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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... spring . During the early part of the winter the menfolk cut stovewood and ice for the icehouses , for themselves and the summer residents . In the days before elec- tricity or bottled gas , the amount of wood consumed in that cold ...
... spring . During the early part of the winter the menfolk cut stovewood and ice for the icehouses , for themselves and the summer residents . In the days before elec- tricity or bottled gas , the amount of wood consumed in that cold ...
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... spring . During the summer , stagecoaches made daily runs from Keene Valley , and later St. Huberts , to the Port Henry and the Westport railroad stations . The former was twenty - two miles by the dangerous wind- ing road through ...
... spring . During the summer , stagecoaches made daily runs from Keene Valley , and later St. Huberts , to the Port Henry and the Westport railroad stations . The former was twenty - two miles by the dangerous wind- ing road through ...
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... spring to get the cottages ready for the summer crowd . In 1901 , after a bad siege of scarlet fever that winter , my brother and I were sent up to stay with them from early May until the Weston family reached Icy Brook about mid - June ...
... spring to get the cottages ready for the summer crowd . In 1901 , after a bad siege of scarlet fever that winter , my brother and I were sent up to stay with them from early May until the Weston family reached Icy Brook about mid - June ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
SETTLERS AND SUMMER GUESTS | 38 |
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN RESERVE AND | 61 |
Copyright | |
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