Lectures and events from the Williamstown Historical Museum (formerly known as the Williamstown House of Local History).
Local historian Dusty Griffin tells stories about The Hopper-- the early settlers, the mills & farms, the old village of Sweet's Corners, & the surviving Bacon and Haley Farms of today.
The Williamstown Historical Museum's Annual Meeting, followed by a presentation on the 1856 Yeoman lithograph by Ralph Lieberman.
Entrepreneur? Socialist? Visionary? Meet Al Bachand, creator of the affordable community neighborhood he named The Spruces (after planting 200 spruce saplings down the main street). During its hay day, The Spruces was a successful communal living experiment with roots in capitalism.
Mount Hope Farm was an experimental farm of national renown in the '30s & '40s. Dustin Griffin explores the writings of founder Parmalee Prentice.
Patricia Leach presents an illustrated lecture, "The Real-Life Mystery of Elizabeth Sanford Botsford" at the Williamstown Historical Museum.
