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ADIRONDACKS , a See also:group of mountains in See also:north-eastern New See also:York, U.S.A., in See also:Clinton, See also:Essex, See also:Franklin and See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton counties, often included by geographers in the Appalachian See also:system, but pertaining geologically to the Laurentian See also:highlands of See also:Canada. They are bordered on the E. by See also:Lake See also:Champlain, which separates them from the See also:Green Mountains. Unlike the Appalachians, the Adirondacks do not See also:form a connected range, but consist of many summits, isolated or in See also:groups, arranged with little See also:appearance of system. There are about one See also:hundred peaks, ranging from 'zoo to 5000 ft. in height; the highest See also:peak, Mt. See also:Marcy (called by the See also:Indians Tahawus or "See also:cloud-splitter"), is near the eastern See also:part of the group and attains an See also:elevation of 5344 ft. Other noted peaks are M`Intyre (5210 ft.), Haystack (4918), See also:Dix (4916) and Whiteface (4871). These mountains, consisting of various sorts of See also:gneiss, intrusive See also:granite and See also:gabbro, have been formed partly by faulting but mainly by erosion, the lines of which have been determined by the presence of faults or the presence of relatively soft rocks. See also:Lower Palaeozoic strata See also:lap up on to the crystalline rocks on all sides of the See also:mountain group. The region is See also:rich in magnetic See also:iron ores, which though See also:mined for many years are not yet fully See also:developed. Other See also:mineral products are See also:graphite, See also:garnet used as an abrasive, pyrite and See also:zinc ore. The mountains form the See also:water-parting between the See also:Hudson and the St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence See also:rivers. On the See also:south and south-See also:west the See also:waters flow either directly into the Hudson, which rises in the centre of the group, or else reach it through the See also:Mohawk.
On the north and See also:east the waters reach the St Lawrence by way of Lakes See also:George and Champlain, and on the west they flow directly into that stream or reach it through Lake See also:Ontario. The most important streams within the See also:area are the Hudson,' See also:Black, Oswegatchie, Grass, Raquette, Saranac and Ausable rivers. The region was once covered, with the exception of the higher summits, by the Laurentian See also:glacier, whose erosion, while perhaps having little effect on the larger features of the See also:country, has greatly modified it in detail, producing lakes and ponds, whose number is said to exceed 1300, and causing many falls and rapids in the streams. Among the larger lakes are the Upper and Lower
Saranac, Big and Little See also:Tupper, Schroon, Placid, See also:Long, Raquette and See also:Blue Mountain. The region known as the Adirondack See also:Wilderness, or the See also:Great North See also:Woods, embraces between 3000 and 6000 sq. m. of mountain, lake, See also:plateau and See also:forest, which for scenic grandeur is almost unequalled in any other part of the See also:United States. The mountain peaks are usually rounded and easily scaled, and as roads have been constructed over their slopes and in every direction through the forests, all points of See also:interest may be easily reached by See also:stage. See also:Railways penetrate the See also:heart of the region, and small steamboats ply upon the larger lakes. The See also:surface of most of the lakes lies at an elevation of over 1500 ft. above the See also:sea; their shores are usually rocky and irregular, and the See also:wild scenery within their vicinity has made them very attractive to the tourist. The mountains are easily reached from Plattsburgh, See also:Port See also:Kent, See also:Herkimer, See also:Malone and See also:Saratoga Springs. Every See also:year thousands spend the summer months in the wilderness, where cabins, See also:hunting lodges, villas and hotels are numerous. The resorts most frequented are in the vicinity of the Saranac and St Regis lakes and Lake Placid. In the Adirondacks are some of the best hunting and fishing grounds in the eastern United States.
Owing to the restricted See also:period allowed for hunting, See also:deer and small See also:game are abundant, and the See also:brooks, rivers, ponds and lakes are well stocked with See also:trout and black See also:bass. At the See also:head of Lake Placid stands Whiteface Mountain, from whose See also:summit one of the finest views of the Adirondacks may be obtained. Two See also:miles south-east of this lake, at North See also:Elba, is the old See also:farm of the abolitionist See also:John See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown, which contains his See also:grave and is much frequented by visitors. Lake Placid is the See also:principal source of the Ausable See also:river, which for a part of its course flows through a rocky chasm from too to 175 ft. deep and rarely over 30 ft. wide. At the head of the Ausable Chasm are the See also:Rainbow Falls, where the stream makes a See also:vertical leap of 70 ft. Another impressive feature of the Adirondacks is See also:Indian Pass, a See also:gorge about eleven miles long, between Mt. M`Intyre and Wallface Mountain. The latter is a majestic cliff rising vertically from the pass to a height of 1300 ft. See also:Keene Valley, in the centre of Essex See also:county, is another picturesque region, presenting a pleasing See also:combination of peaceful valley and rugged hills. Though the See also:climate during the See also:winter months is very severe—the temperature sometimes falling as See also:low as -42° F.—it is beneficial to persons suffering from pulmonary troubles, and a number of sanitariums have been established. The region is heavily forested with spruce, See also:pine and broad-leaved trees. Lumbering is an important See also:industry, but it has been much restricted by the creation of a See also:state forest preserve, containing in 1907, 1,401,482 acres, and by the See also:purchase of large tracts for game preserves and recreation grounds by private clubs.
The so-called Adirondack See also:Park, containing over 3,000,000 acres, includes most of the state preserve and large areas held in private ownership.
For a description of the Adirondacks, see S. R. See also:Stoddard, The Adirondacks Illustrated (24th ed., Glen Falls, 1894); and E. R. See also:Wallace, Descriptive See also:Guide to the Adirondacks (See also:Syracuse, 1894). For See also:geology and mineral resources consult the Reports of the New York State Geologist and the Bulletins of the New York State Museum.
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