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In late summer 1955, after two months of surveying and studying uranium deposits in Saratoga County, Robert Zullo and his partners, George McDonnell and Lewis Lavery, saw their claims publicly dismissed in print by a business rival, who told the Leader-Herald there were “no major deposits of uranium in the Sacandaga region.” Geologist John Bird of Schenectady had been hired by a Wyoming uranium-mining company to survey the area, and after thirty days, he had found uraninite only in “ridiculously small” quantities. » Continue Reading.
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Adirondack Uranium: A Lewis County Boondoggle
Inlet History: A Short Biography of Philo Clark Wood
In December 1899, owner Dwight B. Sperry had just completed his first season of operating his newly built Hotel Glennmore and determined to lease it. He selected two men from Constableville, NY.
One was George B. Conant who would be the hotel proprietor. Conant’s hotel manager would be his brother-in law, Philo Clark Wood. For Philo, this began a career of almost fifty years of hotel management, town development and civil service to the Towns of Webb and Inlet.
Philo’s ancestors, originally from Chatham, Middlesex County, CT, moved to the Town of Turin in Lewis County, NY sometime after the 1810 Census. Philo’s grandparents (Nathaniel and Electa Caswell Wood) and great-grandparents (Joel and Mercy Clark Wood) are buried in the Constableville Rural Cemetery (West Turin). » Continue Reading.
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- Tupper Lake town board considers buying Big Tupper
- A closer look at winter visitors
- Looking back over pandemic year, some Adirondack businesses boomed
- Hamilton College students research Adk topics
- Gov. sets $92M for Olympic venue improvements
- As Trump administration winds down, Adirondack environmentalists breathe easier
- Annual ‘Frostfish’ egg collection was a success
- Pence visits Fort Drum for final VP appearance
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