March Local History Book Club

March 12, 2025 Meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club 

Washington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from 12:30 to 1:30 PM on Wednesday, March 12, at the historical society headquarters, the Wing-Northup House, 167 Broadway, Fort Edward.  Historical society membership is not required for the book club.  Attendees will discuss Prohibition in Washington and Warren Counties. Reading choices include Bullets, Booze, Bootleggers, and Beer, the Story of Prohibition in Northern NY by Lawrence Gooley; Bootleg by Karen Blumenthal; and Prohibition by Edward Behr. This subject is a sequel to the November 2024 session on The Temperance Movement in this area. Included will be discussion of arrests and shootings in Fort Ann, Whitehall, and Fort Edward.                                 

Future sessions of the club will include books about the larger Adirondack area as well as works by local authors.  Upcoming topics include William Miller and the origin of the Seventh Day Adventists in Hampton; local area Freemasonry during and after the Revolution; and the Battle of Bennington.  For additional information, email Connie Harris Farrington at connieandlee@roadrunner.com. 

Bootleg book: https://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-Murder-Moonshine-Lawless-Prohibition/dp/1250034272 

Prohibiton book: https://www.amazon.com/Prohibition-Thirteen-Years-Changed-America/dp/1611450098