NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

Journalists Provide a Window to the Past

These articles offer a look at people and events as they were seen by people at the time.

A RARE COLLECTION, Levi Hazen’s Private Museum at West Hartford is One of the Largest and Best in New England. Randolph Herald and News, July 29, 1897. Provides a detailed description of a vast collection of rocks, fossils, Abenaki artifacts, and other items.

Letter from Alex Davis to A.A. Earle. Orleans Independent Standard, August 5, 1864. Alex Davis provides a firsthand look at the siege of Petersburg, VA by Union troops under General Grant. After the war, Captain Davis lived in White River Junction for many years and spoke frequently about his wartime experiences. He is the father of Dr. Ozora Stearns Davis who Alex named after his commanding officer.

BOGLE BROTHERS JEWELRY
From the Windsor County Business Directory, 1891. C.C. Bogle started in the family jewelry store in Brattleboro and later opened a store in White River Junction where he was joined by his brother B.L. Bogle.

Letter from Camilla Ware to William Lloyd Garrison
Pomfret, VT July 11, 1838. Camilla Ware thanks Mr. Garrison for printing an obituary for her father Jonathan Ware in his newspaper, The Liberator. She refers to current political issues and mentions having met Mr. Garrison and his family.

Early Life of the Medical Men. Dr. Abel Howard of Pomfret Healed the Sick and Did Other Work
Concerning Windsor County history of the Colonial period, the Vermont Journal has received the following from C.H. Cutts Howard of Beebe, AR. Brief description of the short but promising life of a physician in the early 1800s.

The Wrong Rail in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: The 1887 West Hartford Bridge Disaster
Detailed article by J.A. Ferguson from the Vermont Historical Society.

A Prehistoric Archaeological Inventory of the Upper Connecticut River Valley
Notes on visits to sites by Daniel F. Cassedy in 1991.

The Church of Christ of Dartmouth College in its North Hartford Branch
Article by Kate Morris Cone in the Vermont Antiquarian.