Beaver River Country - Edward I. Pitts

Beaver River Country

An Adirondack History

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Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
2022
Syracuse University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8156-3718-9 (ISBN)
74,80 inkl. MwSt
Beaver River country is the largest undisturbed tract of forest in the entire northeastern United States. This book traces the generations of people who inhabited the region, from the ancestors of the Haudenosaunee, to the early European settlers, to the vacation communities and seasonal visitors.
Encompassing the lands immediately surrounding the upper reaches of the Beaver River from its headwaters at Lake Lila to Beaver Lake at the settlement of Number Four, Beaver River country is the largest undisturbed tract of forest in the entire northeastern United States. During the nineteenth century it was widely considered to be the very heart of the Adirondacks and was visited by thousands of tourists seeking outdoor recreation. The area boasted a busy railroad station, two grand hotels, an exclusive resort, and an elaborate great camp, as well as dozens of guides camps and sporting clubs.

Pitts traces the generations of people who inhabited the region, from the ancestors of the Haudenosaunee, to the early European settlers, to the vacation communities and seasonal visitors. With each generation, Pitts shows how Beaver River country escaped the forces that fragmented and destroyed the wilderness in much of the Northeast. The forest and waters that attracted the early visitors are still there, preserved by a combination of happenstance and dedicated effort. Filled with rare vintage photographs, this book is a vivid portrait of this wild region, revealing how it came to be and why it survives.

Edward I. Pitts is a retired attorney and federal administrative law judge. His articles on Adirondack history have appeared in Adirondack Magazine, Adirondack Life, LOCALadk, and the Adirondack Almanack.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie New York State Series
Zusatzinfo 69 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 235 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 0-8156-3718-7 / 0815637187
ISBN-13 978-0-8156-3718-9 / 9780815637189
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