In our latest North Star Monthly column, read about our reflections on Portus Baxter. Portus Baxter was born in Brownington in 1806 and moved to Derby Line at the age of 22. He subsequently built a...
History From Farther North #13: The Untold Power of the Brownington Ladies Sewing Circle
In our latest North Star Monthly column, find out more about Ralph Swett, also known as Chief Spirit Water, who died in November 2020, after losing his battle with cancer hastened by COVID-19. He...
History from Farther North #12: William Barstow Strong’s Lasting Legacy
In our latest North Star Monthly column, find out more about the fierce rivalry between William Jackson Palmer, a Civil War general from a Pennsylvania Quaker family, who founded the Denver and Rio...
History from Farther North #11: National Beer Day and Vermont’s Hops History
Falling midway between April Fool’s Day and Tax Day, each April 7 since 1933 has been commemorated in the United States as National Beer Day, marking the passing of the Cullen-Harrison Act, which...
History From Farther North #10: Encounters with Mary Lyon
Mary Lyon, an unyielding champion of education for girls, founded the nation’s oldest women’s college, which began as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837. Lyon’s educational mission was...