Bear Mountain is one of the best-known peaks of New York's Hudson Highlands. Located partially in Orange County in the town of Highlands and partially in Rockland County in the town of Stony Point, it
Bear Mountain from Long Mountain in late-May 2006
Franklin D. Roosevelt at Bear Mountain, 1929
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was the president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fevers;
Bear Mountain (Hudson Highlands)
…Bear Mountain was historically known as "Bear Hill" and "Bread Tray Mountain". Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness developed in the summer of 1921, two weeks after he visited a Boy Scout camp at Hessian Lake on the eastern edge of Bear Mountain. It is possible the…
Rare photograph of Roosevelt in a wheelchair, with Ruthie Bie and Fala (1941)
The Roosevelt family at Campobello (1920)
Roosevelt supporting himself on crutches at Springwood in Hyde Park, New York, with visitors including Al Smith (1924)
Franklin (showing leg brace) and Eleanor at Hyde Park (1927)