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History From Farther North #4: What a mural can teach about making and repeating history

by Drew Bush | Aug 31, 2021

Among the rich collections at the Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village is a set of panels, removed from the inside of the East Side Restaurant when it was located on East Main Street in...

History From Farther North #3: Recognizing Educator and Innovator Samuel Read Hall

by Drew Bush | Jul 2, 2021

The ways our schools function today were first shaped by the work of educators from Orleans County during the 19th Century. One educator of note, Samuel Read Hall, left his mark on the field of...

History from Farther North #2: Celebrating Mercy Ladd Merrill Twilight

by Drew Bush | Mar 2, 2021

The following biography is a celebration of Mercy Ladd Merrill Twilight, wife to Alexander Lucius Twilight. Click to read Mrs. Twilight's story as told by Mahala Nyberg, our Associate Director of...

History from Farther North #1: The Story of Cyrus Homer

by Drew Bush | Mar 2, 2021

Our first column with The North Star Monthly featured the story of Cryus Homer, a slave of Timothy Hinman who constructed the famed Hinman Settler Road. Click to read Homer's story as told by Mahala...

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Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village

109 Old Stone House Road
Brownington, Vermont 05860
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