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…
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“Poultney Remembers” Lecture Series continues on Sunday, March 12th at 2pm
“A Proper and Reputable Occupation: Young Vermont Women and Teaching in the 19th Century” will look at rural teaching in the years after the Civil War…
Slate Sentinel project complete with installation of two stones
Poultney has completed a project that recognizes the importance of Vermont slate to the generations of families who have…
Historical Society wins prize in July 4th Parade
The Poultney Historical Society float departed from East Poultney on July 4th with a farmer sweating over work on a shaving horse and…
East Poultney Day Beats the Rain!
We were very lucky to celebrate this year’s East Poultney Day on August 13th with the theme Democracy in Poultney despite the gloomy forecast of torrential rain and heavy flooding! Pastor Todd helped save the day by opening up the United Baptist Church on the Green for all East Poultney Day goers and vendors in case […]
Old Stone Church Donated to the Community
by Emily Cutts — Rutland Herald, Nov. 20, 2015 The lively, impromptu piano duet played Wednesday evening in the Old Stone Church on East Main Street in Poultney was just a glimpse of what the future may hold for the building. Formerly the Fox Hill Center for the Arts, the building was donated to the […]
The Silent Friend Slate Project begins
Slate, and the generations of Vermont families whose lives have been connected to it, created deep roots in the State as early as the mid-19th century. A project underway in Poultney is designed to revitalize Vermont’s rich slate history and pay tribute to the workers and the industry long uncelebrated in this state. At the same […]
Poultney VT: Watch our story on DVD!
The new DVD “A Tour of Two Villages: Poultney Village” is now available for purchase! You can order through The Store on this website, at the Original Vermont Store on Main St., Poultney and at the East Poultney General Store, on the East Poultney green. Narrated by Willem Lange, Vermont Public Radio’s famous storyteller, this popular video […]
Vermont’s Slate Industry
Vermont’s slate industry transformed Poultney in the last half of the 19th century. An agrarian community populated principally by Yankees …read more
Poultney Walking and Driving Tours
The Society has won two awards for its historical Audio Walking and Driving Tours of Poultney hosted by Vermont’s master storyteller Willem Lange.