Former Settlements in New York - Ghost Towns in New York, Tahawus, Doodletown, New York, Tahawus, New York, Little Beard's Town, Canajoharie (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ghost Towns in New York, Tahawus, Doodletown, New York, Tahawus, New York, Little Beard's Town, Canajoharie, Catherine's Town, Kanadaseaga. Excerpt: Tahawus is a region in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State in the United States. Tahawus is located in Essex County within the unpopulated northern area designated to the town of Newcomb. The Tahawus tract contains the ghost town of Tahawus, New York, a former mining community. Tahawus is also an alternate name for the local landmark Mount Marcy. It was in Tahawus in 1901 that Vice President Theodore Roosevelt learned President William McKinley was dying. During the nineteenth century the area was mined for iron ore. Adirondack, New York was a company town of the Adirondack Iron Works. According to the New York State Adirondack Park Agency: Throughout its existence, the Adirondack Iron Works operated two farms, the blast furnace and forge, a puddling furnace, charcoal and brick kilns, trip hammers and a grist and saw mill. The Village consisted of sixteen dwellings and a building with a cupola, used as school, church and the general assembly room. The first bank in the Adirondack Mountains opened in the hamlet of Adirondac. The mine and related works operated from 1827 to 1857, after which residents abandoned the community. The enterprise closed due in part to difficulties in extracting an unknown impurity from the local ore. Inadequate roads and the cancellation of plans for a railroad extension also contributed to the failure. During the latter nineteenth century the principal land uses at the Tahawus tract were lumbering and game. The private Preston Ponds Club formed in 1876 for sport hunters and fishermen. The club renamed itself the Adironack Club in 1877, and in 1989 ren... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19751266