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History of Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Journey back in time to Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

(West Brattleboro)

Visit Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

•  1842 - Inmates Publish Newspaper
  The inmates of the Insane Asylum at Brattleboro, Vermont, have commenced the publication of a weekly newspaper, called the Asylum Journal. - They...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1846 - First postage stamp used in America was made in Brattleboro in 1846.
  
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• 1849 Brattleborough
  Windham Co. The surface of the town is considerably broken. A little west of the centre are two elevations called Great and Little Round Mountain....Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Brattleborough
  Brattleborough, a post-township of Windham county, Vermont, on the right bank of Connecticut river, 100 miles S. from Montpelier. A fort, called Fort ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1868 - A cow in West Brattleboro, Vt., recently lost a large portion of her tongue by it being bitten off by a horse standing in an adjoining stall.
  The cow was accustomed to steal the hay of her neighbor, who showed his resentment by depriving the culprit of the "unruly member."
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  February 1, 1868
  
  
•  1871 - Advertised His Wife
  A Brattleboro, Vermont, husband who had posted his wife took it all back. 'Having advertised my wife last week while under the influence of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1873 - Paper Swindle
  At the convention of manufacturers of thin manilla paper, held at Brattleboro, Vermont, a nice little swindle was talked over and condemned. It...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1886 - THE BRIDGE GAVE WAY. A FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR BRATTLEBOROUGH, VT.
  BRATTLEBOROUGH, Vt., Aug. 18. - An accident occurred on the narrow gauge railroad here to-night, in which the engineer of a train and one passenger...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Brooks Library
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• 1895 - Brattleborough
  Brattleborough, a post-village of Windham co., Vt. in Brattleborough township, on the Connecticut River, about 1 mile below the mouth of West River,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Brook's House
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  Bird's-Eye View, North from Mt. Wantastiquet, Brattleboro, Vt.
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  Brattleboro, Vermont
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  Soldier's Monument and Band Stand. Brattleboro, VT.
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  Canal St. School
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  North From Cemetery Hill
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  Main Street, 1905
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  High School, 1907
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  Main Street, 1907
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  Linden Lodge, 1909
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•  1910 - BRATTLEBORO. Fire on Wantastiquet Mountain.
  A fire which started Saturday on Wantastiquet mountain, just across the Connecticut river from Brattleboro, raged all day yesterday and it is not...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  The Mrs. G. W. Hooker residence, Brattleboro, Vt.
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  Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
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  Main Street during the fair, 1910
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  Depot
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  Town Hall and Main Street
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• 1916
  Brattleboro, a post-village of Windham co., Vt., in Brattleboro township (town), on the Connecticut River, about 1 mile below the mouth of the West...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1920 BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY, ONE MAN DROWNED - Flood Carries Iron Structure Down Stream at Brattleboro, Vt.
  BRATTLEBORO, Vt., March 28. - The iron suspension bridge crossing the Connecticut River in this town was swept away by the swift current...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Union Station
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  Naulhaka, Former Home of Rudyard Kipling
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  Main Street
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  Holiday Motel
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