The Quarterly. January 1969 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. liih:.adii<osu.icks 16 THL ULUES TlYhb

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1 The Quarerly OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION liih:.adii<osu.icks 16 THL ULUES TlYhb January 1969

2 P~ge Two The Quarerly Official Publicaion of The S. Lawrence Couny Hisorical ASSXI. ASSOCIATION OmCERS Presiden EDWARD J. BAN Canon Firs Vice Presiden VARICK CHIlTENDEN Hopkinon Second Vice Presiden HOWARD K. SMITH Posdam Treasurer DONALD A. BWNT Canon Assisan Treamuer JOHN MEWLEY Canon Corresponding Secremy MARIANNE SAVINC Heuvelon Financid Secreary MRS. W. B. FLEETHAM DePeyser Richville Building MRS. JOSEPH WRANESH Klchvllle Promoion EUGENE HATCH Russell Spcciol Gifs MRS. EDWARD BIONDI Canon Hisoric Sies and Museums LAWRENCE C. BOVARD Ogdensburg Norninoions EDWARD F. HEIM Canon Yorker Clubs MRS. JOSEPH WRANESH Rlchvllle Fairs MAXINE RUTHER Hammond dlcmbership MR. LAWRENCE G. BOVARD Ogdensbura ~ro~ram VARICK CHITTENDEN Hopklnon THE QUARTERLY MARY H. BIONDI Edror MARGARET CLEASON Assisan Edior ADVISORY BOARD Eugene Hach Rurrell Dr. Paul F. Jamleson Canon George Llebler ensburg Mrs. Nina Smlhen DePeyser Harold Sorle Gouverneur THE QUARTERLY is published in January, April, July and Ocober each year by he S. Lawrence Couny Hisorical Associaion, Ediorial Office, Box 43, Canon, adverising and publicaion office 4042 Clinon Sree, Gouverneur, N.Y. EXTRA COPIES may be obained from Mrs. Edward Biondi, S. Lawrence Couny Hisorian's Office, Box 43, Couny Building, Canon, N.Y., a 75 cens each. Ph : Adirondack Foohills Issue CONTENTS JANUARY, 1969 NO. 1 VOL. 14 Page CLIFTON Gaeway o he Rig \Voods by J. R. Banmof 3 DAVID J. CLEL:\ND, A Tribue 4 FITZSIMIIONS' LAST FIGHT by Lee N. Fuller 5 HIGHi\:AY OF HISTORY The Old Orc Bed Road by Floyd Hanson 6 L. L. MEPBURN Gunsmih of Colon by H. J. Swinney 7 E;\RL\ DLCE MOUNTAIX HOLTSE ( Sereopicon View) 9 POST CARD VIEWS Fine, Oswegachie, Edwards SSIITlI'S LAKE DC)Ij;LING BLOCK, Fine Jl.\P OF.ZDIROSDACKS 1885.\DIIIONDACTi REFERENCES IN HISTORY cekter AD\ERTISEMES'I' F'OR SUMMER WORK SOIT 1,OST JUST JlISSING by Helen Esclm Tyler FOREST HOCSE, S'T.4RKS FALLS, COLTON ADIRONDACK SCENES POETIC PORTRAIT OUR?vIEJIBERS \\;RITE OVEN LAKE,\DJIIOND;\CK VILLAGES 1,ETTEJX FROM EDITOR I'ZCESIDEKT'S MESSSAGE.lNNUAL MEETING CK,ZCI<ER R.4RREL RESEARCH

3 CLIFT0~ Gaeway To The Big Woods,,,, R. BA,Ro, Page Three Hisoric Town Meeing of 1894 Transferring Town Sea From magnaes were wriing "doom" o he playground of he Clifon o Benson Mines Gods and he paradise of sporsmen Clifon where he famous poliical bale of '94 ook place, he bale which ransferred he own sea from Clifon o Benson Mines. yes: here was a Clifon up Norh in God's Counm~. On a morning early in February he doors of he school Uncle Sam lised i as Clarksboro o he peo?le of he house were opened for voing. Three fee of snow lay on Norh Counry i was Clifon o he end. he ground and he roads were nex o impassable. Harvey Leaving De~alb Juncion he raveler passed hrough Her Esler of Benson Mines, he Dick Croker of own poliics. mon where "Spence Ladd" made hoel hisory and "Hi Day" and candidae for he office of supervisor, assised by Jimmie made he law of he land; hrough he quain village of Russell Humes, led he Benson Mines forces, Mr. Compon, also wih is arsenal used for he sorage of muniions during a candidae for he office of supervisor, assumed he generalhe War of 1812, and laer used as a school house unil a ship of he Clifon forcesand he bale was on. Esler well known philanhropis * ook piy on he school principal challenged he firs Clifon voe and from ha ime on voe and buil a modern school building, hrough Souh Russell challenging indoors and fisic bous oudoors wer2 he order where "Salem Town" (I should have been "Solomon Town") of he day. operaed he general sore; along Plum Brook where some years ago he pearl indusry flourished, and where some TWO DAY VOTING very rare fresh waer pearls were found. (Today a clam in Plum Brook would feel as lonely as a ham sandwich in A noon Mr. Compon decided he siuaion was oo corrup a Jewish Synagogue on Yom Kipper); hence on o DeGrasse for him and urned he leadership of he Clifon forces over (i was Monerey unil some of he naives wen high ha) o Edson King. Toward evening i became eviden ha such where '*Ab Armsrong*' dispensed groceries, hardware and a bale could no be seled in one day and Judge Hale of jewelry and where he genial Che Van Ornam dispensed Canon Was called in as referee. Polls were officially closed humorand hen Clifon. a 6 p.m. o be opened again he following morning. A 6 a.m. Clifon wih is "Jim Sheridan" whose word in ha communiy hordes of voers appeared, Ialians, Poles, Swedes and wha was law, and if he lacked he ri h word he called in Bill Dean no from Benson Mines: Indians. Canucks and wha have of Clare. Clifon wih is "scochman Gordon9s Hoel,*s you from Clifon. voers came from everywhere. from nowhere. whose regiser read like a social blue book wih is pages oaling in number more han he combined populaion of illuminaed by such nnmes as Governor Roswell P. Flower; Clifon and Benson Mines. No voer was allowed o ener Harry Sedman, edior of he New York Sun and chancellor he voing booh alone. Bill McAleese. Jim Humes and Alvah of he Sae Board of Regens; William S. Kimball, presiden Allen saw o i ha everyone voed as insruced. Afer he of he Kimball Tobacco company, and oher noables oo Smoke of bale cleared away he ellers mnounced ha numerous o menion, Gordon's Hoel was he "Dinnerw he Benson Mines forces were vicorious. Clifon Was no sop for sporsmen going from DeKalb Juncion o Cranberry longer he own sea and ha fac marked he beginning of Lake. he end for i Clifon wih is general sore owned and operaed by Alvah Gone is Scochman Gordon's Hoel wih is charming sur Allen in he back room of which was seled all maers of roundings; gone is Colonel Ingerson's farm on DeLancey own, sae and naional imporance. The box sove and saw Hill, where according o Bill McAleese he sand was so deep dus box were insiuions. and he odors of smoked herring, ha afer wind sorms he woodchuck holes suck wo fee perfumery and sale obacco smoke blended ino an aroma ou of he ground; gone is he Log Hoel, wih is Cash Griffin, never o be forgoen. is far famed bed bugs and is "Graybacks." progeniors Clifon wih is "Log Hoel." rendezvous for lumberjacks of he "Cooies" of World War fame. and log drivers, arena of fisic bous and headquarers for Gone is Clifon, save for he magnificen Clifon Falls general melees and brawls. Killikinick obscco smoke mixed which go on and on. wih odors of sale beer and second hand opodeldoc were (Waerown Daily Times, Apr. 8, 1939) ever presen, and profaniy was no enirely unknown here..seymour H. Knox The passerby would probably hear from inside an ouburs of song from a gang of inebriaed lumberjacks such as: One mornin' 'fore dayligh Ed Geary go mad an' knocked H ou of Griffin, he boys were all glad Mrs. Griffin sood here, I'm sorry o ell Bu was ickled o deah o see Griffin cach H Down. Down, Derry Down This was Clifon following he days when he Clifon iron mine was rying o make hisory, wih is puffing, wheezing, wood burning locomoive hauling iron ore over wooden railroad racks o Fullerville where i was smeled. (Che Van Orman said ha was how iron was discovered a Clifonhey smel From Wallace's Guide To The Adirondacks 1897 ediion i) Gone is he Clifon mine, save for he owering chimney From DeKalb Juncion o Russell here is a daily sage. lef sanding as a monumen o he Faser mason who sood from here conveyances may be obained o Cranberry Lake. on he las brick laid, drank a pin of squirrel whiskey and The railroad connecing he Clifon Iron Mines wih ~as lived o scale he ladder o he ground. DeKalb Saion is no in operaion now. In fac i never was employed as a ransi for passengers, being solely used by he Clifon Iron Company by which i is owned in he FINE TANNERY ransporaion of iron ore ha exiss in considerable quan This was Clifon a he ime of ha invenion of he Devil iies in he neighborhood. * he "Bark Spud." This insrumen marked he beginning of he ruinaion of he foress, hough perhaps i is lile wonder Clarksboro is hree miles in he woods, and is pleasanly ha housands of acre:; of virgin fores were sripped of siuaed a he foo of Clifon High Falls, ongrass River. hemlock rees jus for he an bark when hemlock lumher Allen Pond is one and one half miles norh. could be bough for $9 a housand fee. The annery a Fine Fine fishing is from his poin up he Grass River. Copper was calling for more bark. Clifon a he ime of he "fores Falls and he veins of copper near well repay a visi. ragedy*' when i was discovered ha paper could be made Tooley Pond wo and one half miles on, is a beauiful from spruce rees; when he Clifon Lumhr company, he shee of waer nearly one mile long and noed as a favorie Canon Lumber company, Dean & Aldrich and oher lumber resor of deer. *

