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The Wissahickon Valley: A Soup to Nuts History. 2 pm. Falls Library
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Falls Library
3501 Midvale Ave.
USA
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The Wissahickon Valley: A Soup to Nuts History
With Alex Bartlett
Of the Chestnut Hill Conservancy
Friday, May 9 at 2pm
Falls of Schuylkill Library
3501 Midvale Ave.
(Please use the meeting room entrance at the corner of Midvale Ave. and Warden Drive)
Alex Bartlett from the Chestnut Hill Conservancy and dig into the Wissahickon from the Conservancy's Archives. Learn a bit more about the Lenni Lenape in our area; the milling industry in the Wissahickon Valley; hotels and inns; the Centennial Exposition of 1876 and its effects on the Park; the arrival of the car and the origins of the name “Forbidden Drive;” the arrival of the Friends of the Wissahickon and the Great Depression and programs associated with the WPA; the “period of stasis” in the park (1950s-1960s), decline, and more!
A resident of Mount Airy for 42 years, Alex spent much of his childhood in the Wissahickon Valley. From this early interest in history and archaeology, he pursued his BA degrees in Anthropology and Earth Sciences at Temple University. He worked at a cultural resources firm for 12 years as an archaeologist before returning to school to earn his MA in Museum Studies from the University of the Arts. In 2009, he began volunteering in the Archives of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society (now the Chestnut Hill Conservancy); he was hired in the Archives a short time thereafter and is now the Conservancy’s Curator and Archivist.
Presented by East Falls Village and the Village on the Ridge.
Everyone is welcome!
NOTE: For wheelchair access, use the brick walkway.
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