From Personal Playground to Public Treasure

KINGS GAP ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

November 16, 2019
9:00 AM

$8 – Member Tickets (CCHS and Friends of Kings Gap Members)

$12 – Non-Member Tickets

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FROM PERSONAL PLAYGROUND TO PUBLIC TREASURE

Sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and
The Cumberland County Historical Society

Welcome and Introductions. Ron Turo, Esquire Moderator

Part I: The Beginning: James Cameron and the Building of the Kings Gap Mansion
1906-1951

Ron Turo, Esquire Member, The Friends of Kings Gap
Member, Cumberland County Historical Society

Part II: The Masland Years 1951-1973

Honorable Albert H. Masland Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County, Former Chief Counsel, PA DCNR

Part III: The Nature Conservancy Acquisition and the Role of the Department of Environmental Resources 1973-present

Honorable William C. Forrey, Former Chief of the Bureau of Pennsylvania State Parks and Founder of the Kings Gap Environmental Education Center

Part IV: The Kings Gap Environmental Education Center: Today and Tomorrow
Scott Hackenburg, Center Manager, King’s Gap Environmental Education Center

Part V: Questions and Answers, Book Signings, Mansion Tours

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