4 Page Four m....,.. DAVID J. CLELAND A Tribue and when he was maduaed from Edwards High School. i was as saluaorian of his class. His faher had suffered from an aack of polio, so David operaed he family farm. In 1936 he was married o Miss Ehel Davis of Fowler. To hem was born a son James, who died early, and Kahy, now a suden a Sae Universiy College a Albany. Nine Years ago S. Lawrence Couny had gained as a resul of he Seaway boom he required hundred housand populaion which eniled i o esablish he office of commissioner of jurors. David became he second o hold he office, and brough o i a high degree of efficiency and his mehods were sudied by oher counies of he sae. He became he presiden of he Sae Associaion of Commissioners of Jurors and handled ha wih apparen ease. No o David was graned a long life, bu his days were crowded wih service o his counry, his couny and own. He was a member of he couny draf board for many years, and for over hiry years he served his own as assessor. To his many friends, and I coun myself one of hese, David found ime and hough for many lile unexpeced deeds of quie kindness. He was always ineresed in he pas local scene of men and affairs and when you saw him approaching wih his ypical wee smile and winkle in his eye, you knew ha a good sory was coming. Beween his numerous asks he conrived o find ime for his hobbies of baseball and fishing. He was devoed o all phases of our Associaion and during his las illness, he remarked ha he would have loved o have aended our meeing ha day. David, we miss you. On he day of our annual meeing a Sar Lake occurred he deah of David Cleland, our reasurer. For eigh years he had carried on he increasingly growing ask of he office in a painsaking and meiculous way. His ideas of how our monies should be allocaed were always sound and were respcsd a our meeing. In friendly humor he was someimes called "our Scoch reasurer," for he was of Scoish American descen. David's moher Kaharine Allan was born in Leih. Scoland in Condiions for he coer. or rener, had changed lile since Rober Burns' ime. Land in Scoland was universally rened as i was held in fee passing from one heir o he nex, so here was lile chance of one's ever owning his own home. Kahy's faher deermined o come o America, wih is pleniful opporuniies, so he, her sepmoher and nineyearold Kahy sailed for he new land. Laer she remembered ha i was a hard voyage and one small child died on he ship. The wee dead bairn was placed in a "kis" (ches) given by a sympaheic woman passenger and was buried a sea. The Allans seled a Por Cheser, N.Y.. where here was a ready demand for his skill as bricklayer. The climae of Por Cheser proved o be unhealhy for lile Kahy, and she suffered recurring aacks of fever and ague. There had been some correspondence wih a relaive. Rober Wilson of Edwards, and iwas arranged ha Kahy would say summers wih he Wilson famuly. Rober's faher James Wilson had been one of a company of Scoish selers who came o Edwards in 1819 as a young man. Ohers were Alexander Kerr. Rober Wason, Rober Brown. Alexander Noble, John Laidlaw and James Grieves wih heir families and he single men, John Whiehead, William. Andrew and Thomas Cleland. His faher had married farms in he ferile upper Elm Creek valley, so he localiy became known a3 'Scoland.' Kahy's healh improved in he norhern air and each year she was growing o be a more aracive young woman. She was sprighly. loved company and she was a alened singer and mandolin player. She was welcomed by he young people of he neighborhood. Among he neighbor lads who came o he Wilsons' was Jimmy Cleland. His faher had married a Miss Rushon of he own and he had wo good farms. Jimmy was araced o Kahy, and soon hey were "keeping company." In 1905 hey were married a Por Cheser and Jimmy ook his bride home o live in he square house buil by his faher on he Scoland road. Here in 1909, David James was born. Early he showed characerisic horoughness as a suden posdamsouh colon CONCORD GO ACHES DAllY l?,mmi. Fare $1 Mon. Wed. & Fri. Sages sark QIW mi.) 1.75 se avey9s (35 mi.) 2.75 childwold (38 mi.) 3.OO gale's (41 mi.) childwold park house (41% mi.) 3.35 Reurning On Alernae Days This Mail line wih privae mail boxes all along he roue affords excellen faciliies for ge in9 leers and papen.

5 Page Five (Alhough i found no place in he record books, he las boxing mach of "Bob" Fizsimmons, one ime worlds heavy weigh boxing champion, ook place in S. Lawrence Couny.) Record books say ha he final appearance in he boxing ring of Bob Fizsimmons, one ime heavy weigh champion, was in Sydney, Ausralia when he was knocked ou by Bill Lang. These record books do no ell he whole sory; here was one laer mach which did no ge ino he records and which was virually ignored by newspapers. The exac dae is a rifle hazy because my scrap book became los bu i was somewhere around 1908 or I was a rewrer on he Waerown M. Y.)Times and he bell a circular saw was suspended from a pole and he ime keeper gave i a lusy wallop wih a hammer. The promoer ook his ringside sea wih an air of osenaion and placed a baseball ba across his knees. I was his own suble way of saying o he crowd ha he affair was on he up and up and here would be no inerference on he par of specaors, no maer wha he resul migh be. When Bob enered he ring, lumberjacks sood weny deep around i. Some had climbed rees o ge a beer view; ohers who had over esimaed heir liquid capaciy were deep in slumber. Bob received a generous round of applause as he enered he ring, bu i was nohing o he roar ha greeed bou ook a Benson Mines, jumping off place ino he Paul. Adirondacks. Benson Mines is now a busy mining communiy, "Look a him," Bob breahed sofly in admiraion as Paul bu In hose davs i was one of he las sands of he dis sood Up and le a blanke draped across his shoulders slip appearing lumbeijacks. o he floor, revealing a hairy figure more han six fee Fizsimmons and his wife, Julie, were hen in vaudeville, all, weighing considerably over wo hhndred pounds; a figure and afer a week a he Old Orpheum Theaer in Waerown, wih a barrel like ches and arms and shoulders bulging wih hey ook a week layoff. Fia spen a lo of ime a a black myscle. There was no an ounce of fa jus plain beef. smih shop hammering ou horseshoes which he presened Wo a man." said Fiz "I don' know anyhing abou hio his friends. He had never forgoen his old rade of black bu I know I'm nogoing olehim hi me. He's oo dangerous." smih and could urn ou a pony slipper in jig ime. I have Paul wore no shoes and his garganuan fee were covered one of hem now. Fia was good newspaper copy as he spun wih wool socks. A former professional boxer was referee yarns of his days in he ring and I suck closely o him. and he had difficuly inducing Paul o accep he general rules of boxing. Paul waned o wear no gloves. He rebelled ACHALLENGE a he suggesion ha he was no o kick or bie, ha all BY leer o he paper one day came a challenge from a man blows mus be above he bel and ha he mus qui fighing who said he was manager of ~i~ Paul of Benson Mines, a he sound of he bell. He was paricularly averse o his a FrenchCanadian lumberjackwhohadbeaeneverymanin he Mng, i being his idea o keep fighing unil his adversary wesern secion of he Adirondacks. He challenged none oher down* and hen kick him in he face o make sure he han Bob Fizsimmons. And le no one ell you hose lumber lemained jacks could no figh. They lacked ring generalship, bu hey Afer he preliminaries had been seled he irnr? keeper were ough and rugged, fough wihou gloves and wih a fine gave he saw blade a wallop wih a hammer ha nearly pu disregard of rules wresling, gouging, kicking and even Ou he lighs and caused neighboring mounain ops o quiver. biing anyhing wen Paul came ou of his corner o rush Fiz, which was exacly Fiz a firs was inclined o ignore he challenge, bu his wha he crafy old baler waned. He knew a poenial fkiends old him his was a chance o pick up some money knockou was packed in Paul's fiss if he woodsman should during he layoff as he challenger had posed $150, winner o land a lucky Punch, so he shifed lighly and le ake all. Besides i offered he backers of Rubv Robers a he blow Pass over his head, no paricularly hard bu irchance o profi, as he lumberjacks were being fools and riaing. would wager anyhing from wo bis o a deed o M. Marcy Paul had bu one syle of fighingo rush in wih boh on heir champion Fiz acceped and he ime for he "boxing arms swiang. Fiz danced circles around him, clipping exhibiion." as i had o be called under he laws of ha day. him wih boh hands, drawing some blood on he nose and was se for he nex Saurday nigh doing him no paricular good wih a seady drumfire o he Abou sevenvfive of, us accom~anied Bob and made he midsecion rip by rain ino Benson Mines lae in he afernoon. THIS IS IT. and here we found he lile village crowded wih friends of Pau~ The spring log drive was on and log drivers salked ~ he md of he hird round Paul was fi o be ied. He abou in heir spikeshod boos. had failed o lay a glove on Fiz and was plainly irriaed We were a lile dubious as we sized up he crown, hinking by he cheers ha had urned o jeers. Fiz had no pu ha some of hem migh be resenful if we won he money every* he had ino his punches, bu a he end of he hey had worked so hard o earn and Were so eager o wager. hird round he whispered o his second, "Thls is i" The hoel owner, who was alsc he In'omoer, assured us Paul came charging ou of his corner as he saw clanged ha we had no cause for worry as he log drivers and h'nber for he final round and ran smack ino a errific lef o he jacks were good spors. Backers of Fiz movedabou he crowd body, a punch ha seemed o sink ou of sigh Paul had ha was sanding en deep a he bar, placing bes and even rained oo long on hard Iiquor o ake ha one and his gedng generous odds from backers of he woods champion. knees buckled as his hands dropped. Fiz drew back his 1f Fiz won, Benson Mines was cerain o dive ino he dephs righ and hen socko. I caugh Paul righ on he buon of a major depression as backers of Paul were oo loyal and as he wen down his head landed in he waer bucke o hedge. jus ouside he ring. When he recovered, his head was manager had locked him in a as he sill in he bucke and his handlers were rying o convince was aking chances of leing him mingle wih his friends him ha he was enirely misaken in his belief ha a ree a he bar. Fiz had gone o his room and had aken a nap had fallen on him. before ime for him o go ino he ring. The lumberjacks proved o be good spors and, alhough i was pamu1,bes were paid off, beswhich in some insances SOUND AND LIGHT mean a whole winer's work in he woods. Paul came over and shook hands wih he man who had knocked him ou He I was agreed ha he affair would be saged ou of doors looked in admiraion a he fiss ha had hammered him and and would las four rounds. The hoel owner old he crowd grinned like a schoolboy when Fiz said, "Jim, you're a ha i was illegal o hold a figh, ha his was a purely grea figher. One of he bes" Fiz wen o he blacksmih boxing exhibiion and any son of a camp cook who had oher shop and before he gaze of an admiring crowd, he defly ideas would be hrown ou on his ear. The ring was abou a fashioned a horseshoe which he gave o Paul. foo above he ground and as elecriciy had no ye peneraed As we lef o ake he rain back o he ciy, he las we ino ha porion of he Adirondacks, ligh was furnished saw of Paul he was declaring ha he could lick any man in by a dozen or more kerosene lanerns hung on poles. For a he counry excep Bob Fizsimmons.

