Comments on: A Visit to Trenton Falls in Barneveld, NY

By: Pete Wakefield

Pete Wakefield — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:40:44 +0000

The cover painting of the Oct 12,2011 issue of JAMA shows the old Hotel Barbershop, owner, painter(Thomas Hicks), and minstrel quartet furnishing the music — circa 1866. Too bad they had to tear up the beautiful falls, but I guess that was progress.

Thanks for the nice write up on the internet.

Pete Wakefied

By: Lynn Trammell

Lynn Trammell — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:55:08 +0000

I lived in Rome, NY as a military wife in 1977-1979 and the highlight of my life in NY was visiting Trenton Falls and the gorge. On summer days we would lie in the water at the base and enjoy the sun and cool water. We often hiked up the gorge to view all the waterfalls all the way to the “top.” This was scenic beauty at its finest. It was serene, beautiful, inspiring, soothing – and much, much more. I loved that place. I have not been back, but have always wanted to visit that place again. I’m saddened that it is now fenced and you have guides to walk you around. We all had so much fun there – it was a gathering place for many of the military folks – we picniced, hiked and swam there.

I’m happy to see these photos – it’s a place that can’t be forgotten and I’m fortunate to have been able to enjoy it’s beauty. It’s truly one of God’s treasures put on this earth!

By: Mark Money

Mark Money — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:59:56 +0000

Very nice pictures. Really brings back alot of memories of growing up with such a beautiful backyard to play in

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:36:21 +0000

My husband and I went to Trenton Falls in August when they were open. To our dismay when we got there we were told they were closing due to the rain. It was the first time they had ever closed when they were suppose to be open we were told. Of course, that is our luck. We were told to come back in October. So anxiously we waited until this past weekend. Fortunately, we have had rainy weather and the falls are raging right now. It was well worth the wait. The falls are so gorgeous that we are hoping to go back again next weekend. We were also told that they are looking for volunteers to assist next year. If they do not get enough volunteers they may not be able to open. So please volunteer your time if you can. It would be a shame this NY treasure could not be viewed by the public due to lack of volunteers.

By: Darryl Case

Darryl Case — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:51:02 +0000

Everyone seems to be talking about memories. If we don’t do something fast about the exploitation of the West Canada Creek by Brookfield Power the river will be sterile. The never ending running of the stream at peak flow will scoure all the mayflies, caddis and stoneflies to extinction. They are almost at that point now. They do not care if Hinkley Reservoir run’s dry (and it almost has and will again). At the present time the Mohawk is a foot above flood stage and the New York Locks are closed. Do they care or even consider this. No! They will be running 750cfs (which means over a 1000) all night and tommorrow they will run 1200 all day (which means 1800). They are not from here and are expoiting the river’s and forest’s worldwide for their own greed to the glee of their investor’s. They are a very environmentally concious company. They claim to have a billion dollar’s of asset’s and spent 4 million on questionable environmental project’s. U do the math. Call your congressman and demand action.