This is Stagecoach Rock, between Lake Placid and Keene. Supposedly it commemorates the passing of the stagecoach in the Adirondacks. In the 1930's, this boulder fell to the roadside off Pitchoff Mountain. A highway engineer named Donald Rogers thought it was too nice to just push aside. He had Louis Brown of Carnes Granite Co., Inc. draw up a sketch and Wilfred Carnes sandblasted the outline of the stagecoach and team into it. "A tribute from the highway department to a mode of transportation of another era." This information from Bruce Wadsworth's "An Adirondack Sampler, Day Hikes for All Seasons." Chris Andrle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Lord" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Carved boulder near Lake Plaic? > Does anyone know the origin of a carving on a boulder, about 6 by 8 feet in size, the carving being of a horse-drawn stagecoach rendered at some unknown time in the past? It is located across from the trailhead to Cascade Mountain along the edge of Rte 73 in the Town of North Elba, near Lake Placid. > > Persons with information may email me directly. > > Philip Lord, Jr. > Director, Division of Museum Services > New York State Museum > Room CEC 3097 - Empire State Plaza > Albany, NY > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > (518) 486-2037 > Website: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/services.html >