JOHN BOYD THACHER PARK 



John Boyd Thacher Park, 

 comprising 400 acres on the Hel- 

 derberg escarpment and border- 

 ing on Thompson's Lake, is the 

 only state park in Albany coun- 

 ty. It is only about fifteen or 

 twenty miles from the capitol. 

 Nothing has been spent on it for 

 permanent improvement since it 

 was given to the state. It needs 

 about $25,000 for a suitable ad- 

 ministration building and about 

 $25,000 more for public conven- 

 iences, roads, paths, bridges, cliff- 

 trails and guard rails. There is 

 not a habitable building in the 

 park and the superintendent 

 lives in a rented cottage outside 

 of the park boundaries. 



MINE LOT FALL 



RIM OF ESCARPMENT, JOHN BOYD THACHER PARK 



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