New-York tribune., 1908-06-07

These various modes of transit through the north
woods all very interesting and very en1oyape
for those who have the time to devote to thenl'
but the ajority visitors from the cities. whose
time is limited invariably resort to the rallroau
routes and usually make for some central poh',
! there to devote part of their time TO rest anu
recreation, remainder little side trips to
points of interest. Yearly constantly increasing
number are coming 10 the central portion In which
are located those beautiful bodies of water. Lake
| Placid, the Saranacs and the st. Regis chaln Oh
| lakes.
1t is doubtful if there is to be found in the whole
! Adirondack region a delightful combination
| of lakes and mountains than that afforded IN TINS
section. Recently the state has been concentrating
its energies for the preservation of the Adirondack
woods and waters upon this region, and with very
gratifying results. It has been stocked with game
and fish, and thousands of hardy young trees nave
| been planted. Perhaps one of the wisest moves
in this direction the recent purchase of a great
tract of 230o acres of virgin forest land Whlch III
| cudes the greater part of Mount Marcy Mount
| Allen Mount Skylght and Mount Redheld. 1he
that the of the forest afld adJoih
| ing this purchase is owned by the Adirondack
Mountain Reserve, of which Robert w. De Forest,
of New York is president. insures against its de-
vastation. since the sworn object OF the reserve
| is to maintain intact the Adirondack forests they
| control.
| On this tract are the Upper and Lower Ausanie
| lakes and such mountains a Haystack. Noonmark,
| Dix, Sebie, the Gothics. and many others OF
lesser Importance. Close by is the preserve OF the
TahaWuS
| avowed determination to preserve the woods ana
| waters of tire Adirondacks. Among the natural
| beauties of this preserve are Lake Henderson
| Lake Sanford and Lake Tear of-the-Clouds, the
| pond source of the Hudson River 1t was on the
shore of this lake that President Roosevelt was in
camp when he was inform ed Of the assassination Of
President Mckinley, and made his famous forty
mile ride to the railroad station over the
little brook feeding this lake tourists always
shake hands with each other and rejoice over their
ability thus easily to shake hands the Hud-
River
In this vicinity also is the famous Deserted Vii
age which, with the discovery there years ago OF
rich iron in large quantities, developed INTO a
community of about six hundred persons, only to
be abandoned when. about 1880 David Henderson,
founder of the industry. was killed by the acct
dental discharge of a pistol body Of water
which the Calamity Pond The
old village which Is annually the Mecca of many
of the guests from Lake Placid and vicinity, and
the of which still standing, has been
made the subject Of numerous fiction tales, but
the glamour cast about it may he dispeled through
the prosaic redevelopment of the iron mining in
dustry there. Recently engineers have been pros
pectng with diamond drills and report the location
of very rich deposits of iron. Indeed, there is one
point on tho shore Of Lake Sanford where the
magnetic needle points always due south. and
the compass is of absolutely no use in the deter
mination Of direction.
The famous Indian Pass, which. with its pre-
cipitous sides formed by the frowning heights of
Mount Mcintyre and Wallace. is always
ciated with the mythical Legend of Indian Pass"
is in this section of the AdirOndacks, and the
trails up Marcy leading from Lake Placid through
North Elba and nth Meadows, have their
starting point for the actual climb up the noun
tain a distance away
The grave of John brown, located in North Elba,
but about three miles from Lake Placid village, is
cared for by the state, and TO the person unac
quainted with the fact that the champion OF the
southern slaves lies buried in this remote corner
of New York State. the big United States flag kept
floating above his gray" seems oddly out of place
when first seen a distance Tapping in the
breeze above the tops of the mountain forests. 1t
was az the personal request of Brown, made be-
fore his execution. that he buried here in this
secluded nook in the Adirondacks, where several
years before he had built the cottage still standing
beside his grave. and spent perhaps the happiest
wears of his troubled life