Category Archives: People

Brattleboro is fortunate to have a vibrant community of amateur and professional historians actively exploring the history and historiography of this area, often challenging established histories with original research and compelling new evidence. Rich Holschuh serves on the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and spends his nights and weekends investigating the story of Brattleboro and its peoples, dating to a time 12,000 years before William Brattle was even a twinkle… In this podcast, Joe Rivers speaks with Rich about his work uncovering the history of Brattleboro’s first peoples and reconnecting modern peoples to that rich history.

According to the website Fansided, Vermont’s greatest college quarterback of all time is Brattleboro’s Joe Shield. Here’s his story…