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Old-Fashioned General Store<br />

“Come experience<br />

the Adirondacks of yesteryear”<br />

Garden Center • General Store • Gourmet<br />

Ice Cream • Deli • Hardware • Kids<br />

ADK Gifts and so much more!<br />

www.thelazymoosegardenmarket.com<br />

6499 State Rte 8<br />

Brant Lake, NY 12815<br />

5<strong>18</strong>-494-4039-ph<br />

5<strong>18</strong>-494-2141-fax<br />

Places to Visit In Horicon<br />

Located in Warren County, New York, the Town of Horicon<br />

include the hamlets of Adirondack, Brant Lake and South Horicon.<br />

Horicon’s primary and secondary educational needs are provided<br />

by the North Warren Central School located in the Town of 6696 State<br />

Museum and Historical Society<br />

Chester.<br />

Route 8 Brant<br />

Our home, Horicon, is a quiet but spectacular place. On spring Lake, NY 12815<br />

mornings, the fog lifts off the lake to reveal rugged hills reflected<br />

on the serene waters of our many lakes. Summer brings fun Saturday 1-4pm<br />

HOURS: June:<br />

and excitement as we welcome visitors and recreate on lakes and July & August:<br />

mountains. Fall is a firestorm of color, and opportunity for quiet Tuesday, Thursday<br />

enjoyment. Winter again brings a wonderland we share with visitors<br />

to our community, whether they want to fish, snowshoe or<br />

& Saturday 1-4 pm.<br />

snowmobile. Horicon is a small town where people work hard, Admission is<br />

look out for each other, and enjoy all the Town of Horicon has FREE. For special<br />

to offer. More information may be found at the North Warren tours contact the Museum at (5<strong>18</strong>) 494-7286. email: (horiconmuseum@yahoo.com).<br />

Chamber of Commerce.<br />

In the late 1700’s Moses Stickney purchased most of the land The Horicon Museum affords the visitor a look into the past:<br />

that is now known as Horicon for $0.25 an acre as well as the the early settlers, their homes, churches, industries, boarding<br />

water rights throughout the region. The land was labeled “a dense houses and special occasions. The displays in the nine room restored<br />

19th century farmhouse show a glimpse into the lives of<br />

wilderness”—exactly what Stickney, who hoped to make his fortune<br />

in lumbering, was looking for.<br />

those living in an earlier time. There are many photographs of the<br />

spectacular and beautiful scenery in this Adirondack region, as<br />

Stickney built the first dams on the creek coming from Brant well as artifacts from early homes and businesses.<br />

Lake, creating first mill pond. He built the first saw and grist mills<br />

as well as having interests in early hotels and mercantile, all support<br />

businesses for the loggers in the area working Stickney’s Construction began in 1906 and was completed the following<br />

The Heintzelman Library Brant Lake<br />

land. In <strong>18</strong>13, Stickney and his son Frank were said to be the first year for this distinctively rustic building. The Library served the<br />

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<br />

Hudson and on to the Glens Falls mills.<br />

the new Town Hall. Located on Mill Pond, the building is now on<br />

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