Theodore Roosevelt's Historic Adirondack Journey Commemorated by North Creek Group
A group in North Creek is set to commemorate a significant event in the life of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. In September 1901, then-Vice President Roosevelt was hiking Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks when he received news of President McKinley's death. This prompted a rapid descent and a daring wagon ride to North Creek, from where he traveled to Buffalo to be sworn in as President. The event is being marked with a series of activities, including an online presentation by journalist and historian Paul Grondahl. Grondahl, who is the director of the New York State Writers Institute, will discuss the historical journey and its implications. Roosevelt's connection to the Adirondacks is well-documented, as he frequently visited the region to recover from childhood illnesses and even wrote his first published work about the area's birds. 