6 Page Six highway of hisory ' \ THE OLD OR' BED ROAD pierrepon IC \ WARM I B~WK As Told By Floyd Hanson Over one hundred years ago he Ore Bed Road wended is way from Claflin's Corners in he Town of Pierrepon 1 o he norh branch of he Grass River in wha is now he Town of Clare. (Clare did no become a own unil 1880 when i was aken from he Town of Pierrpon) The road hen crossed he river a shorways below Gleason's and his son Earl kep i in operaion unil 1928 when he When Lan purchased i, several families lived near he mill and o mee heir needs a school was buil. Afer hose children grew up and moved away, he school closed abou Alber Marsh One of he firs eachers o each a Clare School near Gleason's Mill was Melrose Cochran. One of he las was GMSS RIVER *am Gap Monica Leonard. Children aending 70 years ago were Earl and Verda Gleason. Lila Hamilon. Mvron Cary. Huber and Jennie Sark, Melvin Davis. Lona Edgar and Edson Tenney. Millie and Ernes Woods, Waler and Harry Cochran. \ Goble Spring I MARSH HUNTING Afer he road crossed he river, i coninued hrough Smoke Marsh, he huning ground of famous huners such as Amy and Charlie Vaughn, Dolphus LaPoin and Ernes Leonard o name a few. I wen here as a boy over 50 years ago on my firs deer huning rip. f DEERSKIN CREEK Ore Beds. The ore was hen hauled back o he River where hey had a samping mill, a machine used o crush or pound he ore ino small pieces. OREBEDS I Then began he long hard haul back o Gleason's Mill and Claflin's Corners and on o Posdam (abou 23 miles) ~ ~ ~ k ~ p ill h from ~ ~ where d l he ~ ore was shipped o Sackes Harbor. 1 do no know he exac dae when he road was firs used or how long i remained in use. 1 do know ha ore was hauled over i during he Civil War and ha no a race of i could be found oday.

7 L. Be. HEPBURN By IL J. SWINNE~ Page Seven gunsmih of colon i l i '. Census liss and couny direcories for he firs half of.: \' he nineeenh cenury include a grea variey of rades and crafs which have now disappeared. S. Lawrence Couny naurally included hese crafsmen in profusion and variey; among hem here can have been few more skillful and successful han Lewis Lobdell Hepburn, he gunsmih of Colon who was wellknown in his own ime if no now. His was a usual rade in hose days. Soon afer he Revoluion, miliary arms began o be more or less massproduced in facories, in which a grea deal of he echnology of modern producion evenually developed. Bu unil he Civil War, sporing arms were no usually facorymade. Counry gunsmihs made up one gun a a ime, using parsbarrels, locks, and small fiings purchased from wholesalers or specialized manufacurers, and rifling a barrel, furnishing he mounings, making a sock, and hus assembling a finished gun o sui he cusomer's ideas or heir own. Such crafsmen had o be skilled in working wih boh meal and wood, had o be good judges of a variey of maerial, and had o command a special knowledge of wha we would oday call ballisics. Even as lae as he 1850's. many of hem were appreniced in he ancien craf radiion, serving a maser for a saed period of years in order o learn he rade. As a group, gunsmihs of he nineeenh cenury mus have been inensely conservaive. Excep for he coming of he percussion sysem of igniion in he 18209s, sporing rifles changed very lile in heir essenial deails beween 1800 and 1875, even hough he same years included an asonishing revoluion in echnology. Real improvemens came no from he craf shops bu from he arms facories, which developed he modern meallic carridge and he breechloading sysem ha wen wih i, a ype of firearm impossible o make in a counry shop. LL. HEPBURN Lile or nohing of his fuure can have been clear o Lewis Lobdell Hepburn when he se up his gunshop in he village of Colon someime in he 1850's. He had been born in Colon on March 2, 1832, a he Hevburn homesead, where his nephew, Lionel P. Hepburn, sill lives. His grandfaher, Joseph Hepburn, had come early o Colon and here were several Hepburn families in he communiy, all solid ciizens. Young Lewis is said o have been appreniced o a blacksmih when he was 15. Cerainly he appears in he Unied Saes Census of 1850 as a blacksmih in Posdam, living in he home of Benjamin C. Rich, a manufacurer whose house sill sands on Elm Sree. Araher rare pamphle abou Lewis L. Hepburn (issued wih neiher ile page nor dae, bu presumably published abou 1914 by A. Baron Hepburn, he famous financier who was firs cousin o Lewis) says ha Lewis was a carriage ironer and a good one. Jus when and why Lewis Hepburn lef he blacksmih's rade in Posdam and opened his own gunshop in Colon is no precisely known. Probably he was jusvery much ineresed in guns, like many anoher young fellow, and probably he move ook place early in he 1850's. By 1859 he was esablished; in ha year Adams, Sampson's New York Sae Business Direcory lised "Hepburn, L. L., Colon," in he secion on "Gun and Pisol Manufacurers." No doub here was business for he young gunsmih. Many S. Lawrence Couny villages had a gunsmih a one ime or anoher, mosly beween 1825 and 1875 and more han 30 individuals have been idenified as working a he rade in he couny. This was naural enough. People were making money from S. Lawrence Couny's ferile fields and useful waer power, and hey could afford o hun no only for mea bu for spor. They were on he edge of he Adirondack wilderness. and he woods abounded wih game. This combinaion of a booming economy and he exisence of exensive I ' In his laer years. L. L. Hepburn ofen came back o Colon Here he is siing on his own fron porch, probably afer Phoo: couresy Lionel Hepburn racs of wild woodlands (paricularly he Adirondacks, he Caskills, and he mounain counry of he Souhern Tier counies) made New York Sae he cener of he rade in sporing rifles for he naion in he middle of he nineeenh cenury. Prosperous ciizens waned rifles, and gunsmihs were here o accommodae hem. HEPBURN'S GUNS AND WORKSHOP The ordinary huning rifle of he day was a singlebarrelled muzzleloader which had o have a fresh charge of powder poured ino is muzzle and a fresh bulle rammed down is barrel before i could be fired a second ime. Repeaers in he modern sense did no ye exis (for pracical purposes). bu many gunsmihs made rifles wih wo or more barrels in order o provide a series of shos in quick succession. Hepburn seems o have made a specialy of he ype, since a surprising proporion of he surviving rifles from his shop have muliple barrels. He was a good workman, and i would be ineresing o know from whom he learned he niceies of his rade. Even he plaines of his guns are well made and nealy finished, showing clearly he skills of a rained gunsmih. He had, perhaps, a less sophisicaed eye for he grace of a gun's ouline han did such gunmakers as Nahaniel Choae of Auburn, Morgan James and George H. Ferriss of Uica, and William Billinghurs of Rocheser.Ye Hepburn was far and away beer han he ordinary couny gunsmih. He was a meiculous and careful mechanic, and he workmanship of guns from his hand shows clearly why he had

