How Did Flatboats Work?
How Did Flatboats Work? This week in Brattleboro history we are going to focus on early trade and transportation. Before interstate highways and train rails there was the Connecticut River. The Abenaki used the river to trade tools and goods throughout New England....
Hinsdale Bridge History – Eight and Counting…
Hinsdale Bridge History - Eight and Counting… Saturday, March 28, 1920 the Hinsdale Bridge between Brattleboro and Island Park collapsed into the Connecticut River. The winter had produced a great deal of snow, a warm spell caused a quick melt, and eight to ten...
Hinsdale Bridge
Saturday, March 28, 1920 the Hinsdale Bridge between Brattleboro and Island Park collapsed into the Connecticut River. The winter had produced a great deal of snow, a warm spell caused a quick melt, and eight to ten inches of ice were still on the river. The...
West River Confluence
West River Confluence Confluence before Dam West River Confluence Confluence of Ct. and West before Dam West River Confluence Deyo_s swiming hole 1990_s West River Confluence Evelyn Harris, died from plane crash at inauguration of Meadows Airfield West River...
Brooks House
In November 1869 the St. Albans Weekly Messenger reported on the status of Brattleboro, a town that was about as far away from St. Albans as you could get and still be in Vermont. The paper was commenting on Brattleboro’s recent hard times. In October, a Whetstone Brook freshet had wiped out many of the businesses along the brook and in early November a fire had destroyed all of the businesses on the west side of Main Street between Elliot and High Streets.