Place of the Lake: Documenting Five Centuries of Indigenous History in the Helderbergs

Centuries ago, local indigenous families traveled, hunted, fished and camped in a high elevation district they called Mbeesuk (Lake-Place), the area known today as Rensselaerville and Westerlo. Historic documentation is scarce, but -careful analysis of what is available can tell us much about a nearly-vanished world. Join us for this presentation on a little-researched topic and get a glimpse of the Hilltowns in the era before Euro-American settlement!