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George Wooster is shown here in his Marshfield office. George, with his brother Frank (known as "The Wooster Boys") started the village store and operated it for 63 years. He also served as postmaster and was a representative in 1879-80.

Michael Trupin remembers summers spent at his Grandmother Mears' house in the village of Marshfield Vermont. He talks about items stored in an old safe, including gold nuggets brought back to Vermont from the California gold rush.This video segment…

When Leola M. Taft completed her elementary course of study in 1914 she received this Certificate of Attainment. The certificate date is June 19th and it is signed by Superintendant Tebbetts, Principal Barrett, and three members of the Board of…

Kathryn Mears Trupin talks about growing up in Marshfield Vermont. Her son Michael joins her to share his own memories of visiting in the summers of his youth. This video segment is a brief clip from the original interview, the first in a series of…

Four men are swimming at Baily Mill Pond in front of the sawmill structures. A jacket hangs from a pole while shoes and clothes are piled on the mill ramp. Logs are stacked on the ground in the distance.

Vermont Game Warden Charles Collett inspects and tags beaver pelts presented by Ralph Evans. Warden Collett is sitting on a Cott's Quality Beverage Crate in the office of Philip White's general store. Evans is wearing his Johnson Woolens plaid coat…

Ralph Evans (at far right) looks on as Anthony Pratico, a fur trader from Rutland, inspects Evans' beaver pelts. Talking with Mr. Evans is old-time fur trader Charlie Silver of Montpelier. The photo was part of an article about the beaver pelt trade…

Goslant Sawmill in Lanesboro is on the right in the foreground. The train tracks of the Montpelier and Wells River Railroad run towards the east and Lansboro Station is in the distance. At the horizon see Owl's Head on left and Spice Mt. on right.

Looking from the west on the Montpelier & Wells River Railroad is the Marshfield Depot showing the first buildings contstructed on the site. A steam boiler is loaded onto the flat car on the left-hand track. A grain tower sits beside the track on the…

Marshfield Village Common, looking east on Main Street with bandstand in foreground. The E.W. Gilman store (originally the Wooster store) is on the right. A covered bridge is in the distance to the left of the bandstand. There are no leaves on the…

Main street, Marshfield, looking east. McCrillis store is visible at left and beyond the store are the barn and house of Homer Carpenter. The unpaved street is lined with electric poles.

Main Street and the Cabot Road looking towards Cabot. Jaquith Library is first building on left. The Ira Bemis house is to the right of the library. L. Knowles of Cabot is driving the Cabot Stage, with his horses kicking up dust on the unpaved road.…