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Paul Schaefer’s Winter Ascent

December 15, 2021
Bill Ingersoll
Knowledge
Crane Mountain, History, Paul Schaefer, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest

Part 3 of 3 Automobiles enabled a new generation of suburbanites from the Mohawk and Hudson valley regions to begin visiting the mountains more frequently. Some of these people acquired rustic cabins built by the early homesteaders and converted them into camps. Paul Schaefer, a contractor from Schenectady, was one such person.

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Remembering Paul Schaefer: Camp Life at the Cataract Club

June 20, 2021
Bill Ingersoll
Enjoyment
History, Paul Schaefer, Siamese Ponds Wilderness

The Cataract Club was not a formal organization with charter members and bylaws. There was no tar-paper cabin standing on a paper company lease. The camp was a surplus Army squad tent erected each season on the same campsite located high in a valley on the back side of Eleventh Mountain.

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Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award Acceptance Speech

October 9, 2017
Bill Ingersoll
Expansion, Protection
Boreas Ponds, Paul Schaefer
On behalf of Adirondack Wilderness Advocates, it is an honor to be presented with the Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award. We are thrilled that our efforts in the Boreas Ponds classification…
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