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Dec 10, 1000
The Paleo Hunters
Paleo Indians roamed the lands of the adirondacks up to 1000 A.D. -
The First Migration
Engnlish, Scottish, and Irish soldier settlers were looking to aquire some land after the American Revolution. These veteran settlers had their eyes on the eastern Adirondacks. This migration to the adirondacks was also known as the "Yankee Migration", and during this migration is when a lot of the adirondack towns got their names. -
Canadians migrate to the adirondacks
Canadians knew of the adirondacks, they didnt migrate there until around 1850. Commercial loggers and minors started pushing deep into the northern forest. There was a large number of Canadians that came around this time, but there was also many German Catholic immigrants who founded small settlements at Bleeker, Croghan, and near Lake Desolation. -
Dr. Edward L. Trudeau
This doctor created a tuberculosis santorium at Saranac Lake. Some people "took the cure" and stayed at the cure cottages. This brought Cubans, South Americans, and African AMericans up to the adirondacks -
Tourism
This was the year when first party motorists came and visited Blue Mountain Lake. From here on, an average of nine million people visit the adirondacks each year. These travelers are attracted by the clean and fresh air of the woods, stuning views, and unfouled lakes. -
The Current Migrations
In recent decades, a change in price of midwestern farmland caused a small migration of Amish to th adirondacks. Also imoroved health and social services bring the elderly to the adirondacks. The adirondacks has become more attractive than its ever been, turning people from visiters to year rounders.
