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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Page 61
... held in Philadelphia on May 13 , 1887 , when the name Adirondack Mountain Reserve was adopted for the new corporation . The State of New York at that time had no provision for the incorporation of an organization devoted to the ...
... held in Philadelphia on May 13 , 1887 , when the name Adirondack Mountain Reserve was adopted for the new corporation . The State of New York at that time had no provision for the incorporation of an organization devoted to the ...
Page 69
... held and plays performed on a mini - stage which also served as a lecture platform . Every week some form of traveling entertainment was arranged , magicians , card tricksters , even once a summer pathetic dancing bears from Switzerland ...
... held and plays performed on a mini - stage which also served as a lecture platform . Every week some form of traveling entertainment was arranged , magicians , card tricksters , even once a summer pathetic dancing bears from Switzerland ...
Page 186
... held to the initial acre or two . Updraft would sweep it up the steep wooded ridge . Prevalent winds were heading it directly toward the largest and finest tract of virgin timber east of the Rockies , the valley between Colvin and ...
... held to the initial acre or two . Updraft would sweep it up the steep wooded ridge . Prevalent winds were heading it directly toward the largest and finest tract of virgin timber east of the Rockies , the valley between Colvin and ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
SETTLERS AND SUMMER GUESTS | 38 |
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN RESERVE AND | 61 |
Copyright | |
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