8 Page Eigh (Coninued from Page 7) a long and successful career. He deserves a place well. up on any lis of he superior gunsmihs of his ime. f His shop was no a big one, apparenly, judging by he 1 indusrial schedules of he 1860 Census of he Unied Saes. HepburnBs shop was lised as a gun manufacory wih $700 of capial invesed. I bough barrels and rimmings (idenified bv he censusaker as "Ordnary kindsl") o he value of $500. and had no power equipmen. One hand was hired Hepburn himself, of course a a monhly wage which is, unforunaely, no clear in he enumeraor's handwriing..$ I seems o be $52 a monh, bu i may be $32: he laer is i":. by far he more plausible figure, since ordinary wages for a gunsmih were abou $26 a monh, or $1 a day. The produc i,, a of he shop is he mos ineresing enry in he lising: he censusaker enered i as "40 4bbl rifles $1200." Muzzleloading rifles wih four barrels (and wih even more) dn exis. bu hey are cerainly uncommon, and i would be surprising if Hepburn had devoed his enire year o making such a highly specialized arm. Ye he census aker's hand is clear a his poin: $30 apiece is a plausible price; and such a rifle from Hepburn's shop has acually survived. Alhough is presen locaion is no known, i was Iem 28 in he caalogue of he collecion of he lae Milon Clow, sold a aucion in Ihaca in 1949a fourbarrelled smoohbore A fine doublebarrelled muzzleloading huning rifle made gun of Hepburn's ypical workmanship and carrying his by L. L. Hepburn in Colon, probably in he 1860's. The syle ypical samp: "L.L.Hepburn, Colon, N.Y." and workmanship are boh ypical of his wellknown S. Doublebarrel Hepburn muzzleloaders, usually wih barrels Lawrence Couny crafsman. one above he oher, are no uncommon, and several hreebarrel guns exis. In is exhibiion eniled "The Counry (Illusraion from a color phoo, couresy James Griffin) Gunmaker", he Adirondack Museum (in Blue Mounain Lake, New York) includes a plain Hepburn doublebarrelled gun and a very fine and elaborae Hepburn hreebarrelled arm, Rifle Company agreed o develop special breechloading arge wih wo shogun barrels side by side and a small rifle barrel rifles for he cones, ryous were held, and an American cenrally locaed above hem. There are only wo locks and eam of six marksmen was seleced. L. L. Hepburn won a wo hammers, bu he lef hammer is provided wih a curious posiion on he eam. The full sory of he mach, which was swivelling nosepiece, which fires he lef sho barrel when fired on Sepember , is oo long and dramaic o sc in one posiion and he rifle barrel when se in he oher repea here, bu in a glare of publiciy i was won by he posiion. The gun, which was probably made a cenury ago, hnerican eam wih a score of 934 o he Irish 931. The is elaboraely engraved and socked in figured American shooing ook place before a crowd esimaed by he ~ e w walnu, and has survived in pracically perfec condiion, Y0ik Herald a "a leas 8,000." and he cones was no sill showing he brigh finish and high polish i had when decided unil he las sho was fired. The ension was heighened i lef he lile shop in Colon. The exhibiion. incidenally, by he fac ha he rifles as well as he marksmen were also includes HepbUnss shop sign from Colon, describing compeing. The Irish eam fired fine muzzleloading arge himself as a rifle maker. rifles of radiional ype made by John Rigby of Dublin, who was himself a member of he Irish eam. The Americans HEPBURN GOES TO REMINGTON used new breechloaders, so ha he very sysems hemselves were in opposiion Furhermore, of he hree Americans He~burn no only made guns experly. bu used hem in who used Sharp's rifles, one was G. W. Yale, who worked he same way. IXlring he course of his life, he became an for Sharp's facory, and of he hree who used Remingon ousanding marksman, and i may possibly have been his rifles, one was L. L. Hepburn. Afer he maches, a repor which brough him o he aenion of E. Remingon and prined in FOREST AND STREAM (vol. 111, N ~ 8,. ocober sons, now he ~emingon Arms Company. The same rare 1, 1874, p.122) quoed Hepburn as saying,..."he rifle I ~amphle quoed above says ha he lef Colon in 1871 "o sho was all made by my own hands.,' Since i was a Remingon superinend he sporing gun deparmen in he grea gun breechloader, made ou of facory pars, his canno be aken facory of E. Remingon & Sons." In his book REM1IVGTON wih lieral exacness; wha Hepburn undoubedly mean was ARMS (New York. 1956; p. 162) Alden Hach refers o Hepburn ha he assembled he rifle and "finished i up" himself. as orema man of he mechanical deparmen" in In He probably did his for he oher Remingon rifles used by Lan Brohers HERKIMER COUNTY DIRECTORY, he eam. he is lised as "conracor," which in effec mean he was A,,urn mach was fired in heland in 1875, and while foreman of a deparmen in he armory, bu he Unied Saes Hepburn won a place on he eam in he myous, he could Census of 1880 for Ilion liss him simply as a gunsmih no aend he maches. However. his name commonly appears Cerainly here is a srong radiion ha he was involved in liss of mach compeiors in FOREST AND in a supervisory way wih he manufacure of sporing rifles STREAM in he laer years of he 1870's. usually well up a he company. Bu why did he big facory reach norhward among he winners. He mus have been worh almos as much across he fores o a lile Counry village for is fo~eman? o he Remingon facory for publiciy as he was for his In he period of gunsmihs in and near he Mohawk Valley, some of hem every bi as good as L. L. Hepburn. We shall probably never know why Hepburn was hired, bu i may have been because he Civil War, here were many exper mechanical skill1 THE MOVE TO MARLIN of he skill as a marksman which he was soon o demonsrae Alhough Hepburn designed for Remingon a singlesho on he inernaional scene. mechanism which was produced and known as he Remingon A ha ime, rifle maches were fired in Grea Briian Hepburn acion, he company did no develop a popular rea he very long ranges of 800, 900. and 1,000 yards, and in peaing rifle as early as is compeiors. and hrough he 1873 he Irish eam Were winners. In 1874, hey published 1880's i suffered heavily from compeiion wih Wincheser a challenge o he riflemen of America for a mach under he and Marlin. In 1886 i wen ino receivership, and probably same rules. The challengewas acceped, is spieof he fac ha as a resul of ha difficuly. Hepburn lef Ilion and joined here had never been formal compeiion under such condiions in his counry. The Remingon company and he Sharps (Coninued on Page 19), i!$

9 Page Nine Early Blue Mounain House Guess enjoying he air and a swing before he original log Coffins for Blue Mounain Lake and for Merwfn's improvised building of he Blue Mounain House a Blue Mounain Lake, hospialiy led in he following summer o he erecion of N.Y. in Sepember, 1879, as phoographed by Seneca Ray he log building shown in he phoograph. This building was Soddard ( ), aris, publisher, and auhor of in o serve as he Blue Mounain House unil i burned on numerable Adirondack guidebooks. Februarv I was immediaely replaced by a large frame bhldi* which was o coninue o serve as asummer Miles Talco Merwfn of Connecicu acquired propery hoel unil 1955 when i was demolished o make way for he a Blue Mounain Lake in In 1873 his son, Miles Tyler main sone building of he Adirondack Museum. Merwin, came o he Adirondacks o manage lumbering operaions on his faher's propery. Tha same fall he Anoher log building, he socalled "Annex." Was buil younger Merwin was paid a visi by Vincen Coffin, laer on he same shoulder overlooking Blue Mounain Lake in o become Governor of Connecicu, and by Coffin's son This building sill sands and forms one of he prize who were ou on a camping rip. The enhusiasm of he exhibis of he Adirondack Museum. RUSHTON'S PLEASURE BOATS > l 2 z u?. ~ The above represens a 15 f. boa fied wih "Bowfacing Rowing Gear." alone, $55. "Gear," per pair, $10. For Circulars, address, J. H. RUSHTON, Price of boa [Say where you saw his.] Canon, S. Lawrence Co., N. Y.

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11 H. M. SPRAGUE, MANUPACTURER OF SPRAGUE'S PATENT [uhher Pac\ed Boa$ and canoe$, For Honfing, Fishing, Rowing or SaiIing. PARISHVILLE, ST. LAWRENCE CO., N. Y. Buil in hree Grades, A. B. and C; Ligh Cedar being he only imber used for siding, Oak for keels and sems, Elm for ribs, Copper for fasening, Spar Varnish for finish, making hem far superior o common Boas. Dowling Block, Fine No. 13.~14 f. Canoe, beam 32 inches, rigged wih seas and folding ouriggers; Capaciy 2 persons. Price, $40 craed on cars a his ~oln. There are numerous excellen deer and rou ponds adjacen o Cranberry Lake, ha have never been laid down upon any map. I is claimed ha here are more han 100 shees of waer wihin seven miles of he (Cranberry Lake) Hoel.* The Windfall house wih Johnson Seavey as proprieor is 14 FOOT BOAT TAKE siuaed a he of Mounain and Jamesown No. 614 feel long, beam 36 inches, 12 o r3 inches amidships, Falls, a prey 25 f. cascade on he Raquee. 22 a ends, weigh 50 o 60 lbs. Capaciy, one, wo, hree or four persons. Price, wih one pair oars, rudder or paddle, $45.75 This The grea Windfall sory has ofen been old, and can be boa makes a valuable pleasure boa, for hree persons; a grea sill seen. (See Jan 62 Vol. 7, No 1 pg 89. he Quarerly) many of hem are sold each season, and well liked.

