New Bridge!

New Bridge!

We've heard it all before Old News Intro Excerpts from local newspapers concerning the replacement of the covered bridge connecting Brattleboro with Hinsdale. March 7, 1902 The old Connecticut River Bridge in Brattleboro, known as the old toll bridge, had the closest...
Breweries

Breweries

C2H5OH: BANNED!
Prohibition came to New England much earlier than it did to much of the rest of the country. In 1851 Maine passed a law banning the sale of alcoholic beverages. By 1855 all New England states had adopted a version of the Maine law, including Vermont.

West River Photo Gallery

West River Photo Gallery

Gallery The West River Confluence of Ct. and West before Dam pri040 swimming area 2 swimming area 3 swimming area 4 swimming area 6 swimming area swimming area1 The Marina trolley running around the Common Vernon Dam construction West River Confluence WEST RIVER TRAIN...
Island Park

Island Park

Island Park Brattleboro's Playground In the Connecticut River there used to be a pretty bigThe island between Brattleboro and Hinsdale.  In the 1800’s it wasHinsdale was over 22 acres. 1862 In 1862 a Connecticut Valley flood devastated the island.  The tollhouse was...
Brattleboro’s Beginnings

Brattleboro’s Beginnings

Origins Brattleboro's Beginnings Intro Abenaki & Fort Dummer Prior to the 1700’s, Vermont was home to the Abenaki.  Fort Dummer was built as the first English settlement in Vermont in 1724.   The site sight The view of the Connecticut River and Mount...
Fort Dummer

Fort Dummer

0066 0067 0068 By JESSICA DOLAN One of the historical sites in Brattleboro that is a key site for Indigenous history, and the history of competition between England and France to settle North America, is Fort Dummer. The history of Fort Dummer takes us into the...