List of 1915 Forest Rangers and Fire Observers

From May 7, 1915 Chateaugay Record and Franklin County Democrat:

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Loon Lake Railroad Station

From the collection of the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society:

Loon Lake, after 1918

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Map of Loon Lake Hotel property

The Franklin County Historical and Museum Society is hosting Joseph LeMay on September 3, 2010 at 6:30pm for a discussion of the history of Loon Lake, NY.   The event is free and open to the public.  If you have your own photos and memories of Loon Lake, and especially of the Loon Lake House hotel, please bring them to share.  We'll be meeting in the Schryer Center behind the museum at 51 Milwaukee St., Malone.  Call 518-483-2750 for more details.

This map of the Loon Lake Hotel and associated buildings in 1940 is in the collection of the Historical Society.  It is part of an extensive collection of maps and drawings of structures from the O'Neil and Hale Insurance Agents of Malone. 

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Previous posts and other web resources on Loon Lake, NY:

http://franklinhistorian.blogspot.com/2009/11/loon-lake-hotel.html

http://www.townoffranklin.com/loonlake.html

http://loonlakehoa.org/history.html

http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/franklin/postcards/loonl2.jpg

http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/photodb/09-1963a.gif

http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/photodb/09-1964a.gif

Loon Lake Hotel

Loon Lake House was opened by Ferd and Mary Chase in 1879 and stood as a magnificent Adirondack hotel until it burned in 1956.  This photo, from the collection of the Franklin County Historical & Museum Society, features the hotel staff in 1896: 

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For more information on the history of Loon Lake, visit the wonderful Town of Franklin website.