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Webb History & Communities
The youngest town in the county was named for Dr. William Seward Webb, builder of the Mohawk and Malone Railroad through the region in 1892.
The railroad brought thousands of people to the mountains to enjoy recreational and therapeutic opportunities. Steamboats and Guideboats brought visitors to hotels and guest houses along the lakes. Logging camps and mills provided work, but claimed much of the surrounding forests.
Twenty years of prosperity and a great building boom followed. The jubilant citizens of Webb didn't know the perils looming in the next century: catastrophic forest fires, decimaton of forests and wildlife, spiraling land prices, unpredict-able development cycles, two world wars and other global conflicts, changes in transportation systems, the impact of technology, acid rain, and the powerful political forces that impact the Adirondack Park and State of New York.
Tourism drives the economy in Webb, which remains a land of rugged mountains, with nearly 200 sparkling lakes and ponds. Roughly 1,900 residents live year-round in the small hamlets and along waterways, while thousands more visit the region to enjoy boating, hiking, rafting, skiing, and snowmobiling, or to spend time with family and friends at their seasonal
camp properties.
