1908

Title

1908

Description

The non-profit National Conservation Commission is established. Intense summer drought strikes the Adirondacks. Summer and fall fires, many caused by railroads, burn more than 368,000 acres of the Park. Apperson completes his skate sail design, the “Schenectady Sail,” which utilizes spruce spars. Paul Schaefer born on September 13th in Rotterdam, New York.

Source

Adirondack Research Library Collections