Adirondack Experience opens its art vault
By Philip Terrie
A new exhibit showcases some of the highlights of Adirondack Experience's extensive collection
Philip Terrie
Philip Terrie is an Adirondack and environmental historian, and the author of five books on regional history, including Contested Terrain: A New History of Nature and People in the Adirondacks (2nd ed., Syracuse UP, 2008) and Seeing the Forest: Reviews, Musings, and Opinions from an Adirondack Historian (Saranac Lake: Adirondack Explorer, 2017).
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By Philip Terrie
Aerial photographs document humans' impact on Adirondacks
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By Philip Terrie
Bob Marshall’s pamphlet of the peaks nears centennial
Relic of a revered guide
By Philip Terrie
Adirondack Experience acquires pistol of legendary Long Laker Mitchell Sabattis
A park like no other
By Philip Terrie
Decades of experience suggest the state needs to do more to protect shorelines, uplands, and the privately owned backcountry
Park logging lore
By Philip Terrie
“Adirondack Timber Cruising” reads like gabbing with old loggers The contents of William O’Hern’s “Adirondack Timber Cruising” are a treasure, the packaging not so much. Plagued by many of the problems of self-published books taken to press without the intervention of an editor or designer, it offers no introduction to explain the book’s aim, with…
The roots of modern-day Adirondack Park took shape 50 years ago
By Philip Terrie
The final report of the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks (TSC) ushered in the modern era of Adirondack history.
‘Murray’s Fools’ at 150
By Philip Terrie
As New York becomes more diverse, as languages other than English are spoken in every New York county, the Adirondack wilderness needs a constituency of everyone.
Unearthing Black History
By Philip Terrie
Svenson’s goal is to shed light on this relatively unmapped corner of Adirondack history.