| Author: | Walter Broughton | ISBN: | 9781439619971 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | April 28, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Walter Broughton |
| ISBN: | 9781439619971 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | April 28, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Lake Carey is a summer community of several hundred families in the Endless Mountains of northeast Pennsylvania. Lake Carey�s story begins in 1874, when the narrow-gauge Montrose Railroad began service to the 262-acre glacial lake named Marcy�s Pond. Cottages with gingerbread porches sprang up almost overnight; hotels, steamboats, and picnic groves swiftly followed. As World War I drew near, the renamed lake and its community were a fixture on the regional map. Their resort status was short-lived, however, as the changing American family and the advent of the automobile began an inexorable transformation. First to go were the crowded steamboats and excursion trains. A new, quieter era began, dominated by rental cottages and�at Lake Carey�regattas. Through vintage photographs, Lake Carey documents how the people who gathered here retained their strong sense of community born of the shared privilege of a place at the lake and the pleasures of summer pastimes.
Lake Carey is a summer community of several hundred families in the Endless Mountains of northeast Pennsylvania. Lake Carey�s story begins in 1874, when the narrow-gauge Montrose Railroad began service to the 262-acre glacial lake named Marcy�s Pond. Cottages with gingerbread porches sprang up almost overnight; hotels, steamboats, and picnic groves swiftly followed. As World War I drew near, the renamed lake and its community were a fixture on the regional map. Their resort status was short-lived, however, as the changing American family and the advent of the automobile began an inexorable transformation. First to go were the crowded steamboats and excursion trains. A new, quieter era began, dominated by rental cottages and�at Lake Carey�regattas. Through vintage photographs, Lake Carey documents how the people who gathered here retained their strong sense of community born of the shared privilege of a place at the lake and the pleasures of summer pastimes.
