I lived there from 1950 until 1960. My father had TB and he lived in one of the cottages. My brother and I went to Petrova school, my sister was born there, my parents got involved with the summer theatre. My father lived until he was 72. I have great memories of the town. Especially of Dew Drop Inn, the Pontiac movie theatre. Moved to NYC after he got better. he was 25 when he got sick
In 1968 I took a group of 5 older boys over the upper Great Range, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, Haystack on a beautiful late August day. It was night when we got to Garden parking lot. We went to Saranac Lake to celebrate and had pizza at the Dew Drop Inn. Glorious. One of the top 5 days of my life.
When i was young (10) in 1958 I started going to an overnight camp on Silver Lake near Au Sable Forks (10 miles away). The camp had a traditional 3 day canoe trip over the Saranac lakes ending in Lake Flower in August. Our starting point was the Saranac Inn which was at the time still robust as a resort for the wealthy. Our first day was the Upper Lake, portage to middle, you could stay on the islands then, and climb Ampersand mountain. second day to Lower Lake and try to snag Tom's Rock campsite, third day ending at Lake Flower and the Mountain Mist ice cream stand as a reward. Amazing times. All this was before the later outdoor-hiking craze and you basically had the lakes (and mountains) to yourself. You could easily park in the Adirondack Loj lot ( maybe 6 cars) and snag a lean to at Marcy Dam.
Jillian Leary thanks for watching and sharing. I’ve been through Chesterton a bunch of times over the years. Beautiful area! You can’t beat the Adirondack mountains. Happy Spring!🐸
We looked into buying and renovating a cure cottage. The taxes on the finished home was going to be obscene. We love the town, but only visit. I’m afraid a lot of those great old homes will eventually be torn down because there’s not enough extremely rich people who want to do the projects. Modern families just don’t need all that space. We saw some had been divided up into apartments, but were poorly maintained.
High plains Drifter thanks for watching and sharing. We’ve loved making our little #CuriouslyAdirondack videos! There are endless stories to tell in these beautiful parts we call home. Unfortunately, we haven’t figured out how to be fairly compensated for the tremendous amount of work it takes to make these videos. We don’t much care for asking for money, either. There’s enough of that going around these days. Still, we’re proud of the work. We’re glad that the 25-episode archive is available here FREE for all to enjoy. Hopefully, there will be more one day. Many things would have to change. Keep watching and sharing. That always helps the cause. Thanks again...cheers!
NEW #CuriouslyAdirondack! Watch our complimentary piece to the upcoming WGBH produced American Experience doc The #ForgottenPlague: #Tuberculosis in America airing Tuesday, February 10th (9pm) right here on Mountain Lake PBS. Special thanks to Historic Saranac Lake, The Saranac Lake Free Library, Saranac Village at Will Rogers, Amy Catania, Debbie Kanze, Karen Lewis, Marsha Morgan, Michele Tucker, and Paul Willcott for their involvement and support of this project. #BorderlessNorth #Adirondacks #SaranacLake
I was born in saranac lake and left in 96 come back 2020 I love it there I am related to half that town
I lived there from 1950 until 1960. My father had TB and he lived in one of the cottages. My brother and I went to Petrova school, my sister was born there, my parents got involved with the summer theatre. My father lived until he was 72. I have great memories of the town. Especially of Dew Drop Inn, the Pontiac movie theatre. Moved to NYC after he got better. he was 25 when he got sick
My granddad, Tony Anderson owned the Pontiac Theater.
In 1968 I took a group of 5 older boys over the upper Great Range, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, Haystack on a beautiful late August day. It was night when we got to Garden parking lot. We went to Saranac Lake to celebrate and had pizza at the Dew Drop Inn. Glorious. One of the top 5 days of my life.
When i was young (10) in 1958 I started going to an overnight camp on Silver Lake near Au Sable Forks (10 miles away). The camp had a traditional 3 day canoe trip over the Saranac lakes ending in Lake Flower in August. Our starting point was the Saranac Inn which was at the time still robust as a resort for the wealthy. Our first day was the Upper Lake, portage to middle, you could stay on the islands then, and climb Ampersand mountain. second day to Lower Lake and try to snag Tom's Rock campsite, third day ending at Lake Flower and the Mountain Mist ice cream stand as a reward. Amazing times. All this was before the later outdoor-hiking craze and you basically had the lakes (and mountains) to yourself. You could easily park in the Adirondack Loj lot ( maybe 6 cars) and snag a lean to at Marcy Dam.
You showed my great aunts house on Riverside Drive. I miss the ADKs.
I go to the Adirondacks a lot and I love it up there we have a lake house in the Adirondacks in Chester town which is north of lake George
Jillian Leary thanks for watching and sharing. I’ve been through Chesterton a bunch of times over the years. Beautiful area! You can’t beat the Adirondack mountains. Happy Spring!🐸
what a brilliant poem
I lived at 48 Franklin Avenue from Spring 1987 to Spring 1988. Right at the top of the hill.
I love the books about the Cure Times in Saranac. Great works of history as well as historical fiction.
Love the houses
Come visit when we open back up
We looked into buying and renovating a cure cottage. The taxes on the finished home was going to be obscene. We love the town, but only visit. I’m afraid a lot of those great old homes will eventually be torn down because there’s not enough extremely rich people who want to do the projects. Modern families just don’t need all that space. We saw some had been divided up into apartments, but were poorly maintained.
Hope you haven’t given up the channel there is so much you haven’t explored yet
High plains Drifter thanks for watching and sharing. We’ve loved making our little #CuriouslyAdirondack videos! There are endless stories to tell in these beautiful parts we call home. Unfortunately, we haven’t figured out how to be fairly compensated for the tremendous amount of work it takes to make these videos. We don’t much care for asking for money, either. There’s enough of that going around these days. Still, we’re proud of the work. We’re glad that the 25-episode archive is available here FREE for all to enjoy. Hopefully, there will be more one day. Many things would have to change. Keep watching and sharing. That always helps the cause. Thanks again...cheers!
I was born in Saranac Lake 🤘
NEW #CuriouslyAdirondack! Watch our complimentary piece to the upcoming WGBH produced American Experience doc The #ForgottenPlague: #Tuberculosis in America airing Tuesday, February 10th (9pm) right here on Mountain Lake PBS. Special thanks to Historic Saranac Lake, The Saranac Lake Free Library, Saranac Village at Will Rogers, Amy Catania, Debbie Kanze, Karen Lewis, Marsha Morgan, Michele Tucker, and Paul Willcott for their involvement and support of this project. #BorderlessNorth #Adirondacks #SaranacLake
wow who knew the reclining chair had to do with the sick!