1903 Map of Blue Mountain

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Blue Mt. towers over this central Adirondack landscape, surveyed at the turn of the twentieth century when the region's wilderness and nascent tourism industry relied heavily on water-based transit. A primary Steamboat Route is marked along the length of Long Lake, connecting the settlement of Grove to the broader interior. This network of waterways, including the Raquette River and its dramatic Buttermilk Falls, served as the vital infrastructure for the era's loggers and early summer residents.