Adirondacks 1931 1990

Author : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0738511560

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The Adirondacks, 1931-1990 by Donald R. Williams Pdf

For decades, the vast Adirondack wilderness has beckoned. Some, having sampled the treasury of Adirondack art and literature, are drawn by its spectacular beauty; many are lured by its year-round sports and recreational opportunities; others are enticed by its health-giving qualities-the clear air, sparkling waters, and refreshing woodlands. The Adirondacks: 1931-1990 celebrates the years in which the six-million-acre preserve truly became a people's park. With some two hundred rare images, the book includes views of the Winter Olympics held at Lake Placid in 1932, attended by thousands from the world over. It applauds the American boys working in the CCC camps in the Adirondacks during the Great Depression. It follows the steamboats as they ply Lake George and the Fulton Chain and other lakes, as well as the railroads as they bring in more and more visitors. It traces the rise and fall of the grand hotels and their successors: the cabins, motels, cottages, second homes, and campsites of the motoring public. It highlights the music, the architecture, the animals, the crafts-the more recent history of the Adirondack culture.

Author : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1531607578

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Adirondacks 1931-1990 by Donald R. Williams Pdf

For decades, the vast Adirondack wilderness has beckoned. Some, having sampled the treasury of Adirondack art and literature, are drawn by its spectacular beauty; many are lured by its year-round sports and recreational opportunities; others are enticed by its health-giving qualities-the clear air, sparkling waters, and refreshing woodlands. The Adirondacks: 1931-1990 celebrates the years in which the six-million-acre preserve truly became a people's park. With some two hundred rare images, the book includes views of the Winter Olympics held at Lake Placid in 1932, attended by thousands from the world over. It applauds the American boys working in the CCC camps in the Adirondacks during the Great Depression. It follows the steamboats as they ply Lake George and the Fulton Chain and other lakes, as well as the railroads as they bring in more and more visitors. It traces the rise and fall of the grand hotels and their successors: the cabins, motels, cottages, second homes, and campsites of the motoring public. It highlights the music, the architecture, the animals, the crafts-the more recent history of the Adirondack culture.

Author : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0738545600

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Adirondack Ventures by Donald R. Williams Pdf

Adirondack Ventures explores the early man-made features that were introduced into New York States great mountain and lake region. With some 200 rare photographs, this book recounts the memories of those who took part in the development of the Adirondacks, an area that covers one quarter of the state. To open up these millions of acres, pathways and roadways and, later, small airports and railways were constructed. To enhance the use and enjoyment of the wilderness, bikeways and ski slopes, as well as amusement parks and golf courses, were built. Adirondack Ventures explores the early man-made features that were introduced into New York States great mountain and lake region. With some 200 rare photographs, this book recounts the memories of those who took part in the development of the Adirondacks, an area that covers one quarter of the state. To open up these millions of acres, pathways and roadways and, later, small airports and railways were constructed. To enhance the use and enjoyment of the wilderness, bikeways and ski slopes, as well as amusement parks and golf courses, were built.

Author : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,9 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 : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,7 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 : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,8 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN : CORNELL:31924094758251

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Adirondack Life by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donald R. Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-21
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439618035

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Adirondack Ventures by Donald R. Williams Pdf

Adirondack Ventures explores the early man-made features that were introduced into New York State’s great mountain and lake region. With some 200 rare photographs, this book recounts the memories of those who took part in the development of the Adirondacks, an area that covers one quarter of the state. To open up these millions of acres, pathways and roadways and, later, small airports and railways were constructed. To enhance the use and enjoyment of the wilderness, bikeways and ski slopes, as well as amusement parks and golf courses, were built.

Author : Philip G. Terrie,Phillip G. Terrie
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0815605706

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Contested Terrain by Philip G. Terrie,Phillip G. Terrie Pdf

This work shows how expectations about land use, combined with interactions with nature have defined the Adirondacks. Outlining the disputes for the control of the land, the author introduces the key players from the residents, landholders, to preservationists and developers.

Author : Jerome Simon Thaler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN : PSU:000057935331

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Adirondack Weather by Jerome Simon Thaler Pdf

Author : David Lawrence Kay, 1954-
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924062856707

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Regional Land Use Controls in the Adirondack Park by David Lawrence Kay, 1954- Pdf

Author : William J. O'Hern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89096007836

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Under an Adirondack Influence by William J. O'Hern Pdf

The life story of Reverend A.L. Byron-Curtiss.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fishery resources
ISBN : MINN:31951D025912869

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Wild Trout VII by Anonim Pdf

Author : Susan Thomas Smeby
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0738509698

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Cranberry Lake and Wanakena by Susan Thomas Smeby Pdf

In the northwest corner of the Adirondack Park lie Cranberry Lake and the village of Wanakena. This remote area was the last-settled part of New York State; from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, its name evoked the very essence of wilderness. Initially, sportsmen, naturalists, and artists flocked to the area. By 1900, summer tourism was booming. The logging industry followed, to harvest the virgin timber; after that, the state purchased the mostly cleared lands. Today, seventy-five percent of the lake's shoreline is state owned, and the Five Ponds Wilderness, south of Wanakena, is one of the largest and wildest areas in the Adirondacks.

Author : Patricia A. Saunders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000027608946

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Phytoplankton Production and Limnological Characteristics of Twelve Adirondack Seepage Lakes by Patricia A. Saunders Pdf