Photo – Adirondack 102 club – may 2015

CANTON – Join author and historian, Marty Podskoch, for a talk about his latest project the Adirondack 102 Club, on Thursday, May 21 at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St.

Admission is free.

Podskoch will speak about and sign copies of his new book at the S the St. Lawrence County Historical Association’s next Patricia Harrington Carson Brown Bag Lunch Series at noon. The book encourages people to visit all 102 towns and villages in the Adirondacks.

The idea for the 102 Club began after Podskoch read about Dr. Arthur Peach of Vermont who in 1954 suggested the idea of an informal group, the Vermont 251 Club, to veer off the beaten path “to discover the secret and lovely places that main roads do not reveal.” Podskoch believed the Adirondacks would benefit from a similar club. He has traveled extensively in the Adirondacks to gather material for his five books on the Adirondack fire towers, the Civilian Conservation Corps camps, and Adirondack lore, and will share the joys of fully experiencing the Adirondacks and getting to know its local people and places.

Podskoch included local writers in the project to describe their town’s and/or village’s location, history, and important points of interests. After the presentation, Podskoch along with some of the contributing authors will sign copies of the new book, Adirondack 102 Club: Your Passport & Guide to the North Country, which are for sale at the SLCHA for $20 each.

For more information, call 386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org.