Encountering Stumpton: An Adirondack Tale

"Just getting by is what we do best." Jimmy's words for Stumpton ring true for all the little places in the Adirondacks where winters are too long, summers too short, jobs too few. But "just getting by" has its advantage. It means time left over...for gossip and counter-punching at the Burnt Toast Cafe, for story telling and retelling at Tom's Groceria, for a leisurely chat with a neighbor at the Eternal Hinge Hardware. Time also to fire off a letter to "Mountain News" or tune in Radio Stumpton for the weather forecast direct from Bertha's neon sign. And yes, there's plenty of time to visit the Stumpton Museum for a reminder of what life used to be. Before the big state agency dropped the ax. Before Stumpton decided to take them on. Head first