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History Corner: An Unremembered Montpelier Writer and Activist

July 25, 2026

Once a nationally known reformer, Montpelier-born Angelia Louise French Thurston Newman devoted her life to education, missionary work, prison reform, and aiding women escaping polygamy.…

History Corner: Lawless Days in Early Montpelier

April 16, 2024

by Carla Occaso

The settlement of Montpelier went through huge changes between the first white encampments of the 1780s and the early 1800s. After that, it became…

History Corner: Montpelier’s Clairvoyant Physician

March 19, 2024

by Carla Occaso

During the Civil War era, an unusual but renowned female medical doctor lived in Montpelier. She was perhaps the second most prominent female doctor…

History Corner: Bits About Plainfield’s Early Settlers

February 21, 2024

by Carla Occaso

Baxter Bancroft resided in Plainfield longer than any other — 84 years (by 1882) — per an entry in volume IV of the Vermont…

Montpelier’s Military Hero; America’s First Celebrity

February 21, 2024

by sarah and Linda Radtke

From time to time, the American public latches onto a military leader who brought victory in a current war or engagement. Generals Grant and…

Two Bridges in the Heart of Montpelier

January 24, 2024

by Paul Carnahan

This holiday season Montpelier Alive covered the Langdon Street Bridge with small white lights and illuminated the North Branch flowing under it with blue…