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Old-Fashioned General Store
“Come experience
the Adirondacks of yesteryear”
Garden Center • General Store • Gourmet
Ice Cream • Deli • Hardware • Kids
ADK Gifts and so much more!
www.thelazymoosegardenmarket.com
6499 State Rte 8
Brant Lake, NY 12815
518-494-4039-ph
518-494-2141-fax
Places to Visit In Horicon
Located in Warren County, New York, the Town of Horicon
include the hamlets of Adirondack, Brant Lake and South Horicon.
Horicon’s primary and secondary educational needs are provided
by the North Warren Central School located in the Town of 6696 State
Museum and Historical Society
Chester.
Route 8 Brant
Our home, Horicon, is a quiet but spectacular place. On spring Lake, NY 12815
mornings, the fog lifts off the lake to reveal rugged hills reflected
on the serene waters of our many lakes. Summer brings fun Saturday 1-4pm
HOURS: June:
and excitement as we welcome visitors and recreate on lakes and July & August:
mountains. Fall is a firestorm of color, and opportunity for quiet Tuesday, Thursday
enjoyment. Winter again brings a wonderland we share with visitors
to our community, whether they want to fish, snowshoe or
& Saturday 1-4 pm.
snowmobile. Horicon is a small town where people work hard, Admission is
look out for each other, and enjoy all the Town of Horicon has FREE. For special
to offer. More information may be found at the North Warren tours contact the Museum at (518) 494-7286. email: (horiconmuseum@yahoo.com).
Chamber of Commerce.
In the late 1700’s Moses Stickney purchased most of the land The Horicon Museum affords the visitor a look into the past:
that is now known as Horicon for $0.25 an acre as well as the the early settlers, their homes, churches, industries, boarding
water rights throughout the region. The land was labeled “a dense houses and special occasions. The displays in the nine room restored
19th century farmhouse show a glimpse into the lives of
wilderness”—exactly what Stickney, who hoped to make his fortune
in lumbering, was looking for.
those living in an earlier time. There are many photographs of the
spectacular and beautiful scenery in this Adirondack region, as
Stickney built the first dams on the creek coming from Brant well as artifacts from early homes and businesses.
Lake, creating first mill pond. He built the first saw and grist mills
as well as having interests in early hotels and mercantile, all support
businesses for the loggers in the area working Stickney’s Construction began in 1906 and was completed the following
The Heintzelman Library Brant Lake
land. In 1813, Stickney and his son Frank were said to be the first year for this distinctively rustic building. The Library served the
loggers in the area to float logs down the Schroon River to the town of Horicon until 2001, when a new facility was opened in
Hudson and on to the Glens Falls mills.
the new Town Hall. Located on Mill Pond, the building is now on
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