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Recently Published
1/20/2010
Mostly Spruce and Hemlock
If you like stories about the underdog, you’ll love Mostly Spruce and Hemlock, the classic history of Tupper Lake by Louis J. Simmons, recently published by ACW Member, Hungry Bear Publishing. Mostly Spruce and Hemlock is the story of a 19th century lumber town in Upstate New York that has survived for more than a century thanks to the resilience of its community leaders. Read about the many typical aspects of this small town: industry, railroads, churches, schools, businesses, and more. Then appreciate the atypical “survivor’s story.” Over and over, when the boom times were about to go bust, Tupper Lakers rallied together to attract business and keep their community alive. It’s one reason the town was insulated from the Great Depression.
Tupper Lake:
where outdoor life is a tradition. Located in the heart of New York State’s 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, it has been known as a lumber town, the Crossroads of the Adirondacks, and a four-season recreation destination. U.S. presidents - Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, William Howard Taft, Calvin Coolidge and Richard Nixon - have fished its waterways. It is home to the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks (The Wild Center) and Big Tupper Ski Area.
Louis Simmons used more than four decades of experience at the editorial helm of the Tupper Lake Free Press to write his 1976 history of Tupper Lake. A 1926 graduate of the Tupper Lake High School and 1930 graduate of Syracuse University, he was hired as the Tupper Lake Free Press editor in 1932. He retired as full-time editor in 1979 and continued writing and editing until his death on April 4, 1995. He was also the Tupper Lake historian for many years, and Mostly Spruce and Hemlock is a testament to his love of the “Tip Top Town.”
Hungry Bear Publishing, based in Saranac Lake, published the reprint of Mostly Spruce and Hemlock in 2009 as a project with the Tupper Lake library. A part of the proceeds is donated to the library. Visit Hungry Bear Publishing for details and ordering info.
If you like stories about the underdog, you’ll love Mostly Spruce and Hemlock, the classic history of Tupper Lake by Louis J. Simmons, recently published by ACW Member, Hungry Bear Publishing. Mostly Spruce and Hemlock is the story of a 19th century lumber town in Upstate New York that has survived for more than a century thanks to the resilience of its community leaders. Read about the many typical aspects of this small town: industry, railroads, churches, schools, businesses, and more. Then appreciate the atypical “survivor’s story.” Over and over, when the boom times were about to go bust, Tupper Lakers rallied together to attract business and keep their community alive. It’s one reason the town was insulated from the Great Depression.
Tupper Lake:
where outdoor life is a tradition. Located in the heart of New York State’s 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, it has been known as a lumber town, the Crossroads of the Adirondacks, and a four-season recreation destination. U.S. presidents - Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, William Howard Taft, Calvin Coolidge and Richard Nixon - have fished its waterways. It is home to the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks (The Wild Center) and Big Tupper Ski Area.Louis Simmons used more than four decades of experience at the editorial helm of the Tupper Lake Free Press to write his 1976 history of Tupper Lake. A 1926 graduate of the Tupper Lake High School and 1930 graduate of Syracuse University, he was hired as the Tupper Lake Free Press editor in 1932. He retired as full-time editor in 1979 and continued writing and editing until his death on April 4, 1995. He was also the Tupper Lake historian for many years, and Mostly Spruce and Hemlock is a testament to his love of the “Tip Top Town.”
Hungry Bear Publishing, based in Saranac Lake, published the reprint of Mostly Spruce and Hemlock in 2009 as a project with the Tupper Lake library. A part of the proceeds is donated to the library. Visit Hungry Bear Publishing for details and ordering info.
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