“Old Dame Nature’ sometimes does strange and unexpected things.” – Fly Rod Crosby
Highlander Columns
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Promises made on Loon Lake
She loved Loon Lake more than I imagine any of us will ever love a space we are in. I could see it in her eyes when she talked about the lake and surrounding property.
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Snapshots in Time: Fly Rod’s Notebook
(What follows appeared in the March 2, 1916, edition of the MAINE WOODS newspaper. The paper regularly printed a feature called “Fly Rod’s Notebook” penned by none other than the famous Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby. Her column most often covered general local topics of sporting and social interests. We have redacted it for space reasons. […]
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Mountain Man: Upgrade
For a long time as a youngster, I wondered why I was always the one chosen to do the chores. I was 8 years of age, and the others were 10 and 6. My next older brother had a small problem with epilepsy while the youngest was the baby of the family. This is where […]
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Snapshots in Time: They Saw an Indian Devil
This edition shares three short articles that appeared in the August 25, 1899, copy of the PHILLIPS PHONOGRAPH newspaper. We hope you enjoy it. (Contemporary commentary found in italics). They Saw an Indian Devil (Mountain Lion) Fortunately for the hunter the Indian devil does not frequent the Maine woods. If he did, few would dare […]