Clayton NY: Murals and Gilded Age Island Tourism
Another town near to where we are staying is Clayton, NY (map ). Clayton is where the railroads stopped in the late 1800s and early 1900s, bringing up to 30,000 tourists a week to the Thousands Islands . There is a very large hotel right along the riverfront called 1000 Islands Harbor Hotel, which is on the land where the ship harbor was located during that time. Motorized ships would take visitors out to the islands - several islands had hotels and large homes. In our afternoon here in Clayton, we walked around looking at murals, historic buildings, and reading about tourism in the 1000 Islands.
There are many amazing murals painted by local artist @kellycurrymurals in Clayton. She has painted murals all over the world and does amazing work! My favorite of this lot was the summer scene of the river with people having picnics and boating up and down the river (first photo).
