Sign of the Times

After I listened to one of historian Richard Nason’s lectures, I became obsessed with researching an aspect of his narrative. Nason, a retired Finch, Pruyn forester with a deep knowledge of the Adirondack logging industry, described a tree with a cross carved into its bark; the carving was thought to mark the death of a logger in the mid-20th century on the Upper Hudson River, near Newcomb.

Eager to discover the story behind this