M. Schulz Piano Company Chicago 1869-1930's made upright, baby Grands and Grand Pianos some baby Grand were player pianos there is a production number that you can find what year it was manufactured. the piano was probably from the 1920's maybe a baby grand player piano There is an article by Kevin Whipple who said it was a Ski area, forced to shut down in the 1950's a fire started at a railroad and burned the lands along with the lodge. a total of 4 fireplaces upper and lower level There is a lso a four bedroom four bathrooms house for sale for 49,900 built in 1936 at 108 Devils Hole Road with 5 acres of land. I always enjoy your adventures.
Hi from Germany.. I like that bear we have nothing bg like that hre.. BUT we have a wolve here around..i saw him sometimes here.. Twice with a youngster..then the mum was growling at me always with a distance of 30m.. Never made a attack mostly looking at me went on her backfeets and watched me over a half grown field. I saw that she is a really strong femal wolve. Seeon i get nightvision camera then i hope can do some videos and photos of them..
Wow! What a beautiful bear! Glad there were no cubs to be seen, tho! FYI: The M Schulz piano co. was founded in 1869 in Chicago. They built high quality pianos and organs, The business closed in the 30's depression era. Thanks so much for this wonderful explore!
My family and I have been camping for years, for me at least 50 years, mainly in the Poconos. However this summer was my first bear sighting, came wandering up to me at the cabin I was staying at! He also tried to come up the back stairs into the cabin! I kicked the bottom of the screen door and then he finally left! Scared the be gesus out of me! Wish I could send a picture! BTW, we were at Lake Harmony, off 940!
Look Back, Chicago! About Forgotten Merchants: M. Schulz Co. By Neil Arsenty, May 9, 2013 at 10:30 am The rather drab gray building at 711 N. Milwaukee Avenue reads "M. SCHULZ CO.," as does the front door stoop in decorative tile. Given its uninteresting appearance, one would figure this was probably just a small local retail business at one time. In fact, M. Schulz Co. was a very successful major American piano manufacturer in the late 19th and early 20th century. Built in 1889, these were their main offices for decades. Their piano factories were located nearby at the Southeast corner of North Curtis (now Aberdeen) and Erie Street (the Kennedy Expressway runs through where this intersection once was located) and what is now 950 W. Superior Street. The company was established in 1869 by Mathias Schulz, an immigrant born in Germany in 1842. After growing steadily for a few decades, the company was finally incorporated as a major business in 1891. He lived in a home on Damen Avenue where Big Star is located today in Wicker Park. Another Mathias Schulz investment, the Italianate-style building at 1537-9 N. Damen Avenue, still stands. After Mathias died in 1899, his son Otto became president. The M. Schulz Co. built very high quality pianos and organs. Every piano sold came with a warranty that the instrument would last for ten years. As noted in their 1901 catalog, they prided themselves on paying close attention to every detail of piano production, from being made with the finest grade material to having the clearest and most accurate tone and scale in the industry. Besides running M. Schulz Co., Otto Schulz owned other piano companies as well as a bank, as noted in this contemporary account of him in 1911. He was diagnosed with heart disease in 1919 but continued to run the company until 1925 when his son, Otto Junior, became the third-generation president of the company. Otto Sr. died on July 30, 1929 at the age of 58 and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery. The company had big plans with a child-size Marionette baby grand around this time, but unfortunately, these plans were never fully realized as M. Schulz Co. was forced out of business in the early 1930s due to the Great Depression. Many M. Schulz pianos are still around today and a few can often be found being auctioned on eBay. Incidentally, Otto built the still-existing complex of storefronts and residential units at 1542 N. Damen Avenue, across the street from his father's Wicker Park building.
There's an awesome waterfall known as Devil's Hole Falls. It's an awesome hike on a super hot day because they only way to access the falls is by waterwhack.
The PA Game Commission estimates there are over 20,000 Black Bears in PA. This past hunting season Hunters took the largest number of Black Bears in years. They are everywhere. Bears are generally not interested in people, they spend their daylight hours foraging for food, just like all the other animals.
Beautiful black bear! I would have been way too nervous to follow the path it had been on. Brave Cliff!! Thanks for explaining black bears there normally don't attack unless provoked. Bear seemed to be just on his or her merry way. Just magnificent fireplace!!! How cool would it be to build back around those. Absolutely outstanding area, info, & hike today. Loved it!!!!🥰🐻💙
Great scenery, great content. Loved the old fireplaces at the "lodge". Reminded me of ice skating as a kid and running into the huge pavilion for hot chocolate. Sat by the huge fireplace to warm up. The look on your face when you saw the bear was priceless!
Wow great footage of that bear ! Awesome, stay safe. With all that water, it sure is a serene area. Thank you for the tour...old structure 👍.One day it will be sasquatch you see🤞and film.
