History Day 2008

History Day 2008: If this lake could talk, what story would it tell?

On September 6, 2008, Historic Saranac Lake invited the community to come tell the stories of Lower Saranac Lake at the Guggenheim Camp. We were thrilled with the outpouring of interest and participation in the event. Over 200 local Saranac Lakers, summer residents, and vacationers converged on Guggenheim. Stories were shared on the great hotels, the early camps, famous visitors, the platform tents, and more. See the ''Press Republican article about History Day''.

A large cast of volunteers pitched in to create more than twenty displays. From February through mid March, 2009 the displays are being shown in the Cantwell Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library. HSL continues to collect the history of the lake, and invites the public to add information to the topics below or to contact us with their stories.

Camps on Lower Saranac Lake

• Guggenheim Camp
  

• Rice’s Point / the Birches / Breezy Point
  

• Mark Twain Camp
  

• Camp Massapequa
  

• Point O’View
  

• Daniel R. Hanna Camp
  

• Ga-Ko-Mas
  

• Swain and Steel Camp
  

• Pinehurst
  

• Camp To-No-Na
  

• Knollwood Club

Some of the History Day Displays at the Guggenheim Camp

The Platform Tents

• The platform tent camp on Bluff Island
  

• Platform Tents history

Hotels on the Lower Lake

• Hotel Algonquin
  

• The Saranac Lake House/Martin’s/Miller’s
  

• Ampersand Hotel

Other topics

• Motorboat Racing
  

• Ice Ventures on Lower Saranac Lake

People

• Albert Einstein
  

• Bob Marshall, George Marshall and Louis Marshall
  

• Martha Reben
  

• Fred Rice
  

• Mark Twain

See the complete Table of Contents for other topics that need your input.