Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks: The Story of the Lake, the Land , and the PeopleJane A. Barlow Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks transports the reader back in time to the days when steamboats, buckboards, and gas lighting were common. Jane and Mark Barlow deliver tales of one-room schools, of ice harvesting, of women who managed households accessible only by boat, of families struck by deaths from tuberculosis or from drowning, of uncontrollable fires and stories of exuberant amusements such as primitive motorboat regattas. People arrived on the first railroad to stretch through the uninhabited Adirondack wilderness and helped establish a thriving community. Early trappers and hunters of the Adirondacks became guides there, eventually establishing permanent camps and hotels. Prosperous businessmen brought their families and built private summer homes. |
Contents
Hotels and the Birth of a Resort Community | 21 |
Making a Living at Big Moose Lake | 74 |
Major Events on the Lake | 200 |
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Adirondack Park Barbara became Big Moose Community Big Moose Lake Big Moose Property Big Moose Station Bill boat boathouse brother Bruyn building built Burdick Camp Crag Charles Company cottage Courtesy of Wanda Covewood Crag Point Dart's daughter E. J. Martin Eagle Bay Earl Covey early east Echo Island Everett Martin father fire fish Fiske Forest Frank Carey Grandchildren guests Henry Covey Herkimer Herkimer County Higby Club Higby's Hotel Glennmore Howard Jane Barlow Judson Kinne Lake View Lodge land later letter lived logs lumber Marleau Milne Minnie Maddern Fiske Moose Community Chapel Moose Property Owners N.Y. Children Nelson Dunn North Bay North Shore Old Forge Pond porch Property Owners Association purchased railroad residents Roy Higby skis sold South Bay summer tion Tojenka Town of Webb trail Utica Vander Veer Veery Waldheim Walt West Bay wife Wightman William William Seward Webb winter woods York