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...
Podcast Episode 305

Podcast Episode 305

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

BHS e301-Vermont Constitution and Indentured Servants

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...
The Valley Fair

The Valley Fair

The Valley Fair " https://soundcloud.com/bratthistoricalsoc/bhs-podcast-e12-this-week-in-brattleboro-history-by-joe-rivers?si=d06bfcbf9fb342188676fae623d86931   The Valley Fair in Brattleboro began in 1886.  It was held for one day in the 2nd week of October...