Author: James H. and Patricia Lewis Richards
Publisher: A Richards Studio Production, Kingston, NY
Year published: 2012
What it covers: Subtitled "Saranac Lake — A View from Pisgah," this new book fills in many details in the history of three generations of the Smith family, only the third to settle in the Saranac Lake area.
In 1838, the newly appointed Circuit Rider Sam Smith, his wife Eliza and two pre-teen boys headed north out of Johnsburg toward the Saranac River. Sam had been sent by the Methodist Conference to organize the Saranac Mission. When they arrived at the River, civilization was far behind. Fifteen families were settling within twenty-five miles. Eventually Sam and Eliza purchased several hundred acres, built a prosperous farm and ministered to the people surrounding the Saranac Lakes. Some of Smith's farm lands were later sold to Dr. E. L. Trudeau on which the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium was established in 1884.
The story of three generations that follow details their trials and tribulations up to the last member's death in 2006.
This research volume presents the generations of the Smith family and the early Adirondack history of the Saranac Lake area.
Price: $11 + tax and shipping
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