# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Turning Away and Coming Back:  Mill Towns, Legacy Dams, and the Rivers We Forgot
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Our scholarship speaker for this year is Travis Kelley, the 2025 awardee of the Morris Family Fellowship in the Making of the American Landscape.
New England’s rivers built the mill towns—-or did the towns build the rivers? This lecture traces how 14,000 dams have shaped the ecology and our experience of the region’s waterways and asks how design might help communities find their way back to the water. 
For further details, visit https://www.middletowngardenclub.com/event-details/turning-away-and-coming-back-mill-towns-legacy-dams-and-the-rivers-we-forgot
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/turning-away-and-coming-back-mill-towns-legacy-dams-and-the-rivers-we-forgot/200029792822319
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: CT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Portland Library
- **lat**: 41.5740214
- **long**: -72.6376151
- **full address**: Portland Library, 16 Freestone Ave, Portland, CT 06480-1818, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Turning Away and Coming Back:  Mill Towns, Legacy Dams, and the Rivers We Forgot
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/37dc17e374813978eb9c00ad7658e787539043f7ed1eba4cdcb3e053bad9d785-rimg-w1200-h800-dc332c17-gmir?v=1773102019

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Turning Away and Coming Back:  Mill Towns, Legacy Dams, and the Rivers We Forgot being held?
  - **A:** Turning Away and Coming Back:  Mill Towns, Legacy Dams, and the Rivers We Forgot takes place on Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Portland Library, 16 Freestone Ave, Portland, CT 06480-1818, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Turning Away and Coming Back:  Mill Towns, Legacy Dams, and the Rivers We Forgot?
  - **A:** Turning Away and Coming Back:  Mill Towns, Legacy Dams, and the Rivers We Forgot is organized by Middletown Garden Club.

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