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65-641: A Scientific American competition in 1907 offered a solid silver sculpted trophy, and $ 25,000 in cash, to be awarded to whoever made the first public flight of over 1 kilometer (3,280 ft) in an American aircraft. In 1907, Glenn Curtiss and the Aerial Experiment Association began building the June Bug with hopes of winning the Scientific American Cup. The June Bug, also referred to as Aerodrome #3 (the third powered airplane built by

130-425: A central chimney. A thirty-foot-square log meeting house for religious services was also built. Wilkinson and her followers remained here from 1790 to 1794. In 1790 the first mill was established at the falls of the creek. In 1794 the first sawmill to emerge inside the village limits of Penn Yan was established by Lewis Birdsall, who commissioned Enoch Malin to oversee its construction on the outlet's north bank. In

195-555: A court ruled that this technique was an infringement of the Wright's 1906 patent. Three years previous to the June Bug ' s flight, the Wrights had made flights of up to 24 miles (38 km) without official witnesses. However, the Wrights would have been required to install wheels and dispense with a catapult launch to compete for the 1908 prize. From October to November, the June Bug was modified by adding floats to it in an attempt to create

260-559: A monthly in November 1921. Porter sold the publication to Alfred Ely Beach , son of media magnate Moses Yale Beach , and Orson Desaix Munn , a mere ten months after founding it. Editors and co-owners from the Yale family included Frederick C. Beach and his son, Stanley Yale Beach , and from the Munn family, Charles Allen Munn and his nephew, Orson Desaix Munn II . Until 1948, it remained owned by

325-693: A seaplane. Renamed Loon , attempts to fly it began on Keuka Lake on November 28. Although the aircraft could achieve speeds of up to 29 mph (47 km/h) on the water, it could not take off, and on January 2, 1909, one of the floats filled with water, causing the Loon to sink. It was recovered, but rotted in a nearby boathouse. A replica of the June Bug was built and flown in 1976 by Mercury Aircraft of Hammondsport. Data from General characteristics Performance Related development Scientific American Scientific American , informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA ,

390-661: A television program on PBS called Scientific American Frontiers with hosts Woodie Flowers and Alan Alda . From 1983 to 1997, Scientific American has produced an encyclopedia set of volumes from their publishing division, the Scientific American Library . These books were not sold in retail stores, but as a Book of the Month Club selection priced from $ 24.95 to $ 32.95. Topics covered dozens of areas of scientific knowledge and included in-depth essays on: The Animal Mind ; Atmosphere, Climate, and Change; Beyond

455-439: A ton of grapes from his Pulteney farm on the west shore of. Many farmers were subsequently inspired and began planting vineyards along the hillsides of the lake. By I860 there were 200 acres of vineyards surrounding the lake. By 1870 there were thousands of acres of vineyards covering the countryside surrounding the lake, while numerous wineries also began to emerge around the lake. They were housed in structures typically made from

520-408: Is a very popular lake with area fishermen. Humans, fish, and wildlife depend on the rich ecology of the lake habitat. The complex ecosystem is subject to contamination of the watershed, largely by stormwater runoff. The Keuka Lake Association (KLA) monitors the water of the lake to ensure that it is suitable for its many uses, such as drinking, fishing, and swimming. Tributary streams, groundwater, and

585-502: Is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla , have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Prize -winners being featured since its inception. In print since 1845, it is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. Scientific American is owned by Springer Nature , which is a subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group . Scientific American

650-479: Is located on the eastern side of the northwest branch of the lake. Camp Iroquois, run by the New York State Sheriffs Institute, is located on the eastern side of the bluff. YMCA Camp Cory is located on the eastern side of the northeast branch of the lake. Camp Good Days and Special Times is located on the western side of the northwest branch of the lake. Garrett Memorial Chapel is located near

715-501: Is now a hiking and cycling trail named the Keuka Outlet Trail. Keuka Lake has a long history of waterborne transport . Early in the 19th century, George McClure of Bath launched a sailboat, the schooner Sally , on Keuka Lake, then called Crooked Lake, which transported wheat and other goods between Hammondsport , located on the southern tip of Keuka Lake, and Penn Yan, located at the northern tip. Before long steamboats made

