Podcast - Brattleboro Historical Society

B.D. and Sarah Harris, and the Mormons 1851

by Robert Cornellier | May 30, 2025 | BHS Podcasts, Historical Events, Podcast, The Brattleboro Historical Society and the Brattleboro Area Middle School podcast.

Sarah Harris wrote about her honeymoon experiences among the Mormons in 1851. This recording explains how the Brattleboro newlyweds found themselves in multiple life-threatening situations in the days of the Wild West…image of Sarah’s husband, B.D. Harris...

BHS Soundcloud Podcast e514-John Deere, Fred Holbrook and Plows

by Robert Cornellier | May 24, 2025 | Audio, BHS Podcasts, Podcast, The Brattleboro Historical Society and the Brattleboro Area Middle School podcast.

The Plows of the Valleys are NOT the Plows of the Hills…in the 1800’s Brattleboro’s Fred Holbrook designed sidehill swivel plows that were popular in northern New...

Wesselhoeft Water Cure

by Reg | Dec 18, 2021 | Exhibit, Featured Stories, Person, Places, Podcast

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...

BHS e331-Brattleboro Floral Arts and Garden Club

by Reg | Nov 14, 2021 | Podcast

Community Service and Volunteerism are both celebrated in this recording highlighting the history and contributions of the local garden club… BrattHistoricalSoc · BHS e331-Brattleboro Floral Arts and Garden...

Podcast Episode 305

by Reg | May 14, 2021 | Podcast

Laundry, Chinese Exclusion Act, Female Businesses, Technology, Immigration…this story has it all! The first commercial laundries emerged in the 1840’s with Steam Laundries appearing in the 1870’s…the Custom Laundry (female-owned) began in 1887 and operated until 2010.

BHS e301-Vermont Constitution and Indentured Servants

by Reg | Apr 15, 2021 | Podcast

Episode 301 Vermont Constitution and Indentured Servants In 1777 the Vermont Constitution banned some forms of bondage. In the historical society collection are indentured servant contracts that are examples of how some forms of bondage continued into the...