Dollar Island is an island on Fourth Lake in

Hamilton County, New York Hamilton County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,107, making it the least populous county of New York, and the only county with fewer than 10,000 residents. With a land area nearly the s ...

. It is less than an acre in size and sits no more than six feet above the water. As the

Fulton Chain of Lakes The Fulton Chain of Lakes is a string of eight lakes located in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York, United States. The chain is the dammed-up Moose River, and the dam which creates the chain holds back nearly of water. The lakes are locate ...

began to develop following the construction of a dam in Old Forge in 1811, a letter written in 1849 refers "a small island called Dollar Island from the rotundity of its shape." The Camp on Dollar Island was constructed by guide Fred Hess for Dr. Edward Gaylord, an early summer resident of the area, in the mid 1880s. Dr. Gaylord died in 1925 bequeathing the Camp to his long-time nurse/companion, Edith Smith, who continued to summer on the Island until 1960. The two-story log structure remains largely original and was placed on the

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in 2017.op. cit., "National Register of Historic Places,"

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