El Lagarto raceboat, the Leaping Lizard of Lake George. El Lagarto won the 1934 and 1935 Gold Cup held on Lake George. El Lagarto remains an icon of American boating history. She was from an era when raceboats were required to be ‘sensible’, and have niceties such as a forward cockpit and a reverse gear. Adirondack Experience (formerly Adirondack Museum), located in the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake in Hamilton County, New York state. It is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Adirondacks. The museum is located on the site of an historic summer resort hotel, the Blue Mountain House, built high above Blue Mountain Lake in 1876 by Miles Tyler Merwin, that operated until the late 1940s. The museum consists of 24 buildings, 121 acres, and 60,000 square feet of exhibition space. Adirondack Experience is open late-May to mid-October. The museum's collections include historic artifacts, photographs, indigenous arts, archival materials, and fine art documenting the region's past in twenty-four buildings including historic structures and contemporary galleries.—Wikipedia
The Marion River Carry is a portage around the rapids in the Marion River to Utowana Lake. The carry was shortened by a dam, that raised the level of the river and then by the Marion River Carry Railroad; at 1,320 yards, it was the shortest standard-gauge railroad line in the United States. Efforts to save this steam locomotive from the railroad in 1947 led to the creation of the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. Adirondack Experience (formerly Adirondack Museum), located in the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake in Hamilton County, New York state. It is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the Adirondacks. The museum is located on the site of an historic summer resort hotel, the Blue Mountain House, built high above Blue Mountain Lake in 1876 by Miles Tyler Merwin, that operated until the late 1940s. The museum consists of 24 buildings, 121 acres, and 60,000 square feet of exhibition space. Adirondack Experience is open late-May to mid-October. The museum's collections include historic artifacts, photographs, indigenous arts, archival materials, and fine art documenting the region's past in twenty-four buildings including historic structures and contemporary galleries.—Wikipedia
Three County Fair—the Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden Agricultural Society was formed and incorporated by a special act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts state legislature in 1818. The Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden Agricultural Society is a non-profit organization and the purpose of the Society was then as it is now: “To promote agriculture, agricultural education, and agricultural science in the Commonwealth.” Exhibitions, displays, competitions and demonstrations were the “tools of choice” as the Society went about fulfilling its purpose. Premiums are still awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in a variety of agricultural and domestic categories. Over two centuries later, and without interruption, the Fair has evolved to offer a variety of experiences for its Fairgoers from farmers sharing their farming techniques, carnivals, games, thoroughbred horse racing (which ended in 2005), livestock demonstrations, crafts, demolition derbies, music, foods and unique entertainment performances as we prepare for harvest.—3countyfair.com
