Transforming Hempstead Plains (Thursday, April 24)
In partnership with the Jacob Leisler Institute, the library presents a talk with Professor Jennifer Anderson exploring the historical transformations of Hempstead Plains–the only prairie in the northeast. Celebrated as a natural wonder by early Dutch and English settlers, these vast grasslands were initially regarded as a valuable shared resource, then as a barren wasteland, […]
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