Throwback Thursday: 1967 Edition

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The Year was 1967, and folks with planes were being encouraged to fly to Schroon. At least that's the pitch in this old advertising pamphlet we dug up from the Schroon Laker Collection.

The glossy ad features a picture with a couple clad in denim shorts looking at a map?, standing next to their plane which presumably has just landed on the "3000' Paved Runway."

Enticing the Adirondack bound pilot/holiday maker, the brochure says the airp

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Remembering Scaroon Manor

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As the new Scaroon Manor day use site was re-launched today, it's time to reflect on what the old place looked like. Hard to image that Scaroon once featured 100 buildings, housed 800 guests, attracted top notch entertainers, had its own golf course, marina, tennis court complex, basketball court with lights, roller skating ring and handball courts. All of it thriving until the 1960s, when resorts like this fell out of favor. Did you ever go to The Manor back in the day? Share your memories in comments.

All Signs Point To Schroon

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Up until 1966, there was no shortage of traffic rumbling through Schroon Lake, when Route 9, known then as the International Highway, ran right through downtown heading north to Canada.

But with the completion of the I-87 Northway, that large volume of traffic disappeared  -- making Schroon the quiet little hamlet that it is today -- but also diverting business away from our town.

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