The Shoulder Rider, Beatriz Roman’s tale of the life and times of Shirley McFerson , aka “Sweet Mama Stringbean,” for young people is now available through the Warren County Historical Society.
Shirley McFerson, the Lake George librarian, storyteller and trustee of the Lake George Historical Museum, died at the age of 71 in 2005. She was the daughter of Samuel and Dorothy McFerson, the owners of the Woodbine Hotel in Lake George Village. [Read more…] about Sweet Mama Stringbean: Lake George’s Shirley McFerson