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13 Page Foureen Scores Answer Ad For Man To Fill Lonesome Adirondack Pos WANTEDA man o live alone on an island (inland lake) eigh miles from shore; ransporaion, food, clohing, sheler, boa, ec., furnished. no work, no compensaion. Summerime, 600 Tribune Building, New York. Every Easer Sunday for he las 15 years his adverisemen has appeared in "Help Waned" columns. Every year hundreds of men, and occasionally a woman, have made applicaion for he job. Many of hose who have answered and received no reply have formed he opinion ha he whole hing is a pracical joke, played by an individual who is collecing daa of he differen kinds of people who reac o he same impulseor somehing like ha Invesigaion, however, has proved ha here is in ruh a man who offers precisely he sor of posiion described and ha i has been filled saisfacorily each summer for 15 years. The man is he direcor of a large well known dry goods house in New York. He has a home in he Adirondacks near a lake wih four lile islands in he cener. Every year a colony of arcic or burgomaser seagulls alighs on hese islands and says here hroughou he summer. In order o proec he eggs and he young, a man is hired o live on one of he islands. He has no duy oher han he parolling of he shore and he bird hauns. He goes early inmay when he birds begin o arrive and leaves afer hey do. In no case is i necessary for him o say longer han Ocober 1. There is a humorous angle o he siuaion, an angle ha gives ruh o he rie saying ha disance lends enchanmen When he advisabiliy of geing a man o look afer hese birds firs formulaed iself in he mind of he man who has made himself heir friend, he decided he could hire one of he men in he neighboring communiy for he ask. He broached he subjec o some of hem and offered o pay $30 a monh wih food and sheler as described in he adverisemen Thiry dollars a monh a ha ime mean a good deal more han i does oday. Neverheless, he could find nobody o whom he idea of living a soliary life on a lake island made any appeal, Knowing human naure inimaelyhe employs hundreds of men and womenhe decided o inser an adverisemen in ciy papers, ell briefly wha was expeced and make no offer of compensaion oher han food, clohing and sheler. The response was supendous. Immediaely leers began pouring in by he score from men in every walk of life asking ha hey be allowed o go off ino he soliudes. The Bowery bum applied and said ha he waned nohing bu he woods and he waers; he youh whose love had been unrequied made a similar reques: he man whose aim was o arrive a he opmos rung of he ladder of lierary success was cerain ha he adverisemen had been insered as a godsend from heaven. Ou of he hundreds ha applied, one was finally chosen. Among he 15 who have worked here are a well known. nauralis, an aorney general of a neighboring sae, and a man named Daniel Boone, who is a direc descendan of he pioneer who bore ha name. In almos every case he man asked o be allowed o reurn he following year, bu he rules laid down by he man who has ineresed himself in his work are agains his. He does no wan he keeper of he birds o grow acquained wih he people in he neighboring communiy, as he migh if he reurned o he same place year afer year. I is no he men ha ineres him; i is he greservaion of his species of seagulls, which are, he saes, he larges of heir kind, having a spread of wings of five fee Their conribuion o humaniy is he scavenger duy hey per form. day. I is esimaed ha hey ea wo pounds of offal a (From Waerown Daily Sandard in 1922) Some Adirondack References a he Hisory Cener: Hisorical Skeches of Norhern New York and he Adirondack Wilderness by Nahaniel Barle Sylveser, (1877) Fores Picures in he Adirondacks by John A Hows (Poems by Alfred B. Sree) 1864 Advenures in he Wilderness, or CampLife in he Adirondacks by William H. H. Murray (1869) Wallace's Guide o he Adirondacks 1897 Where o Go In The Adirondacks, Geo. R Hardie Adirondack Tales. Eleanor Early The Adirondack Reader, Paul F. Jamieson Fores Acreage and Timber Repor Expanding Mineral Indusay Repor Mining in Adirondacks Jus Abou Everyhing in he Adirondacks, Whie Adirondack Counry, William C. Whie Cranberry Lake, Limberjack Sky Pilo, Reed Boys in Blue from he Adirondack Foohills. Thomas Moses Cohen. Peddler o Capialis, Wessels Off he Beaen Pah. APA Recollecions of he Adirondacks. H. L. Ives Descripive Guide o he Adirondacks and Handbook of Travel. wallace, 1881 The Adirondacks, America's Playground. Sleicher Road opposie mouh of he Jordan Aug. 26, Paul Smih, Geraldine Collins Folklore from he Adirondack Foohills, Thomas Nearly opposie Jordan House Jordan River eners he Raquee, Poeical Porrais, Shaw from Jordan Lake. These lands now comprise he Kildare Through he Adirondacks in 18 Days, Marin V. B. Ives Club (owned by Vanderbils and ohers from New York) 100 "Dam" Years of Cranberry Lake, as a sporsman's park or preserve for heir exclusive use.* "in hem har hills" Vler

14 Page Fifeen By HELEN ESCHA TYLER. Vermonville Hisorian. Town of Franklin (permission of auhor given for his chaper from her new book of Folk Tales of he Adirondacks, '*...in Them Thar Hills") During he early 1880's Dan Doy lived in a log cabin on a few acres of landwhich he hadreclaimed from he wilderness, no far from Vermonville village. Dan's wife had died abou wo years before he dae of his sory, and his moher, Mrs. Besy Doy, was keeping house for him and his children I was winerhad been for many weeks. There was much snow. Work was scarce, bu a man had o feed his family somehow. So Dan had se ou a line of raps in he viciniy of Lake Kushaqua, and his rapper's cabin was locaed near he presen sie of he Whie Fahers' propery, abou seven or eigh miles from his home. He spen he mos of his ime a he rapper's cabin, bu came home every week or en days o look afer he family, and o ge new supplies for himself. There came a ime when he was so long pas due ha his moher became alarmed, hinking he mus have me wih an acciden. She apparenly had no hough bu o go herself o look for him, and alhough she was well pas eighy years of age, she bundled up well and se ou along Dan's wellpacked rail. I was easy o keep on he rail hrough he woods and swamps. bu he rail crossed Buck Pond and Round Pond (now Lake Kushaqua). I was snowing real hard, and here was a high wind which hadn' been oo noiceable while she was in he woods and swamps. Bu when crossing one of he ponds, Mrs. Doy found ha he wind had hidden all race of a rail: even her own racks were hidden abou as soon as she made hem. Soon she was in he mids of a srange whie world, wih nohing o show her which way o go. She couldn' even go back, for her own racks were compleely covered. I was old of her aferward ha she was los, and in a way she was, bu she didn' panic as some would have done. She had he good sense omake her way o he shore of he pond, which she could see dimly now and hen. There she huned ou a ree wih low, dead branches, some of which she managed o break off. As he old lady was a smoker, she had her pipe, obacco, and maches bu no food wih her. So she piled up he dry branches in as shelered a spo as she could find, and sared a fire. Because of he deph of he snow i was impossible o wade i enough o gaher very much wood. Bu she managed o keep he fire going unil he snow beneah he fire had meled o he ground, and he ground had dried ou a bi. A lile laer when he fire had burned ou, and he ashes had cooled off, Mrs. Doy go down ino he hole ha he fire had made in he snow. Then she spread her heavy wool shawl, which she had worn over her oher wraps, over he op of her "snow well" and so was shelered from he cold wind, and snow. There she sa and waied, wih only an occasional pipe of obacco for comfor In he meanime Den had been plodding oward home. Upon his arrival here he found he children, he oldes of whom was eleven, were all righ. Bu when old ha his moher had gone o look for him, he was much worried, for he realized ha he should have me her somewhere ou on he rail, and he had seen no race of her. Dan soon rounded up a group of neighbors o help him hun for. her. and he hun wen on ino he hird or fourh dav (he exac ime has become uncerain), wih only shor sops for much needed res. Afer one such res Carlos Skeels (Illusraion by Suzanne Tubby Bara) for he, oo, had jus dreamed of finding her. The srange hing was ha on comparing dreams, hey found hey had each had he very same dream. So, perhaps unconsciqusly. hey began o look for he sor of place hey had dreamed abou, and o heir surprise, afer some hours hey found i. When hey reached he spo, and pulling aside he shawl which sill covered he hole in which she sa. hey found he old lady waiing quiely, firmly believing she would soon be found. She sill had her pipe, bu her obacco was gone had been for quie a number of hours. Her firs words were o Mr. Paye, for she knew he was a smoker, asking him for a pipeful of obacco. e, w P r. a ""I a. 0 G.?. * B They helped Mrs. Doy ou of he hole, go her home, and fed and warm. No1 She didn' die from he experience. She didn' have a chilled spo, and she didn' even cach cold. She lived o he grand old age of one hundred and fourl Fores Hor!se, Sarks' Falls, Colon, N.Y. and Harve Paye were rudging along ogeher and one man old he oher ha while hey were sleeping he had dreamed firom he Fores House i is 2 mi. NE by good road and of finding Mrs. Doy. The second man was grealy surprised pah o Joe Indian Pond.

