We have recently added over 900 school reports of individual students that attended Central School, East Poultney School, Red School # 3, North Poultney School, The Lake School, and South Poultney School. These reports, spanning the years 1910-1936, include information such as the nationality of the student’s parents and their occupations, residence, teachers through the […]
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East Poultney Day’s Grand Prize – $200 Amtrak Gift Certificate!
That’s right folks; the grand prize winner of this year’s East Poultney Day raffle will receive an Amtrak gift certificate worth $200, which is comparable to a roundtrip ticket for 2 adults from Castleton, VT to Montreal, Canada! So come to East Poultney Day to learn about the history of transportation in Vermont, see our […]
Poultney Model Train Video
Come to East Poultney Day on August 11th from 9am-3pm and see our new Model Train Exhibit up and running! The exhibit will feature a running model of the D&H Railroad as the train makes its way past a slate quarry, over the Poultney River, and straight through the center of Main Street.
“Poultney: Our Community in Words and Images”
In the Feick Art Center at Green Mountain College, the exhibition features photographs by the GMC students along with historic photographs of Poultney and an intriguing and curious selection of agricultural, domestic and industrial objects on loan from the Poultney Historical Society.
D&H Model Train Arrives at Poultney Historical Society
The late Milt McWithey, a Poultney native and model train enthusiast, built a model of the D&H Bridge line covering Castleton and Poultney VT to…
1928 – Green Mountain Singers
To see the original article, click the thumbnail below: August 17th, 1928, The Poultney Journal
1929 – “Local Storekeeper Thwarts Attempted Hold-Up”
July 5th, 1929, The Poultney Journal: Click the thumbnail below to view the original article in The Poultney Journal!
1906 – Amateur Burglary in Poultney Shoe Store!
April 6, 1906, The Poultney Journal –
“Poultney Remembers” Lecture Series was a Success MapleFest Weekend!
The Poultney Historical Society received a great turnout at The Meeting House for Poultney’s Maplefest celebration on Saturday, March 25th. At 1:00pm, Green Mountain College students presented…
1906 – “The Holy City” at the Poultney Opera House
March 30th, 1906, The Poultney Journal – (Click the thumbnail to the left of this paragraph to see the original full page article!)