Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society Winter Speaker Series--March 19, 2025

The Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society is pleased to announce its third program in the Society’s 2025 Winter Speaker Series: High Flying Adventures: Aviation History in the High Peaks, presented by Aurora Pfaff. From Adirondack hermits to national heroes, Lake Placid's aviation history is a unique one. In High-Flying Adventures local author, Aurora Pfaff, will share exciting stories from the area's aviation history, including Noah John Rondeau, Charles Lindbergh, flying circuses, and much more. The program is based on her 2024 book, Images of America: Aviation in the Adirondacks, published by Arcadia Publishing. The event will include a book signing by Aurora Pfaff at the end of the program. Books will also be available for purchase at that time.

Aurora Wheeler Pfaff is a writer based in Saranac Lake. A lifelong reader and devoted collector of books, Aurora graduated with a master’s degree in liberal arts from the Harvard Extension School, where she studied Victorian literature. As a freelance writer, Aurora has been published in the magazines Adirondack Life, Majesty, LOCALadk, New York Archives and Beyond Words literary magazine.

The program will be held at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts auditorium on Wednesday, March 19th at 7:00 pm. The event will be recorded and can be viewed on the Society’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalMedia-LPNEHS after March 19th.

All 2025 Winter Speaker Series programs are free and open to the public and will be held at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts auditorium. Refreshments and an opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for a basket of goodies will be available at each program.

For more information, please contact the Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society at
(518) 523-1608, email: info@lakeplacidhistory.org or visit the Historical Society website at www.lakeplacidhistory.org