The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 44

K. fc. i 8 ADIRONDACK EDITION Typical of the events being re-enacted etvrtmoally Frontier Town is the ducking In the colonial duckinf (tool of thia outlaw. Adirondack More Than Adirondack Country spreads across five separata mounts ia 1 Creea Mm and.to enjoy the shortest, I fastest drive to the Adirondacks Enjoy llonket-ool nrghls Excellent meglt ond modem occommodations Private beach and tennis Golf nearby 4x Writ atut WILLIAM E. RASXE UXE PLACID, H.Y, TV Country Covers 5 Million Acres larger than the entire State, of Massachusetts, The ranges run a southeast northwest direction about eight miles apart and have' more" than 100 mountain peaks -ever 3,300 feet above sea level.

Situated the moun- tains and the valleys are 1.400 The Adirondacks are about brilien years old and are be-. hevedby geologists to be the oldest mountains the world. Cootrary to opinion they are not part of the American Appalachian chain but a southern extension to the Canadian Laureotiana. Once giants, today they are mere shadows of their former serves. They have been rut away to their present sue by the sea, wind," glaciers and snow and ram which rampaged the earth of years before there was life here.

The past is always preient ST. ORITZ 1 In Lake Placid it The St. Morkt i lor a Happy Vacation! Dancing nightly in oar I Cocktail Lounge THE OTTAWA JOURNAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1958. being punished for hi attempted robbery of the Frontier Towa stage coach. kv the Adirondacks.

The origin and past can be read by anyone with a knowledge of rock formations, There are still some natives who argue about the boundaf- ies of. the Adirondacks. Some refer to the boundaries as the "Blue Line" which are the boundaries of Adirondack Stale Park. A blue pencil was used jta 1892 when the first Park was drawn up and ever since then the Adirondack Country has been synonymous with the Park. Actually the State owns leas than 40 percent, of the more than 3H million acres inside the Blue line.

The mountains received their names from Ebenexer Emmons who was employed by the State to determine the composition and origin of the chain. Western 1 Events Recreated At -Unique Frontier Town The color and fascination of tne -Western, frontier is re- created dajly at Frontier Town. Hundreds of. acres of wilderness have: been used to' capture the thrill! of the Wild West. Each year new features are added to jthe show.

One adfied feature this year is a stirring pageant; of the cavalry and wagon train. Also included (in the show is Jh arrival of. the' pony express and the. iaid on the town by mounted" bad men; Even (the mojt reserved visitors fnd themselves entering into (he fun when the out-laws are captured and -put to trial. Finally they are: ducked in the ducking stooL I Sight (out of a Western movie is Prairie Junction with its Jride streets land! colorful buildings it a large ro- 'dee areria where rodeos and.

Wild Wect shows take place several times each day. inere. A .4 Is also an out-dated steam train which" visitors are wet- to use but they should be to carry firearms. It's dangerous journey through or relaxirjg there is a large barn and barn yard where "big and little farm animals are gathered. For the youngsters there are calves, lambs and pigs.

One can actually see horses working a real treadmill. l'A short distance away is the hunters' cabin and wild animal park. There are deer, elk and' Mars as smaller i well as many of the animals of the great Adirondack forests. COOV The tumbling Ausabte river, at the foot of Whiteface Mi. is of America's outstanding trout streams as its lake asid spring fed waters remain coo.

through the Summer months? THE ADIRONDACKS LIVE SHOWS COWBOTS INDIANS I FHONTTERSMEN- CONTINUOUS SHOWS RE-ENACTING 1ILSTORIC EVENTS ACE 'For Tops in Family Enjoyment' 1 On louts bstwian PlaeU aam Uke George Ma NORTH HUDSON, N.Y. Ue A4dresi FRONTIER TOWN, The Real Estate ljfaz Frms of the -L Lake Placid Area 1 Lcdce Pladd Agendes Wilkins Agency Inc. I 1 1 Mountaineer Agency Inc. James Sheffield 1 1 Merrill L. Thomas' and Associates 's i T-.