Boquet Valley tour pedals unique area of historic preservation By Tom French The first settlers in the Boquet Valley near Essex included Revolutionary War soldiers/farmers, shipbuilders, and frontier entrepreneurs who owned or worked the many … [Read more...] about Biking the backroads, backstories of Essex
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Camp Gabriels: From sanitarium to college to prison
A look back at the historic buildings in now-defunct property By Tom French When most people think of Camp Gabriels, they probably envision the former prison eight miles north of Saranac Lake, but the history reaches much further into … [Read more...] about Camp Gabriels: From sanitarium to college to prison
Loon Lake’s lifestyles of the rich and famous
Historic former resort features a surviving hotel annex, several cottages (including one that housed multiple presidents) and a history of famous visitors By Tom French Loon Lake is along a road less taken. You won’t pass it on your way from … [Read more...] about Loon Lake’s lifestyles of the rich and famous
Historic preservation ‘by consensus rather than conflict’
New AARCH director shares approach, plans for 30-year organization By Tim Rowland The forest has a way of massaging sharp edges and overgrowing divisions, a circumstance that has Erin Tobin optimistic about communities within the Adirondack … [Read more...] about Historic preservation ‘by consensus rather than conflict’
Bridges of the Ausable River
By Tom French Depending on how you count, over three dozen bridges cross the Ausable River from its headwaters in the high peaks to its mouth at Lake Champlain. The first was built in 1810; the oldest, the Stone Arch Bridge in Keeseville, is … [Read more...] about Bridges of the Ausable River