Let our history welcome you.
Read here about our 2006 tour. Plans have begun for Tour Thurman 2007, with two site already lined up; join the committee as they complete the roster, research the history and collect photos and anecdotes! This year's tour will be September 22, 2007. All aboard!
Tour Thurman: A Guided Jaunt into Homes and History
September
19, 2009
Join The John Thurman
Historical Society for a narrated ride into the past.
Reservations and prepayment
required
Reserve
your spot by phoning Evelyn Wood at 518-623-2505.
Questions?
Email Perky.
11:45
Optional luncheon at Thurman Town Hall, 311 Athol Road, Athol [$7]. Come early
so you can browse through our copies of the Quarterly.
12:45
The bus* departs for the ride to yesterday. Narrators will point out spots
of interest while the bus makes its way to four sites where guests will get off
for in-depth visits, learning about the places and the people who have inhabited
them. [$13, includes tour book.] There will be a rest stop midway through the
tour. Reserve with Evelyn Wood, 623-2505.
3:45 Bus returns to
The Glen Lodge.
*Tell Evelyn if you would have difficulty climbing onto
the bus. Alternative transportation via private vehicle may be arranged.
Luncheon at Town Hall, 311 Athol Road, Athol
The
Caroline/Elisha Parker Home
Be prepared to be transported back to another era at this Civil War era homestead, the farm Caroline Combs Parker bought with the help of her husband's enlistment bounty.
Be charmed by this unique stone house built and decorated by Paul Reinicke early in the 1900s.
(Coyle/Hamilton Farm)
Once the home of Irish immigrants, this site became the hub of social activity during the Depression.
A home kept in the King family for generations, this house is well known locally as the residence of the late Neil and Marge King Campbell.