Regional Histories
Donaldson, Alfred L.
History of the Adirondacks 2 vols. 1921
Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, 1996

Terrie, Philip
Contested Terrain: A New History of Nature and People in the Adirondacks
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse UP, 1997

Schneider, Paul
The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness
New York: Henry Holt, 1997

Essex County Histories
Bernstein, BurtonThe Sticks: A Profile of Essex County, New York
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1972.

Harris, Ruth G. and Stanley P. Harris
Index of History of Essex County, NY, 1885, by H.P. Smith
Privately printed, 1978.

Smith, H. P.
History of Essex County
Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason, 1885

Watson, Winslow C.
A Military and Civil History of the County of Essex, New York
Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1869.

Both the Smith and the Watson histories have been republished by the Higginson Book Company
PO Box 778, Salem, MA 01970 (978)745-7170
www.higginsonbooks.com

Town and Village Histories
Excelsior: The New York State Library/State Archives Online Catalog
nysl.nysed.gov

Topical Histories
Adler, Jeanne Winston
Early Days in theAdirondacks: The Photographs of Seneca Ray Stoddard
New York: Abrams,1997

Bellico, Russell
Sails and Steam in the Mountains: A Maritime and Military History of Lake George and Lake Champlain
Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain, 1992

Bond, Hallie E.
Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks Blue Mountain Lake, NY: Adirondack Museum, 1995

Brumley,Charles
Guides of the Adirondacks: A History Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1994

DiNunzio, Michael Adirondack Wildguide: A Natural History of the Adirondack Park
Elizabethtown, NY: Adirondack Council, 1984

Farrell, Patrick
Through the Light Hole: A Saga of Adirondack Mines and Men
Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1996

Jamieson, Paul, ed. The Adirondack Reader
Glens Falls, NY: Adirondack Mountain Club, 1983.

Kudish, Michael
Railroads of the Adirondacks: A History
Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain, 1996

Mandel, Patricia C. E.
Fair Wilderness: American Paintings in the Collection of the Adirondack Museum
Blue Mountain Lake, NY: Adirondack Museum, 1990

Masters, Raymond D.
A Social History of the Huntington Wildlife Forest
Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1993

McMartin, Barbara The Great Forest of the Adirondacks
Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1994

Welch, Peter C. Jacks, Jobbers and Kings: Logging the Adirondacks, 1850-1950
Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1995

TOP OF PAGE