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

The authentic history of Mt. Pisgah, I think

I believe that most of the following information was in a feature story in the Enterprise. The background pieces were gathered and archived by the late Natalie Leduc (nee Natalie Bombard Corl), my friend and 1948 Saranac Lake High School classmate. I really loved the night skiing. Just imagine ...

Mount Pisgah was rockin’ and village manager tales

I spent a lot of time at Mt. Pisgah back in the 1950s and ‘60s with the family learning to ski, including me, and later as a village official. As village manager, I had the idea to build the tubing run, which the village board then approved. After all the paper work was finished, I jumped ...

Whiteface Mountain Road opens

It seems that many times I take “things” for granted that have existed longer than I have. One of those “things” is the beautiful highway that brings us to the top of beautiful Whiteface Mountain. Imagine for a minute, in 1929, the construction of an eight-mile, 20-foot wide highway ...

Moose club hosts picnic

It was nice to see The Enterprise carry a story like the Moose picnic — people having fun, no politics ... and the local news was more fun! “More than 75 members of the Loyal Order of the Moose and the Women of the Moose and their friends attended the joint Moose picnic yesterday ...

New Bloomingdale School nears completion for September opening

This was the lead story 57 years ago, and today’s story is especially for my friend, Mike Martin, Saranac Lake Central School Board member, and my cousin Patrick Hogan, former Bloomingdale School Principal. It seems what goes around, comes around; but somehow that time-worn quote ...

Enterprise classified was king

It is hard to imagine, filling a page, even looking at the great variety of ads. Such as - “Wanted - Refined, young white girl to do housework and take care of 5-year-old baby. Five room bungalow. Two People. To sleep at bungalow. Wages $10. [does not indicate per week or per month] ...