If these strangers in a strange land would survive at all they would need to be clever. They were alone deep in the forest miles south of the small trading community that had grown up around Fort Orange. These strangers had no close neighbors, no reliable food supply, no permanent dwelling, no garden or domestic animals. If they were to survive life in this wild place they needed to make the best use of what was at hand. Soil and stone, water and wood, even the animals of this place would need to be put to the best and most productive use possible.
On Sunday June 24th at 2:30 pm the Bronck Museum will offer the first of three “Bronck Family in the Wilderness” programs. Each of these special content programs examines an element of the natural environment that shaped the history and development of the 350 year old Bronck farmstead at Coxsackie. Noted local geologist and author Robert Titus will be discussing the importance of the local soils and stone in the transformation of raw wilderness into a productive Dutch farm. Dr. Titus received his doctorate from Boston College and is a faculty member of the Division of Physical and Life Sciences at Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y. He is an author and a frequent contributor toKaatskill Life Magazine and the Register Star Newspapers. Dr. Titus and his wife Johanna are currently completing work on a new book detailing the Ice Age History of the Hudson Valley. Professor Titus will speak in the reading room of the Vedder Research Library on the grounds of the Bronck Museum. Adult admission for the Bronck Family in the Wilderness programs is $6 and includes light refreshment and an informal tour of the Bronck dwellings of 1663 and 1738. The Bronck Museum is located just off US 9W 1.5 miles south of the intersection of routes 9W, 385 and 81 near Coxsackie. For additional information about this program or to see a complete calendar of Bronck Museum events please visit www.gchistory.org.
If these strangers in a strange land would survive at all they would need to be clever. They were alone deep in the forest miles south of the small trading community that had grown up around Fort Orange. These strangers had no close neighbors, no reliable food supply, no permanent dwelling, no garden or domestic animals. If they were to survive life in this wild place they needed to make the best use of what was at hand. Soil and stone, water and wood, even the animals of this place would need to be put to the best and most productive use possible.
On Sunday June 24th at 2:30 pm the Bronck Museum will offer the first of three “Bronck Family in the Wilderness” programs. Each of these special content programs examines an element of the natural environment that shaped the history and development of the 350 year old Bronck farmstead at Coxsackie. Noted local geologist and author Robert Titus will be discussing the importance of the local soils and stone in the transformation of raw wilderness into a productive Dutch farm. Dr. Titus received his doctorate from Boston College and is a faculty member of the Division of Physical and Life Sciences at Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y. He is an author and a frequent contributor toKaatskill Life Magazine and the Register Star Newspapers. Dr. Titus and his wife Johanna are currently completing work on a new book detailing the Ice Age History of the Hudson Valley. Professor Titus will speak in the reading room of the Vedder Research Library on the grounds of the Bronck Museum. Adult admission for the Bronck Family in the Wilderness programs is $6 and includes light refreshment and an informal tour of the Bronck dwellings of 1663 and 1738. The Bronck Museum is located just off US 9W 1.5 miles south of the intersection of routes 9W, 385 and 81 near Coxsackie. For additional information about this program or to see a complete calendar of Bronck Museum events please visit www.gchistory.org.