15 Page Sixeen The... ADlRONDACK... MOUNTAINS ~ ~ ~ i, ~, ' ~ s "THE GREAT NORTH WOODS." A mar;.elous wilderness, abounding in beauiful lakes, rivers and brooks, filled wih he greaes variey of fish. An immense exen of primeval fores, where game of all kinds is o he found. This wonderful regicnlocaed in Norhern. New Yorlzis reached from Chicago by all lines, in connecion wi11 he New York Cenral; from S. Louis by all lines in connecion wih he New Pork Cenral; from Cincinnai by all lines in conneciori wih he New York Cenral; from Monreal by he New York Cenral; from Boson by a hrough car over he Boson & Albr~ny, in connecion wih he New York Cenral; from Ne.w York by he hrough c:u lines of he New York Cenral; fro111 Buffalo rlnd Niagarri Falls by he New York Cenral. The Jordan, Aug. 23, A 32p;gr folder and map eniled "The Adirondack Mounains and How To Renclr Them" sen free, pospaid, o any address. on recein of a Icen s am^. *, bv * George H. Daniels. c. General Passenger Agen, New York Cenral & Hudson River Railroad, Grand Cenral Saion, New York. (From Wallaces' Guide o he Adirondacks, 1897 ed.) From Colon o Souh Colon ("Three Falls") o Sark's Falls (a charming 40 f. cascade on he Raquee) is he Fores \ House. The Sporsman akes his firs meal (always an excellen one) in he woods; here boas are aken and he sporing. 9 field commences. * * (From Wallaces' Guide o he Adirondacks ed.) HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H SOME PAY THEIR DUES 5 Ifi 5 WHEN DUE H 5 SOME. H 5 WHEN OVERDUE. H H SOME NEVER DO, H H H H HOW DO YOU H H DO H E ' H E % HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Down he Raquee from Chula Visa. Hollywood Sillwaer, 1895.

16 DISTANT VIEW OF THE RIVER (From an elevaed rac in Bangor, FranklinCaunyfoohills. he S. Lawrence River can be disincly seen a a disance of abou 20 miles.) Far along he blue horizon, Sreched in ranquil ligh i lay. While my eye wen wand'ring osver i. In he disance far away. Many a pleasing hough was rising, Waken'd by ha lovely scene, Of he beaueous vales and hamles, Of he homes ha lie beween. Thus he eye of Faih may venure O'er he boundary of ime. Pierce he Bu he hear ha would be ranging Thro' hose lonely skies serene, Will be ling'ring round he objecs Tha in dimness lie beween. Far along he dim horizon, Srechsd in ranquil ligh i lay. While my eye wen wandsring o'er i In he disance far away. By MRS. M. k BIGELOW 1851 From Tooley Pond a poor road leads hree miles o Cook or Davis Pond. One mile beyond we srike he Oswegachie River jus above he "old Indian Fishing Groundss' an oldime resor of he Oswegachie Indians, famous for he size and quaniy of is rou. From here boas descend eigh and onehalf miles o he foo of he Sillwaer; fine camping spos and springholes occurring on he way. (From Wallacess Guide o he Adirondacks, 1897 ed) Page Seveneen The New Sar Lake House. From a small beginning nearly 10 years ago, when his spo of beauy was comparaively unknown, his hoel has increased in size o keep pace wih he growing populariy of his lovely localiy. A Grand Addiional Srucure. 40 f. by 125 f., 5 Sories in Heigh Haa been consruced and equipped wih he nsuai modern appoinmens. I ia now enabled o rank wih he grea hoselries of he Adirondacks, and i cerainly has no peer in he wesern porion of ha region. A veranda 13 f. wide sreches along he lengh and breacil~ of he huilding (165 f.), affording agreeable shade and ~)ronienales. The siin room, wih is finely finished floor and aracive w:lls, is 40 by z%i., a good piano. aral a large fireplace adding o ~s comfor arid pleasa~~uess. I is adniiral>le for music and (lancing. Broad and Massive Sairways, Elecric Lighs and Belle, Pure Well Waer, Ho and Cold Bahs, Saniary Plumbing. Excellen Cuisine, Billiard Parlors, Bracing Air, High Elevaion and Exquisie Lake Views Are amollg is aracions and desiraljiliies. 111 fac i is now a delighful summer hor~ie for he res, healh an1 )leasureseeker. and es eciall for families wih c11ildre11,several acres of land Inria~Fy shaded b a beauiful gmve. affording ample ron~l,i~ip ground for he lil folks. An exensive boalivery offers every opporu~~iy for boaing, and carriages and urnous w~h s~fe drivers, are always available. Every aenion is paid o he wans of parolis ha heir arry here may be an cnjo able one. For erms, ec., a Y dress, FOLEY & LYMAN, (See pagrb ). STAR LAKE HOUSE, Via Oswegachie P. O., N. Y.

17 A Paqe Eigheen Our members wrie WONDERFUL IDEA The Colon Unied Mehodis OUR CONSISTENT FAN Church WSCS is giving a gif of membership (wih he Quarmy di Today while hinking of some erly) o Mrs. Susan Cayey, an incidens of he pas in con older residen who will enjoy $. :d necion wih my RAILROADING he Quarerlies and will know /W CAREER, I sa down o he ype some of he people and places wrier, ham m e ring ou pas wrien abou. evens, hen decided o pass he Very Truly yours, same along o you. In case I Msrgarer C. Lkrker DIFFERENT VIEWS have wrien anyhing ha you Presiden could use, if you use any par A phample was issued in 1936 of i, i will be OK wih me, (WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA1 when Massena endeavored o in OR if you hrow i in hewaste Any organizaion may wish o eres he Sae in redeveloping BASKET, ha will be OK. honor a member in his way. he Springs...You will noe ha he picure of he *'Bah House Perhaps if I had aken more ime in his wrieup I am en Wha a nice houghful hank you1 mhb.) and Spring House" of he Ha closing, i is jus possible, ha field House, are differen from I migh have done a beer job? he picure shown on he cover We all wan he BEST for S. aged 95, has sen us a sory we of he July 1968 Quarerly. (This LAWRENCE COUNTY. wan o use in fuure issue of picure was aken from he 1856 Quarerly as his i s s ue was bound Harpers Magazine aricle A real OLD TIMER, nearly complee when i arrived. "Mineral Springs of New York Mo Meldrim We ask his indulgence in quoing Sae," as were he U. S. Hoel Edwards, N. Y. his leer above ha we omied and Benj. Phillips' Harrogae he many highly flaering compicures. Ed.) (Edior's Noe: Mr. Meldrim, plimens he paid us. MHB) Benj. Phillips firs ran **Harrogae," buil U.S. Hoel across Ad. Survey Repor P1.14 he road. norh side. 1848, ran. i unil i burned He sold. he propery o Abraham Hafield.. who buil Hafield House ran by him, hen his son; i z. burned in Dec My lae ze %= husband was mayor and I well _ =zssk=4 remember he nigh of fire. I E+*.. :. 4= have an old regiser of U. S. Y.._ = < i_ 7. Hoel given o my faher by a. % i_ son of Benj. Phillips which has %: The Dauphin's signaure and six : r iled genlemen who visied him & concerning his ideniy.. I have learned no o lend my, Quarerly, as I have los sev % eral by so doing. I have an s = almos complee f~le.. Mrs. Thomas S. Bushnell Massena, N.Y. GOOD WISHES My moher Mrs. Lucy D. Snow is living in Waerown now. She celebraed her 96h blrhday Oc. 2nd. and Mrs. Corey and I were wih her. We drove o Hermon and learned ha he building in Richville was no open ha day. Success o you and your associaes in your endeavors in he Associaion. Sincerely. Evere A. Corey Washingon, D. C. (Mrs. Snow furnished maerial for he Salbird Sorv las vear in Quarerly Ed.) OVEN LAKE. Acad~nro rile secondboa The Gludes baggage and ~nsrumenrs in danger

18 Page Nineeen (Coninued From Page 8) he Marlin Firearms Company in New Haven as chief gun wih Hepburn seem o have had limied echnological horizons. designer. I was Hepburn who originaed he sideejecion Very few of hem succeeded in growing wih heir cenury Marlin repeaing rifles whose basic mechanism, alhough in making he ransiion fron he workbench o he drafing somewha alered hrough he years, is sill in producion able, or from he work of heir own hands o he supervision oday. He was acively a work unil he slipped on he ice of a facory. Agains he compeiion of he gun facories. in New Haven on January 6, 1910, when he was nearly 78 counry gunmakers simply sood heir ground and fough years old. He never fully recovered from his injuries, bu he same sor of losing bale ha carriage makers fough he coninued o work as much as he could from his sickbed wih he Model T Ford 50 years laer. The financial panic unil his evenual deah Augus 31, of 1873 mercilessly combed ou he weaker shops, and by He was a prolific invenor hrough his laer life. One of 1885 counry gunsmihs had largely eiher become facoq he sandard sources liss 2i paens afer his name, daing mechanics or were gun repairmen or else had drifed ino beween 1879 and The firs of hese was assigned o he oher rades. Bu L. L. Hepburn was differen. He changed Remingon Arms Company, he nex wo were unassigned, wih he imes. meeing and surmouning he pressures and and all he res, beginning in 1886, were assigned o he challenges of a world very differen from he familiar woods Marlin Firearms Company. The lis may noevenbe complee, and fields and sreams of S Lawrence Couny. He began since a muzzleloading rifle which Hepburn made in Colon, in he swea and clangor of a blacksmih shop, where echand which was offered by a wellknown anique gun dealer niques had probably changed very lile in he preceding some Years ago, was said by he dealer o be equipped wih cenury, and ye by he end of his lifeime he commanded locks having a special (bu unforunaely undescribed) feaure a knowledge of machine ools and modern meallurgy. I which Hepburn had paened. mus have been quie a journey for a young fellow from Colon. Mos of he counry gunsmihs who were conemporary No wonder his conemporaries admired him ,.. M. E Church F'lne. h. \l'

