January 15, 1963
Tues Partly cloudy cold 15 high Clifton and I went to Cobleskill and to mothers for dinner. Survey guys were here in the a.m. about surveying the mountain. Snow squalls at night.
Comment: New York State was in the process of buying the Hubbard Hill mountain through condemnation proceedings so Dad did not have a choice. Cannot remember what he was paid for it. The state had placed a fire tower on the mountain in the late forties and the mountain was quite an attraction for local folks and the "boarders". One of the problems I remember was that people would walk or drive up through the lot behind the house and would leave the gates open so the cows would get out. Their vehicles would also leave deep ruts in the field. Following are some tower pictures and a link to my previous blog about the mountain and tower.
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