Joel T. Headley
Born: December 30, 1813
Died: December 30, 1897
Joel Tyler Headley was an American clergyman, historian, author, newspaper editor and politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1855 and was New York Secretary of State from 1856 to 1857.
He was born at Walton, New York to a Presbyterian clergyman father. Upon graduation from Union College in 1839, he took a course in theology at the Auburn Theological Seminary in Auburn, New York. After being ordained, he preached at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, but soon gave up his profession due to the strain. He turned to history writing, producing many works on various subjects. In his 1850 '[from the backwoods and the Adirondac], he was among the first to call attention to the Adirondacks as a health resort. He later accepted an offer from [Greeley] to became associate editor of the New York Tribune.
He was an early visitor to the area, and wrote of its hunting and fishing, of its guides and guideboats, and of its history. He is known to have been guided by Mitchell Sabattis and Martin Moody, and to have stayed at Martin's.
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