19 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE As we pu ogeher he Summer Fun issue las July, i became apparen ha Adirondack Fun was such a large share, i would require a complee issue of is own So we held up he gems of maerial from Sar Lake, Cranberry Lake and he Sillwaer o give you in an Adirondack Foohills Special. Since a large porion of our Couny is wihin wha used o be called variously he "Souh Woods" or he "Grea Wilderness" and oday said o be "wihin he blue line," i is no improper o dedicae his enire issue o ha myserious, vigorous and uniquely beauiful area, The wealh of maerial for such an issue is merely apped lighly in hese pages. We hope ha i will pique your imaginaion. We are confiden ha for years o come Adirondack folklore, facs and legends will pour upon his desk as a resul There is much o say and much o share. So followers and descendans of he "reeeaers" here is YOUR erriory he Adirondacks. mhb alike. This isn' an inaugural message. A new presiden, hough, is supposed o indicae somehing of plans he has in mind for he organizaion he heads. In recen years he Associaion's aciviies have had a disincive wofold expression: he goodweaher ours and publicaion of he Quarerly. These mus be kep up, and improved where possible. Mary Biondi will coninue her good work as edior. Varick Chienden akes over as program chairman, and his means aenion o he ours. He has several ideas buzzing in his head, and he will be a worhy successor o chairmen like Doris Plany, Lawrence and Bruce VanBuren. I wan o add a hird expression Par of his is jus a revival of somehing we used o have, an occasional lecure ha one hopes will be boh ineresing and scholarly. The oher par is new, wo or hree "offseason" meeings o assure coninuiy of boh programs and business deails. Righ now we're combining hese. We sared December 5 wih a meeing in he Universiy Cener a S. Lawrence Universiy. This cenered on an exhibiion of local Frederic Remingon hings, and a lecure on Remingon and he Remingon Memorial by Coy Ludwig of ha Ogdensburg museum A his wriing (necessarily before December 5) I can' say how he affair wen One always keeps his weaherfingers crossed. Bu I can say we ried, and will ry again. Coming up soon will be a program on he Parishes of landproprieor hisory, and an exhibi of old and new Parish iems. We hope o have his in Ogdensburg. Our successful neighbors, he Franklin and Clinon Couny Associaions, have monhly meeings. I don' forsee his righ away, bu we do need meeings more ofen o mainain and improve ineres The inspiraion of former presidens like Carlon Olds, and Awood Manley and Ber Rogers and Edward Heim will cheer us on Francis Foley. Newon Falls Paper Co. speaking a he annual meeing Ocr. 12 a ClifonFine School. Oher speakers represened he lumbering and mining indusries of Clifon Hosess was Jeanne Reynolds, Cranberry Lake. TOPS Club provided lunch wih a gian 100h Birhday cake made by Jeanne. A righ are shown Clifon Supervisor Maynard Miller and hisorian Clara McKenney looking a a display scrapbook, In background fine Clifon displays.

20 FROM THE COUm's CRACKER BARREL Page Twenyone HIGHLIGHT REPORT OF 1968 GOUVERNEUR village: (Nelson N. Winers) This office assised he Inernaional Talc Company in is 75h anniver (Includes names of own and village hisorians wih a sary observance by lending o i he Village Hisorian's summary of heir aciviies.) copy of FRANK LESLIE'S WEEKLY of April 27, 1893 which conained an aricle on he alc indusry of ha era. The BRASHER (Mae Murray) alc company made exensive use of he hisorical maerial in is sales and adverising promoion during he curren CANTON: (E. F. Heim) 1968 has been a very busy year. year. The abovemenioned aricle was also submied o Groups of Boy and Girl Scous have visied he museum by he QUARTERLY by he Hisorian's office for publicaion. appoinmen. Friends of hisory have been very generous. We now have wo canoe paddles made a he Rushon Boashop, HAMMOND: (Maxine Ruherford) Clipped and filed curren wo very old army guns, weny valuable framed picures records. Made available maerials o junior high sudens. from he American Legion, and a case of welve horse Answered several inquiries on genealogies. Compleed an inshoes made many years ago by a local blacksmih. The venory of oudoor privae and public recreaion businesses Building Commiee of our new Municipal Building has given for he Conservaion Deparmen. Compleed annual projec, he curaor permission o display many hisorical picures "Communicaion." Aended spring and fallworkshopa Couny in he large meeing room nex o he Museum on he second Hisory Cener. Added o our files a phoocopy of he original floor. Many oher small iems are also lised. record of organizaion of he Hammond Presbyerian Church (1821) and plans for building he firs meeinghouse (1833). CLARE (Iris Fry) CLIFTON: (Clara McKinney) The own was saddened by he HERMON ( ~ jenne) ~ ~ i ~ ~ deah of Pfc. Michael Bruce Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rober Reynolds, who was killed in Korea, SpL 27. He was HOPKINGTON: (Neva B. Day) Raher a rouine summer. July lo* 1947s and had been in since February* Aended a seminar a Paul Smihcollege. Have done consider Two of our older residens have recenly passed away. Vernon able research on family records. one lady of Banning, ice, 83. born March 29, 1885, died in he Masonic Home in Calif,, came eas and visied me and I enjoyed her very Uica and Benne McMullen, 75, born March 19, 1893, passed oherwise a quie away in Paon, Pa Our 100h Birhday Year. LAWRENCE: (Anna Cole) The. new NicholvilleHopkingon COLTON (Lorena Reed) I enjoyed a nip in February o New bridge, so widely discussed and so long awaied, has been York o he Associaion of Towns. Had he dedicaion of compleed and was unofficially opened Thursday. Nov. 7. relocaion of Sunday Rock an4 a marker for Jessis Colon I is a fine srucure and saves much ime and a cerain Higley a a our in Juw. From he our we were successful amoun of anxiey which has prevailed, expecially among in obaining an old book, HIGLEYS AND THEIR ANCESTORS. srangers o his secion who found he former oruous way beween wo seep hills rough The old bridge has been DE PEYSTER (Nina W. Smihers) razed and removed. EIIWARDS: (Leah Noble) Have compleed "People on he LISBON (Doreen Marin) Compleing cemeery census1 Move." I say "compleed," bu coninue o add illusraive maerial o i. Hope o ge Trou Lake sory very soon. LOUISVILLE: (Lorraine Bandy) I have compleed 211 miliary This has been a pleasan year, meeing wih your hisorians, records, Sen my annual repor o sae and couny and will exchanging ineress and ideas as well as visiing places of give i personally o he Town Board. I am helping sudens hisorical ineres, I've ried o keep curren records u p wih local hisory repors and erm papers. This is very reodae, and 1 never cease o & inspired by wha my co warding work as i acs as a "chamber of commerce*' and workers are doing and wriing, which reminds me o do one suden ells anoher '#Did Vou know ha in 1802 in OUR more myself. TOWN such and such happened'ls'they really become ineresed and wan o know more. (Caherine Brownell) I have been busy wih records as well as keeping up my scrapbook and our record MACOMB: (Willis Kile) Have kep scrapbook of local iems of own evens. The Couny Hisorical Associaion me in UP o dae and have done much research on pioneer Ocober in our own. families, he mos noable, perhaps, being he family of Joseph Forsyh, all of whom were murdered while he was FOWLER: (Isabelle Hance) 1 aended boh spring and fall Serving in he Civil War* poins concerning his are workshops in Canon, ook he June our a Colon, and pre "O ye pared a manuscrip on Sylvia Lake for he summer issue of he QUARTERLY. Worked on service men*^ records and cemeery Fisher) census. Read several books on genealogy and had seve~al inerviews wih senior ciizens. Obained new memberships (Marie E1dOnBrowne) o *pember 9* 489 for he Quarerly; helped wih he invenory of public rec visiors came o our museum. 38 of hem from our of sae, reacion faciliies. I have also compleed a paper on he represening Ohio, Vermon, California, New ~ erse~, ~anada, hisory of Fullerville and am keeping a record of changes and India* young people have helped wih made on Roue 58 by he new highway. Mosly I have worked research and clippings and have shown general ineres in a he job of learning how o be a hisorian THEIR own museum, including he music class of he Junior High School. Miliary records are upodae and a scrap GOUVERNEUR own: (Harold A. Sorie) Looked up and answered boik of Service ClkJings has been sared by five ~ i r l five inauiries on some of he old families of Gouverneur. SCOU~S. (Mrs. EB. chosen VFW Ciizen of he year1 Ed.) Kep up scrapbooks of old news iems. Colleced numerous old documens, maps and papers relaing o our own. (Coninued on Nex Page)

