10/28/2023 0 Comments Saranac lake drivers test routePhotograph courtesy of the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical SocietyAlthough the local version required no one to ride shotgun, the road conditions promised perils enough. The Mulflur Building on Broadway is behind the stagecoach. The sign on the stagecoach reads "In the days of the old Ampersand Hotel" (see photograph below). Stage coaches were obsolete by the time of this 1918 Winter Carnival parade. During the 1800s, however, the stage coach was the main mode of passenger travel in the Adirondacks Images of stage coach days with whip cracking drivers have been usually associated with the old wild west, Indian attacks, and masked holdup men. 1Īdirondack Daily Enterprise, February 6, 1988 Paul Smith's line, established in 1855, ran through Saranac Lake to Bloomingdale and then through Franklin Falls Fitch O'Brien was the chief driver for twelve years. In 1860, Virgil Bartlett bought the route, and operated it for fourteen years, hiring Isaiah Vosburgh as a driver in 1862. An original Paul Smith's stage coach, still used by Paul Smith's College The earliest stage coach route in the Saranac Lakes region served Martin's and Paul Smith's Hotels, coming in from Keeseville.
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