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From Introduction
Myron Nickerson, a former employee of J. Henry Rushton appears on the far right in this 1894 photograph.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
George Washington Sears wrote under the pen name “Nessmuk” in Forest and Stream magazine about his canoe trips in the Adirondacks. It was said that he taught America how to camp.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
Dr. Arpad Gerster, a prominent New York surgeon, vacationed with his family in the Adirondacks during the 1890s. Here, Gerster portages a Rushton pack canoe at Camp Oteetiwi, Big Island, Raquette Lake.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, A Good Time Coming, 1862. Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 76.2 cm.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
Hotel Ampersand looms over Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks ca. 1890.
From Chapter 4: All-Wood Canoes
The Sairy Gamp on display at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York.
From Chapter 5: Wood-and-Canvas Canoes
Railroad advertising, such as this 1920 poster by Walter L. Greene, attracted tourists to Lake Placid. An overnight train from New York City brought visitors, rested and fed, to the edge of the Adirondacks.
From Chapter 7: The Human-Powered Movement
Winslow Homer, Adirondack Lake (Blue Monday), 1892. Watercolor on white wove paper; 30.1 × 53.5 cm (11 7/8 × 21 1/16 in).