Subject: Haley Family Party
From: Dorie Haley <  doriesw@wildblue.net  >
The Haley families celebrated 50 summers at Chazy Lake  in August 2005.
Russell Haley and Wally Haley bought adjoining land and built camps, which
now belong to Tim Haley and Dorie, Syd & Wally Haley respectively.
We had a wonderful day celebrating with around 200 old and new
camp friends.  What an awesome place!
 Chris and I enjoyed this party very much. Great to see all our friends from near and far..ROD

Subject: Dannemora High School
From: Stephen J. Coulon   < dhsknights@yahoo.com >
Date: 08 June 2004
Hi Rod,
If anyone would like a look inside their old school go to

Seeing this web page is called Connections, I would like to recommend a few:
Pictures Odilon Talbot: http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/ResortRd/j1203/
Plattsburgh Today: weather , chat, news, etc: http://www.nowplatt.com/Default.htm
WIRY radio from Plattsburgh "LIVE", chat, news, etc: http://www.wiry.com/
King Family of Chazy Lake, Genealogy and pictures: http://members.tripod.com/mviens/
Plattsburgh Press Republican on line: http://www.pressrepublican.com/newsfront.htm

I just got hooked on the web and a friend sent me your Chazy Lake page!! We built our house on the Garmish Street about nine years ago!!! We love it here. We are here year round.

Hi Rod,
I just found your site today. Through genealogical research this week, I realized that my earliest beginnings were from Chazy Lake, it looks like a wonderful place. My great-grandparents were both born in Dannemora, their names are William and Dela (Jarvis) Cadrette. William was born in 1885 and Dela in 1886. I believe 7 out of 9 of their children (one being my grandmother) were born in Chazy Lake area. A couple of the children were born in Lyon Mtn. Their first names are Willard, Irene, Euclid, Chester, Ida, Velma, and Blanche. They were born between 1905-1919. I would like to know where or through whom, that I would be able to purchase some pictures from this time period. Thank you for this beautiful site, the connection, and your time.

I'm writing in case you'd like to add my name to the list of people on your site or add this message to the bulletin board.  My great grandaunt, Gertrude Troxel (later Patterson) came to Chazy in the early 1900's, to work for William Miner, at Heart's Delight Farm.  It's not clear whether she was a secretary there or a teacher, but I've got lots of old pictures of the Farm, the surrounding area, the Adrondiacs, etc.  Also, she collected postcards from the farm and has saved a big stack of them. We've
got her calendar from the farm, which is in mint condition, and also several interesting letters.  If anyone's interested in obtaining
photographs of the farm, or is searching for information about it, they can e-mail me and I'll do whatever I can to help. Also, if anyone's got any information on Gertrude, or anything about the farm, I'd love to hear from them.  Thanks! Take Care, Sally Morris, White Pigeon, Michigan

Add me to the Chazy Lake connections site.  I grew up in Dannemora, one wall away from you at 60 Cook Street, in the home your dad rented to my dad, Carlton Gilroy.  I am Brendan Gilroy, and will always remember swimming in Chazy Lake.  I am now in North Carolina, and I can't get anyone in my current family to swim in Chazy Lake as it is "too cold".
Thanks for the great photos and history.  I recognize many of the family names associated with the 1927 drownings.  This is the first time I was made aware of that event.
Brendan Gilroy and family - gilroyfam@mindspring.com

She made moccassins to sell. She may have a relative living in orange,connecticut.She could be about 100 years old if still alive today,she was a canadian citizen who moved to Chazy Lake.

I found your site most interesting and informative. I was able to print much information from your site for my two daughters.  My Grandfather (Leo Dudley) worked at the prison.  He died before I was born.  He and my Grandmother were married in Lyon Mountain.  She was born there on 14 Sept. 1895 Mary Louise Minkler or Minckler.  If you have any information on the Minckler family I would be most interested in it. Would glady send any additional info I find on to you.
My Best!
Lloyd F. Dudley
46 Cross Street
P.O. Box 2116
Norton, MA 02766
lfdbks@massed.net

Hi,
   My name is Sally Belden (Cummings) I also grew up in Dannemora and am very interested in your history of Chazy Lake.  Thanks Sally

     ROD   I lived in Chazy during my early childhood. my father was a guard at Dannemora. my grandparents and my baby sister are buried at Chazy cemetery. I have only been back to Chazy twice in the past 15 years / last time being 9 years ago. It felt really great to see these pictures that you had of Chazy.  Thanks Gary from Syracuse. I now have something to show my kids.

     Greetings fellow laker,  my name is Thomas Strain ,  I also spent my childhood and summer months at Chazy Lake, were I grew for my appreciation of the great outdoors. I now reside in kodiak alaska but brothers and sisters still have camp there, which is located about at half way point east side of lake the old turners log cabin which was my great gre,,,,,, grandfather so it hasn't left the family. Last time i was there was about three years ago in early november which had record rain that weekend , never seen lake so high water at dam was steaming out. great place love your pictures lyon mnt. always fun to climb. maybe some day we can meet and swap stories it sure is a small  world  thanks to the internet,  my address is tstrain@alaskaptinet  so long and enjoy those sun sets.
    Glad to have visited your site again,  can't get over those great arial shots.   I've  spread the location of your site to brothers and sisters who own camp on lake  . A nephew has taken intrest in contacting you also would like to swap stories history and photos with you and also maps. Have you ever met the witch ?   thomas strain 34  family of six  own family of three.

Greetings -
I'm a "born and bred" Chazy laker ...... great grand daughter of Wilfred King. My childhood was spent at the pump house beach.  After exploring your web pages, I felt i had to write and tell you just how much i enjoyed them. The pictures are incredible. My family still owns and enjoys a camp on the opposite side of the lake.
Sincerely,
Denise  (Denny) Tourville

What a bit of nostalgia for my Mom and her family.  Do you happen to have any kind of dates for these?  My Mom was born in 1922 and she is one of  nine children of John and Dorothy Smithrovitch.  John was a miner and work in and around Lyon Mountain and was involved in a fatal mining accident.  Peter, Anthony,  Joseph and Charles  all worked in and around  Lyon Mountain and were employed at one time or another at the local furnace in Lyon Mountain.  If you can furnish  any  information about the family it woul.d be interesting to know and greatly appreciated by all. Best regards, yours sincerely,
Arlene Gambill

This is a view of Chazy Lake taken from the summit of Lyon Mt. summer 95.

This is a digital picture of Chazy Lake from the summit of Lyon Mt. summer 2000.
Thanks to Jack Wanzung.

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