Lucy Terry Prince: Abijah Prince Road, Guilford, VT

Lucy Terry Prince: Abijah Prince Road, Guilford, VT

by | Dec 11, 2018

Lucy Terry Prince Abijah Prince Road Shanta Lee Gander as Lucy Terry Prince in Bars Fight. The first known African American poet was a former slave who lived in Guilford.   Lucy Terry Prince (1730 – 1821) is the first known African American poet. Lucy was a...
The Rice Family & the Brattleboro Reformer: Chestnut Hill Road

The Rice Family & the Brattleboro Reformer: Chestnut Hill Road

by | Jul 31, 2018

The Rices & the Brattleboro Reformer: Chestnut Hill Road Howard C. Rice Howard C. Rice was the first editor/publisher of The Brattleboro Daily Reformer, which printed its first edition in 1913 under the ownership of the Brattleboro Publishing Company, of which...
Jacob Estey & The Estey Organ Company: Downtown Brattleboro

Jacob Estey & The Estey Organ Company: Downtown Brattleboro

by | Jul 28, 2018

JACOB ESTEY & THE ESTEY ORGAN COMPANY A Brattleboro Words Trail Site Jacob Estey & the Estey Organ Company: Downtown Brattleboro The Story of Estey Organ For nearly a century, the name Estey was synonymous with reed organs. The Estey Organ Company was...
Wesselhoeft Water Cure: Downtown Brattleboro

Wesselhoeft Water Cure: Downtown Brattleboro

by | Jul 17, 2018

Water Cure Brattleboro Reformer Saturday Feature This story originally appeared in the Brattleboro Reformer. It was researched and written in collaboration with students from the Brattleboro Area Middle School. Dr. Wesselhoeft In the 1840’s one in five children born...