Very much in the summer mode (the log cabin picture looks so inviting…). A lot of activity this past 4th of July weekend. Seems fitting, because the Adirondacks played a big part in American history.
Before America became a nation, the Adirondack Wilderness was a place of legends and dreams. It was a place that was hidden from the world, until only a few short centuries ago. The high peaks and the harsh winters kept most travelers away from the region. Eventually the world ventured into the “great North Woods”, but only after the mysterious veil was lifted a bit.
Europeans had heard inspiring stories of a vast, unexplored wilderness in the New World. This wilderness was beautiful, but dangerous. Long before explorers and colonists ventured into the “Great North Woods”, native Americans traversed its valleys and peaks, carrying what they needed along their well-established routes.
The wilderness was the land of the Iroquois and Algonquin, the Mohawks and the Mohicans. Tribal warfare was common, and played into a squirmish that pitted a famous explorer against the Iroquois Indians.