge and dining facilities and employs a full-time caretaker as well as staff for
10-476: A pine tree where Gertrude found him later, dying. After Winneesook's death and burial, Gertrude and her children moved to the site; the hamlet of Big Indian later developed at that location. Local lore holds that the pine tree stood until the railroad through Big Indian was built in the 1880s. This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to
15-464: The dining facilities. The club is situated on private property and membership is by invitation only. In 1988, two young men from China, Wenbo Huang, and Kexiang Wu, were hired by the general manager John Magnuson and started to work here as servers, cooks, housekeepers, babysitters, painters, carpenters. They cut the tree branches blocking the view to the Winnisook lake. They cut the blueberries from
20-420: The fern. Now they become professors majored in hospitality management. They miss Winnisook Club. This New York –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Big Indian, New York Once a Munsee Native American man named Winneesook (the name means "snowfall") lived near Marbletown, New York ; because of his height of about seven feet, he was also called Big Indian . He
25-534: Was in love with a local woman, Gertrude Molyneux, who eventually loved him as well; because her parents opposed the match, they arranged a marriage with one Joseph Bundy. Disliking Bundy, Gertrude eloped with Winneesook into the wilderness. Some years later, a party of people searching for a missing cow was led by Bundy; still seeking revenge, he accused "that big Indian" of stealing the cow. When they finally found Winneesook, Bundy shot him with his rifle and injured him severely; after being left alone, Winneesook crawled to
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