Resources

The abolitionist, Gerrit Smith, gave away 120,000 acres of his land, beginning in 1846, hoping the Adirondack wilderness would offer refuge to black families eager to leave the poverty of urban cities and to acquire the means to vote.

December 5th events:

Advanced Reservations and preferred seating for Events:

Symposium ($15.00) (walk up, free)

Russell Banks Tribute ($10.00) (walk up free)

Contact: John Brown Coming Home

518-523-2445 ext 108

December 6th events:

1:00 p.m. Don Papson lecture and readings from Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks at the Heritage Center, Westport, NY

and

3:00 p.m. Old Stone Church Performance, Elizabethtown

$15

5:00 p.m. Deer's Head Inn Reception

$40.00 (includes 1:00 & 3:00 p.m. presentations)

Contact: Adirondack Center History Museum
518-873-6466
ech@adkhistorycenter.org

Housing

Contact:
Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau

518-523-2445
www.lakeplacid.com

Addresses for Venues:

Lake Placid Center for the Arts
17 Algonguin Drive, Lake Placid

518-523-2521

info@lakeplacidarts.org

www.lakeplacidarts.org

John Brown Farm State Historic Site

115 John Brown Road, Lake Placid

518-523-3900

www.nysparks.com

High Peaks Resort

2384 Saranac Avenue, Lake Placid

518-523-4411

www.highpeaksresort.com

Northwoods Inn

2520 Main Street, Lake Placid

518-523-1818

www.northwoodsinn.com

Essex County Historical Society/Adirondack History Center Museum

Corner Hand Ave. and Rte 9

Elizabethtown

518-873-6466

echs@adkhistorycenter.org

www.adkhistorycenter.org

Affiliated Agencies:

Adirondack History Center Museum/Essex County Historical Society

www.adkhistorycenter.org

Capital District Civil War Round Table (Albany, NY)
www.cdcwrt.org

Hagerstown & Washington County, MD
www.johnbrownraid.org

Lake Placid Center for the Arts

http://lakeplacidarts.org/

Lake Placid Institute for the Arts and Humanities

www.lakeplacidinstitute.org

Lake Placid/North Elba Historical Society
http://lakeplacidhistory.com/

New York Archives Partnership Trust

www.nysarchivestrust.org

New York Council for the Humanities

www.nyhumanities.org

New York State Department of Parks and Recreation
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/

North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association

http://northcountryundergroundrailroad.com

Literature:
John Brown: The Man Who Lives-- Louis A. DeCaro Jr., Lulu, publisher

John Brown: The Cost of Freedom-- Louis A. Decaro Jr., International Publishers, publisher

Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves-- Kevin Bales, University of California Press, publisher

John Brown Abolitionist: The Man who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights-- David S. Reynolds, Alfred A Knopf, publisher

Cloudsplitter-- Russell Banks, Harper Flamingo, publisher

John Brown blog, Louis DeCaro

http://abolitionist-john-brown.blogspot.com

John Brown: Trumpet of Freedom

A one-person drama by actor Norman Thomas Marshall

www.wbworks.com/johnbrown/

"He did not recognize unjust human laws, but resisted them as he was bid. No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity of human nature."-- Henry David Thoreau

John Brown Coming Home
Naj Wikoff
Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau
49 Parkside Dr.
Lake Placid, NY 12946
Tel: 518.523.2445 ext. 108
johnbrowncominghome@lakeplacid.com