Rewind: August 2025 – “Henry Hudson Barton” We continue our look at the book in the collection of the Historical Society called Adirondack Profiles by William L. Wessels. In it, Mr. Wessels tells stories about people and places from all around the Adirondack Park. You may wonder about some of the ‘facts’ he shared, as we…
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Rewind: July 1, 2025 – “Glens Falls – Gateway to the Adirondacks – Finch, Pryun and Company”
Rewind: July 1, 2025 – “Glens Falls – Gateway to the Adirondacks – Finch, Pryun and Company” A gem in the collection of the Historical Society is a book called Adirondack Profiles by William L. Wessels. In it, Mr. Wessels tells stories about people and places from all around the Adirondack Park. You may…
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Rewind: January 20, 2025 – “Freud Visits”
Rewind: January 20, 2025 – “Famous Visitors to the Area – Sigmund Freud” We recently came across an article from the August 31, 1962 issue of Lake George Mirror which states that Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychoanalysis, visited the Adirondacks in 1909. Freud made the trip to America to attend an international…
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Rewind: February 1, 2023 – “Soul of the Summits”
Rewind: February 1, 2023: SOUL OF THE SUMMITS by Eloise O’Neil Grace’s love affair started when she was sixteen, in June, 1921, not far from home in Minerva. She was wearing, and then ruined her Oxfords. Black flies were everywhere, and the weather was drizzly and foggy. Her father invited her to go on a…
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Rewind: September 1, 2021 – “Beautiful Horicon: Thoughts from a Visit to Bolton Landing”
Rewind: September 1, 2021 Beautiful Horican: Thoughts from a visit to Bolton Landing by Dave Waite This account of a visit to Lake George began with lines by poet Richard Hovey: Again among the hills! The shaggy hills! The clear arousing air comes like a call Of bugle notes across the pines, and thrills My…
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Rewind: May 1, 2021 – “Meet Adirondack Fred”
Rewind: May 1, 2021 THE LEGEND OF ADIRONDACK FRED by Eloise O’Neil Fred Sullivan was passionate about the woods and rivers in the Adirondacks. By creating, directing and producing movies, he attempted to educate and share his love and way of living in Saranac Lake. Since he was a kid…
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