21 CRACKER BARREL (Coninued from Page 21) Ocober 4 of his yearwaddingonwas honoredby he esablishmen of he Ruherford professors hi^ of Mahemaics of S MORRISTOWN Mae Lawrence Universiy, given in memdry of Generaland MrsI A very busy year here* Harry K. Ruherford by heir soninlaw and daugher, Dr. NORFOLK: (Mrs. Edih VanKennan) Among he highlighs and John Crane, of of he las year were calls from people as far wes as Ohio, born in 1883, a 1907 graduae of Wes was a naive of Waddingon, one of he five children of Mr. and Mrs. and Illinois sopped o inquire abou John S. Ruherford and a descendan of Richard Ruherford, genealogy. From my I was waned. A Miss Marorie Smih from Fores o find Park. wha hey Ill. one of Waddingon's early Scoch selers of 1801, joined our S. ~awreice Couny Hisorical ~ssociaibn. I sen in her membership in June. CITY OF OGDENSBURG (Elizabeh Baxer) Fred Erwin and Elizabeh Baxer are cochairmen of he Ciy of Ogdens OSWEGATCHIE (Persis Boyesen) burg Cenennial. Mary H. Biondi is program chairman of he Cenennial Year of Ogdensburg. PARISHVILLE: (Elsie F. Bresee) We are saddened by a noe from Mrs. D. Norene Forres, Vicepresiden of he p local Parishville associaion elling of he deah of Mrs. Bresee November 2, PIERCEFIELD: (Beulah B. Dorohy) In Augus of his year he Woodsmen Cluh, founded by Rev. Frank Reed, auhor of LUMBERJACK SKY PILOT, ereced a monumen in Gale Cemeery in memory of four lumberjacks who were buried here. Abou fify people aended he evening dedicaion a he cemeery honoring hese men Refreshmens were served aferwards a he Childwold Presbyerian Church p 3' ~~Rabme 0. p z &. R h e c ~ =. 0 PIERREPONT: (Millard Hundley) Aended he annual meeing a Sar Lake, also he workshop a Canon. During he summer I assised Ed Heim during one day fair week a he hisorical 4 b museum a Richville. Aended Parishvilless open house and museum Augus 24. Have done a lile genealogy research 7 for hree paries. Mus no forge he June our o Sunday Rock and Higley Park on he Racquee. %e PITCAIRN: (Edna Hosmer) Have been racing hisory of he marble quarry and seeing older people become vially ineresed and involved in he evens of yeseryear, making hem know ha hey are an imporan par of somehing worhwhile. POTSDAM and VILLAGE OF NORWOOD: (Susan C. Lyman) Geing sared on he Norwood Museum has been he highligh of 1968 for me. Early in Ocober 5 members of he Q& 07_y Kiwanis Club spen an evening collecing Norwood Hisorical pea Assn arifacs from heir several sorage places in he village and carrying hem o he quarers designaed for he museum. Caaloging is in process and iems are consanly being solicied. The balance of he year has been spen in rouine maers, speaking before several groups, wriing many local hisory aricles for he local paper (one was published in a naional magazine), working wih grade, high school and college sudens on various aspecs of local hisory, assising wih he wriing and preparaion of he Norwood Chamber of Commerce bullein, and preparing he Hisorian's projec, scrapbooks, ec. RICHVILLE VILLAGE (Georgians Wranesh) ROSSIE: (Frances Gardner) Aended he spring workshop in Canon, also he our and dedicaion of he plaque in Ogdensburg in Augus. On several requess, did research on family ancesrv. Clipped and posed iems. Aended fall meeing a Sar Lake; Have had a number of visiors asking abou mineral deposis in his area. Where does one ge hese necessary maps? I have none. 0s Ii%alFacA z@.jkjczmz/n From original noe sen o Mapmaker Blankman, now in possession of his son Edward J. Blankman. STAR LAKE RUSSELL (~rs. an ~arnes) I did research work for he sar Lake, sarlike in form, puriy and brighness, is I he QUARTERLY* THE STALBIRD POg one of he faires of all he galaxy of gems adorning he OFFICE. I was also very busy answering leers of inquiry Adirondacks Wilderness, 1s waers are as clear as crysal, abou lae relaives. objecs being discernible a a grea deph. I is apparenly STOCKHOLM: (Hazel Chapman) On January 23 he TriTown one vas springhole, having no visible inles or oules. Craf Guild was held in Winhrop. There one could see a quil This many armed isleadorned and hillencircled lile quiled. a po poed, a rug hooked,anaris creaing a paining loch, fringed here and here wih golden sand, presens a of grea beauy as well as jewelry made of copper and enameled. lake picure of peculiar and enrancing loveliness is nearly Oher shills were also exhibied. This was hisory repeaed 2,000 f. above sea level. No malarial marshes pollue is and a way of profi for he housewives of he own. borders; shores being clean and high. No elemen of beauy is lacking here; owing o he size and peculiar shape of he WADDINGTON,TOWN AND VILLAGE: (Ehel C. OLDS) On lake, i is rarely ossed in dangerous waves.

22 INSURANCE MEMORABILIA 1 have been aemping o locae early American Insurance policies and documens, or any anique insurance iems from oher counries. Is i possible ha someone may have some ha hey would sell? I no, could someone advise a source ha may have such iems available. SCHOOL DESKS Warm Thanks, Herber D. Hadley Torrence, Edmund, Hadley & Farren 1145 Foureenh Ave. P.O. Box 9 Longview, Wash The Hisory Cener is looking for hree oldfashioned onepiece school desks. We have been given one of he early 1920's successor o he original 'modern' successor o mere benches. However, for our collecion and for ha of a fellow hisorianhisory collecion, we need he ype usual in our rural schools, Conac he hisory cener if you have some. POTTERY ORIGIN OF OSWEGATCHIE Page Twenyhree An Indian name which signifies "going or coming 'round a hill" The grea bend in Oswegachie River on he borders of Lewis Couny originaed is significan name. An Indian ribe, bearing he name of he river once lived on is banks, bu is fae like ha of many siser ribes, has been o mel away before he progressive seps of he AngloSaxon Sabbiis defined Oswegachie as meaning "Slow and long,'* (From Wallace's Guide o he Adirondacks ed,) ADIRONDACKS, THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME The Rounder (WillisonManley) said he believed ha he name came from he foress in he area. He poined ou ha he Algonquins cusomarily came down from Canada o fish and hun in his wooded mounain secion. Their enemies he Mohawks, were angered by heir invasion of heir erriory and called he Algonquins "rairondacks*' or "reeeaers." as many imes hey were obliged o live on bark and buds, even he wood of he foress. According o k L. Donaldson, hisorian of he Adirondacks, he earlies recorded name given o he region was "Avacal" by he Spaniards exploring in he 16h cenury. Laer in he days of Duch selemen along he Hudson his region bore he name "Iroquoisia" afer he grea Iroquois ribe. No unil afer he Revoluionary days did he name Adirondacks appear on maps. In Prof. Ebenezer Emmons repor following his survey in 1838, he saes ha he proper name for he mounains is "Adirondacks" afer he Indians. The Indians called i Cough sa ra ge, or Couch sach ra ge, he dismal wilderness. NEEDED.... The Har Poery from he mid1800's o 1872 in Ogdensburg Kind voluneers o assis Couny Hisorian wih scrapbooks, is being researched for a forhcoming book. If anyone has checking liss, indexes and invenories. If you can spare a few a piece of he soneware produced by members of he Har hours, can cu and pase (or WILL) or can ype, he couny family, an adverisemen for he Poery and is wares, or hisorian a he Hisory Cener in Canon willbe very graeful. some oher iem abou his familyowned business, hehisory Call Monday or Thursday, or come in and VOLUNTEER. Cener would be pleased o pass he informaion along o he auhor. Arrangemens could be made for he phoographing **** of he iems. Many hanks o Jennie S. Rose of Harrisville who voluneered o do yping for he Couny Hisorian and has kep her promisel **** ELUSIVE SOLDIER The acual prining conrac for Houghs* Couny Hisory I am aemping o locae he presen day family of, or any reprin may soon be under way. &~ervaions are sill facs abou a former Canon soldier of he Civil War who being aken for copies a advance price of $l2es0. Afer was sho while serving in he Cavalry following he War. publicaion price is expeced o be more. ~ l hose l who H~ enused in his own name b. ~ ~ cook, son of h reserved ~ will ~ be ~ noified when delivery is o be made and Anhony and Caherine Cook of Canon, and afer he War billing will be a ha ime. For addiional reservaions reenlised under he name of Melvin King as a Corporal. wrie Box 439 Canon, Nay If here is any knowledge of his man or family, wrie Couny Hisorian in Canon, or direcly o me C. J. Penn, 28, Cole,,,,,,,,,,,,, burn Road. Norwich, Norfolk, ENGLAND. r 1 OSWEGATCHIE LORE A presen I am puing four years in he Navy. Having recenly read "Drums Along he Mohawk" I became ineresed in he Oswegachie River menioned. I was wondering if anyone migh know of any acual hisory of he aack and desrucion of an Indian village or own near he Oswegachie. I would appreciae hearing abou such informaion, or he address of anyone who migh help me o he address below. Keih Schedlbauer SA ET/A School Building 520 Barracks 403 Bille 210 N.T.C. Grea Lakes Ill I USE TMIS GIFT COUPON I I S. Lawrence Couny Hisorical Associaion I Box 43 I Canon. N. Y I I Enclosed find $3.00 for gif membership o I NAME ~ ' ADDRESS I Zip Code ( I am! I I I 'NAME ADDRESS.... " I L Zip Cody,