Summer Speakers Series: Louis Riel–A rebel Comes To Keeseville

Louis Riel was the founder of the Canadian province Manitoba, and a leader in the independence movement for Saskatchewan. A century and a half after his death, he remains one of the more controversial figures in Canada’s history. Why did he find solace (and escape) through multiple trips to the small village of Keeseville?

Rich Frost, author of several books on regional travel and history, most recently Rich in History: A Lake Champlain Reader, will try to answer that question, while introducing the audience to one of the more famous unknown individuals with whom their forebears may have crossed paths.

Guest Speaker: Rich Frost grew up in Glens Falls. After earning degrees from Wesleyan University and Duke University College of Medicine, and completing a residency in internal medicine at the University of Kentucky, he practiced medicine in Plattsburgh for over three decades. He also wrote a regular travel column for the Press-Republican and the regional column “Rich in History” for Lake Champlain Weekly. In addition to books on regional travel and history, he wrote the novel, Final Season.