History

Although thousands of chap­ters have been written about the history of the Adirondacks, the story of one of its most ...

More than a century ago a mysterious affair was reported from Bog River Falls. Bog River country is lonesome land...

Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life's 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our arc...

Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life‘s 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our arc...

As the sun was setting on October 2, 1912, a half-frozen George A. Gray successfully landed his Burgess-Wright Model ...

Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life's 50th anniversary, we're sharing an article per week from our arc...

When Southern public schools were segregated, Clinton, North Carolina, educated its black high schoolers at Sampson H...

“You know, it’s kind of a big deal.” A few years ago, my youngest daughter—around eight at the time—paused for abo...

If what Harvard historian Laurel Thacher Urlich said is true, that “well-behaved women seldom make history,” then one...

There is a fable circulating in these mountains: “The Indians didn’t live up here.” It is false. Nevertheless, ...

If scholars, until recently, have failed to connect the dots between the eugenics and conservation movements, who can...

SO MUCH FOR THE MYTH OF THE "TRACKLESS WILDERNESS": Turns out people have been coming to the region we now call the A...