—Part Three —
In order to acquire land before prices rose higher, James Galvin’s group purchased the 6,000-plus acre Munn tract, a rectangle that included the head of Fourth Lake, Fifth, Sixth, two thirds of Seventh Lake and a portion of Limekiln Lake’s shores.
The buyers then formed the Fulton Chain Club, a clone of the Adirondack League Club, and attempted to establish a preserve with similar rules.
However, this plan failed to attract members and agent James Galvin and his surveyors subdivided the lakes’ shorelines into camp lots to sell for camps. Continue reading