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And on March 4, 1934, skiers — 378 of them — climbed aboard a Delaware and Hudson train in Schenectady and rode the 60-mile trip by rail to North Creek. This winter, some 90 years later, that historic train ride and some of the skiers aboard that day are being celebrated for their place in winter-sports history.

And on March 4, 1934, skiers — 378 of them — climbed aboard a Delaware and Hudson train in Schenectady and rode the 60-mile trip by rail to North Creek. This winter, some 90 years later, that historic train ride and some of the skiers aboard that day are being celebrated for their place in winter-sports history.

The town of Niskayuna began near the banks of the Mohawk River on the land of the Connestigione Indians in 1642. Dutch settlers moved westward from Albany to settle the

The town of Niskayuna began near the banks of the Mohawk River on the land of the Connestigione Indians in 1642. Dutch settlers moved westward from Albany to settle the

Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve Paul Schaefer is seen at his Adirondack camp in fall 1995. (Provided photo — Dave Gibson) Adirondack wilderness champion, conservationist, author, filmmaker and hunter/fisher Paul Schaefer (1908-1996) was a pied piper for young people in search of a cause, just as John Apperson and Bob Marshall had been for him when Schaefer was in his early 20s. During the 1980s and ’90s, Paul was in his eighth decade of life, and scouts, teens and Earth a...