Fish stocking (in the early style, using milk cans to transport fish) at Brandreth Lake in the Town of Long Lake in Hamilton County in 1949. The plane delivering the cans of fish was operated by Phoenix Adirondack Flights out of Inlet, NY.
Pictured from left to right are: Merle Phoenix (the pilot, flying a Stinson Seaplane), Bob Charbaneau, and Howard Annin (who organized the project for the Rap-Shaw Hunting and Fishing Club). The men are posed in front of the prop plane and next to a Diamond T truck. The milk cans were being used to transport […]
Edith (nee Tuttle) Morsey poses with two large lake trout. Edith was a guide in the 1930s and 40s. Edith’s mother, Lottie, was the first female guide in New York State. Circa 1940s. Old Forge, NY.
Caption on photo reads: Central Adirondack guides starting out to plant fish furnished by the state conservation department, in the more out of the way streams reached only by foot. Guides are pictured in front of Marks and Wilcox store. On the truck are Maurice Callahan and Walt Marks. Standing: George Villiere, Dan Rivet, Reg […]
Caption on photo reads: Steamer “Fawn” which plied Moose River from Minnehaha to Fulton Chain (Thendara) in the late 1800s. “Fawn,” a sidewheeler steamboat, was owned by William Scott Decamp. Circa 1880-1890. Town of Webb, NY. Printed by Green Timber Studio of Thendara, NY.
Onlookers watch as firemen use ladders to climb onto the roof of the Old Forge House, to fight a fire at the hotel on the Old Forge Pond. 1913. Old Forge, NY.
An Adirondack guide standing on the edge of Twitchell Lake, holding a shotgun, with a deer in his guide boat. 1895. Twitchell Lake outside Big Moose in the Town of Webb. Photo taken by W.C.Nichols.
Frederica Carr and Roy Wilcox standing on a dock. Roy was a boat hand; he is holding a rope attached to the Pickle Boat. Circa 1938. Town of Webb, NY.
Group of men in an Adirondack skiff. Circa 1890. Somewhere in the Adirondacks, most likely near or in Town of Webb.
Lakefront shot of the Mountain View Hotel and Cottages. Guests stand on the lawn and sit in canoes floating on Fourth Lake in the Fulton Chain. Circa 1910-1920. On Fourth Lake in the Town of Webb, NY. Check out our story about Webb’s transformation from logging town to tourist destination.