Nice spot the chimneys are always neat to see stacked. The Hudson Highlands State Park in NY has the ruins of the Cornish Estate. One of the coolest spots I've seen for stacked chimneys.
I appreciate when you give the detailed info on where you are, and roads, etc. I use your videos for new hike ideas. I probably won't show this to my wife since the bear siting would rule this place out. Keep making these videos, they're very enjoyable.
I love when you do the perspective shots. It really does help you understand the size of things. Thanks for another great video, beautiful day for an adventure!
It got the name Devil's Hole from the Delaware and Cobbs Gap Railroad. Which became the famous Lackawanna Railroad. Route of the Phoebe Snow. While building the railroad. The track gang came up on the valley and drop off. They had to span it. They told people and investors it was a "DEVIL OF A HOLE!" It might have been bridged? But later filled in. On the railroad it's a curve on a fill between two mountains. The loss of the road bed here in a storm of 1955 just about broke the Lackawanna Railroad. Being a private company they fixed it themselves. Nearby highways were repaired with public funding. During the storm, some trains were stranded in sections of high and dry areas. 1955.
I am trying to catch up on your wonderful videos- this popped up on the right. Surprise bear was an added attraction. But the ruins were awesome. Just think of all the fun and mayhem back there in the day. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting. I'm still catching up on videos I missed always enjoyed exploring the woods nature so beautiful. My father raised hogs had his in the woods. He used take me with him once he saw bear told me not scream.just not try bother it. It was not a pet but a wild animal he was my hero he knew about herbs knew every kind of snake..I was impressed. He did have a job but he raised and sold hogs. He was a sweet man kind and sharing. Hed always have a garden would share twice a year he had a hog killed shared the meat He passed in 2019 5 months short of his 90th birthday.he taught me which snake was poison and which was not he never ceased to amaze me. I enjoy your videos. Take care and stay safe. I'm sure you know a lot about snakes too.🙂👍💯👋 respect and positivity always neita james.
I hike around the state of Alabama. I'm an elementary school teacher, so I have some extra time on my hands during the summer time. We have bears here in Alabama too especially in Northern Alabama up close to Tennessee. My main concern hiking in Alabama, as a single female, are snakes. You have to be very mindful of rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins (cottonmonths). I always have my pistol with me. I really enjoy your videos. I like how you include the history of the place you are visiting as well. I have to say my favorites are when you visit the old cemeteries.
LOL, sometimes you are best off just getting your feet wet right away on a hike like this one. Get it over with and then just walk through the creeks when it's called for.
thank you for doing a great job,,I cannot hike anymore,,so I hike through your eyes,,,thank you again for bringing the outdoors inside for me,,God Bless
I saw this pretty quick after you put it up, but I was on the TV and couldn't comment. It was a beautiful walk along that stream and the bear would have shaken me up. It was pretty large and looked very healthy with that shiny, thick coat, didn't it? I lived in an area with bear and mountain lion and, though I never saw one while hiking or riding, I've seen tracks and that alone made me nervous and jumpy. After seeing tracks every little crack of a branch or movement would make me jump. Once I turned a corner on the trail and heard a crack. Poised to run I spotted a doe, also poised to run. I'm sure it was a funny sight if anyone had been around. I absolutely love those chimneys and your favorite is also mine. It must have been a really nice home. Thanks so much for the video. Sorry about the wet feet!
Live near there. The mystery about the place may well be created by a mix of unconnected facts. From the Pocono Heritage Land Trust : "While gathering historical information on the property, several people who were interviewed referenced a wealthy business owner from New York who was said to have built the house for his daughter. Historical research shows that Carl Tielenius, proprietor of the Hollender Company, an importer of beer located in Manhattan, owned the property (Fieldstone Farm) in the late 1800's. Mr. Tielenius also owned a section of what is now State Gamelands 221 on Devil’s Hole Creek, approx. ½ mile from the Fieldstone Farm property (Lodge Ruins). The remains of the stone house on that property show that it was built by the same stone mason as the Fieldstone Farm house." It would seem that this Carl Tielenius was the owner of the lands upon which both Devils Holel ruins, Fieldstone Farm and The Lodge, were built. It seems that they were both constructed by the same mason. I have also read that Mr. Tielenius imported an Elk herd which were allowed to roam the area and sustained by the hay grown at Fieldstone Farm. The Devils Hole structure may well have been a hunting lodge in its origins. Interesting to note that Mr Tielenius was an importer of alcoholic beverages, in fact his wealth was built by it....the "speakeasy" legend may indeed hold at least a kernel of truth and it may well have been a remote place for folks to come and indulge in the forbidden....and hell, he may have had a small hill where his patrons could try skiing when not hunting or drinking...or maybe all three at the same time..lol.... Anyway...interesting stuff and the info is slight, but there are some things to go on.
