Paul Schaefer produced two films in the 1970s that document the persistent efforts by New Yorkers to conserve our Adirondack heritage. Their message is as relevant today as ever.

Howard Zahniser, who fought the Black River Wars with Paul Schaefer and succeeded in persuading Congress to pass the Wilderness Act of 1964, had a “tenacity in lost causes,” his son Ed writes n a new memoir.

Thomas Durant built a station on his Adirondack Railroad here because this bridge, built first in 1816 and rebuilt after its destruction by an ice jam in 1843, connected Chester, Johnsburg, Thurman and Warrrensburg and made possible a stagecoach line to camps and resorts on Loon and Schroon lakes.

It happened on August 14, 1901 a mile out of North River. The stage had just left Dunlap’s Hotel and rounded a turn when a masked man jumped out from the woods with a rifle.

This great Adirondack explorer devised a better way to map the Adirondack landscape. Some of the bolts he used to mark transit stations still can be found if you look as hard as Greg Schaefer does.

Working mostly in winter, lumberjacks hauled the logs by sled and stacked them by the Hudson River, waiting for the spring melt that would raise the river and increase its force.

A ‘Pictorial Map of North Creek’ created by a 32-year-old school teacher from New Rochelle has been rediscovered and restored by the North Creek Depot Museum. A new Walking Tour of North Creek will be introduced on Sunday, March 3, at the Tannery Pond Center.

The next few weeks will offer an abundance of opportunities to expand our understanding of how in the midst of the Great Depression the community of North Creek woke to the potential of becoming "America's St. Moritz" and went on to become it.

A dam proposed on the Schroon River early in the 20th century would have raised the level of Schroon Lake 30 feet and combine it with Brant and Paradox Lake. We wondered: Had this dam been built, how would this region look today?

Two months of activities in connection with the 90th anniversary of the first Snow Train on March 4, 1934 began unfolding late Wednesday afternoon as the North Creek community gathered at the Joe Minder Lodge to induct five more “Gore Mountain Pioneers.”

Before it was called “Riparius,” this hamlet on the Hudson was known as “Riverside.” Before that, it was “Folsom Landing,” named for John Folsom’s ferry. Then came the bridge.

As we approach the 90th Anniversary of the first Snow Train on March 4, we’re celebrating the great stories of North Creek and Gore Mountain. We of course start with the Cunninghams.

The Johnsburg Historical Society celebrated 50 years of achievements on Saturday. The opening of its new museum is a big one, made possible by Glenn Pearsall.

For nearly three years, Christine and Larry Powers have driven the development of the Adirondack Labyrinth at their “sanctuary for the soul” on the edge of the Siamese Ponds Wilderness. They opened it July 27 with a ribbon-cutting in Bakers Mills.

This view of Thirteen Lake in northwest Warren County is your reward for this round-trip hike of just 1.8 miles.

You may wonder why this peak on Warrensburg’s west side has the same name as the county seat of Bergen County, New Jersey. John Sasso will tell you.

On an unseasonably warm mid-April Saturday, the North Creek-Irishtown loop was an ideal way to usher in the spring bicycle season on the country and mountain roads of North Creek, Olmstedville, Minerva, and the Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest.

At 2000 feet, Green Hill has nowhere near the elevation of the Adirondacks' tallest peaks, but it offers views that are comparable. That's thanks to Dan Smith, the man who gave us the Chester Challenge.

When you calculate the psychic impact of outstanding views versus the amount of effort you must expend to get it, you won’t find a better deal than these family-friendly hikes in the Chester Challenge.

Many hikes in Warren County provide great views of the Hudson, but only a few bring you right down to the water's edge. Here are two that will.