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 […]
HSWC News & Events
Friday, August 28, Annual Meeting, Pot-Luck & Stories of Days Past
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, Windham County History Fair!
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, […]
Thursday, June 18, The View from Table Rock
Date: Thursday, June 18, Time: 7:00 p.m. The View from Table Rock – a film and presentation. Place: Williamsville Hall in Williamsville. Co-sponsored by the Historical Society of Windham County and the Williamsville Hall Committee. Guided by two antique Bird’s Eye View lithographs depicting Bellows Falls in the 1800s, videographer Lyle Sorensen explores the past and […]
Thursday, April 23: Remembering: Days Gone By Through the Lens of Porter Thayer
Date: Thursday, April 23. Time: 7:00p.m. Place: Williamsville Hall, Williamsville. “Remembering: Days Gone By Through the Lens of Porter Thayer” Photographs and oral histories are windows into the past before motion pictures. Newfane resident, orchardist, and photographer Porter Thayer captured local life in Windham County one hundred years ago, and his collection has been well preserved. […]
Sunday, March 29, 2015: Super Soup Supper & Silent Auction Fundraiser
Date: Sunday, March 29. Time: 4:00 – 6:00 Place: NewBrook Firehouse, VT Route 30, Newfane. You won’t have to ride the 36 Miles of Trouble to sample homemade soups from all the train stops up the West River Valley Railroad line. They are all coming to you: The Whetsone Station in Brattleboro, The Top of the […]
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 History of the West River Railroad
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Place: NewBrook Fire Station, Route 30, Newfane Time: 6:00 Reception, 6:45: Music by Gene Morrison, 7:00 The History of the West River Railroad by Glenn Annis The Historical Society of Windham County cordially invites you to a reception and celebration of its purchase of the Old Newfane Railroad Station and […]
October 30 – The History of Wildlife in Vermont
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 […]
August 15 – HSWC Annual Meeting, Pot-Luck, and Story-telling
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
Sept 28 – Special Program with Richard Michelman
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 […]