Reminds me of the old joke: "Do you know where Smokey the Bear gets those hats he wears?" "No, where?" "He eats forest rangers." Also, a kid in my freshman class had a small poster on the inside of his locker door of a snaggly-looking bear with a bent cigarette in his mouth, flipping a lighted match into the underbrush. It said, "Help stamp out bears." (Ah, the humor of 1955...) Stay safe.
@@oldenweery7510 Do you know why Smokey the bear never had any little bears... Because Everytime his wife got hot pants he hit her over the head with a shovel.
Wow that bear was just gorgeous. Actually the ruins were too. Those chimneys were awesome. What a gorgeous place. Thanks for taking me along. Stay safe
The bear was probably observing you contemplate crossing the creek long before you saw it. The sound of rushing water was peaceful at the site of the 2 chimney ruins.
Oh my gosh!!! We said “holy crap” at the same time!😂 I mean by the title I was anxiously awaiting the shot but even still... and the second time when it was just a tree, I totally thought the same thing! That’s a great trail otherwise. Once I had a deer walked right across the trail in front of me and I was so startled I couldn’t breathe. Seeing a bear could possibly kill me. 😂
Awesome! That was a pretty big bear. It's a rare treat to see one just wondering around (Hmmm..I wonder if they feel the same about us....). My wife and I had an encounter on the rail trail a few years back, a mamma and Cubs crossed about 30 yards in front of us. Yeah, you're right, Pa black bears are pretty much harmless( if you you don't bother them, they won't bother you!) They are beautiful creatures though.
Nice big black bear. You were lucky, not a protective momma bear. Your going to see bear every were now. Love the area. Well know piano company. Nice bear dens. Thank You for the hike.
Holy crap. Thats a shame for the piano. That brand can go for up to $18,000 depending on the restoration and whatnot. My dad restored one and sold it for $15,000 after buying it for $200. What a shame.
I often hike the trails at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, lots of black bears there, almost commonplace. That one seemed pretty chill, glanced at you then moseyed on. Love the ruins, great video.
I'm surprised at bears not being common for you to see in the woods. Where I live the bears wander through our neighborhoods and you don't leave your house and go down a trail without checking for signs of them. We see 2 or 3 of them wander through the neighborhood every week. I live near Vancouver BC and it is not unusual up in the higher elevations to see them. This is a major population area so we learn to live with wildlife.
The last time I saw a big black bear was up in Sullivan County not far from our cabin. I was driving along a dirt road and rounded a curve and saw something standing up in the woods. I'm sure it was trying to see me and I was glad I was in the car. They're obviously very curious creatures. Good video!
Kind of scarey seeing that bear so close. I looked up the company on the piano. It came up with two piano videos. The one piano from 1916, the other 1912. The company was forced to shut down during the Great Depression.
Thanks Cliff! Been to Devil's Hole twice, the last time maybe 15 years ago; as I remember the ruins a lot more walls were intact then with a view down into a cellar area. There also were remnants of a cable system up the hill, probably related to a ski lift. Your comments about black bear were accurate; I usually use trekking poles in such areas & click them every once in awhile. I've heard bears dislike metallic sounds & will usually shy away - an early warning signal for them! A little further up the stream are interesting Canyon like cliffs (small "c")! Love your low key but informative vlogs.
I used to hunt and fish the State Game Lands in that area. The area used to be great for native Brook trout fishing, especially with a fly rod or ultra light gear. And, Nearly with every every trip, I’d see a black bear. If I remember correctly, there also were the remains of a clothes pin factory further up stream... circa late 1800s early 1900s... because of the Oaks and hickories predominant to the area. Thanks for taking me back quite a few decades. Edward Belledin
Schulz, M. The M. Schulz Piano Company was a major contributor to the American piano industry at large. M. Schulz founded his firm in Chicago in 1869. The firm was later incorporated in 1891 as The M. Schulz Piano Company. M. Schulz built very high-quality pianos and organs, and their instruments enjoyed a stellar reputation for their quality and tone. The hugely successful M. Schulz Piano Company manufactured and sold pianos under the names of Walworth, Bradford, Irving, and Maynard in addition to their premier line of M. Schulz brand pianos. After the turn-of-the-century M. Schulz manufactured a line of player pianos under the “Aria Divina” brand name. The large firm of M. Schulz was forced out of business in the early 1930s due to the Great Depression.
Wow this video made me realize finally why black bears are black. They blend in really well with the shady foliage and dark colored plants. I think I see bears all the time but it's usually a stump haha. I have seen them a couple times but always crossing roads or in the open.
Got your chance. You have been wanted to encounter a bear. I have been waiting for this video for a while now. Wanted to see that bear again. Glad you got to see one
