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Local History Book Club
April 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
April 12, 2024 Meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club
Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet Friday April 12th from 12 PM until 1 PM at the society’s headquarters at 167 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY. Historical society membership is not required. Attendees are asked to read Saving Simon, by local author Jon Katz. The April meeting is titled “Donkeys, Horses, and Mules, Oh My!” and will include not only a discussion of Saving Simon but also the use of mules on the Champlain Canal and the role of horses and donkeys in local farming.
The book club meets regularly on the second Friday of the month at twelve o’clock, usually at the Washington County Historical Society in Fort Edward. On May 10, 2024 the monthly session will be held in Fort Miller at the Fort Miller Reformed Church, built in 1816. Attendees are asked to read any biography of Henry Knox, with focus on his stop at Fort Miller on his way from Fort Ticonderoga to George Washington’s troops outside of Boston.
Future sessions of the club will include books about the larger Adirondack area as well as works by local authors. Proposed topics include the temperance movement in our area, the seed industry of Washington County, and the Washington County Poorhouse in Argyle, NY. For additional information, email Connie Harris Farrington at connieandlee@roadrunner.com.
