[PDF] Reflections On Lake George eBook

Author : Joseph W Zarzynski
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2020-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1614233802

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Discover lost history in the dark waters of Lake George. Lake George is bustling with boaters, swimmers, fishermen and many others, enjoying its scenic, quintessentially Adirondack shores. But the depths below hide a whole other world--one of shipwrecks and lost history. Entombed are remnants of Lake George's important naval heritage, such as the legendary Land Tortoise radeau, which sank in 1758. Other wrecks include the steam yacht Ellide and the first famed Minne-Ha-Ha. These waters hold secrets, too, like the explanation behind the 1926 disappearance of two hunters. After years of exploration across the lake's bottomlands, underwater archaeologist Joseph W. Zarzynski and archeological diver Bob Benway present the most intriguing discoveries among more than two hundred known shipwreck sites.

Author : Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 2013-12
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ISBN : 9781314958652

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Author : Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,98 MB
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780469851221

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Author : Gale J. Halm
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752413204

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Pioneer photographers Senaca Ray Stoddard and Jesse Sumner Wooley, along with other local professional and amateur photographers, visually recorded life at Lake George around the beginning of the twentieth century. With artistic clarity and astuteness, they created a pictorial diary of this well-known resort area, as our grandparents and great-grandparents would have known it.

Author : Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 10,31 MB
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781331389651

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Excerpt from Lake George in History A great water pathway; The making of Lake George; The Indians of Lake George; The discovery of Lake George; The naming of Lake George; Lake George a warpath; A canoe expedition; The path of peace messengers; The English advance to Lake George; The French at Ticonderoga; The march on Fort Edward; The bloody morning scout; The battle of Lake George; The Bloody Pond fight; Baron Dieskau's danger; Holding Lake George; A winter attack on Fort William Henry; Montcalm on Lake George; The siege of Fort William Henry; The fall of Fort William Henry; The massacre of Lake George; The battle of Rogers' Rock; Rogers' slide; The battle of Ticonderoga; Puntnam's adventure; Last scenes of the French war about Lake George; Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga; Benjamin Franklin on Lake George; Burgoyne in control of Lake George; The Battle of Diamond Island; Early visitors at Lake George; Points of Historic interest on and about Lake George About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Ellen Apperson Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 26,45 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439660573

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In 1900, John Apperson, a young man from Virginia, began working for General Electric in Schenectady, New York. An avid hiker and outdoor enthusiast, Apperson soon found others interested in Adirondack sports such as ice-fishing and skate-sailing, and they started taking camping trips into the north country. He discovered Lake George one summer while attending a boat race, and thus began his lifelong love affair with the magnificent scenery. Apperson devoted his energy and resources to saving the land from various threats, including commercial development, logging, illegal squatters, and erosion. Apperson launched a two-pronged strategy, promoting Lake George for its recreational potential while recruiting people to help repair the shores of islands. He earned the respect of leading politicians, philanthropists, and journalists, including George Foster Peabody, New York governor Al Smith, and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. His actions brought him into open conflict with powerful adversaries, too.