by Desmond Peeples | Jan 16, 2020
THE WEST RIVER RAILROAD MUSEUM A Brattleboro Words Trail Site The West River Railroad Museum & J.J. Green’s Diary: Newfane, VT What remains of the West River Railroad is a quiet building in Newfane, the Old Depot, lovingly restored in recent years by...
by Desmond Peeples | Dec 20, 2019
THE HOLSTEIN ASSOCIATION A Brattleboro Words Trail Site The Holstein Association:Downtown Brattleboro Since 1903, the largest dairy breed organization in the world has been headquartered in downtown Brattleboro. Still going strong over 100 years after its founding,...
by Desmond Peeples | Dec 20, 2019
NYE FFARRABAS & C.X. SILVER GALLERY A Brattleboro Words Trail Site Nye Ffarrabas & C.X. Silver Gallery: West Brattleboro Take Brattleboro’s long Western Avenue—you guessed it—westward, toward Marlboro and just before you hit Academy School you’ll pass a white...
by Desmond Peeples | Dec 20, 2019
SAUL BELLOW’S GRAVE A Brattleboro Words Trail Site Saul Bellow: Shir Heharim Cemetery (Morningside), Brattleboro For the last twenty-six years of his life, internationally acclaimed writer Saul Bellow (1915—2005) lived part-time in southern Vermont, enjoying the...
by Desmond Peeples | Dec 20, 2019
FREDERICK DOUGLASS A Brattleboro Words Trail Site Frederick Douglass: Downtown Brattleboro Before and during the Civil War, former slave and black orator Frederick Douglass traveled the speakers’ circuit for the anti-slavery movement. By January 1866, the nation faced...
