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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Wilmington Historical Society is to collect, preserve, display and interpret the documents, photographs and artifacts that tell the unique story of how the people of this remote, mountainous small town with big ideas have adapted and survived in the harsh yet beautiful environment of the Adirondacks .
Adopted 5/18/05
To join us, see the applicaton form here.
 WILMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO PRESENT
“WILMINGTON HISTORY IN POSTCARDS” ON OCTOBER 22ND
The Wilmington Historical Society invites you to attend a slide show entitled “Wilmington in Postcards” prepared by Bob and Karen Peters on Saturday, October 22nd from 10 am – 2 pm at the Wilmington Community Center on Springfield Road in Wilmington. The slide show of Wilmington postcards dating from about 1900 to the present will be shown every half hour, beginning at 10:00 am, with the last show beginning at 1:30 pm. In addition there will be time and opportunity for those with Wilmington postcard collections to enter them into the Wilmington Historical Society’s collection through digitization. Did you know that postcards of an area can tell a story? From early Whiteface and AuSable River/High Falls Gorge postcards to hotels and cottages to Santa’s Workshop---come discover the rich history of our small town. At the same time, if you have any early postcards of Wilmington, we encourage you to bring them to be digitized into the historical society’s collection to help create a richer, fuller story. The “Wilmington History in Postcards” program on October 22nd is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For further information, contact Karen Peters or Merri Peck.
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Please note our "Open Discussion" dates for 2011.
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Prior programs by the Wilmington Historical Society
September 10, 2011
Wilmington Historical Society at the Festival Of the Colors
Our theme this year was "Made in Wilmington". What do you think these things have in common:
whiskey, postash, iron, charcoal, starch, lumber, ski wax, chocolate candy,and blown glass gifts?
August 12, 2011
Adirondack Ice with historian and author Caperton Tissot. A slide presentation of her recently published book Adirondack Ice, a Cultural and Natural History.
Tissot’s research unveils how ice played a role in the lives of the pioneers and the early residents of the Adirondacks and how its role changed over time.
Moving ice, static ice, ice in industry, ice in sports --- how did these significantly shape the character of our geographic area?
July 15, 2011
Adirondack Tools & Tales
Early Adirondack settlers had to live and survive in a rugged mountain
environment with a harsh climate.
Author, Adirondack lecturer and storyteller Don Williams will
explain how the tools these settlers used were critical to that survival.
July 10, 2011
Professor Harold Hinds presents "Lessons Learned from Researching and Writing a Personal Family History," about a three-generation Adirondack family.
He will sign his new book, Crafting a Personal Family History: A Guide Plus a Case Study, Three Generations of the Hinds Family in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.
JUNE 10, 2011
The Wilmington Historical Society invites you to attend a slide presentation entitled “Evolution of the Adirondacks” given by Lionel Arlan. The program is free and open to the public.
August 20,2010
The Battles at Plattsburgh-
Would the United States exist if our naval and land Battles at Plattsburgh on
September 11, 1814 had been lost?
See more information here! MSWord format or Adobe Reader format.
July 30, 2010
"Have You Seen That Vigilante Man?" --- Amy Godine, Adirondack historian. For more information, see Press Release here
July 9, 2010:
“The History of Santa’s Workshop Part III— Santa’s Adventures Continue” at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard in Santa’s Workshop on Whiteface Highway
See the attached flyer for more information.
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