The Ticonderoga Historical Society is starting its summer speaker series with “The Birth of the Electric Age – An Adirondack Story,” a program by Pete Nelson on the little-known story of how an Adirondack industrial revolution changed the world, set for Friday, June 30th at the Hancock House.
Nelson is a mathematics teacher and history lecturer at North Country Community College, a co-founder of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative and an avid writer, lecturer and Adirondack history buff whose articles appear regularly in numerous regional publications, including the New York Almanack. He is currently writing a book on early Adirondack surveyors.
This program will begin at 7 pm. The Hancock House is located at 6 Moses Circle, Ticonderoga. For more information or to register, call (518) 585-7868, email tihistory@bridgepoint1.com, or visit the Ticonderoga Historical Society website.
Photo of the Hancock House in Ticonderoga provided.
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