This weekend, history and music fans have the very unusual opportunity to hear music from the Waterford, Vermont, family of Euclid Williams, recreated by contemporary folk and bluegrass band UnCommon Folk, on Saturday June 18 at 6:30 at the Lower Waterford Community Church (across from the Rabbit Hill Inn, in Waterford, Vermont) -- see preceding post.
And for the rest of the weekend, why not visit the Vermont History Expo in Tunbridge, Vermont? This stunning exposition of all things historical, intriguing, and fun is a family event that takes place once every two years. I'll be there with a group of fellow Vermont authors, and I'll be presenting at 4 pm on Saturday "Myth, Legend, and Wild Truths of 15-Mile-Falls" -- which is of course the section of the Connecticut River that includes the Moore Dam reservoir at Waterford today.
Here's the handout for my talk, so you can get a bit of the flavor! Hope to see you at the Expo.
TRUE OR FALSE?
In 1840, it was impossible to take a boat up the last
one-third of Vermont’s Connecticut River.
TRUE FALSE
Fifteen Mile Falls was a killer stretch of the Connecticut
River, and “spiked boots” tied to trees at the edge proved it. TRUE FALSE
Nobody ever rode a log through Fifteen Mile Falls and
survived to tell the tale. TRUE FALSE
Loggers ate the best food on the river! TRUE FALSE
George Van Dyke was a wicked, stingy man who stripped the
boots from his own loggers’ feet after the log drive. TRUE FALSE
George Van Dyke’s death caused the end of the Connecticut
River logging days. TRUE FALSE
To buy land along Fifteen Mile Falls, the power company
threatened residents to make them sell out.
TRUE FALSE
There are bodies of dead men in the cement foundations of
Comerford Dam on Fifteen Mile Falls. TRUE
FALSE
The men who built the Comerford Dam wooed away the “local
girls” and caused fights with local men. TRUE
FALSE
If you go boating behind the Comerford Dam, you can look
into the water and see the remains of the drowned town. TRUE FALSE
very nice
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