Middlebury’s Center Schoolhouse – Part III of III
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
Following the death of Elise Hamilton (Myers) Bristol (b. 1879) in 1924, her husband, Professor William Henry Bristol (1859-1930), ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury’s Center Schoolhouse – Part II of III
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
John Howard Whittemore’s offer to build a new Center School was part of a larger plan for Middlebury Center. It was he who had ... Continue Reading →
Many artists lived here
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
Middlebury has been the home to many artists, including painters, writers, composers, sculptors, craftspeople and poets. The Middlebury Historical ... Continue Reading →
The Benham twins
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
During and following the Civil War, great interest arose in personal health awareness. The War uncovered a great need for citizens to pay greater ... Continue Reading →
Memorial Day events return
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By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
Last year, when May rolled around we were into the second month of COVID-19 restrictions, and almost all the town’s traditional Memorial ... Continue Reading →
Family donates sampler to MHS
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
The Middlebury Historical Society (MHS), with great gratitude, recently accepted a sampler from Douglas Clark, his sister, Martha C. Clark, and ... Continue Reading →
Job Oviatt: Middlebury Revolutionary War Hero
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
He had a “tall, straight form, and long, gray hair, his wife, almost as tall, and equally straight, following Indian file, about ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury once primarily agricultural
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By NATE DEXTER
From the very origins of our town’s history in 1807, when Middlebury separated from Waterbury and parts of other towns, agriculture was part ... Continue Reading →
MLT offers to purchase Nichols Road property
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By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
The Middlebury Land Trust has offered to purchase the town’s 134-acre Nichols Road property for $225,000. Town attorney Dana D’Angelo ... Continue Reading →
It Happened in Middlebury – Fenn family has long history here
By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
The Fenn family has lived in Middlebury since the late 1700s, when Samuel (ca. 1766-1852) and Concurrence (Miles) (ca. 1770-1848) Fenn bought property on the ... Continue Reading →
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