Five Dollars and Jug of Rum
The
History of Grafton, Vermont 1754-2000
224
pages
$24.95 hardcover; $14.95 softcover
Winner of the "Excellence in
Publishing Award" from the American Association of State and
Local Historical Societies.
Vermont Life
magazine called it a "triumph" and "a lively book, filled with
interesting anecdotes.... Unlike many town histories [it] is a
graphic delight, with easy to read text and many illustrations and
photographs."
The John Barrett Store 1816 -
1830
20-page booklet
$2.00
Grafton was a bustling center of commerce in southern
Vermont during the early 1800s. The Barrett Store had 862 customer
accounts during this period, 322 of them coming from surrounding
communities. The names of these customers are listed in the booklet.
Innkeeping In Grafton 100 Years
Ago
20-page booklet
$1.00
The story of Grafton's old Tavern, now celebrating its
200th anniversary, during the 1860's. Guests included Ulysses S.
Grant, campaigning for his first term as President, and Artemus
Ward, Down East humorist and lecturer.
The Grafton Cornet Band
1867 -
1992
20-page booklet
$2.50
Twenty-five photographs enliven this booklet, which
describes the history of Vermont's oldest continuously performing
band.
The Life of a Vermont
Farmer and
Lumberman:
The Diaries of Henry A. Thompson
of Grafton
and Saxtons River
54-page
booklet
$2.00
Thompson began his diary
keeping in 1864 as a lad of seventeen and continued for 69 years.
This booklet gives a unique account of life in Grafton during the
second half of the 19th century.
Releasing Rebecca
An
Exploration of Life, Death and
Gravestone Art in Early Vermont
8-page booklet
$2.00
A
fact-based fictionalized account of Rebecca Park's life and death.
The well-known gravestone by master carver Moses Wright, Jr.
remembers Rebecca and her fourteen children who lie with her in one
of Grafton's oldest cemeteries.
The Grafton Quilt Coloring Book
49 pages — 8 1/2 x 11 size
The drawings in this book are based on the forty-nine
quilt blocks created by Grafton women to commemorate Grafton and
Vermont's Bicentennial in 1991. The drawings are simple, charming,
and encourage creativity.
