Our 1931 Covered Wagon at Lake George Schroon Valley Resort, was
owned by Mary North Kimball of Chazy, NY. Mary attended Potsdam
College and earned a degree in teaching. She taught school in Chazy,
NY, where her family owned a large farm and where her father was a
local businessman. After marriage, local education department laws
prevented her from continuing her teaching position, leading Mary to
begin a second career running boarding houses. She opened a large
boarding home, called Normal Court, which was run for female
students attending Plattsburg College.
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Mary purchased the Covered Wagon in 1931. In that same year, she and
her husband drove the Covered Wagon cross country with another
couple. During the summer months, they enjoyed camping in their
trailer on Lake Champlain. These days, the original Covered Wagon,
built in Detroit and registered as New York State’s first RV
trailer. Come and get a better understanding of the origins of
family camping, and get a hands-on look at what “roughing it in
luxury” meant during America’s Great Depression.
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