Fred M. Rice - Revision history

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	''The following is a typed manuscript by Fred Rice, given to Historic Saranac Lake by [[~~Natalie Leduc\|~~Natalie Leduc]]. Although undated, it would appear to have been written in 1952.''		''The following is a typed manuscript by Fred Rice, given to Historic Saranac Lake by [[Natalie Leduc]]. Although undated, it would appear to have been written in 1952.''

	'''THE TIME HAS COME'''		'''THE TIME HAS COME'''

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	[[File:1964.027.0001.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\| Outboard Rowboat built like a Guideboat-built, \|GULL<br>L: 17' 9"Beam: 43"Wt: 219 lbs<br>Built by Fred M. Rice, Saranac Lake, 1926<br>Courtesy of the [https://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/7632C83C-49E9-476D-8C5D-673855188044 Adirondack Experience]]]'''Letter from Al Evans, June 14, 1992'''		[[File:1964.027.0001.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\| Outboard Rowboat built like a Guideboat-built, GULL<br>L: 17' 9"Beam: 43"Wt: 219 lbs<br>Built by Fred M. Rice, Saranac Lake, 1926<br>Courtesy of the [https://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/7632C83C-49E9-476D-8C5D-673855188044 Adirondack Experience]]]'''Letter from Al Evans, June 14, 1992'''

	" The unusual guide boat, built by Fred Rice in 1926, is on exhibit at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. The text of the history of this boat exhibited there is as follows:		" The unusual guide boat, built by Fred Rice in 1926, is on exhibit at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. The text of the history of this boat exhibited there is as follows:

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	[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[[Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]		[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]

	[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]		[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]

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	[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[[Saranac River]] near [[~~Bloomingdale\|~~Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]		[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[[Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]

	[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]		[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]

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	Mr. Rice was born in Burlington, Vt, March 8, 1876, a son of Fred W. and Harriet Todd Rice. The family came to Saranac Lake when Mr. Rice was two years old. They made the journey by mule team. A boat made by his father topped the load.		Mr. Rice was born in Burlington, Vt, March 8, 1876, a son of Fred W. and Harriet Todd Rice. The family came to Saranac Lake when Mr. Rice was two years old. They made the journey by mule team. A boat made by his father topped the load.

	Mr. Rice was a professional builder of guide boats in Saranac Lake when Dr. [[~~Edward Livingston Trudeau\|~~Edward Livingston Trudeau]] was making the community famous as a health resort.		Mr. Rice was a professional builder of guide boats in Saranac Lake when Dr. [[Edward Livingston Trudeau]] was making the community famous as a health resort.

	In 1937, Mr. Rice copyrighted a book, "Fifty Years in a Health Resort." He served as a guide to the late authoress, Martha Reben, and his life is eulogized in her books about the Adirondack wilderness. At one time, they worked together on a book called "Saranac Lake Is a Pleasure Resort."		In 1937, Mr. Rice copyrighted a book, "Fifty Years in a Health Resort." He served as a guide to the late authoress, Martha Reben, and his life is eulogized in her books about the Adirondack wilderness. At one time, they worked together on a book called "Saranac Lake Is a Pleasure Resort."

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	[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[~~Saranac River\|~~Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale\|Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]		[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[[Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale\|Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]

	[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]		[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]

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	When he was fifty-five, and failing eyesight was making boat-building difficult, <sup>1</sup> he placed an advertisement seeking a patient to guide into the woods for the "fresh air cure". Mr. Rice was a firm believer in the curative powers of the Adirondack woods air. He argued that TB patients who were spending their days in the village of Saranac Lake resting on cure porches would be better served by getting out in the woods.		When he was fifty-five, and failing eyesight was making boat-building difficult, <sup>1</sup> he placed an advertisement seeking a patient to guide into the woods for the "fresh air cure". Mr. Rice was a firm believer in the curative powers of the Adirondack woods air. He argued that TB patients who were spending their days in the village of Saranac Lake resting on cure porches would be better served by getting out in the woods.