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780-529: Is one of the major Finger Lakes in the U.S. state of New York . It is unusual because it is Y-shaped, in contrast to the long and narrow shape of the other Finger Lakes. Because of its shape, it was referred to in the past as Crooked Lake . Keuka means ' canoe landing' or 'lake with an elbow' in the Seneca language . The first white settlers to the lake region came after the Sullivan Expedition during

845-461: The 2020 presidential election , citing Donald Trump 's rejection of scientific evidence, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . In the column reporting the endorsement, the magazine's editors said, " Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly." In September 2024 and for

910-648: The American Revolutionary War . In 1833 the Crooked Lake Canal was completed, connecting Keuka Lake with Seneca Lake , connecting with the Erie Canal . Beginning in the first half of the 19th century many steamboats operated on the lake which largely functioned as transports between Penn Yan and Hammondsport , often in service of the wine industry. In 1872 the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad , connecting to

975-670: The Erie Railroad , went into operation, replacing the use of the canal. Beginning in the mid 19th century the lake has since been surrounded by vineyards and wineries which earned it the title, the Cradle of the Wine Industry , in New York. During the beginning of the 20th century the first water-craft airplanes were developed and tested on Keuka Lake by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss . The Y-shaped empties into another Finger Lake, Seneca Lake , at

1040-471: The universal joint which now can be found in nearly every automobile manufactured. Current issues include a "this date in history" section, featuring excerpts from articles originally published 50, 100, and 150 years earlier. Topics include humorous incidents, wrong-headed theories, and noteworthy advances in the history of science and technology. It started as a weekly publication in August 1845 before turning into

1105-534: The yellow ochre added to the wing mixture in order to make the aircraft show up better in the orthochromic -form monochrome photographs of the time. The aircraft was named by Alexander Graham Bell after the common Phyllophaga , a beetle known colloquially in North America as the "June bug". This was because June bugs were observed to fly similarly to aircraft: they have large stiff outer wings for gliding, and more delicate smaller propeller-like wings that do

1170-427: The A.E.A), included the previously used aileron steering system, but a shoulder yoke made it possible for the pilot to steer by leaning from side to side. The aircraft featured a canard , horizontal surfaces, and a rear rudder . The original varnish sealing the wing fabric cracked in the heat, so a mixture of turpentine, paraffin, and gasoline was used on the aircraft instead. The June Bug had yellow wings due to

1235-682: The A.E.A. contacted the Aero Club of America to sign up for the Scientific American Cup. The Aero Club contacted the Wright brothers , offering them the chance to make an attempt first. Orville wrote to decline the opportunity on June 30, as the Wrights were busy completing their deal with the United States government . Orville's message was received by July 1, and G.H. Curtiss took to the air as requested on July 4 ( Independence Day ). The flight

1300-486: The British who occupied the region, along with the various Iroquois tribes who were allied with them. Upon their return home, troops under the command of John Sullivan carried encouraging reports of the natural beauty and rich soils of the lake region to populations in the east. This encouraged many white settlers to migrate to the region and establish wheat farms about the lake, with grist mills along its outlet. In 1788

1365-595: The Curtis Manufacturing Company was established in Hammondsport. Its great success and national notoriety is said to have "put Hammondsport and Keuka Lake on the map". This body of water possesses large and healthy populations of lake trout , brown trout , rainbow trout , landlocked salmon , smallmouth bass , largemouth bass , and yellow perch . The productive fishery is supported by huge numbers of baitfish , most notably alewives (sawbellies) , and

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1430-574: The December issue of the magazine, as well as on the magazine's web site. In March 1996, Scientific American launched its own website that included articles from current and past issues, online-only features, daily news, special reports, and trivia, among other things. The website introduced a paywall in April 2019, with readers able to view a few articles for free each month. Notable features have included: From 1990 to 2005 Scientific American produced

