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The eastern end of what we now call Memorial Drive was a hub of industrial activity in the late nineteenth century. Winooski Avenue, as it was known, was part of Berlin until 1899 when the area was annexed by Montpelier. It was a dirt road lined…

The Twin City Motel on the Barre-Montpelier Road, soon to be acquired by the Good Samaritan Haven, is a well-maintained example of Vermont’s early tourist infrastructure. Located on a busy country road between two cities, this stop provided gas,…

Men on a dirt road with various tools on horse drawn carts.

Three children holding their pets. Austin and Virginia Brown both have a cat, while Millard Bosworth appears to be holding a turkey.

View of the Barre-Montpelier Road looking east toward Barre from the approximate location of today's Burger King at 1331 Barre-Montpelier Road. The stacked lumber is near where a large building that houses the Vermont Lottery Commission and Express…

Benjamin Falls from its base. Benjamin Falls consists of several sheer falls such as the one in this photo with rapids flowing over the rocks between them. It starts at the outlet dam that forms the reservoir at Montpelier’s filtration plant on…

Child sitting in an old wooden sled atop a snowdrift next to some stone steps.

Child sitting in an old wooden sled at the base of stone steps.

George R. Bosworth sitting at a desk, holding a mechanism for a clock. Various clockmaking tools are on the desk.

Portrait of George R. Bosworth, circa 1910.

Farm with a rail fence in the foreground. This farm was the Levi Bailey farm located in Berlin on the road now (as of 2022) named Paine Turnpike North. It stood on the opposite side of the road, a short distance north of where the Montpelier water…

A stone wall and a wooden fence with some farm buildings in the distance.