	[[File:Martha Rebentisch & Fred Rice in snow smaller copy.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice.<br>From the [[Eleanor M. Stearns\|Eleanor Stearns]] Collection]]Fred Rice did not expect a young and frail woman to answer his ad, but when [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] responded to it, he and his wife Kate agreed that five months of steady work was worth taking. Together Martha and Fred traveled eleven miles by boat, from [[Lower Saranac Lake\|Lower]] to [[~~Middle Saranac Lake\|~~Middle Saranac Lake]], and on to [[Weller Pond\|Weller Pond]] to camp. Over the course of the next ten years, an enduring friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Rice would be forged. Fred and Martha returned to the woods during the warm season. They went back to Weller Pond, and they also camped on Hungry Bay on Middle Saranac and Pope Bay on Lower Saranac.		[[File:Martha Rebentisch & Fred Rice in snow smaller copy.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice.<br>From the [[Eleanor M. Stearns\|Eleanor Stearns]] Collection]]Fred Rice did not expect a young and frail woman to answer his ad, but when [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] responded to it, he and his wife Kate agreed that five months of steady work was worth taking. Together Martha and Fred traveled eleven miles by boat, from [[Lower Saranac Lake\|Lower]] to [[Middle Saranac Lake]], and on to [[Weller Pond\|Weller Pond]] to camp. Over the course of the next ten years, an enduring friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Rice would be forged. Fred and Martha returned to the woods during the warm season. They went back to Weller Pond, and they also camped on Hungry Bay on Middle Saranac and Pope Bay on Lower Saranac.

	“Wind and sunshine upon their bodies are two valuable aids to health that invalids should not leave out of their regimen.”		“Wind and sunshine upon their bodies are two valuable aids to health that invalids should not leave out of their regimen.”

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	[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[Saranac River\|Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale\|Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]		[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[Saranac River\|Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale\|Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]

	[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[~~Adirondack Daily Enterprise\|~~Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]		[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]

	'''Born:''' c. 1876		'''Born:''' c. 1876
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	===Footnotes===		===Footnotes===

	1. ''[[~~Adirondack Daily Enterprise\|~~Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', April 14, 1966		1. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', April 14, 1966

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	[[File:1964.027.0001.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\| Outboard Rowboat built like a Guideboat-built, \|GULL<br>L: 17' 9"Beam: 43"Wt: 219 lbs<br>Built by Fred M. Rice, Saranac Lake, 1926<br>Courtesy of the [[https://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/7632C83C-49E9-476D-8C5D-673855188044\|Adirondack Experience]]]]'''Letter from Al Evans, June 14, 1992'''		[[File:1964.027.0001.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\| Outboard Rowboat built like a Guideboat-built, \|GULL<br>L: 17' 9"Beam: 43"Wt: 219 lbs<br>Built by Fred M. Rice, Saranac Lake, 1926<br>Courtesy of the [https://adirondack.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/7632C83C-49E9-476D-8C5D-673855188044 Adirondack Experience]]]'''Letter from Al Evans, June 14, 1992'''

	" The unusual guide boat, built by Fred Rice in 1926, is on exhibit at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. The text of the history of this boat exhibited there is as follows:		" The unusual guide boat, built by Fred Rice in 1926, is on exhibit at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. The text of the history of this boat exhibited there is as follows:

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	[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[Saranac River\|Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale\|Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]] [[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise\|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]		[[File:Martha Reben cabin.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|Fred Rice at what is believed to be Martha Reben's cabin on the [[Saranac River\|Saranac River]] near [[Bloomingdale\|Bloomingdale]]. Photograph by Donald Gunn Ross, courtesy of Julie Ross. See note on the [[Martha Reben\|Martha Reben]] page for more information on this photograph. ]]

			[[File:Martha Reben and Fred Rice.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Martha Reben and Fred Rice. ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise\|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'' ]]

	'''Born:''' c. 1876		'''Born:''' c. 1876