Adirondack Mountains — Local services in Town of Keene

The earliest written use of the name, spelled Rontaks, was in 1729 by the French missionary Joseph-François Lafitau. He defined it as tree eaters. In the Mohawk language, Adirondack means porcupine, an animal that may eat bark. The Mohawks had no written language at the time so Europeans have used various phonetic spellings. An English map from 1761 labels it simply Deer Hunting Country and the mountains were named Adirondacks in 1837 by Ebenezer Emmons.[1]

People first arrived in the area following the settlement of the Americas around 10,000 BC. The Algonquian peoples and the Mohawk nation used the Adirondacks for hunting and travel but did not settle. European colonization of the area began with Samuel de Champlain visiting what is now Ticonderoga in 1609, and Jesuit missionary Isaac Jogues visited the region in 1642.[2]

In 1664 the land came under the control of the English when New Netherland was ceded to The Crown. After the American Revolutionary War, the lands passed to the people of New York State. Needing money to discharge war debts, the new government sold nearly all the original public acreage about 7 million acres for pennies an acre. Lumbermen were welcomed to the interior, with few restraints,[3]resulting in massive...

This whole area is amazing! We visited coffee shops and restaurants. The scenery is stunning. There is so much to do and the people were mostly friendly. The lakes are beautiful and accommodating. You can stop several places along several routes to take a break, sit and have a snack, or just enjoy everything there is to offer. We saw the north pole, white face mountain, lake placid! At lake placid there are still different places where the Olympics were held lastly in 1980! Beautiful mountains and giant boulders. The ride is so scenic everywhere you look. Just make sure you get gas when you see a station. There are sometimes long stretches where you don't see any. My favorite place to visit and stay now! We're planning our vacation for next year and staying in a cabin. You won't be disappointed coming here, you might not...

Hiked a couple of the taller mountains with my buddy from Oriskany falls. I'm from Arizona so it was a very different type of mountain than out west but I really enjoyed. We camped out on the base of the mountain and than hours up very early in the morning. It is definitely not an easy hike but if you take It slow I think it's a lot easier. We pretty much never took a break because my friend is a freak with long legs. Enjoyed it very much, it was foggy so I didn't get to see the views but I hope to do a couple different mountains...