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BRIDGEWATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTERS
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INDEX
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Issue #MonthYearArticle TitleAuthorDescription
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28Oct2026From the President Polly TimkenSummary of the season
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28Oct2026The "Nation's Guest" RevisitedBob KancirLafayette's return Visit to Vermont in 2025
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28Oct2026Bridgewater BarnsPolly Timken/John AtwoodDescription and history of Bridgewater old barns
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28Oct2026Atwood FarmJohn AtwoodDescription and history of the barn at 128 Atwood Land.
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28Oct2026Curator's CornerPolly TimkenPhoto of Bridgewater road sign and dishes in the "Pastoral" pattern.
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27April2025From the President Polly TimkenAlice Standish Buell research
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27April2025Curator's CornerPolly Timken/Elisha LeeRuth Maxham Sampler to show at Chaffee Art Center
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27April2025Alice Standish BuellDeborah Haynes/Polly Timken/Elisha LeeBiography of Alice Standish Buell
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27April2025Memories of AliceJohn AtwoodMemories of Alice Standish Buell
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27April2025Bridgewater ProgramsSeason 2025 Programs
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27April2025BHS New Military Website GalleryBob and Sue KancirNew Military page to the Gallery of BHS website
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27April2025Drypoint Printmaking TechniquePolly TimkenHow drypoint technique is used to create images.
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26Oct2024From the President Polly TimkenRemembering Jeannette Sawyer
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26Oct2024Curator's CornerPolly Timken"History of the State of Vermont" by Zadock Thompson
Ruth Maxham Sampler
Lady Esther Products
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26Oct2024The Lady Esther StoryKarole A Thompson MessierHistory of Lady Esther family and Company.
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26Oct20241876 Dedication of the Bridgewater Corners GrangeGlady Adams, Vt StandardCelebration of the opening of the Josselyn Hall as Grange 168
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26Oct2024The "Nation's Guest"Bob KancirLafayette's Visit to Vermont in 1825
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25April2024Remembering Local StoresPolly TimkenImportance of local stores.
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25April2024Vaughan/Crockwell StoreGlady AdamsHistory and photos of Bridgewater Stores
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25April2024Barrows/Cobb StoreGlady AdamsHistory and photos of Bridgewater Stores
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25April2024New England Protective Union StoreGlady AdamsHistory and photos of Bridgewater Stores
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25April2024What is a Protective Union StoreBob KancirHistory of Protective Union Stores
1845-1861
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25April2024Brown/Robinson StoreGlady AdamsHistory and photos of Bridgewater Stores
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25April2024 IGA StoreGlady AdamsHistory and photos of Bridgewater Stores
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25April2024Restoration of Pay TelephonePolly TimkenPayphone from Olmstead Store restored by John Nyblom
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25April2024Bridgewater Fire DepartmentBob KancirBFD submits nonprofit filing. Open house for original fire station
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24Oct2023Asa Jones First Settler of BridgewaterPolly TimkenHistory of Asa Jones and son Abner. Visit with Jones family member.
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24Oct2023Taking Care of Bridgewater CemeteriesChris StevensBHS members work with VOCA on Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
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24Oct2023Diaries of J. Edward CurtissPolly Timken/Elisha LeeBHS received 18 diaries written by J. Edward Curtiss beginning in 1877.
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24Oct2023Cole 8 AutomobileBob KancirHistory of the Cole 8 automobile.
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23April202350th Anniversary of the Bridgewater Raft RaceBob KancirInformation on how the Bridgewater Raft was started.
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23April2023Southern Vermont TelephoneBob Kancir/Jeannette SawyerHistory of the Southern Vermont Telephone founded by W.A. and Nellie Booth Perkins
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23April2023My Grandfather's Visit to the Coolidge HomeEdith Blanchard OsmerEdith and Frank Furnam's dinner with president Coolidge
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23April2023BHS Research RequestBob KancirPainting of the Thompson Home: now Woodbridge Inn, last American Revolution War Pensioner: Esther Sunmer Damon, Holiday Farm, Abner & Mary Woodward
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23April2023Telegram Get to Calvin CoolidgeBob KancirBridgewater's roll in notifying VP Coolidge of President Harding Death. Swearing in by his father Colonel John Coolidge
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23April2023Southern Vermont Telephone Growsnewspaper articlesNewspaper articles
"A Growing Telephone Company: Spirit of the Age: December 11, 1909.
