The Brighton Story : Being the History of Paul Smiths, Gabriels and Rainbow Lake

Saranac Lake, New York: The Chauncy Press, 1986. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition. Bright, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($12.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This is a history of the town of Brighton and the surrounding area in New York State's Franklin County. The author was Brighton's town historian, librarian of Paul Smith's College, and Editor of the Franklin County Historical Review. In this book are the historical facts she gathered over a 30-year period. There are chapters on: Historical Background; Earliest Settlers; Communities of Brighton; Early Homes and Living; Old Time Guides (fishing/hunting in the Adirondacks); Minutes of Town Meeting from 1859 & Jury Lists from 1861; War Records (including service details for citizens who participated in the Civil War); Transportation; Mail Service; Telephone and Telegraph; Education; Churches; Resorts; Sanatoriums; Biographies; Old Time Tales; etc. Illustrated with maps and over 60 old photographs (with captions). Endpapers feature a stagecoach photo from July, 1884. Appendix of Cemetery Headstone Data (for the Mountain View, St. John's in the Wilderness, & McCollom's cemeteries). List of School Teachers (with their salaries). Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine.. Second Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. x, 204pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.