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The Great Connector Series: John Burroughs in the Hudson River Valley
September 11, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join us on September 11 at 1 p.m. at the Ulster Welcome Center (87 Haviland Road, Highland) for a presentation on “John Burroughs in the Hudson River Valley” by Jeff Walker from Vassar College.
John Burroughs moved to the Hudson Valley in 1872, and after that, whenever he traveled, he compared the place he was visiting to his adopted home. His West Park home at Riverby, and his nearby retreat at Slabsides (built in 1895) were visited by many people: the famous, the rich, the unknown, and folks of modest means. Burroughs treated all equally. To him it was most important to introduce his guests to the wonders of nature that surrounded his region. This talk will explore Burroughs’s relationship to the Hudson Valley and the people he knew there.
This event is free for Walkway members. Non-members are asked to consider a suggested donation of $5 per person. Learn more about membership at join.walkway.org. Your support of Walkway Over the Hudson allows us to welcome and provide amenities for more than 600,000 annual visitors, offer fun community programs, provide tours to school groups and seniors, and make available the tram for visitors with mobility issues.
Walkway Over the Hudson’s “Great Connector” lecture series hosts educators, historians, and authors for talks on a variety of regional interest topics including history, ecology, and industry. For a calendar of upcoming lectures, as well as links to recordings from a number of past events, visit walkway.org.ABOUT THE PRESENTERJeff Walker teaches Earth Science at Vassar College and has published numerous papers and book chapters on John Burroughs. His edited reissue of “Signs and Seasons” (1886) was published by Syracuse University Press in 2006.
