Early Adirondack settlements invariably occurred where rivers dropped sufficiently to enable water-powered mills to be built. Captain Pliny Miller's 1827 dam on the Saranac River, which created Lake Flower, was typical of the era.
Early Adirondack settlements invariably occurred where rivers dropped sufficiently to enable water-powered mills to be built. Captain Pliny Miller's 1827 dam on the Saranac River, which created Lake Flower, was typical of the era.