Orson Schofield Phelps

Orson Schofield Phelps (Old Mountain Phelps) from A History of the Adirondacks, by Alfred Lee Donaldson (1921).

Orson Schofield (Old Mountain) Phelps (May 6, 1817 - April 14, 1905) was an early Adirondack guide from Keene Valley. "He was not a great guide. Indeed many did not consider him even a good guide."[1] He became a local legend due to publicity by people such as writers Charles Dudley Warner and E. R. Wallace, and photographer Seneca Ray Stoddard.[2][3] Phelps named many of the Adirondack High Peaks, and cut the first trail up Mount Marcy.[4] Phelps Mountain is named in his honor.

Two streams also bear his name:

References

  1. Donaldson, Alfred Lee (1921). A history of the Adirondacks. New York: The Century Co. p. 53. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  2. Healy, pp. 5-9.
  3. Donaldson, v. 1, p. 54-57.
  4. Donaldson, v. 1, p. 54.
  5. Wallace, p. 137.

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