The Ticonderoga Historical Society opens its summer speaker series with a free public program on Friday, June 30 at 7 p.m. at the Hancock House, 6 Moses Circle, Ticonderoga. “The Birth of the Electric Age – An Adirondack Story” will be presented by Pete Nelson, who will discuss the amazing and little-known story of how an Adirondack industrial revolution changed the world.
“As the threat of climate change increases the world is rapidly moving to a future where electrical energy replaces fossil fuel,” said Nelson. “But the scientific discoveries that make this electromagnetic revolution possible are not new: they were made two hundred years ago. And where were many of these scientific seeds planted? About five miles from 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. He is currently writing a book on early Adirondack surveyors.
The program will be held in the lower-level program room of the Hancock House Museum. Reservations may be made by calling the Hancock House at 518-585-7868 or via e-mail to: tihistory@bridgepoint1.com.
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