Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Tupper Lake hunting trip transcript |
Collection |
ADKX Library: Manuscript Collection |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Scope & Content |
Typed transcript of an 1865 account of a hunting and camping trip at Tupper Lake. Identified participants include John A. Cross, Seymour L. Husted, Henry Wood, John Jay Wood, Henry G. Morris and James Wood. Includes description of travel from Mt. Kisco to Bartlett's on Upper Saranac Lake by rail, steamboat, stagecoach and boat. From there they party went to Tupper Lake by boat, with guides, for several days of camping and hunting. Mentions finding the name of poet and NY State Librarian Alfred B. Street and his companions carved into a hemlock tree. It is unclear from the typescript which of the party members wrote the journal, although given the provenance of the collection it was likely written by Henry, John Jay or James Wood. |
Call Number |
MS 20-025 |
Catalog Number |
2020.068.0001 |
Creator |
Wood, Henry |
Date |
1865 |
Dates of Creation |
1865 |
Extent of Description |
68 pages |
Search Terms |
Bartlett's Carry.; Camping--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.; Hunting--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.; Tupper Lake (N.Y.); Diaries.; |
Access Conditions |
Access is unrestricted. |
Copyrights |
Fair use copy permitted for research, study, or investigational purposes citing the Adirondack Experience. Any other use requires written permission. Preferred Citation: Tupper Lake hunting trip transcript, MS 20-025, Adirondack Experience Library, Blue Mountain Lake, NY |