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History & Culture

Million Dollar Dam: A historic Adirondack tale of engineering, ambition

By Tom French

April 28, 2024

Explore the remnants of William Miner's Million Dollar Dam, an engineering feat of the early 20th century, nestled in the Adirondacks' glacial landscape.

View across the Gulf from ledge. A border monument can be seen near the right side of the picture.

Environment

Glacial deluge rips across northern Adirondacks

By Tom French

July 10, 2022

Landscape reveals signs of 12,000 year old flood