"“The Great Camps were built when cities were expanding and notable families of the era (e.g. Vanderbilts, Astors, Guggenheims, and Rockefellers) were all seeking a rustic escape to get out of the city,” Joe Maiurano, general manager at The Point Resort says. “Using native timber and Adirondack granite hauled by horses from the fields, these estates were built and to this day embody the romantic, 19th-century notion of ‘roughing it’ as a true Adirondack staple.”" - Nicole Kliest