Tickets may be purchased online ahead of time at: https://givebutter.com/w6DggV or on the day of the event they may be purchased at any of the tour locations using cash or check.
Hebron Hills Farm, 1279 Patterson Hill Road, West Hebrona small farm with a flock of Cotswold, Shetland and Romney sheep watched over by guardian dog, Bowie. The flock produces lovely fleece each shearing season.
Slateville Farm, 304 County Route 28, North Hebrona pesticide-free farm producing eggs, home made jams and jellies complete with a red slate quarry and offers secluded equipped campsites to rent nestled within their 350-acre property.
Grazin' Acres, 49 Wolfe Lane, Hebrona 90 acre farm producing vegetables year-round as well as raising high-quality meats (raising sheep, chickens, pigs as well as grass-fed beef off-site).
Evergreen Ridge Farm, 3637 County Route 30, HebronThis farm raises pork, beef and chicken. All animals are pasture raised and grain fed with local feed only. They also produce homemade items on the farm.
This is only a sampling of what the farms have to offer!
For more information, call 518-573-3758. If no answer, leave a message.
This is a fundraising event for the Society. Please bring your friends and come discover these delightful hidden gems in the hills of Hebron.
For more information, please call (518) 854-3102, say your name when prompted and press # for your call to go through or to leave a message.
** HPS members, please note change from our normal venue)
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Greenwich Easton Historical Association with the Cambridge Historical Society will host this presentation by Dr. Paul K. Walker, retired Chief Historian, US Army Corps of Engineers.
By 1776, lacking sufficiently trained military engineers, Congress turned for support to Europeans educated in France, the center of technical education. Several French engineers and others, including Poland's Thaddeus Kosciuszko, joined the patriot cause as recruits or volunteers.
Kosciuszko arrived in Philadelphia in August 1776. With a recommendation from Benjamin Franklin, Congress commissioned him as an Engineer colonel in October. He gained recognition for his work on Delaware River fortifications and soon after was assigned to the Northern Army on the staff of General Horatio Gates.
This presentation will focus on Kosciuszko's role at Ticonderoga, Saratoga, and West Point between 1777 and 1780. In each case, he displayed great skill at integrating defensive plans with the natural surroundings. For this reason in particular, Gates would credit Kosciuszko with a major role in the victory at Saratoga.
Paul Walker is a part-time resident of Cambridge. He received a Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. After teaching at several Baltimore-area colleges, he joined the staff of the Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served as the Corps' Chief Historian for twenty years before retiring in 2008. His publications include Engineers of Independence: A Documentary History of the Army Engineers in the American Revolution, 1775-1783.
This program is open to the public free of charge. Donations are always gratefully received and new members welcomed. We hope to see you there.
The talk will focus on how the landscape of Hebron has changed greatly over the last several hundred years as land use has shifted. This has affected the ecology of wild animals including the mouse and deer populations which serve as vectors for tick-borne diseases such as Lyme. How have these human induced changes affected our exposure to disease and how might they shift in the future? There will be an opportunity for question-and-answer following the presentation.
The talk promises to be interesting and will focus on history being made currently with the issue of ticks affecting the lives of so many people. There is no charge to attend the program. Donations are welcome.
