Historical Lecture Series: Made in the Happy Valley – Colonial Asheries: An Eighteenth Century Industry Unrecorded and Forgotten
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Wistariahurst Museum
In 1760, potash was an important farm and home industry. It was a dangerous, dirty and an entirely unpleasant business, which ended when the land had all been deforested. That ubiquitous activity has gone unrecorded, as though it could not soon enough be forgotten. At this talk from lecturer Ralmon Jon Black, learn about the extent and magnitude of the colonial potash industry and how it affected the economy of those times and the land forever. $7 general/ $5 members