April 3, 1922 – Minority Report on the Motion of Warwick S. Carpenter, by John S. Apperson The undersigned constituting a minority of the Committee on Conservation of the… Read more »
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Lecture Series
Here we post slide shows and videos of each of our talks. That way, the content can be shared with everyone! Dream of a Lake George Park Lake George has… Read more »
The Story of
Adirondack Activism
Ellen Apperson Brown, who grew up hearing so much about her great uncle (John Apperson) and Lake George, has spent much of her adult life trying to understand the political and cultural context of Apperson’s legacy, to be able to pass along to others what she has learned.
Correspondence with the Loines Family
John Apperson probably met Hilda Loines in 1921, and soon became friends with her mother, Mary Loines, a widow, and her sister, Sylvia. He invited them to the American Canoe Association Regatta, which he hosted at his camp in Huddle Bay (the Lake View Hotel property), and soon introduced the sisters to his favorite sport, skate-sailing, and helped them purchase suitable clothing and equipment from Abercrombie and Fitch, in New York.
Five articles published in the Adirondack Explorer Magazine 2013-2014
New York Women Helped Frame the Forest Preserve Debate (March 24, 2014) Forest Preserve History: The Warwick Carpenter Papers (August 14, 2013) Adirondack Legal History: The Lake George Trespass Case (July… Read more »
For the Love of Island Camping
Not many records survive from the first few years the Appersons spent in Schenectady, but we know that in 1906, John Apperson took an excursion into the Fulton Chain, with… Read more »
Welcome to Adirondack Activism
Imagine the thrill experienced by a young man accustomed to hiking through the mountains near his home in Southwest Virginia, on getting his first glimpse of Lake George, or of… Read more »
1920 (1921?) – April 25 – Flyer for an annual meeting of the Unitarian Laymen’s League.
Note at top: Dear Mr. Apperson: Don’t forget you are invited as my guest, and I shall surely expect you. Am very grateful for your courtesy. Perhaps you may want… Read more »