"Dial System at Bridgewater": Vermont Standard: May 19, 1955
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22Oct2022BHS on the MoveChris StevensCellar Holes on Kellogg Lot
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22Oct2022BHS on the MoveChris StevensTour of Shackleton/Thomas Furniture Shop
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22Oct2022BHS on the MoveBob KancirWentworth Coolidge Mansion
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22Oct2022Curator's CornerPolly TimkenSample box of wool donated by Charlie Astbury
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22Oct2022Growing up in Bridgewater CornersWalter HoughtonBridgewater Corners
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22Oct2022Bridgewater Corners SchoolGlady AdamsBridgewater Corners school, District # 6, 1869-1890
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22Oct2022BlacksmithsGlady AdamsGerald and Harold Miner in Bridgewater Corners
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22Oct2022Vaughn's Blacksmith ShopPosterPoster of Vaughn's Blacksmith Shop
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21April2022Maple Leaf FarmBob Kancir/Alice PagliaHistory of Maple Leaf Farm in Bridgewater Corners
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21April2022History of Montague FarmElisha LeeHistory of the Montague Farm in North Bridgewater Road
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21April2022Bassett Family Settlement in BridgewaterJohn AtwoodFamily Genealogy of the Bassetts
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21April2022Silo StylesBob KancirNelson Lee barn and Ernest Bassett barn
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20Oct2021Memories of Living in West BridgewaterTherese (Belisle) FullertonWest Bridgewater 1947-1959,
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19April2021Brief History of the ChainsawJohn and Polly TimkenChainsaws
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19April2021Curator's CornerPolly TimkenJohn Hadleigh donated 1862 journal of Alfred Sargent of Bridgewater Corners
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19April2021Logging in BridgewaterKarole A Thompson MessierLogging
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19April2021Pulpwood River DrivesGlady AdamsLogging
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19April2021Farm Logging in North BridgewaterJohn AtwoodLogging
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18Sept2020Camp Life in North BridgewaterJohn AtwoodBridgewater camps
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18Sept2020Shurtleff CampJennie Shurtleff AmirkiaeeBridgewater camps
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18Sept2020Putnam CampBob Kancir/Audrey PutnamBridgewater camps
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18Sept2020Curator's CornerPolly TimkenPoster of Woolrich Company advertising hunting clothes
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18Sept2020Red's CampLisa Frechette SutterBridgewater camps
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17April2020Bridgewater Historical Society Celebrates 10 yearsJeannette SawyerHistory of BHS
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17April2020Vermont and the 19th AmendmentBob KancirWomen's Suffrage and the right to vote
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17April2020Hand Crank Stamp Canceling MachineBob Kancirmachine located in the Village post office donated by Alice Paglia
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16Nov20191918 Spanish Influenza in how it Affected our AreaJeannette SawyerFlu epidemic
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16Nov2019Chronicling BridgewaterPolly TimkenBob Kirby and Gordon Tuthill's new book
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16Nov2019Welcome Home-WW1 100 years ago Glady AdamsWelcome home for WW1 soldiers
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16Nov2019BHS Receives an AwardPolly Timken"Award of Merit" for our newsletter by Vt Historical Society
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16Nov2019100 birthday celebration for Olive GreenoughJeannette SawyerOlive's birthday party
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16Nov2019Curator's CornerPolly TimkenDocument with a list of pledges for support of a minister at the Congregational Church. Wallet belonging to William Gates.
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15April2019When Bridgewater had a US Army EncampmentColeman HoytCamp on the Hoyt family farm in North Bridgewater
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15April2019Richard E ThompsonHelen ThompsonLife story of Richard Thompson.
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15April2019Camp VailBob KancirTheodore N Vail camp in Lyndon Center Vt where young men were taught farming. 1917
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15April2019Bridgewater WWI Service FlagJeannette SawyerFlag made by Bridgewater Woolen Co. Returned to Bridgewater from Vermont Veterans Militia Museum.
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15April2019Curator's CornerPolly TimkenLarge donation of items from Harlan Booth family.
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14Nov2018Do you Remember the Bridgewater TV CompanyErnest & Nancy KendallHistory of the Bridgewater TV Company.
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14Nov2018Who Was Gladys AdamsTom AdamsStory of Gladys Adams who wrote the history of Bridgewater.
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14Nov2018Electric Utilities in VtGlady AdamsFrom Gladys Adams's book
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14Nov2018Bridgewater Gets TVSondra StevensStevens family installs TV lines.
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13April2018Crazy QuiltsSue KancirHistory of crazy quilts. We have 2 in our collection.
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13April2018Union HallGlady AdamsHistory of Union Hall
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13April2018Things To Do in BridgewaterWalter HoughtonGrowing up in Bridgewater Corners.
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13April2018Tragic 4th of July 1896Glady AdamsExplosion of a canon resulting in three deaths.
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12Nov2017The Bridgewater Library SocietyPolly Timken1801 record book of the library
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12Nov2017History of Bridgewater SchoolsBob KancirStory of the 12 Bridgewater schools
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12Nov2017School MemoriesGlady AdamsNorth Bridgewater School, Kenneth Atwood
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12Nov2017School MemoriesGlady AdamsUpper Dailey Hollow School, Nina Frost
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12Nov2017School MemoriesGlady AdamsRiver Side School, Alice Laskey
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11April2017Sharp ShootersDarrell ThompsonHistory of sharp shooters in Civil War
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11April2017DeAlgeroy ThompsonDarrell ThompsonCivil War soldier
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11April2017Soldier of the 2nd Regiment US Sharp Shooters, Company ESharp Shooters credited to Bridgewater
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11April201710th Mountain DivisionSue KancirHistory of the 10th Mountain Division WWII.
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11April2017Curator's CornerPolly TimkenDeAlgeroy Thompson's Sharps rifle. Civil War
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10Nov2016Holiday FarmWalter HoughtonHoliday Farm 1950s
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10Nov2016House on Bridgewater HillJudy SternsThomas Lamb 1795
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10Nov2016WinningErnest KendallStory of the baseball donated by Linda Kendall Kite. Date on the baseball- May 27th 1934
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10Nov2016Curator's CornerPolly TimkenTypewriter used by Florence Frost used at the Putnam Construction. 1908 automobile map. Shuttle and bobbin for the Bridgewater Mill.
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10Nov2016Ground Observer CorpsWalter HoughtonOperation sky watch 1952