Orson Schofield “Old Mountain” Phelps (1816-1905) was the archetypical Adirondack guide. Guide historian Chuck Brumley attributed this to the wide literary attention Phelps received from early city visitors to the High Peaks, including Verplanck Colvin and Charles Dudley Warner. Phelps was painted by Winslow Homer. He became a stock character in the guidebooks of E.R. […]