Upcoming Course
Looking to learn a bit more about local history? Join Nancy Ponzetti, BHHS Vice President, Hollis, for the upcoming York County Senior College course in the fall; registration is through the YCSC website (www.yorkcountyseniorcollege.org). Cost is $25 for the course and $25 for a membership to YCSC.
Course Title: Saco Villages—Buxton and Hollis
Begins Thursday, September 14, 2017, for 8 weeks
From 1:00—3:00 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, Saco, ME
Course Description: This course will explore some of the historic figures from the Saco River villages, Buxton and Hollis: painters Gibeon Bradbury and John Brewster, writers Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith, controversial preacher Jacob Cochrane, Civil War nurse Rebecca Usher. The course will include a field trip to the Buxton Hollis Historical Society to view its latest exhibit, All Roads Lead to Bar Mills.
Course Title: Saco Villages—Buxton and Hollis
Begins Thursday, September 14, 2017, for 8 weeks
From 1:00—3:00 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, Saco, ME
Course Description: This course will explore some of the historic figures from the Saco River villages, Buxton and Hollis: painters Gibeon Bradbury and John Brewster, writers Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith, controversial preacher Jacob Cochrane, Civil War nurse Rebecca Usher. The course will include a field trip to the Buxton Hollis Historical Society to view its latest exhibit, All Roads Lead to Bar Mills.