Fifty-four years ago this August, Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks met at Eagle Nest, the great camp of its chairman, Harold Hochshild. Members brought their spouses, and it seems as though the gathering was a long, country house weekend as much as it was an official meeting. [Read more…] about Vincent Schaefer & The Adirondacks As Sanctuary From Air Pollution
Vincent Schaefer
North Creek Snow Train 90th Anniversary Celebration
The origins of skiing in the Adirondacks trace back to as early as 1903, with skiing gaining popularity through the 1920s and early 1930s.
The 1932 Winter Olympics held in nearby Lake Placid ignited a fervor for winter sports throughout the region, prompting Vincent Schaefer of Schenectady (the brother of Adirondack conservationist Paul Schaefer) to organize efforts to bring Snow Trains to North Creek in Warren County. [Read more…] about North Creek Snow Train 90th Anniversary Celebration
History of the Schaefer Family and the Adirondacks
The Schaefer family — brothers Vincent, Paul and Carl – were instrumental in the early days of “Forever Wild” environmental activism in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains. [Read more…] about History of the Schaefer Family and the Adirondacks