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Our grand opening of the West River Railroad Museum was a great success. Here’s a video slideshow from the event.

Saturday, October 14 — 12:00PM Grand opening of the West River Railroad Museum Newfane Railroad Station, Cemetery Hill Road, Newfane The Historical Society of Windham County is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of the West River Railroad Museum on Saturday, October 14, 2017. The day will begin with a ribbon cutting at Noon, followed […]

Friday, August 25 — 5:30PM HSWC Annual Meeting, Pot-Luck, and Storytelling NewBrook Fire Station, Route 30, Newfane 5:30  Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of Windham County 6:00  Pot-Luck — Bring a dish to share.  Drinks provided. 7:00  Windham County residents tell stories of days gone by:  Alan and Everett Bills of Wardsboro, Bill Toomey […]

Saturday, August 19 —  9:00 to 4:00 Sixth Biennial Windham County History Fair Historic Newfane Common, Route 30, Newfane Step back in time at the Sixth Biennial Windham County History Fair on Saturday, August 19th from 9:00 to 4:00.  Held on the Historic Newfane Common (Route 30, Newfane), the Fair is a festival of vintage exhibits, […]

Wednesday, June 21 — 7:00PM Union Hall, Newfane Village Many of us have enjoyed the old photographs from the Porter Thayer collection over the years, but this will be the first time many of these photographs will be viewed in modern times.  Bill Thayer has loaned the photo committee of the Wardsboro History Group hundreds […]

Thursday, October 30 at 7:00PM Moore Free Library, West Street, Newfane The History of Wildlife in Vermont Kim Royar, Special Assistant to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner From early bounties on wolves, mountain lions, and bobcats, to the land clearing resulting from the sheep boom in the early 1800’s, changes in Vermont’s laws and […]

Bring a friend! Admission is free and open to the public for all programs of the Historical Society. Stay tuned for details…. Friday, August 15 at 5:00 p.m. NewBrook Fire Station , Route 30, Newfane

Richard Michelman is a Brattleboro native and the co-author of Before Our Time, A Pictorial Memoir of Brattleboro 1830-1930. Raised in Brattleboro, Richard taught social studies in the Brattleboro school system. His interest in history and antiques started as a teenager and became a life-long avocation, attending and working at auctions, performing appraisals and sharing his knowledge as […]