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Remembering Grace’s legacy

By Times Union

20 years after her death, Adirondack 46er Grace Hudowalski’s legacy continues to inspire

The Tuscarora sailing on a Blue Mountain Lake outing.

Tuscarora’s latest journey

By Tim Rowland

Nearly 90 years after historic steamboat's last journey across Blue Mountain Lake, plans are afoot to move it once again

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A tale of romance from Heart Lake

By Tom French

Adirondak Loj history has its fair share of drama

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Caroga: A tanning mecca?

By Tom French

A look at the twin trades of leather-making and tourism that defined the Adirondack community of Caroga Lake

a cran lifts large block of ice to the top of the ice palace wall

How to build an ice palace

By Tom French

Annual Saranac Lake structure takes shape

black and white photo of the original snow train in 1935

Celebrating a snow train

By Times Union

Historic train is credited with establishing the Adirondacks as a winter tourism and skiing destination

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Colvin’s Great Corner, revisited

By William Hill

Retracing a trek to a historic marker on St. Lawrence, Herkimer county lines

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Adirondack history, told through signs

By Tom French

Historic markers tell tales of past forest fires, turnpikes, homesteads and taverns

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An outdoors education

By Betsy Kepes

St. Lawrence University students get outdoors immersion during Adirondack Semester

Author Amy Godine reads from her new book “The Black Woods” as a young reader follows along.

Bringing Black history to light

By Tim Rowland

Author Amy Godine digs into little-known Adirondack history in her new book 'The Black Woods'

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