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You Know What …? (local history), by Howard Riley

Joe Drutz — WWII POW and civic leader

The headline on page one of an Enterprise in February 1973 prompted the editor at that time to have Joe Drutz write a story about his experience as a POW. Pretty cool, don’t you think? So, let’s get right to it. “It gives me a funny feeling to hear and read about operation ...

Lake Placid’s first Invitational Ski Jump

Page One was loaded with local stories, 67 years ago, from Lake Placid’s First Annual Eastern Invitational Ski Jump to the Saranac Lake Free Library looking to buy the Guild House. And you know what else? Jim Ellis and John McGill won oratorical awards ... and my friend, Mr. Ellis, hasn’t ...

75 years of Santa’s Workshop

Santa’s Workshop opened on July 1, 1949, so it is advertising now, rightly so, in this year 2025 as the 75th Anniversary of that famous theme park — AKA — the North Pole. I have an Enterprise treasure right here on my cluttered desk dated, dated May 18, 1955, a special “summer ...

Sesquicentennial tribute

Mrs. Mary Manchester, English instructor at the Saranac Lake High School, did a meticulous job on the 150-year history of Saranac Lake. The sub-head at the top of Page One read: “Researched, Complied and Edited under the Direction of Mrs. Mary Manchester.” Too bad that I can’t give my ...

The story of Littlefield and Litchfield

Last week this space covered a piece about John Stock, who had been superintendent of Litchfield Park, giving a talk at the Beth Joseph Synagogue about the history of Tupper Lake and Litchfield Park. My nephew, Kevin Littlefield, has been superintendent of that park now for many years. The ...

History of Litchfield Park

I am lucky to find so many good, old Enterprise stories in my meticulous (not) files. The following is by Matthew Russell, a great reporter, now giving me an opportunity to connect the dots that made my connection to many events and visits to Litchfield Castle. John Stock, as you will ...