1495-515: The Origin of Species , as well as the Wright Brothers when they were working on their flying machines. The magazine also covered the U.S. through its Sputnik moment with the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, which symbolically started the " Space Age ". In 2013, Danielle N. Lee , a female scientist who blogged at Scientific American , was called a "whore" in an email by an editor at

1560-872: The Third Dimension; Cosmic Clouds; Cycles of Life • Civilization and the Biosphere; The Discovery of Subatomic Particles; Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest; Earthquakes and Geological Discovery; Exploring Planetary Worlds; Gravity's Fatal Attraction; Fire; Fossils and the History of Life; From Quarks to the Cosmos; A Guided Tour of the Living Cell; Human Diversity; Perception; The Solar System; Sun and Earth; The Science of Words (Linguistics); The Science of Musical Sound; The Second Law (of Thermodynamics); Stars; Supercomputing and

1625-463: The Transformation of Science. Scientific American launched a publishing imprint in 2010 in partnership with Farrar, Straus and Giroux . In April 1950, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission ordered Scientific American to cease publication of an issue containing an article by Hans Bethe that appeared to reveal classified information about the thermonuclear hydrogen bomb . Subsequent review of

1690-470: The abundant flat rocks about the lakeside. With the subsequent development of the grape industry, a new prosperity to the region had been well established. As grapes and wines were becoming known around the world, Steamboats were needed to haul them from the ports along the lake and take them to Hammondsport. From there they were hauled first by wagons and later by railroads. By 1921, with the increased use of gasoline-powered trucks and cars, steamboat traffic on

1755-514: The actual propulsion. The June Bug was tested by G.H. Curtiss in Hammondsport, New York , at Stony Brook Farm, on June 21, 1908. Three of the four test flights were successful, with distances of 456 ft (139 m), 417 ft (127 m), and 1,266 ft (386 m), at an average speed of 34.5 mph (55.5 km/h). On June 25, performances of 2,175 ft (663 m) and 3,420 ft (1,040 m) were considered encouraging, and

1820-440: The assets of the old Scientific American instead and put its name on the designs they had created for their new magazine. Thus the partners—publisher Gerard Piel , editor Dennis Flanagan, and general manager Donald H. Miller Jr. essentially created a new magazine. Miller retired in 1979, Flanagan and Piel in 1984, when Gerard Piel's son Jonathan became president and editor; circulation had grown fifteen-fold since 1948. In 1986, it

1885-402: The ensuing days. The magazine's blog editor, Bora Zivkovic, was the subject of allegations of sexual harassment by another blogger, Monica Byrne. Although the alleged incident had occurred about a year earlier, editor Mariette DiChristina informed readers that the incident had been investigated and resolved to Byrne's satisfaction. However, the incident involving Lee had prompted Byrne to reveal

1950-470: The event. Charles M. Manly , who had unsuccessfully tested the Langley Aerodrome in 1903, measured out the 1 km and 20 ft (6.1 m) distance with volunteer help. The June Bug took one false start, going 40 feet (12 m) high, but not far enough. On the second try, the airplane successfully flew 5,085 ft (1550 m) in 1 minute 42 seconds, winning the trophy and a US$ 25,000 cash prize. Amidst

2015-409: The families under Munn & Company . Under Orson Munn's grandson, Orson Desaix Munn III, it had evolved into something of a "workbench" publication, similar to the 20th-century incarnation of Popular Science . In the years after World War II, the magazine fell into decline. In 1948, three partners who were planning on starting a new popular science magazine, to be called The Sciences , purchased

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2080-468: The feet of bathers. Bathers may wish to wear water shoes when swimming in the lake. The village of Penn Yan is at the northeastern tip of the lake, and Branchport is at the northwestern tip. Hammondsport lies at the south end of the lake. While the shore of the lake is primarily residential, Keuka College is located in Keuka Park on the western shore of the east branch and Keuka Lake State Park

2145-447: The following years there was much growth along the length of the outlet. By 1820 there were 14 sawmills, 7 grist mills, several distilleries, an oil mill, 4 carding machines , all of which made use of local raw materials such as wheat, timber, flaxseed, wool and corn. The New York State legislature, after many months of deliberation, approved the building of a canal in 1829, connecting Keuka Lake with Seneca Lake, which involved widening

