July 18, 1928 – JSA to E. M. White & Co. (Old Town, Maine) Dear Sir: Your July 16th letter addressed to Mr. L. D. Jones has been referred… Read more »
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February 5, 1929 – Beatrice Ward Nelson to JSA
February 5, 1929 – Beatrice Ward Nelson (Executive Secretary – National Conference on State Parks, Inc. Washington, DC) to JSA Dear Mr. Apperson: Thank you so much for your… Read more »
1924 – Committee on State Park Plan
1924 – undated – Committee on State Park Plan (by the State Association) Madison Grant, New York, Chairman A.T. Fancher, Salamanca, Vice Chairman A. Welch, Haverstraw, Vice Chairman John C…. Read more »
August 27, 1925 – Bertha Ehlers to JSA
August 27, 1925 – Bertha Ehlers (Philadelphia, Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.) – to JSA Dear John, Because I believed that Ormonde’s partners and possibly his family might want to… Read more »
For the Love of Island Camping
Over one hundred years ago, when John Apperson made his first trip to Lake George, he enjoyed camping on the islands in the Narrows, winter and summer, and brought many… Read more »
Dream of a Lake George Park
Starting back in 1923, people began talking about establishing a Lake George Park, to include the central section of Lake George (the islands of the Narrows, with mountains on both… Read more »
Lake George
Throughout the first half of the 20th century, activists played an important role in protecting and preserving New York’s most famous lake and tourist attraction – Lake George. This is their story…