Brattleboro History

Brattleboro Historical Society was founded in 1982 as a non-profit organization by a group of historians and civic leaders interested in Brattleboro’s past.

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@truth_eater Are these gas prices legit or is it some kind of NYMEX-like market chicanery. #TheAsylum #Vermont #Today

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Good Morning and Happy Solstice to you all. This morning the weather is not as favourable as yesterday. That will not dampen our spirits. We will be streaming live at 08.45 UTC https://t.co/Kxoa6ERxOu

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@JaneLindholm The day we learned that our favorite game, "ballyball," was in fact called "volleyball," was a dark day. btw, It should be called a "thrumble."

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The BHS just converted a VHS video to digital on the subject of Island Park. The narrator is Richard Mitchell. The film was made in 1983. The sound work is done by Soundesign's Bill Shaw. It's about 13... https://t.co/u0kdTrA91o

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There has been much interest in Island Park. We just converted a VHS video to digital on the subject of Island Park. The narrator is Richard Mitchell. The film was made in 1983. The sound work is done by... https://t.co/8xyOnCHelO

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Highlights from the Brattleboro: The Defining Decades 1870-1920, event at the River Garden Tuesday night. https://t.co/dy5D2wMRcv

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1959 view from Plaza Park looking north to the Connecticut River

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a Veteran's Day montage https://t.co/PKfpu0l77Q

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Souvenir Glass from the Valley Fair. The fair operated on Fairground Rd from the 1880’s to the 1930’s

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Does this look familiar? Check the date.

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The American House on Main Street served as the Vermont Governor’s office during the Civil War while Brattleboro’s Frederick Holbrook was governor.

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In 1942 the World War II scrap metal drive "kidnapped" the Civil War Cannon and Cannonballs from the Common and donated them to the war cause.

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The Brattleboro Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently celebrated their 125th anniversary.

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45 years ago today! The U.S. was facing a Constitutional crisis as the President was challenging the system of checks and balances built within the framework of the Constitution...the local "fourth estate" made its opinion very clear...

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Part of the Brattleboro Historical Society artifact collection. Thomas Dairy on Putney Road

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In 1942 Dorothy Lamour visited Brattleboro to raise money for the war effort. This is the story...

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A collection of vintage Brattleboro menus were recently donated to the BHS. We are a repository of many artifacts and welcome visits to the Reseach Room in the Municipal Building. We are on the 3rd floor (elevator accessible) and open on Sat. from 10 to 12 and Thurs. from 2 to 4.

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paddling around the 1723 entrance to Fort Dummer...the 1909 construction of the Vernon Dam flooded the old Fort site https://t.co/x20wCBW9m0

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In 1923 Wilbur Duntley painted this scene of downtown from a 1860's George Houghton photo. The painting is on display at the BHS Museum in the Masonic Lodge on Main Street...Duntley was a New Hampshire painter best known for his agricultural paintings and fairground scenes...

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@annieconley Thanks for letting us know that the photos weren't coming through. We had originally set up our Facebook page to forward material, but Facebook and Twitter don't seem to be playing nicely together. We've tried to shut down the Facebook connection.

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All of the rain, (and flash flood warnings), got us thinking about past floods. Here's a photo of high water along Vernon Road in horse and buggy days. Fort Dummer was located to the left of the train tracks back in the 1700's.