HSWC News & Events

Location:  Townshend Town Hall, Route 30. Over the years there have been many farms and businesses that bottled fluid milk for consumers in Windham County and beyond. Neil Pelsue, a former UVM milk marketing economist, will use some of the milk bottles from his collection to tell where and how some of these bottlers served […]

Sponsored by the West River Valley American Legion Post #16 & Auxiliary, the Parade steps off at 10:00 a.m., followed by the Memorial Day ceremony on Newfane Common in front of the County Court House.  In addition to the annual Memorial Day ceremony, the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Civil War Monument will […]

Location: NewBrook Fire Station, Route 30, Newfane You won’t have to ride the West River Railroad’s “36 Miles of Trouble” to enjoy a variety of soups from Brattleboro to South Londonderry. Ten restaurants from the 10 depot towns along the old West River Railroad are bringing them to you. Soup, bread and fixings will be […]

The Irish “Wave” in the Green Mountains Location: Moore Free Library Gallery, 23 West Street, Newfane Beginning in the late 1840s and lasting through the 1860s, thousands of Irish immigrants, escaping the potato famine in their homeland, settled in Vermont. They arrived in the Green Mountain State just as Vermont was undergoing a mini industrial […]

Put on Your Dancing Shoes!  Alan Bills and Friends Square Dance Benefit.  Dover Town Hall, Dover Common.   Put on your dancing shoes and help restore the Newfane Railroad Station!  Alan Bills and his friends will play and call the music, the Historical Society will provide light refreshments.  The $5.00 donation for admission will help […]

American Legion Post #5, Brattleboro. The 25th Annual Convention of the Vermont Railway Historical Society will be held in Brattleboro this year. A presentation on the Historical Society’s Newfane Railroad Station’s restoration project is scheduled for 11:20 a.m.   A full schedule of the weekend’s Convention is available on the Central Vermont Railway Historical Society’s […]

Guilford Welcome Center Donations of baked goods would be welcomed for this annual fund raiser of the Historical Society.   If you’re willing to donate, contact:  info@historicalsocietyofwindhamcounty.org

Don’t cook tonight!  Join us at the 99 Restaurant on Putney Road in Brattleboro between 5 – 9 PM, present your Historical Society coupon to your server and 15% of what you spend will be donated to the Historical Society of Windham County’s Newfane Railroad Station restoration project.  It’s as easy as that!  Coupons will be available […]

Friday, August 28, 2015.  NewBrook Fire Station,  Route 30, Newfane. 5:30  Annual Meeting, 6:00  Pot-Luck, 7:00 Storytelling. All are welcome to the Historical Society of Windham County’s Annual Meeting on Friday, August 28 at the NewBrook Fire Station (Route 30, Newfane). The meeting at 5:30 PM (open to any interested members of the public as […]

Saturday, August 22, 9:00 to 4:00 Fifth Biennial Windham County History Fair Historic Newfane Common Route 30, Newfane Step back in time at the Fifth Biennial Windham County History Fair on Saturday, August 22nd from 9:00 to 4:00. Held on the Historic Newfane Common (Route 30, Newfane), the Fair is a festival of vintage exhibits, […]