The Belden Noble Memorial Library will host a slide talk by Betsy Tisdale on Wednesday, September 2, at 7:00 pm:
The Healing Woods: Martha Reben, from TB Patient to Adirondack Writer
Here’s what Betsy has to say about the talk:
Young Martha was sent from New York City to Saranac Lake to try “the cure” for tuberculosis. At 25, after three years at Trudeau Sanatorium and three risky operations, she signed out against medical advice and hired Fred Rice, a local guide, who carried her from taxi to guideboat on Lower Saranac Lake. From there he steered the boat 11 miles to a point on Weller Pond. So begins her Adirondack adventure and transformation for the rest of her life.
Betsy Tisdale interviewed some of the last people who knew Martha Reben and Fred Rice. She and her husband have gone canoe camping many times on Weller Pond at what today is known as “Reben Point.”
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