On Fourth Lake

On Fourth Lake

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  • Author: Donald Sanford
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780996528801
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 360

This is the story of the people, places and events that have shaped the shoreline of Lake Mendota, Madison's greatest lake, as we know it today. It is the story of iceboaters, sailors, fishers, hunters, explorers, politicians, entertainers, lifeguards, boat captains, inventors, scientists and Olympians, much of it in their own words. Don Sanford spent over a decade preparing this social history of Lake Mendota. His work assembles the personal experiences of people who lived, worked, and played on the lake with the events that shaped Madison, the Badger State, and the nation.The first book of its type, On Fourth Lake is illustrated with more than 500 maps, newspaper articles, and photographs. Many of the images were sourced from private collections and are exhibited to the public for the very first time. This book is a must-have for anyone who spends time on Lake Mendota or has an interest in local history.


Fourth Lake

Fourth Lake

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  • Author: Bruce Bonfield
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780692625545
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 250

A highly illustrated narrative of over 50 historic hotels and public camps plus 15 private camps on 4th Lake, Fulton Chain, Adirondack Mountains, NY


God's Country

God's Country

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  • Author: Clara Vaughan Hatcher O'Brien
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780932052261
  • Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 278


The Fulton Chain

The Fulton Chain

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  • Author: Charles E. Herr
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780692745304
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 328

Using his Weekly Adirondack articles as a blueprint, Charles Herr presents the first general history of the Fulton Chain region in almost seventy years. Readers will learn about the beginnings of Old Forge and Inlet, Benjamin Harrison's visits, construction of the Fulton Chain Railroad and Raquette Lake Railway lines, the steamboats, mail boats and pickle boats, as well as the first major hotels of Inlet and Old Forge. Also covered is early town politics and the building of roads.


God's Country

God's Country

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  • Author: North Country Books
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  • ISBN: 9781493076734
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

"God's Country" was the first name by which I knew the Adirondack Mountains. When I came Eagle Bay in 1937 as John Petersen's wife, I had carried with me since 1917 a mental picture of its beauty. That was when I had first met John, and at that time his description of the country he lived in and loved fitted the name by which he called it. Twenty years later when he brought me to Eagle Bay from Texas, he said we would live in God's Country. Two days after arriving in Eagle Bay I walked down to the beach. Looking over the blue waters of Fourth Lake to the triple rim of the mountains surrounding it with Dollar and Cedar Island lying in the middle of the lake, and the lush evergreens and majestic trees covering the mountains and the islands, it was not difficult for me to see God's handiwork in it at all. Truly I had come to see God's Country. Clara V. O'Brien


Cranberry Lake and Wanakena

Cranberry Lake and Wanakena

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  • Author: Susan Thomas Smeby
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780738509693
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 132

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.


The Adirondack Kids

The Adirondack Kids

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  • Author: Justin VanRiper
  • Publisher: North Country Books
  • ISBN: 9780970704405
  • Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 86

Justin Robert is ten years old and likes computers, biking and peanut butter cups. But his passion is animals. When an uncommon pair of common loons takes up residence on Fourth Lake near the family camp, he will do anything he can to protect them.


Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks

Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks

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  • Author: Bryant Franklin Tolles
  • Publisher: UPNE
  • ISBN: 9781584650966
  • Category : Architecture
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 362

An architectural study of the large Adirondack hotels that focuses on the cultural history of travel and tourism.


Longstreet Highroad Guide to the New York Adirondacks

Longstreet Highroad Guide to the New York Adirondacks

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  • Author: Phil Brown
  • Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
  • ISBN: 1461661986
  • Category : Travel
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 353

The indispensable guide to the best the New York Adirondacks have to offer.


The Lake

The Lake

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  • Author: Natasha Preston
  • Publisher: Delacorte Press
  • ISBN: 0593124979
  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 386

The instant New York Times bestseller! Hot on the heels of The Twin, the undisputed queen of YA thrillers is back with a scary and suspenseful read about a summer camp filled with dark secrets. Esme and Kayla once were campers at Camp Pine Lake. Now they’re back as counselors-in-training. Esme loves the little girls in her cabin and thinks it’s funny how scared they are of everything—the woods, the bugs, the boys...even swimming in the lake. It reminds her of how she and Kayla used to be. Before... Because Esme and Kayla did something terrible when they were campers. Something they’ve kept a secret all these years. They vow that this summer will be awesome. Two months of sun, s’mores, and flirting with the cute boy counselors. But then they get a message: THE LAKE NEVER FORGETS. The secret they’ve kept buried for so many years is about to resurface. “[T]he strong buildup…leads to a shockingly satisfying finale. An eerie thriller reminiscent of summer horror movies that will keep readers on edge.”—Kirkus "Pays homage to classic summer camp slasher films...horror fans will likely appreciate this paranoia-fueled tale."—Publishers Weekly