Wesselhoeft Water Cure

Wesselhoeft Water Cure

Water Cure Dr. Wesselhoeft In the 1840’s one in five children born alive did not live to see their 1st birthday. The average life expectancy was less than 40 years. Many doctors bled their patients when they didn’t feel well and prescribed medicines that contained...
Madame Sherri

Madame Sherri

Across the river from north Brattleboro, in West Chesterfield, New Hampshire, a trail winds through the Madame Sherri Forest to a set of ghostly stone stairs—the ruins of Madame Sherri’s castle, an estate whose former glory was lost to fire in 1962.

H.P. Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft

HP LOVECRAFT & ROUND MOUNTAIN H.P. Lovecraft & Round Mountain: West Brattleboro Howard Philips Lovecraft (1890 – 1937), was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. He was virtually unknown and...
Clarina Howard Nichols

Clarina Howard Nichols

Clarina Howard Nichols – Townsend and Brattleboro Clarina Howard Nichols (1810 – 1885) was an advocate for human rights. Born in Townsend, VT she went on to become the publisher of the Windham County Democrat newspaper in Brattleboro, where she expanded...
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: West Brattleboro Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, beloved 19th century American author and Brattleboro local, began her 50-year literary career in Brattleboro. She published over 250 short stories, 14 novels, and 3 plays. Freeman was quite an...
William Czar Bradley II & Brooks Memorial Library

William Czar Bradley II & Brooks Memorial Library

William Czar Bradley II & Brooks Memorial Library: Downtown Brattleboro William Czar Bradley II, grandson of the famous jurist and poet from Westminster, was the first library director of Brook Memorial Library, serving from 1884 until about 1904. He was class...