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Beaver River Country - An Adirondack History (Hardcover)
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Beaver River Country - An Adirondack History (Hardcover)
Series: New York State Series
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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.
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