Musuem to present anniversary talk on historical geography

Cuddebackville — The Neversink Valley Area Museum presents another of its 40 anniversary season history lectures on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. with a presentation by Sophia Hinshalwood discussing historical geography. This topic should be interesting to anyone who studies, or is interested in history and how we live. Historical geography seeks to determine how cultural features of various societies across the planet emerged and evolved, by understanding their interaction with their local environment. Hinshalwood is a resident of Mt. Hope and member of the Board of Trustees of the Neversink Valley Area Museum. Her special interest has been Historical Cultural Geography. She spent a short time doing cartographic work for Rand McNally and taught geography at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J. from 1966-1996. She received her M.A. in Geography from the University of Georgia and her PhD. From Rutgers University. Admission to the lecture is free to members and children, suggested donation of $5 to all others. Memberships will be available for purchase at the time of admission. Lectures are held at the D and H Canal Park Visitor’s Center, 58 Hoag Road, (just off Route 209) in Cuddebackville. For information, call 754-8870 or visit www.neversinkmuseum.org.