There will be a presentation by Ken Wheeling, noted carriage and wagon expert on "Carriages and Road Wagons used in Vermont at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall/Community Center on Sunday. March 9, at 2:00 PM sponsored by the Ferrisburgh Historical Society.

Ken Wheeling is a retired educator, having spent 34 years in public and private schools in New York State and Vermont. He has been a participant and lecturer for 25 years in the annual CANE Institute held at Dartmouth College each July. He is currently the Zoning Administrator in Ferrisburgh.

His interest in carriages began as a teenager, when he first saw them during visits to his grandparents' home in Lancaster, PA. He acquired his first book on the subject in 1956 and has put together a massive library and archives on the subject of horse-drawn vehicles. He writes professionally as Associate Editor for The Carriage Journal, voice of The Carriage Association of America, and has published elsewhere, most recently in the Overland Journal. He has published three books, two on carriages and wagons, Horse-drawn Vehicles at the Shelburne Museum (1972) and The Marshall Collection (2007). He was also Co-chair of the very successful Colonial Williamsburg/Carriage Association 2008 International Carriage Symposium, and co-chaired the 2010 version. He was a guest lecturer for the Western Carriage Symposium held in Santa Ynez CA in April 2009.

This event is free and open to the public.

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