Adirondack Hotels And Inns

Author : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738557692

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Adirondack Hotels and Inns by Donald R. Williams Pdf

The Adirondack region evolved over years from vast, impassable wilderness to a land of logging camps, tanneries, sawmills, and small settlements. By the end of the 19th century, the area grew again, becoming a tourist destination famed for its great hotels, quaint inns, cottages, and rustic cabins. The hotels and inns spread throughout the Adirondacks, beginning after the Civil War and continuing during the Gilded Age between World Wars I and II. The region drew the rich and famous, as well as workers and families escaping the polluted cities. This volume contains 200 vintage images of those famed accommodations that catered to years of Adirondack visitors. Most of the buildings seen in this book no longer exist, having been destroyed by fires, the wrecking ball, or simply forgotten over time. Adirondack Hotels and Inns provides a timeless look at the vacation retreats of the past.

Author : Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1584650966

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Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks by Bryant Franklin Tolles Pdf

An architectural study of the large Adirondack hotels that focuses on the cultural history of travel and tourism.

Author : Neil Surprenant
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738562904

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Paul Smith's Adirondack Hotel and College by Neil Surprenant Pdf

From 1859 to the present, the name Paul Smiths has meant different things to visitors and residents of the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York. In the 19th century, the name was synonymous with a grand hotel on the shores of Lower St. Regis Lake and the wilderness guide who was its founder. In the early 20th century, the hotel business expanded to include land sales, a railroad, a telephone company, and the Paul Smiths Electric Power and Light Company, which became the first electric provider in the region. After World War II, Paul Smiths College was founded to provide quality liberal arts and technical associate-level degrees to returning veterans and recent high school graduates. Today Paul Smiths College attracts students from across America to the only baccalaureate-degree-granting institution in the six-million-acre Adirondack Park.

Author : Adirondack Mountain Club
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : PSU:000009440579

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Guide to Adirondack Trails by Adirondack Mountain Club Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Hotels
ISBN : OCLC:869830754

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The "Adirondack" by Anonim Pdf

Guide to the 1894 season at the hotel, with tourist information on Sacandaga Park and the Adirondack Mountains.

Author : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738591698

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Adirondack People and Places by Donald R. Williams Pdf

Archival photographs and text describe the history, social life and customs of the Adriondack Mountain region in New York.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117220934

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The Adirondacks by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738536482

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Along the Adirondack Trail by Donald R. Williams Pdf

Native Americans called the area Couxsaxrage, "beaver hunting ground." Professor Ebenezer Emmons named it Adirondack, after one of the native tribes. Along the Adirondack Trail traces the history and lore of the Adirondacks up the scenic roadway through the heart of New York's mountain-and-lake country. Included are tales of the Mohawk Indians and their beatified princess, Tekakwitha; the site of the mansion of Sir William Johnson, one of America's most influential citizens of the 1700s; and an important battleground of the Revolution. Rare original photographs portray each of the twenty settlements on the trail from Fonda to Malone, reflecting the lives of the guides, loggers, trappers, sportsmen, camp owners, tourists, leather workers, and health seekers who opened up the unknown county.

Author : Janet Loughrey
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-23
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781461745112

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Gardens Adirondack Style by Janet Loughrey Pdf

Garden photographer Janet Loughrey has covered the vast Adirondacks region to document how people have overcome the area's challenging mountain climate to create beautiful gardens for the past 150 years. Her profiles of contemporary gardeners and landscapers and their creations are supplemented with fascinating historic photos of the lavish landscaping of famed Adirondack-style estates such as Nirvana and the Knapp Estate and grand old hotel resorts such as Scaroon Manor and Sagamore.

Author : Janice Beck Brynilsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1467564818

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Third Story View by Janice Beck Brynilsen Pdf

Author : Seneca Ray Stoddard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433062481548

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The Adirondacks Illustrated ... by Seneca Ray Stoddard Pdf

Author : Seneca Ray Stoddard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Adirondack Mountains
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3DUC

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Adirondacks by Seneca Ray Stoddard Pdf

Author : Harvey H. Kaiser
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 156792073X

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Great Camps of the Adirondacks by Harvey H. Kaiser Pdf

The author does a thorough job in explaining the beginnings of rustic architecture and why it has a permanent place in the culture. The mix of social background and the history of the early Adirondack camps provides a designers guidebook.

Author : Matt Dallos
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781531502645

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In the Adirondacks by Matt Dallos Pdf

An immersive journey into the past, present, and future of a region many consider the Northeast’s wilderness backyard. Out of all the rural areas of the United States, including those in the West, which are bigger and propped up by more pervasive myths about adventure and nation and wilderness and freedom, the Adirondacks has accumulated a well-known identity beyond its boundaries. Untouched, unspoiled, it is defined by what we haven’t done to it. Combining author Matt Dallos’s personal observations with his thorough research of primary and secondary documents, In the Adirondacks rambles through the region to understand its significance within American culture and what lessons it might offer us for how we think about the environment. In vivid prose, Dallos digs through the region’s past and present to excavate a series of compelling stories and places: a moose named Harold, a hot dog mogul’s rustic mansion, an ecological restoration on an alpine summit, a hermit who demanded a helicopter ride, and a millionaire who dressed up as a Native American to rob a stagecoach. Along the way, Dallos listens to locals and tourists, visits wilderness areas and souvenir shops, and digs through archives in museums and libraries. In the Adirondacks blends lively history and immersive travel writing to explore the Adirondacks that captivated Dallos’s childhood imagination while presenting a compelling and entertaining story about America’s largest park outside of Alaska. The result is an inquisitive journey through the region’s bogs and lakes and boreal forests and the lives of residents and tourists. Dallos turned toward the region to understand why he couldn’t shake it from his mind. What he learned is that he’s not the only one. In the Adirondacks explores the history and future of the most complicated, contested park in North America, raising important questions about the role of environmental preservation and the great outdoors in American history and culture.

Author : Gregory M. Fulkerson,Alexander R. Thomas
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498534109

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Reinventing Rural by Gregory M. Fulkerson,Alexander R. Thomas Pdf

This book analyzes contemporary challenges and solutions to problems facing rural communities. The idea of reinvention is offered as a description of how rural communities adapt by changing focus to alternative economic development strategies and by focusing on improved quality of life. The image of rural given is one of dynamism and resiliency.