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'''Born:''' c. 1867

'''Died:''' c.''' '''September 1, 1940

'''Married:'''

'''Children:''' [[William%20H.%20Titus|William H. Titus Jr.]]

'''William H. Titus Sr.''' was a [[caretaker|caretaker]] and a [[guide|guide]].
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''Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post'', September 5, 1940

'''Guide of Governors Passes at Saranac'''

Funeral of William H. Titus, sr., 73, pioneer Adirondack guide and close friend of the late [[Paul%20Smith|Paul Smith]], was held last week. Known throughout Northern New York, Titus was employed for many years as caretaker in various large camps in the [[St.%20Regis%20lakes|St. Regis lakes]] sections. While in that capacity he still carried on as a guide. He enjoyed the reputation of being one of the best informed guides in Northern New York. In his half century as a woodsman, Titus guided many prominent persons, including two governors of New York state and a vice-president. He regretted not having had an opportunity to take the late President Calvin Coolidge on a fishing trip when Coolidge was summering at Paul Smiths in 1926.
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<span><span>From Geraldine Collins [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/The_Brighton_Story%3A_Being_the_History_of_Paul_Smiths%2C_Gabriels_and_Rainbow_Lake|The Brighton Story]]

<span>'''WILLIAM H. TITUS''' - Began his guiding career at Paul Smiths at the age of 17. He was a nephew of Paul Smith. When he was interviewed in 1937 he recalled that things were all different back 30 years ago. Then you brought along a side of salt pork and some flour for hot cakes and you stayed in the woods until everyone in the party got a buck. It was nothing to carry a 25-pound pack basket and walk 20 miles a day.

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