"Adirondack" Murray, orator, outdoorsman, Congregational minister and author of religious and outdoor books including "Adventures in the Wilderness; Camp Life in the Adirondacks" (1869) which popularized the north as a resort and health cure destination. The widely distributed book created the "Murray Rush" of visitors to the Adirondacks. He has been called "The Great Evangelist of Outdoor Life for the People." His life-long love of the woods inspired many others to follow in his footsteps. He graduated from Yale in 1862. He attended East Windsor Theological Seminary. He served as minister to churches in Greenwich and Washington, Connecticut. In the mid-1860s he became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Meriden, Connecticut. Subsequently Murray was pastor of the Park Street Church in Boston, MA. He retired from the clerical profession at the age of 40 and traveled for seven years. The last 12 years of his life were spent on his Guilford homestead.
"Adirondack" Murray, orator, outdoorsman, Congregational minister and author of religious and outdoor books including "Adventures in the Wilderness; Camp Life in the Adirondacks" (1869) which popularized the north as a resort and health cure destination. The widely distributed book created the "Murray Rush" of visitors to the Adirondacks. He has been called "The Great Evangelist of Outdoor Life for the People." His life-long love of the woods inspired many others to follow in his footsteps. He graduated from Yale in 1862. He attended East Windsor Theological Seminary. He served as minister to churches in Greenwich and Washington, Connecticut. In the mid-1860s he became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Meriden, Connecticut. Subsequently Murray was pastor of the Park Street Church in Boston, MA. He retired from the clerical profession at the age of 40 and traveled for seven years. The last 12 years of his life were spent on his Guilford homestead.
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