Amherst Historical Society
Lunch Bites
November 7, 2025
12:00-1:00 PM
Bangs Center
70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst
I will talk about the deforestation which upset Cole and drove his conservation efforts along with the history of log drives down the Connecticut River and how the Oxbow became the terminus of the longest log drives in the country and the spin-off pulp and packaging industry.
More information: https://amhersthistory.org/events/the-oxbow-since-thomas-cole/
Lecture and Signing Holyoke Public Library, June 23, 2025
250 Chestnut Street, The Community Room, 4:00-5:00
The talk described the process of writing the book and a review of the community on the Oxbow, including video clips of interviews with the residents
Forbes Lecture and Signing was April 30, 2025
Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Northampton, MA, in the Coolidge Presidential Library
"Two Crossings and a Community"
A talk about the community which developed on the Oxbow Island, including video clips from interviews of some of the Island's residents. Also, answers to the eternal questions: why did the island cross the river, and why did the highway cross the island?
Link to see a recording of the talk:
Interview with Bill Newman and Buz Eisenberg
on Talk the Talk, March 24, 2025
Article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 15, 2025
Photograph Daily Hampshire Gazette, © H.S. Gere and Sons, Inc., used with permission
