# Why This Adirondack Boomtown Had Zero Defense Against Fire

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Podcast: [Yore Town](https://stenobird.com/podcast/yore-town-6299876)
Published: 2026-01-05T13:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://bleav.com/shows/yore-town/?post_type=gp_podcast_episode&p=155
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## Resource

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.

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