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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... LUMBER INDUSTRY It was the great virgin forest that attracted the covetous eyes of the lumber industry to the Adirondacks well before 1850. In the western lake region large tracts of land were bought up by wealthy financiers . Much of ...
... LUMBER INDUSTRY It was the great virgin forest that attracted the covetous eyes of the lumber industry to the Adirondacks well before 1850. In the western lake region large tracts of land were bought up by wealthy financiers . Much of ...
Page 89
... Lumber Company . In 1907 , when lumber operations had not yet been mechanized . Unfortunately , it was thought that the slight elevation of the height of land that separates Stillwater from Boreas and forms a watershed between the ...
... Lumber Company . In 1907 , when lumber operations had not yet been mechanized . Unfortunately , it was thought that the slight elevation of the height of land that separates Stillwater from Boreas and forms a watershed between the ...
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... lumber road or skidway where you do not have to push through the brush , provided it seems to be going more than less your way . These lumber tracks understandably have to follow contours , changing direction often and then changing ...
... lumber road or skidway where you do not have to push through the brush , provided it seems to be going more than less your way . These lumber tracks understandably have to follow contours , changing direction often and then changing ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
SETTLERS AND SUMMER GUESTS | 38 |
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN RESERVE AND | 61 |
Copyright | |
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