Past Good Reads
Here are some good reads from past issues of the Newsletter chosen by our members. Click on the image of the newsletter or use the link in the caption below to read a web-published version of the story.
From May 1999An article in the May 1999 issue celebrated the 100th anniversary or the former Episcopal Chapel, which had been converted into the town library in 1979. This year marks the move of the library into a new and larger church. Read the story.
From April/May 1991In 1991 the Fenton Farm was designated a "Bicentennial Farm" by the State of Vermont, as one of the oldest continually operating farms in the state. Read the story.
From June 1990The headstone and footstone of Henry Burnham who died in 1790 were discovered during restoration work on the Old Cemetery. They are the oldest stones in the cemetery. Read the story.
From September 2018In a letter to the Poultney Journal from January 1886, Judge O. L. Ray reminisces about events and personalities when he was an 18 year old in Middletown. Read the story.
From March 1997The MSHS Collection includes records and ephemera of the Fortnightly Club, the subject of this issue’s lead article Celebrating a Century of Sisterhood. Read the story.
From January-February 1991The story of the move to restore the Leffingwell Tin Shop. Read the story.
From February 2001Roland van Guilder shares memories of farm life in Middletown Springs in the 1930s. Read the Story
From September 2012Jon Mathewson writes about discovering the lost 50s-era ski area in Burnham Hollow. Read the Story
From September 2020The story of a 1979 independent horror movie filmed in Middletown Springs. Read the Story
