The Peru Gazette

February 20 presentation features Peru history

February 10, 6:45 pm, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh.  Profiles from Portraits – stories of the remarkable soldiers who were stationed at the Plattsburgh Reservation between 1890 and 1920 as revealed through the portrait collection at the Clinton County Historical Association with military historian Thaddeus Booth Trudeau.

February 12, 2:30 pm, Meadowbrook – Healthcare, 154 Prospect Avenue, Plattsburgh.  Riddle me this!! – Test yourself and learn something new with questions and answers about the County’s rich history with a prize for the winner.

February 20, 12:30 pm, Plattsburgh Senior Center Discovering the Town of Peru. First settled by Europeans in 1772 and established as a town in 1792, Peru’s history timeline reflects how small north country towns were created and developed into thriving villages.

February 24,  6 pm, Advisor’s Room, Beekmantown High School, Haynes Road Entrance, West Chazy. The Golden Age of the Cigar Trade in Downtown Plattsburgh – photos and stories of the men who generated this prosperous local industry. Seating is limited. Call 518-561-0340 before February 24 to reserve a seat.

February 26, 6:00 pm, Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape. The Clinton County Historical Association and the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association are co-hosting a lecture by historian and author Sandra Weber on February 26^th 6:00 pm, at the CCHA Museum, 98 Ohio Road, Plattsburgh.  Sandra presents a compelling talk about her newest book, John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape and offers a fresh and intimate look at the famed abolitionist, focusing on the years of the Brown family’s connection with North Elba, Essex County (1848–1863). The intertwining story of sublime Adirondack scenery, farm life, and racial justice explores John Brown not only as a national figure but as a husband, father, neighbor, abolitionist, and equalitarian. Sandra’s insightful narrative bridges the myth and the man, revealing the tender and tragic heart of the Brown family story.