2000  Summer Lecture Series

Rensselaer’s Darrin Fresh Water Institute, located on Route 9N, and the Historical Society of Bolton

are pleased to co-host a series of distinguished presentations

    July 10            Early 20^th Century History around the Bolton Landing & Lake George Region

            William Gates, Regional Historian & Author, Bolton, NY

    July 17            Where Did the Adirondacks Come from?

                          John Thomas, Professor of Geology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

    July 24            What’s on the Bottom of Lake Champlain?

                         Patricia Manley, Professor of Geology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

    July 31            Restoration of Adirondack Fire Towers: Recreation of a Past Era

Jack Freeman, ADK Director of Outreach & Research, Adirondack Mountain Club, 

                              Lake George, NY

 August 7            Lake George: Its Steamboats and the Places They Touched:

                              A Special Audiovisual Presentation

                          Richard Kowell, Audiovisual Specialist & Historian, Syracuse, NY

August 14            The Battle on Snowshoes: 1758 & Captain Robert Rogers

                         Bob Bearor, Author, Historian & Adirondack Guide, Newcomb, NY

August 21            Backcountry Use, Preparedness & Safety:

                              Recollections on the Foolhardy Adirondack Hiker

                         Peter Fish, Retired DEC Ranger & Backcountry Advocate, Keene, NY

August 28            Nuisance Rattlesnakes: Rescuing the Unpopular

                         William Brown, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Programs are on Monday evenings beginning at 7:30 PM. The public is cordially invited free of charge.

Funding for this series is provided by generous gifts from The Knapp Fund and numerous individuals.

Seminars are video taped by the iEAR program at Rensselaer for broadcast on public access television.