Queens of Quackery at Schoharie Crossing

FORT HUNTER —  Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will host Kayla Whitehouse of the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, New York for our final History at Home lecture series of the winter. This online presentation is titled, “Queens of Quackery! Female Proprietors of Patent Medicines,” and will focus on female proprietors, covering the history of patent medicines, typical patent medicine bottles, and some of the more infamous women who made history selling medicines and tonics during that time.  The program will occur on Thursday, March 21st at 7:00pm via WebEx.

Kayla Whitehouse is the Executive Director of the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, NY. There Whitehouse has developed and implemented renovations to permanent displays and has overseen museum activities, special events, and educational outreach programs. Whitehouse received a Master of Arts in Anthropology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a BA in the Classics from Colgate University. 

This is a free online event with no pre-registration required.  The link for this WebEx program can be found on the Schoharie Crossing NYS Parks website, on their Facebook, or if you would like the link sent directly to you, please contact the site: SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site Visitor Center and Museum is located at 129 Schoharie Street, Fort Hunter, NY 12069; their telephone number is (518) 829-7516.  The grounds of the site are open from sunrise to sunset every day of the year.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees more than 250 parks, historic sites, recreational trails, golf courses, boat launches and more, which saw a record 79.5 million visits in 2022. For more information on any of these recreation areas, visit parks.ny.gov, download the free NY