It happened on August 14, 1901 a mile out of North River. The stage had just left Dunlap’s Hotel and rounded a turn when a masked man jumped out from the woods with a rifle.

A dam proposed on the Schroon River early in the 20th century would have raised the level of Schroon Lake 30 feet and combine it with Brant and Paradox Lake. We wondered: Had this dam been built, how would this region look today?

Before it was called “Riparius,” this hamlet on the Hudson was known as “Riverside.” Before that, it was “Folsom Landing,” named for John Folsom’s ferry. Then came the bridge.

After learning in his native Germany of a new way to make paper, Albrecht Pagenstecher built in 1870 what we may visit today as the Pulp Mill Museum in Lake Luzerne.

Thomas Durant built a station on his Adirondack Railroad here because this bridge, built first in 1816 and rebuilt after its destruction by an ice jam in 1843, connected Chester, Johnsburg, Thurman and Warrrensburg and made possible a stagecoach line to camps and resorts on Loon and Schroon lakes.

With the Harvest Moon expected to shine brightly Monday night, October 6, the Hadley–Lake Luzerne Historical Society once again will turn the Lake Luzerne Historic District into a living stage in its fifth annual Lantern Walk.