Tracks through Time in North Creek, NY

Built in 1874, this Adirondack Railroad Depot Museum in North Creek, N.Y. is part of a rare surviving historic railway complex. It's located on the upper Hudson River and consists of a restored freight house, engine house, sand tower and ninety foot turntable. The complex is famous for when Teddy Roosevelt was summoned from his hiking trip atop Mount Marcy on September 14, 1901 to become the youngest President in the Nation's history when President McKinley was assassinated. It's on the platform that you see directly under the North Creek sign that Roosevelt was handed the telegraph informing him that he was to go straight to Buffalo and take the Oath of Office and be sworn in as the 26th President. It's unique and special places like North Creek that make living in upstate New York so damn interesting!