Save the Date!
Please mark September 20, 2025 on your calendars! We want you with us as we make history !
Date
September 20, 2025
Museum Doors Open
9:30 AM
Location
Adirondack History Museum
7590 Court Street
Elizabethtown, New York
Event Schedule
Here’s how this historic event will unfold:
Museum Doors Open - Coffee/Tea & Mingle
9:30 AM - Museum Lobby - Exhibits Open
Musical Welcome - Nocturne
10:00 AM Lower Gallery
CENTENNIAL PROGRAM
10:30 AM
Grace Tell's the Story
Doug Arnold (#4693W): "Who was the first 46er"
Sharp Swan (#566W): "Herb Clark (#1) - champion Adirondack guide"
Peter Slocum (#3368: Robert Marshall (#3)
Suzanne Lance (#1802W): George Marshall (#2)
L. John Van Norden (#2110W): "What happened next - The 46rs of Troy and their legacy continued"
Announcements and Presentations
PICNIC
1:00 PM (following the conclusion of the program)
Barbecue Chicken Thighs and sides
Cake and Ice Cream
History Worthy of Celebration
People & Peaks 2025 will celebrate the Marshall/Clark finish of the first circuit of the 46 Adirondack high peaks in 1925.
After the trio climbed the original 42 summits Bob and George identified as being 4000 feet in elevation and meeting certain prominence and distance parameters, friend and author Russel M. L. Carson (Peaks and People of the Adirondacks), suggested 4 additional summits met their criteria. The three climbers ascended those additional 4 summits, completing the first round of the Adirondack 46 on June 10, 1925.
Our informative and insightful program will feature portraits of Russ Carson by Doug Arnold (#4693W), Herb Clark by Sharp Swan (#566W), Robert Marshall by Peter Slocum (#3368) and culminate with a preview of the forthcoming biography of George Marshall by author and historian Suzanne Lance (#1802W).
