Library Record
Metadata
Title |
A Long Lake Scandal of the Nineteen-Thirties |
Author |
Bissell, Thomas |
Published Date |
2003 |
Object Name |
Report |
Control Number |
2021.045.0224 |
Physical Description |
3 p. ; 28 cm |
Summary |
A short history essay covering a 1930s scandal in Long Lake in which locals curtdown, or nearly cut down, 930 trees on State-owned properties to protest the rejection of their proposal to build a road along the eastern shore of Long Lake as a relief project during the Depression. |
Search Terms |
Adirondack Mountain Region (N.Y.)--History.; Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--History--Folklore.; Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)--History, Local--Anecdotes.; Long Lake (N.Y.)--History; Long Lake (N.Y.); Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.; |
Notes |
Included with this but not catalogued are two derivitives of pictures of the cut trees and a death threat as well as newspaper articles about the event. |
Collection |
Adirondack Experience Vertical Files |