Tahawus, New York

Tahawus (also called Adirondac, or McIntyre, pronounced /təˈhɔːz/ tə-HAWZ) was a village in the Town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York, United States.

Impurities of titanium dioxide were present in the iron, which made it difficult for equipment of that era to properly process the ore. A local flood and a nationwide economic crisis were also factors in the closure of the Upper Works.

The enterprise closed due in part to difficulties in extracting an unknown impurity from the local ore. During the latter nineteenth century the principal land uses at the Tahawus tract were lumbering and game.

The private and relatively informal Preston Ponds Club was formed in February 1876 by James R. Thompson, an agent of the Adirondack Iron Works.

Roosevelt had been vacationing in Vermont, but quickly left for Buffalo, New York after learning that President William McKinley had recently been shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.

Hearing of the President's good prognosis and expecting a quick recovery, Roosevelt embarked on a hiking trip up Mount Marcy from Adirondac, where his family was staying.

Roosevelt began the trip from Tahawus to Buffalo, and learned of McKinley's death while at the North Creek Railroad Station.

He continues, "Its defining natural features include rugged mountains, crystal clear, glacially carved lakes, and the headwaters of the Hudson River.

Only one of the buildings still standing on the site dates from the years when the old mining village of Adirondac was in operation, along with the remnants of the McIntyre Blast Furnace (built 1854).

Also, as part of a grant given for area cleanup and historic preservation, the old MacNaughton Cottage (built in 1845, one of the approximately ten remaining buildings) underwent restoration.

According to the Adirondack Park Agency, wildlife in the tract include "bears, deer, loons, coyotes, foxes...and the elusive Pine Marten".