2210-479: The furnace and her boiler, which became typical of many steamboats on the lake. In 1878, a new sidewheeler, the Lulu, made her maiden voyage down the 21 miles of lake. On Saturday, May 8, 1892, the steamer Mary Bell was launched into Keuka Lake. Referred to as "The Queen of ", with a 600-passenger capacity, the vessel was 150 feet in length with a beam that exceeded 20 feet, making it the largest vessel ever to cruise

2275-478: The identity of Zivkovic, following the latter's support of Lee. Zivkovic admitted the incident with Byrne had taken place. He apologized to Byrne, and referred to the incident as "singular", stating that his behavior was not "engaged in before or since". Zivkovic resigned from the board of Science Online , the popular science blogging conference that he co-founded with Anton Zuiker. Following Zivkovic's admission, several female bloggers, including other bloggers for

2340-725: The lake began to diminish: The Mary Bell was the last large vessel to make the run between Hammondsport and Penn Yan on opposite ends of the lake. The hills around Keuka Lake was where many prominent vineyards took root.The oldest of the four important wineries was the Pleasant Valley Wine Company, founded in 1860, in Hammondsport In 1953 Konstantin Damien Frank, settled in Hammondsport. A grower of Vitis vinifera grapes, Frank encouraged other winemakers to grow this type of grape, which met both approval and disapproval from

2405-519: The lake itself are regularly tested for water quality. Additionally, KLA collects and publishes data about the lake level. The infestation of European zebra mussels , which has impacted many North American bodies of water, has also affected Keuka Lake and other Finger Lakes in New York. In addition to disrupting the lake's ecosystem, zebra mussels can be a nuisance to lakeside homeowners. Their small size enables them to clog water intake pipes. Furthermore, their sharp shells can cause lacerations on

2470-458: The lake to pursue viticulture . Bostwick never went commercial with his viticulture, but others saw such an opportunity. In 1847 William Hastings, from a vineyard of less than an acre overlooking Keuka Lake sent the first shipment of Keuka grapes, some 50 pounds, to the market in New York City. The following year he shipped 200 pounds of Isabella grapes to New York. In 1857 J. M. Prentiss shipped

2535-465: The lake. Built on the Hammondsport waterfront by the Union Dry Dock Company of Buffalo , the steamer cost $ 40,000. It achieved speeds in excess of 18 miles per hour, considered fast for a vessel of its size in those days. Judge Struble of Penn Yan delivered a speech to more than 5,000 spectators. After the speech the wife of the manager of the shipbuilding company had the honor of christening

2600-589: The magazine, wrote their own accounts, alleging additional incidents of sexual harassment, although none of these accounts were independently investigated. A day after these new revelations, Zivkovic resigned from his position at Scientific American . The Scientific American 50 award was started in 2002 to recognize contributions to science and technology during the magazine's previous year. The magazine's 50 awards cover many categories including agriculture, communications, defence, environment, and medical diagnostics. The complete list of each year's winners appear in

2665-530: The material determined that the AEC had overreacted. The incident was important for the "new" Scientific American ' s history, as the AEC's decision to burn 3,000 copies of an early press-run of the magazine containing the offending material appeared to be " book burning in a free society" when publisher Gerard Piel leaked the incident to the press. In the October 2020 issue of the magazine, it endorsed Joe Biden for

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2730-564: The northern outlet of Keuka Lake. The outlet was widened to accommodate the same size vessels used on the Erie Canal . Given the name the Crooked Lake Canal , it connected to nearby Seneca Lake and the Seneca Canal , where it connected to the Erie Canal, which connected to the Hudson River , making transports from Keuka Lake to New York City possible. The prospect of a canal, even before it

2795-607: The other growers in the lake region Hammondsport was the birthplace and home of Glenn Curtiss , a pioneer of naval aviation, and is now the site of the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum . Early in the 20th century, the first watercraft airplanes invented by Curtiss were developed and tested on Keuka Lake. Several variations of the Curtiss Model H , the world's first "flying boat", made numerous take-offs and landings in Keuka Lake. During this time

