The Bradford County Historical Society will host a program titled Visions of Teaoga: Insights Into the Region’s Indian-Settler History scheduled for Friday, August 21, 2015 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. There is no admission charge for this event but donations are appreciated. To reserve a seat, participants are asked to register by calling 570-265-2240 or by email at info@bradfordhistory.com.
Visions of Teaoga was written by retired journalist, Jim Remsen. He will discuss his book and the history behind it. The book explores the upheaval of Eastern Indian tribes in the 1700s by focusing on events at Teaoga, in present Bradford County. It weaves together the adventures of Queen Esther with a fictional student who is visiting Athens, named Maddy.
Remsen describes his book that was written with young readers in mind. “The characters of old speak in the upright, formal manner of the 1700s. At various times, readers sit with Esther at her fire circle or are eyewitnesses to the 1790 peace council at the Teaoga treaty ground, and then accompany Maddy and her modern-day friends as they swap accounts of Indian culture, try native crafts and games, and commune quietly with the lost world. Young readers learn about some amazing old traditions, skills and tests of endurance, but also about the vanishing of peoples, divided loyalties, sacrifice, and diplomatic chicanery on a grand scale. They will see how under stress, even the peaceful can become violent, and will see the ways history, legend and propaganda can intermingle.”
This program is part of the 2015 Friday Night at the Museum programming series that is held the third Friday of each month from May through October. Each event is held in the Great Room at the Bradford County Historical Society, located at 109 Pine Street, Towanda, PA. Refreshments are provided at each program and the museum is open a half-hour prior to the event.
Upcoming programs are: September 18 – Preserving Bradford County: Local Historians and the Books and Museums they Developed; and October 16 – Marcel Singer: The Gentle Butcher of Hong Kew.
The Bradford County Historical Society is a recipient agency of the Bradford County United Way and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. For more information about the society and its programming schedule, museum or research center, visit www.bradfordhistory.com or check out the society Facebook page at facebook.com/BradfordCountyHistoricalSociety.
