December 7th at 2pm
Unique economic, political and natural forces created conditions that drew people to the Vermont-New York border region and affected how they lived, worked and related to one another. Place, in a sense, made them who they were.
On Sunday, December 7th at 2 p.m. at Bently Hall Community Center, Paul Hancock, Professor Emeritus of Green Mountain College will present a talk and photo slide presentation based on his research into the history of land, industry and town development in the region from southern Lake Champlain through to the northern reaches of the Hudson Valley.
From the glacial and mountain-building action to the political and military conflicts on the border and the development of industry and labor, this region was established as an historical inflection point. Due to the tilt of the land away to the north and to the south, commerce flowed easily in both directions. Within months of each other in 1609, Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain moved along the waters of the Hudson River and Lake Champlain towards this area
but never crossed over it due to the difficult portage.
Professor Hancock will discuss these and other factors that created the unusual mix of human and natural communities in what he calls the Slate-Lakes Region. This is a talk you do not want to miss as Hancock is one of kind when it comes to historical research and economics studies.
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