Episode

Why This Adirondack Boomtown Had Zero Defense Against Fire

Podcast: Yore Town
Published: Jan 5, 2026
Duration seconds: 1479
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In this episode of the Yore Town Podcast, we travel back to the late 19th century in the Adirondacks. Tupper Lake was a boomtown built for loggers, mill workers, and railroad laborers. It was fast, practical, and constructed almost entirely of wood. But it had one fatal flaw: No fire department.