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'''[[McColloms%20Hotel|McColloms Hotel]]''' had a small golf course, built by [[Clarence%20A.%20McArthur|Clarence McArthur]] <span style="">in 1895. The hotel was near where the cemetery is now. The holes ranged from 156 to 226 yards long. They were satisfactory until 1932 when some were lengthened and relocated. In 1941 the state road was rebuilt, cutting into two of the fairways. The hotel closed during the war years and the course was abandoned. According to ''Adirondack Golf Courses . . . Past and Present'' by J. Peter Martin, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantland_Rice|Grantland Rice]], a sports celebrity, and [[F.%20G.%20Fargo|F. G. Fargo]] of Wells Fargo Express Co. stayed at the McColloms Hotel in 1918.

'''Source'''
* Donaldson, Deborah J., ''[[Adirondack%20Daily%20Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', October 20, 2009.

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