Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks,9780815607991

Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks

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ISBN13: 9780815607991
ISBN10: 0815607997
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-01
Publisher(s): Syracuse Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Illustrations
ix
The Big Moose Lake History Project Committee xiii
Preface xv
Introduction xix
Description of Big Moose Lake xxi
The Intractable Wilderness
1(20)
Beginnings
1(5)
Guides, Early Visitors, and First Settlers
6(9)
Penetrating the Wilderness: Webb's Railroad
15(6)
Hotels and the Birth of a Resort Community
21(53)
Camp Crag, the First Hotel on Big Moose Lake, 1880
21(10)
Higby Camp, 1891
31(7)
Lake View Lodge, 1898
38(8)
The Hotel Glennmore, 1899
46(6)
Burdick's, Waterman's, and the Big Moose Inn, 1903
52(5)
The Waldheim, 1904
57(8)
Veery's Nest, 1925
65(2)
Covewood, 1925
67(7)
Making a Living at Big Moose Lake
74(37)
The Glenns, the Sperrys, and Their Nearby Enterprises
74(6)
Businessmen on the Lake
80(24)
Ice Harvesting: A Community Enterprise
104(7)
Ventures from Outside the Lake
111(17)
The Boy Scout Pioneer Camp
111(3)
Lumbering at Big Moose Lake
114(10)
Local Loggers and Lumbering Stories
124(4)
Private Homes and Camps Before World War II
128(72)
Early Camps on West Bay
129(16)
Three Linked Camps at the West End of the Main Lake
145(14)
Into South Bay and Around to East Bay
159(13)
Two Early Camps at the Eastern Head of the Lake
172(4)
The Northern Side of the Main Lake
176(6)
The North Shore
182(18)
Major Events on the Lake
200(9)
An American Tragedy and Big Moose Lake
200(3)
Natural Disasters
203(3)
Moss Lake and the Indian Occupation
206(3)
Recreation
209(22)
Early Amusements
211(2)
Hiking Trails
213(2)
Recollections of Hunting and Fishing in the 1930s
215(4)
Boyhood Amusements
219(2)
The Big Moose Lake Motor Regatta of 1941
221(1)
Square Dancing at Covewood
222(1)
The Early Days of Waterskiing
223(4)
Later Waterskiing
227(2)
The Big Moose Canoe Crew
229(2)
The Big Moose Lake Community
231(20)
The Big Moose Lake Schools
231(4)
Community Groups
235(6)
The Big Moose Property Owners Association, 1926-2001
241(10)
Appendix A. Big Moose Lake at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century 251(17)
Appendix B. The Webb Covenant 268(2)
Appendix C. Big Moose Lake and the Adirondack Park Agency 270(3)
Notes 273(8)
Selected Bibliography 281(2)
Index 283

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