Brattleboro is recognized nationally as a small town with a big history of all things words – writing, books, printing and publishing – and the legacy continues today. Explore and learn about ‘America’s most storied small town’ with the free, self-guided Brattleboro Words Trail app.
Brattleboro is recognized nationally as a small town with a big history of all things words – writing, books, printing and publishing – and the legacy continues today. From native Abenaki stories, the trailblazing Estey Organ Company, the famous watercures and Rudyard Kipling to way too many ‘firsts’ to list here, you can explore and learn about ‘America’s most storied small town’ with the free, self-guided Brattleboro Words Trail app.
Grab a beautiful ‘Brattleboro Words Trail’ map at various downtown locations including the Brooks Library and the Chamber of Commerce.
Listen to a Vermont Public Radio story about the Trail.
“The Brattleboro Words Trail provides a true model of how communities can come together to explore the hidden histories that often exist in plain sight,” says Trail Advisory Board member Shanta Lee Gander, who produced an audio segment and wrote a Print Town chapter on Guilford’s Lucy Terry Prince, the nation’s first African American poet.
“In harnessing its community’s creativity to tell the diverse and entertaining stories that make this town a nationally significant literary hub, the Brattleboro Words Trail is an exceptional resource and attraction for tourists and locals alike, offering multiple destinations around an intriguing central theme for those who seek a unique Vermont experience.”
Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing Heather Pelham
Click above to watch a 2 hour video about the Words Trail launch.