Huletts Landing, New York

This suffered a major setback in 1915 when the hamlet's largest hotel burned to its foundation, but tourism remained an important factor to the local economy.

[3] The Hulett family appears to have been of French origin and came to North America to avoid religious persecution for their Huguenot beliefs.

[4] Oral history asserts that David Hulett fought heroically at the Battle of Saratoga, where he refused to leave the field despite an injury to his neck.

[4] The Hulett family settled near Lake George c. 1804, possibly because of a land grant offered to veterans in lieu of wages for service.

[5] The existing Lake George Steamboat Company, which delivered mail as well as passengers, probably required either a post office or a tourism facility in order to justify adding a new stop to its schedule.

[6] The application received approval and Philander Hulett built the post office shortly afterward, housed in the same building as the community's first store.

[5] According to George T. Kapusinski in his history of the area: Part of Philander Hulett’s property would be sold to businessman John W. Hall, but the bulk of the real estate would pass first to C.W.

Wentz, an executive with the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, next to entrepreneur Henry W. Buckell, and finally by the early part of the 20th century to William H. Wyatt, an owner of hotels.

[12] The airport at Burlington, Vermont is approximately a one-hour drive from the eastern section of Adirondack Park, where Huletts Landing is located.

[13] Historic attractions of Huletts Landing also included hunting and local proprietors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provided weekly fireworks displays during tourist season.

Huletts seen from Burgess Island in the autumn
Hulett House hotel, 1907.
A 1903 travel advertisement for Huletts Landing.
Sign depicting the entrance to Huletts Landing on CR 6