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The Adirondacks: 1830-1930
The Adirondacks: 1830-1930
The Adirondacks: 1830-1930
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The Adirondacks: 1830-1930

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How the Adirondack region was first "discovered," then explored and eventually maintained- all of which helped shape what it is today.


The East's greatest wilderness, the Adirondack region of New York State, shares its history and lore with Native Americans, early settlers, artists, writers, sportsmen, professors and others. The Adirondacks are known to outdoor lovers, skiers, and year-round visitors for their 46 high peaks, 100-mile canoe route, 133-mile Northville-to-Lake Placid Trail, 30,000 miles of mountain streams, and 3,000 lakes.

In addition to its finding, The Adirondacks: 1830-1930, shows how the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, which is the largest park in the contiguous United States and a patchwork of public and private lands governed by one of the largest regional zoning plans in the country, was preserved. With over 200 stunning photographs and fascinating tales of the region, it traces the development of the hamlets, the great camps, the guides, and the furniture and tanning businesses.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 25, 2002
ISBN9781439611685
The Adirondacks: 1830-1930
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Donald R Williams

Don Williams is a Horticulturist, gardener and self-professed history junkie.  He graduated from the State University of New York, with a degree in Landscape Development. Don has been working in the horticulture industry for over forty years. His work background includes most aspects of the industry; managing growing operations, garden centers and landscape operations. He lives in Vero Beach, Florida, with his wife of over 36 years, a fellow Horticulturist and mystery author. Together they have one son attending college at Palm Beach Atlantic University He professes to not knowing everything about plants. Don believes when you stop learning every day you soon lose sight of what’s going on in the horticulture industry. Environmental factors are always changing, new plant pests come into play, and new plant introductions are coming out every year. Knowing the practices and plant selections that work well in our Florida climate is crucial to the success of your landscape. Over the years, he has worked with and been associated with many leaders in the horticulture industry. Don’s goal is to share his experiences with you and help you achieve success in your landscape and increase the value of your home. I hope you have enjoyed this book and it has helped you with your landscape, so you will enjoy it for years to come. If you have questions or would like more information, contact him by using the contact page at    Botanical Concepts of Vero Beach BotanicalConceptsofVeroBeach.com

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    As a person born and raised in the rural Adirondacks (many would call it wilderness), and the offspring of a summer Sport and a longtime native (complete with Native bloodlines), I loved this book and photos, especially since it was written by another native. There are those that still argue that my pedigree isn't impeccable due to my mother's only living there during the summers of her youth, and full-time since her marriage to my father ("If your cat has kittens in the oven, you wouldn't call them biscuits!"), but my heart has always been there, in particular in those places that have have been truly preserved, not developed into some Disney-world version of the place or neglected (I think they call it "preserved") into something that it never was, not even in pre-European times when large areas of the land were cleared by the Native peoples to facilitate their hunting. In fact, I would argue that I have a uniquely priviledged viewpoint as I grew up hearing about my paternal ancestors' lives there as well as how my mother's family came to call the place "home", at least during the summers.I see lower-rated reviews for the book on this site and will have to see why that is, but my guess is that readers are attempting to comprehend a people and a culture based on this thin book of photos, only 128 pages. Every picture does tell a story, and Donald Williams points out the details a casual observer might have missed, explaining them beautifully. Believing that any one book on the Adirondacks could do it all would be like rating a restaurant based on a platter of appetizers called a "sampler" or understanding an entire country and its people based on a one-day bus tour. Many of Donald Williams' descriptions match up with my memories (although I am not ancient: Time passes less quickly in that place on the planet), and other stories were simiar to those told to me by my father and grandparents. I have my own stack of old pictures and writings, only one photo a duplicateof those found in this book. To experience more, it is necessary to read more, a lot more, in essence, to get off the bus and have a look around for yourself. The Adirondack experience is a huge world to explore, more than could be covered in a lifetime:12 counties, 2.7 MILLION acres, cities, towns, hamlets and wilderness over 200 years (more if you like geology and other scientific studies), but this is a wonderful taste that captures some of the flavor of the experience. I'd recommend using it as your starting point and planning your exploration route from here.

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