Brattleboro Historical Society Podcast

For more than 10 years the town debated whether to create a road on Cave Bank, (now known as Union Hill). This is the story of how it came about...

In 1859 a slave-owning cotton dealer from New Orleans financed the building of a summer mansion at the top of Green and High Streets The property would later become the Crowell Lot. Here's the story...

Wantastegok is the Abenaki name for this place, Wantastiquet is the Anglicized word that emerged as Brattleboro grew in the first half of the 1800's...here's the story...

Vermont began a sales tax in 1969. The eastern border towns have struggled since then...

In 1859 Isaac Hines purchased approximately 30 acres of land. This led to a housing development and water system for the East Village. Here's the story...

For approximately 10 years the local high school yearbook included a "Talking Page" 45 rpm record of highlights. We share some of the similarities between the recordings from the 50's and 60's.

In this recording the September 11th attack on the US is remembered by local residents...

The Smith cousins began a local student newspaper in 1888. High School news continued to be distributed in local papers into the 1960's. Here's the story...

The story of 17 year old Winifred Hadley and her monument at Prospect Hill Cemetery

At 82 years old, Jack Dunham's story is rooted in Brattleboro, where he lived for 65 years. Though he now bills himself under the straightforward banner, "Music By Jack" his musical identity was forged as a drummer and singer in local 1950's and 1960's Rock N Roll bands. Here's the story...