Editing Long Lake, New York (section)

== History ==
[[Image:View of Long Lake New York.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The hamlet of Long Lake from the air]]
The town was settled ''circa'' 1833 by Joel Plumley, a native of [[Vermont]].

The town of Long Lake was formed in 1837 from sections of the towns of [[Arietta, New York|Arietta]], [[Morehouse, New York|Morehouse]], [[Lake Pleasant, New York|Lake Pleasant]], and [[Wells, New York|Wells]]. In 1861, the town was increased by additions from Arietta, Lake Pleasant, and Morehouse.

Long Lake is part of the 1.1 million acres (4,500&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) acquired from the [[Mohawk nation]] as part of the 1771 [[Totten and Crossfield Purchase]].<ref>Schneider, Paul, ''The Adirondacks'', Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1997. {{ISBN|0-8050-5990-3}}. p. 89</ref> Long Lake is a glacial widening of the [[Raquette River]] and is part of the water route that connects the [[Fulton Chain Lakes]] with the [[Saint Lawrence River]] drainage. This route was frequently traveled by [[guideboat]] in the mid-late 19th century. At that time, "a typical trip might start at the [[Lower Saranac Lake|Saranacs]] from which a party could make its way to the Raquette River via Indian Carry and Stoney Creek."<ref name = Terrie>Terrie, Phillip G., ''Wildlife and Wilderness: A History of Adirondack Mammals'', Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns NY, {{ISBN|978-0-935796-39-1}}. pg. 44</ref> The trip continued "via the lakes accessible from it&mdash; Long, [[Raquette Lake|Raquette]], [[Forked Lake|Forked]], Blue and [[Tupper Lake (New York)|Tupper]]."<ref name = Terrie/> Settled by the 1830s, Long Lake was isolated, except by water, until [[William Seward Webb]]'s [[Mohawk and Malone Railway]] was built through what was then known as Long Lake West in 1892. Long Lake and Long Lake West were connected by a stage route. The Mohawk & Malone Railway was taken over by the [[New York Central and Hudson River Railroad]] in 1894, and was merged into the New York Central Railroad in 1913. Passenger rail service on the NYC ended on April 24, 1965. The town of Long Lake West was later renamed Sabattis, after Peter Sabattis and his son Mitchell Sabattis, the Abenaki Indian guides who came down from Canada and first settled in this area, followed by a long line of their offspring and family.

Long Lake West was the site of a fire that destroyed most of the town in 1908.

Long Lake is the starting point of the [[Roosevelt-Marcy Trail]]. On September 14, 1901 [[Theodore Roosevelt]] was climbing [[Mount Marcy]] when he got word that President [[William McKinley]], who had been shot two weeks before in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], but had been expected to improve, had taken a serious turn for the worse.

Roosevelt rushed down {{convert|10|mi|0}} from his campsite at [[Lake Tear of the Clouds]] to the closest town and telephone, which was outside of [[Newcomb, New York|Newcomb]], approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} east of Long Lake. From there he took a legendary midnight stagecoach ride to the closest train station {{convert|26|mi|km}} to the south, at [[North Creek, New York|North Creek]], where he learned that McKinley had died. Roosevelt was sworn in at Buffalo.