Jacques Suzanne Terry James Gordon Although thousands of chapters have been written about the history of the Adirondacks, the story of one of its most ... Read More
Mystery at Bog River Falls Mary MacKenzie More than a century ago a mysterious affair was reported from Bog River Falls. Bog River country is lonesome land... Read More
Movie Stars to Missing Persons Kathryn E. OBrien Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life's 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our arc... Read More
Women Have Been Voting Ever Since Robert F. Hall Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life‘s 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our arc... Read More
Adirondack Birdman Richard E. Tucker As the sun was setting on October 2, 1912, a half-frozen George A. Gray successfully landed his Burgess-Wright Model ... Read More
Early Work of Rockwell Kent Peggy Byrne Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life's 50th anniversary, we're sharing an article per week from our arc... Read More
The Closet Amy Godine When Southern public schools were segregated, Clinton, North Carolina, educated its black high schoolers at Sampson H... Read More
The Tree Army Niki Kourofsky “You know, it’s kind of a big deal.” A few years ago, my youngest daughter—around eight at the time—paused for abo... Read More
The Other Durant Sheila Myers If what Harvard historian Laurel Thacher Urlich said is true, that “well-behaved women seldom make history,” then one... Read More
Hidden Heritage Curt Stager There is a fable circulating in these mountains: “The Indians didn’t live up here.” It is false. Nevertheless, ... Read More
Conservation’s Dark Side Amy Godine If scholars, until recently, have failed to connect the dots between the eugenics and conservation movements, who can... Read More
A History in Fragments Lynn Woods SO MUCH FOR THE MYTH OF THE "TRACKLESS WILDERNESS": Turns out people have been coming to the region we now call the A... Read More