Freedom in the Wilds: A Saga of the AdirondacksA history and a look at the possible future of the Adirondack area of New York and protecting it as a wilderness perserve and state park. |
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... BEEDE HOUSE Sometime after 1850 Smith Beede , together with his brother Orlando , cleared land and built a farm adjacent to the Old Mili- tary Road as it left Keene Valley , crossed Beede Brook , and headed toward the Chapel Pond hill ...
... BEEDE HOUSE Sometime after 1850 Smith Beede , together with his brother Orlando , cleared land and built a farm adjacent to the Old Mili- tary Road as it left Keene Valley , crossed Beede Brook , and headed toward the Chapel Pond hill ...
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A Saga of the Adirondacks Harold Weston. The Beede family rode the crest of the tide of summer guests . They cleared more land to grow potatoes and wheat among the tree stumps which dotted the knolls of Beede's Heights rolling fields ...
A Saga of the Adirondacks Harold Weston. The Beede family rode the crest of the tide of summer guests . They cleared more land to grow potatoes and wheat among the tree stumps which dotted the knolls of Beede's Heights rolling fields ...
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... Beede family . During the summer of 1889 the plan of acquiring the Beede House and surrounding 600 acres owned by Smith and Orlando Beede was explored . It was proposed to orga- nize a Keene Heights Hotel Company , most of the shares of ...
... Beede family . During the summer of 1889 the plan of acquiring the Beede House and surrounding 600 acres owned by Smith and Orlando Beede was explored . It was proposed to orga- nize a Keene Heights Hotel Company , most of the shares of ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
SETTLERS AND SUMMER GUESTS | 38 |
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN RESERVE AND | 61 |
Copyright | |
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