Branch Farm

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|Adirondack Daily Enterprise,| November 18, 1953]]The Branch Farm was a potato farm operated by Harland Branch on [Road] until his retirement in 1966.  The farm included the area of Mount Pisgah that became the village ski slope.

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Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 4, 1948

Pisgah Area Will Be Surveyed for Writing of Lease

A decision to have the Pisgah ski development area on the [Branch] farm surveyed before the lease is drawn up was made by members of the Village Board and Ski Commission at a special meeting held in the Village Offices at 4:30 yesterday afternoon.

Conducted by Mayor [B. Anderson], the meeting was attended by the full Board; the Commission including [Demerse], [Dupree] and [Munn]; Harland Branch whose land will be used by the Development and [Cantwell], representing the parties who own the ski tow equipment.

Mayor Anderson was instructed to get in touch with [Durban], [[1]], and have the land surveyed this afternoon if possible. Terms of the lease will be discussed at a future meeting of the group.

Members of the [Lake Ski club] have been clearing the mountainside of trees, stones and brush for the past month and the Commission reported the area ready for skiing...

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Adirondack Daily Enterprise, January 15, 1952

[excerpt from an article about the ski slope on Mount Pisgah]

 …Mayor Anderson informed the group that the Village pays $500 a year rent for Mt. Pisgah on a five-year lease. After next year— the fifth — the Village can either renew the lease on a yearly basis at the same rate, or purchase Pisgah for $16,000...

(Mt. Pisgah is owned by Harland Branch, through whose potato farm skiers drive to Pisgah from Smith road.)