Fly Fishing

Deep in the Adirondacks was this little old boy. Name was John. John Fisher to be in fact. Little boy was foolish one day. Not the brightest kid on the block. Didn’t know how to tie him shoes. Probably around the age of 13. So the story goes on that one day the kid came upon an old logger. Asked the logger how to fish. Logger said, “All I know how to do is fly fish.” Told little old Johnny to go and catch some flies. Next day Lil’ Johnny came back with pole and flies in hand. The old logger told him how to fly fish…… Later on Lil’ Johnny was boarding a plane. He cast his pole and caught a SEAGULL. A couple in fact. When Lil’ Johnny got off that plane he ran towards that logger’s house. Never found a trace of him. Neither prints nor notes. Lil’ Johnny came back to his dad who was a pro fly-fisherman. Johnny said, “I wanted to be just like you.” Then Lil’ Johnny asked his pa

how to fly fish.

Railroad by the Lazy Side Inn

The life and times of William West Durant

Money meant nothing to me

It was all about the beauty

Fame and glory were of the past

The mountains were where I found me

So I headed my train to the north

Next stop, (Toot! Toot! ) Blue Mountain Lake

To build my house upon the shores

But tents were where I set my stakes

The winter chill was bitter cold

The tent was in a frozen style

So I sent my train Jamaican bound

To fetch a sunny day for awhile

Once my house was fully built

The children’s beds were wet

I asked them what the problem was

The bathroom was too far to get

So I built for them their very own track

A train from bath to bed

They rode it to the lavatory

To avoid the work they dread

I finished my life with out a dime

A nickel was all I had

My sister took it all away

This made me really sad.

Next is some info on William West Durant

William West Durant –

He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was son of Thomas C. Durant. William attended Twickenham School in England and for college he attended Bonn University which is in Germany. He was the son of a very wealthy railroad promoter. He fell in love with the Adirondacks. In Raquette Lake, William built the smallest railroad line in the world going from Blue Mountain Lake to Raquette Lake. He also became famous for all of the camps he built during the late 1800’s. Some of these camps include Camp Pine Knot and Camp Sagamore. These camps are well known as historic landmarks. Later in life his sister sued him, and he lost the court trial in 1893. He died a poor man. William died on 1934 in a hospital because he was ill. You may have heard of Lake Durant. Do you have a lake named after you??