2860-471: The publication of the Encyclopedia Americana , which during some of that period was known as The Americana . Some famous individuals who penned articles in the magazine included Albert Einstein , Thomas Edison , Jonas Salk , Marie Curie , Stephen Hawking , Franklin D. Roosevelt , Stephen Jay Gould , Bill Gates , Nikola Tesla , and more. Charles Darwin was featured when he published On

2925-447: The publicity following the flight, the Wrights sent a warning to Curtiss that they had not given permission for the use of "their" aircraft control system to be used "for exhibitions or in a commercial way". In fact, none of the A.E.A.'s aircraft used a wing-warping system like the Wrights' for control, relying instead on triangular ailerons designed by Alexander Graham Bell , which he successfully patented in December 1911. However, in 1913

2990-603: The role of editor-in-chief . The magazine is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. In 2009, the publisher notified collegiate libraries that yearly subscription prices for the magazine would increase by nearly 500% for print and 50% for online access to $ 1,500 yearly. Offices of the Scientific American have included 37 Park Row in Manhattan and the Woolworth Building in 1915 when it

3055-456: The scene and were transporting grain and other produce, grown in the lake area, across the lake to Hammondsport, where it was transported by wagons to other points. By 1835 there were several steamboats running on the lake, which typically made runs between Hammondsport and Penn Yan. The first steamboat built was called the Keuka Maid , a sidewheeler of 85 feet in length, with a steam engine that

3120-425: The science website Biology Online after refusing to write professional content without compensation. When Lee, outraged about the email, wrote a rebuttal on her Scientific American blog, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American , Mariette DiChristina, removed the post. DiChristina cited legal reasons for removing the blog. The editor at Biology Online was fired after the incident. The controversy widened in

3185-422: The second time in its history, for the same reason, Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 United States presidential election . In November 2024 editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth resigned from Scientific American following an apology for a social media post in which she characterized some supporting Trump as fascists. Keuka Lake Keuka Lake ( / ˈ k juː k ə / KEW -kə )

3250-418: The ship, with the words, "I Christen Thee Mary Bell". After some mechanical delays with the launching apparatus the ship slipped into at 7:30 pm amid the cheers of those who came to see the event. The trial run of the entire length of was made on June 22, as the ship cruised from Penn Yan to Hammondsport at the opposite end of the lake 20 miles to the south. The Mary Bell remained in operation for 30 years. She

3315-406: The surface elevation of Keuka Lake was more than 260 feet higher than Seneca Lake, it was considered an ideal location for a grist mill, with the outlet creek providing water power . By 1790 the religious congregation numbered two hundred and sixty. Together they built the first frame house on Keuka Lake Outlet for their leader. it was a large two-story structure that housed nine fireplaces about

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3380-468: The township of Jerusalem, New York was founded by a Quaker Evangelist preacher, Jemima Wilkinson , who, after recovering from a near-death illness, referred to herself as the Public Universal Friend . Wilkinson, with a following of twenty-five other settlers, began to clear twenty-five acres of forest and built a number of log cabins along the creek which led from Keuka Lake to Seneca Lake. As

3445-547: The village of Dresden, Yates County, New York through a stream called Keuka Lake Outlet at the lake's northeastern end in Penn Yan . The Indigenous people around Keuka Lake referred to the two-pronged lake as "canoe landing." In the later 18th century, the first white settlers to the area named the lake Crooked Lake. In 1779, during the American Revolutionary War, the Sullivan Expedition clashed with and defeated

3510-413: The worsening of economic conditions. Today, Scientific American publishes 17 foreign-language editions around the globe: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese , Traditional Chinese , Czech , Dutch, French, German, Greek , Hebrew , Italian, Japanese, Korean , Lithuanian (discontinued after 15 issues), Polish , Romanian , and Russian. From 1902 to 1911, Scientific American supervised

