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MOHONK LAKE

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 650 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAKE , a summer See also:settlement at the See also:northern end of Lake Mohonk, See also:Ulster See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., about 14 M. N.W. of See also:Poughkeepsie. It is served from New Paltz, about 1 m. S.E. (about 52 M. by See also:stage), by the Wallkill Valley railway, a See also:branch of the See also:West See also:Shore. The lake is a small See also:body of See also:water, picturesquely situated 1245 ft. above the See also:sea-level, on See also:Sky See also:Top See also:Mountain (1542 ft. ), one of the highest peaks of the Shawangunk range. The highest point of Sky Top lies just See also:east of the See also:south end of the lake; See also:close by, to the west, See also:Eagle Cliff rises to a height of 1412 ft. The development of this beautiful region into a summer resort and the holding of See also:Indian and See also:arbitration conferences here have been due to See also:Albert See also:Keith Smiley (b. 1828), a See also:graduate of Haverford See also:College (1849), who conducted an See also:English and classical See also:academy in See also:Philadelphia in 1853-1857, was See also:principal of the See also:Oak See also:Grove academy at Vassalboro, See also:Maine, in 1858-1860, was principal and See also:superintendent of the See also:Friends' school at See also:Providence, Rhode See also:Island, in 1860-1879, and became a member of the See also:United States See also:Board of Indian Commissioners in 1879. In 1869 he bought, at the northern end of Lake Mohonk, a See also:tract of See also:land on which he built a large hotel. Here, in See also:October 1883, the first See also:Conference of the Friends of the See also:American Indian met; these conferences have since been held annually, their See also:scope being enlarged in 1904 to include See also:consideration of the See also:condition of " other dependent peoples "—i.e. the natives of the Philippines, See also:Porto Rico and See also:Hawaii.

The first conference on See also:

international arbitration was held here in See also:June 1895.

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