Adirondack Ike Interview
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Title
Adirondack Ike Interview
Subject
Adirondack Park (N.Y.)
Gray, Ira
Saratoga County (N.Y.)
Description
Ira Gray, aka Adirondack Ike, recounts his life and experiences in the southern Adirondacks. Gray tells of his childhood on the family farm, lumbering along the Hudson at Jessups Landing, his hunting exploits and his many experiences as a bachelor backwoodsman.
Creator
Dunn, Violet
Source
Saratoga County Office of the County Historian
Publisher
Saratoga Springs Public Library
Date
c. 1972
Rights
This item is in the Public Domain.
Format
MP3
Language
English
Type
Audio File
Identifier
SCOH017
All Available Item Data
Interviewer
Dunn, Violet
Interviewee
Gray, Ira
Transcription
Request from repository
Original Format
Audio Cassette Tape
Duration
49 min.
Time Summary
0:00 3:00 early childhood b 1886. big family,father married twice farm.
4:00 8:00 lumber. Logging on the sacandaga river. Boom to sperate logs based on marks. At Corinth (jessups landing)
8:00 10:30 tannery. Mostly Irish workers. Mother worked there. Irish fighting at the square dance
10:30 17:00 apple coring. cornhusking for feeding cattle, strip kernals for chickens; took corn to Edenberg Gristmill; took out toll in payment
17:00 18:00 took train from Hadley to Greenfield for work
18:00 20:00 20 mile walk to Harrisberg, deer hunting
20:00 23:00 got name Adirondack Ike, walked home in snow storm
23:00 27:00 became a forest ranger, led firefightining crew
27:00 30:00 still hunts at 84 years old. South Corinth 2 dogs
30:00 35:00 museum. Moose head. Left in his will. Never married. Story of engagement
35:00 43:00 wrote 121 short stories. Manuscript in Stoney Creek for publishing.
43:00 44:00 his legacy, friendships. Not afraid to die. Has questions for God about the bible. Why all this suffering, etc.
44:00 49:00 Saratoga County Bicentenial Committee and Supervisors meeting in Stillwater 1975
4:00 8:00 lumber. Logging on the sacandaga river. Boom to sperate logs based on marks. At Corinth (jessups landing)
8:00 10:30 tannery. Mostly Irish workers. Mother worked there. Irish fighting at the square dance
10:30 17:00 apple coring. cornhusking for feeding cattle, strip kernals for chickens; took corn to Edenberg Gristmill; took out toll in payment
17:00 18:00 took train from Hadley to Greenfield for work
18:00 20:00 20 mile walk to Harrisberg, deer hunting
20:00 23:00 got name Adirondack Ike, walked home in snow storm
23:00 27:00 became a forest ranger, led firefightining crew
27:00 30:00 still hunts at 84 years old. South Corinth 2 dogs
30:00 35:00 museum. Moose head. Left in his will. Never married. Story of engagement
35:00 43:00 wrote 121 short stories. Manuscript in Stoney Creek for publishing.
43:00 44:00 his legacy, friendships. Not afraid to die. Has questions for God about the bible. Why all this suffering, etc.
44:00 49:00 Saratoga County Bicentenial Committee and Supervisors meeting in Stillwater 1975
Physical Format
Oral histories
Tags
Citation
Dunn, Violet, “Adirondack Ike Interview,” Saratoga Room Digital Exhibits, accessed October 8, 2024, http://digitalarchive.sspl.org/items/show/239.