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Waterford, Vermont, History: August 2014
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Fifteen Mile Falls and Waterford's Dams: A Fragile but Essential Document. The scans shown here were made on a flat-bed scanner, with enormous care, as the document is "tender" at the fold and can't take much handling. How can we best preserve and protect it as information, and as the fragile item it has become? Hope you'll join the discussion! Posted by Beth Kanell. Labels: 15 Mile Falls. Sunday, August 17, 2014. 2/3 cup brown sugar. Put all ingredi...
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Waterford, Vermont, History: May 2015
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Sunday, May 17, 2015. The Stage Route and the Driver: Waterford, Vermont. Here is the schedule of the stage route from 1848, found in a guidebook to New England called "The Eastern Tourist." Note Waterford, listed as 7 miles from St. Johnsbury, Vermont, with 12 miles onward to Littleton, New Hampshire. Also see the final line, under the first chart: "Usual time from Burlington to Portland, 2 1/2 days.". Well Known Stage Driver Passes Away in Waterford. We placed you in the lot.
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Waterford, Vermont, History: October 2014
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Sunday, October 26, 2014. Waterford (Vermont) Sugarhouse: But Which One? At the Waterford Historical Group meetings (held at the Davies Memorial Library in Lower Waterford), we often find details on the old maps of town that intrigue us. One last summer turned out to be a bit discouraging - at the time when the 1875 Beers map of the town was drawn, there was an important sugarhouse in the center of Waterford, owned by O. Cushman, on the Duck Pond Road. Posted by Beth Kanell.
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Waterford, Vermont, History: June 2014
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Saturday, June 7, 2014. Waterford's Own Website: Thanks, Mike Barrett and Kevin Fontecha. Http:/ www.waterfordvt.org. What a gorgeous website Mike and Kevin have provided, to kick off a wonderful summer in Waterford, Vermont! Consider this the "soft opening" of the site - it's live, but more parts will be added, including a link to this Waterford History site. Posted by Beth Kanell. Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Making Hay, Part 1 - Farming in Waterford. So here's a pictorial look a...
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Waterford, Vermont, History: November 2014
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Saturday, November 1, 2014. Cushman–Russell–Bugbee–McGregor Cemetery, East Village Road, Waterford, Vermont: Small with a Wide Vista. Visiting the Cushman Cemetery is much easier, now that it's been trimmed and mowed - a late-autumn caretaking gift (it would be nice to know who did this, to thank you! It's a peaceful little family cemetery at the edge of a cornfield near the end of East Village Road. Cushman Family Cemetery, East Village Rd,. Databased 2008 by Robert Goss.
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Waterford, Vermont, History: Powers Family History, Waterford, Vermont
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Powers Family History, Waterford, Vermont. Geneva Powers Wright and her family shared these documents earlier this spring. Thank you very much, Mrs. Wright! More details on the family can be found in the rapidly growing archives of the Waterford Historical Society, searchable by family surname. If you would like to add material to this valued reference collection, please contact Helen Pike (pikeprose (at) gmail dot com). Posted by Beth Kanell. At a me...
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Waterford, Vermont, History: Butternuts, for Old Time's Sake -- and Next, Rhubarb
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Friday, May 1, 2015. Butternuts, for Old Time's Sake - and Next, Rhubarb. Singing makes any task more fun, right? Last November we were able to purchase four pounds of butternuts from Native Nuts in North Troy; two pounds headed to New Hampshire to catch up with Geneva Powers Wright, and the other two pounds, in a basket, came to visit at a Waterford Historical Society meeting in February, when a few brave folks took a couple of them home to try cracking. Posted by Beth Kanell.
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Waterford, Vermont, History: The Stage Route and the Driver: Waterford, Vermont
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Sunday, May 17, 2015. The Stage Route and the Driver: Waterford, Vermont. Here is the schedule of the stage route from 1848, found in a guidebook to New England called "The Eastern Tourist." Note Waterford, listed as 7 miles from St. Johnsbury, Vermont, with 12 miles onward to Littleton, New Hampshire. Also see the final line, under the first chart: "Usual time from Burlington to Portland, 2 1/2 days.". Well Known Stage Driver Passes Away in Waterford. We placed you in the lot.
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Waterford, Vermont, History: March 2015
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Waterford, Vermont, History. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. The Pike–Streeter Tavern, Upper Waterford, Vermont. Child's Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vt., 1764-1887. 1887), offers some early history of Waterford:. Daniel and Nathan Pike, Jonathan Hutchinson and Luther Knight came to Waterford, form Royalston, Mass., and located in the eastern part of the town, in 1792. There's a lot in there to examine and compare with today! In 2000 ( now available also as an ebook. The building then became a p...