3575-520: Was completed, inspired new business and considerable growth in the towns around Keuka Lake. In 1872 the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad went into operation. As a branch line connecting to the Erie Railroad , it soon made the canal obsolete. In 1884 the Fall Brook Railroad line was completed, which largely followed the towpath and bed of the canal, while several paper mills were constructed whose goods were shipped by this railroad. The rail route

3640-452: Was founded by inventor and publisher Rufus Porter in 1845 as a four-page weekly newspaper. The first issue of the large-format New York City newspaper was released on August 28, 1845. Throughout its early years, much emphasis was placed on reports of what was going on at the U.S. Patent Office . It also reported on a broad range of inventions including perpetual motion machines, an 1860 device for buoying vessels by Abraham Lincoln , and

3705-455: Was fueled by wood. The vessel remained in service until it grounded in mud and was subsequently dismantled in 1848. The second steamboat to appear was the Steuben , a side-wheeler, built in 1845, whose captain was John Gregg. In 1864 it caught fire while docked at Penn Yan. In 1847, Lemuel Hastings was the first to ship a large quantity of grapes and jelly via the canal to New York City. Following

3770-522: Was just finished two years earlier in 1913. The Woolworth Building was at the time one of the first skyscrapers in the city and the tallest one in the world. Scientific American published its first foreign edition in 1890, the Spanish-language La America Cientifica . Publication was suspended in 1905, and another 63 years would pass before another foreign-language edition appeared: In 1968, an Italian edition, Le Scienze ,

3835-617: Was launched in the Soviet Union in 1983, and continues in the present-day Russian Federation . Kexue (科学, "Science" in Chinese), a simplified Chinese edition launched in 1979, was the first Western magazine published in the People's Republic of China . Founded in Chongqing , the simplified Chinese magazine was transferred to Beijing in 2001. Later in 2005, a newer edition, Global Science (环球科学),

3900-590: Was launched, and a Japanese edition, Nikkei Science  [ ja ] , followed three years later. A new Spanish edition, Investigación y Ciencia was launched in Spain in 1976, followed by a French edition, Pour la Science  [ fr ] , in France in 1977, and a German edition, Spektrum der Wissenschaft  [ de ] , in Germany in 1978. A Russian edition V Mire Nauki ( Russian : «В мире науки» )

3965-404: Was made a public event, and spectators were allowed to watch. The event was overseen by a delegation of 22 members of the Aero Club , headed by Alan R. Hawley . The Kalem Company 's film crew covered the event, making the June Bug the first airplane in the United States to perform in a movie. The nearby Pleasant Valley Wine Company opened its doors and offered free samples to the spectators at

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4030-489: Was published instead of Kexue , which shut down due to financial problems. A traditional Chinese edition, known as Scientist  [ zh ] , was introduced to Taiwan in 2002. The Hungarian edition Tudomány existed between 1984 and 1992. In 1986, an Arabic edition, Oloom Magazine  [ ar ] , was published. In 2002, a Portuguese edition was launched in Brazil . The Spanish edition ended in 2023 due to

4095-796: Was sold to the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany, which has owned it until the Springer-Nature merger. In the fall of 2008, Scientific American was put under the control of Holtzbrinck's Nature Publishing Group division. Donald Miller died in December 1998, Gerard Piel in September 2004 and Dennis Flanagan in January 2005. Mariette DiChristina became editor-in-chief after John Rennie stepped down in June 2009, and stepped down herself in September 2019. In April 2020, Laura Helmuth assumed

4160-418: Was the last steamboat to operate on the lake in 1922, ending 85 years of steamboat history on . The wine industry got its start in 1830 when Episcopal Reverend Bostwick planted a small vineyard at his rectory in Hammondsport, which produced an exceptional vintage. He subsequently ascertained that the region around the lake would be ideal for growing imported grape vines and encouraged various farmers around

4225-625: Was the steamer the George R. Youngs , was launched in 1864. This vessel was 130 feet in length with an elaborate dining room. The vessel was rechristened the Steuben and remained in service until in 1879. Captain Allen Wood Keuka, introduced the Keuka , a screw steamer , to the lake in 1867. Shortly thereafter the Yates , a 115-foot side wheeler , operated on the lake from 1872 to 1883, until she caught fire from

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