The Brattleboro Historical Society Podcast

Clarina Nichols was an advocate for human rights. She published a local newspaper in the mid-1800's. Here's her story...

In 1972 a freight train bound for Brattleboro was struck by another train. Local men Harold Bullard and Harold Green were killed in the crash. Here's the story...

Beginning May 4 the Black Lives Matter flag will fly under the American flag at BAMS, BUHS and the Career Center. Here's the story...

North of us is the Upper Valley, south of us is the Pioneer Valley. We thought this stretch of valley between Bellows Falls and the Massachusetts border needed a name as well. Here's our recommendation...

Harry Frost was the engineer on the last steam train to pull into Brattleboro. Here's the story...

"Ernie Johnson pitched in the World Series and defeated the Yankees. Here's his story..."

New England is known for saltbox and cape-style houses. How did three octagon-shaped houses end up in Brattleboro? Here's the story...

The bronze "Spirit of Life" statue in the window of the Brooks Library Reading Room is a distant cousin to the statue of Lincoln in Washington D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial. Here's the story...

Lucy Stone was a famous abolitionist and suffragist who was a good friend of Clarina Nichols. She spoke in Brattleboro on numerous occasions. Here is her story...

Elizabeth Thompson's compassion for the working women of Brattleboro in the 1860's has continued to impact our community today...

Emma Bailey moved to Brattleboro in the mid 1940's and needed an income to support her family. What she did next was unheard of at the time...

Brattleboro stopped having Town Meetings in 1960. Representative Town Meetings have taken their place. Here's the story of how our Town Offices have moved over the years...

A mob showed up outside an Elliot Street chapel in 1837, the rioters blasted cannons, banged on pans and did whatever they could to disrupt the meeting inside. Here's the story...

In 1918 a new strain of flu devastated the world. Here's what happened in Brattleboro...

This week Turner, an 8th grader at BAMS, explains how Harris Hill gets covered in snow...

The Winged Trophy has been the prize of the Harris Hill Ski Jump for 95 years. Here's the story of the five who have retired the trophy, including Brattleboro's Hugh Barber...

Many believe slavery was never allowed in Vermont. Royall Tyler's time as Vt. Supreme Court Justice tells another story... The most “respectable” and well-to-do Vermont residents brazenly engaged in the support of slavery in our state. In this week’s show we hear the story of Brattleboro’s Royall Tyler, a judge whose outrageous ruling, in the case of an enslaved Windsor woman, betrayed the tenor o...

Cynthia Wright 1951 Valedictorian and an excerpt from her yearbook essay.

Rev. Lewis Grout lived in Africa for fifteen years. While New England and Zulu cultures were very different from one another, he found value in both. Here's his story...

JJ Green was the Newfane Stationmaster of the West River Railroad and did not survive the 1886 bridge collapse in Brattleboro. Here's the story...

In the 1960's Southern Vermont's UVM Extension Agent declared Pages Ice Cream the best in the state. Steven Page reveals the family secrets...

Famous author Mary Wilkins grew up in Brattleboro. Here she reflects on the wonder of our town's natural world...

145 years ago, on Christmas Eve, the ghost of Charles Dickens visited Brattleboro. Here's the story...

Page's Ice Cream operated within the Page family for almost 30 years. Here's the story of Brattleboro's favorite Dairy Bar...

Brattleboro has a history of strong, independent women. Here's the story of Evelyn Harris. She was an adventurer whose life was cut short...