The Adirondack Mountains have a rich history with astonishing ties to major national events. It may be a surprise to some...

The beauty of the Adirondacks has attracted visitors since the early nineteenth century; between 1880 and 1920 Blue Mountain...

The earliest recorded trip on water skis occurred during the summer of 1922 in Minnesota. The term came in to common use...

The Adirondacks have a long history of epic blazes. While there are no recent comparisons with the terrible devastation faced...

On the damp night of September 14, 1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt made his legendary night ride from the Adirondack...

In the summer of 1858 an expedition of ten scholarly men from Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts embarked on a trip to Follensby...

New York abolished slavery in 1827. However, the state was not rid of those who believed in profiting from the selling of...

The Adirondack Museum is known for its large and varied collection of boats used to navigate the many lakes and rivers of...

Enduring black flies is a test of anyone’s character. The ways in which people have coped with the months of May and...

Mitchell Sabattis, Abenaki Farmer, 1855  By guest writers Christopher Roy & David Benedict, 7 June 2009 While most...