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 »
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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 »
Andrew Smith (Glenn Falls Attorney)
John Apperson had contact with several members of the Smith family, of the Fred R. Smith & Sons Marina, in Bolton Landing. Apperson’s interests in rip-rapping the shores of islands… Read more »
William G. Howard
William G. Howard had a long career as NY State Superintendent of Forests. He is recognized as a founder of the Adirondack Mountain Club and as a promoter of campsites… Read more »
Ellwood M. Rabenold
When John Apperson first became active in political battles in Albany, Ellwood Rabenold was already serving as a New York State senator. The two men probably met during the Constitutional… Read more »
February 23. 1961 – The New York Times – Forest Preserve in Danger
February 23, 1961 – The New York Times – Forest Preserve In Danger The New York Forest Preserve, covering some 2,400,000 acres in the Adirondacks and the Catskills, is without… Read more »
March 4, 1961 – JSA – New York Times Editorial
March 4, 1961 – New York Times Editorial , by JSA To Save the Forest Preserve To the Editor of the New York Times: The mass recreation plan and the… 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 »