BHS e570-Hosea Beckley and Geographic Impacts on Settlement 1840's

BHS e573-Susannah Arms and the Revolution 1700's

Susannah Willard Arms has been identified as providing "Patriotic Service" during the American Revolution by both the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. This is her story...

BHS e572-How The Creamery Bridge Got Its Name

The Centerville Covered Wooden Bridge was built in 1879. Eight years later the Brattleboro Creamery Association constructed a plant nearby that converted local dairy cream into butter. The business operated until 1911 and produced more than 200,000 pounds of butter a year.

BHS e571-Geographic Influences on Early Brattleboro

Long before European powers fixed their gaze on the Connecticut River Valley, the region that would become Brattleboro was part of a broader Abenaki homeland. The Connecticut River and its tributaries—especially the West River and Whetstone Brook—were more than waterways; they were transportation corridors, food sources, and cultural anchors...here's the story...

BHS e570-Hosea Beckley and Geographic Impacts on Settlement 1840's

Hosea Beckley wrote a Vermont geography/topography/history book in the 1840's. The book has wonderful descriptions of our region and gives examples of how geography impacted early settlement in Windham County.

BHS e569-Spencer Clark and US Currency 1860's

Spencer M. Clark was born in Brattleboro. Eventually, he moved to Washington, DC and became the first Superintendent of the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In 1866 he placed his own image on United States currency, a five-cent note, and had the notes circulated as legal tender. US Congress had not authorized this action and a scandal ensued. This was not Spencer M. Clark’s first scandal....