John Boyd Thacher State Park and the Indian Ladder Region

by Timothy J. Albright and Laura A. Ten Eyck

Book Overview

The story of John Boyd Thacher State Park and the Indian Ladder Region is the story of how a wilderness became a park. Hardworking farmers transformed the forests into farm fields and blasted a roadway through a cliff to get their goods to market. John Boyd Thacher and his wife, Emma Treadwell Thacher, permanently protected the wilderness for all to enjoy. Photographs show 19th-century tourists making their way from the train stations in Voorheesville,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738575968
• ISBN13: 9780738575964
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"