Waterford, Vermont, History: July 2016

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Union Baptist Church Celebrates "100 Years of God's Faithfulness"

How big is 100 years of history? The timeline created by Tanya (Ribble) Powers at the Union Baptist Church for this weekend's celebration of the Waterford/St. Johnsbury congregation takes up more than 70 feet of wall space ... Here, photos that give some feel for the amazing project, which combines the church milestones (upper panels) with town, regional, state, and national ones, from the 1700s to today. Click on individual images for more detail.

Stories and History of Waterford, Vermont, Chartered Nov. 9, 1780

"The Town of Waterford is located in the southeastern part of Caledonia County, Vermont. It is bounded on the north-east by Concord, on the south by the southerly half of so-called Fifteen Mile Falls or rapids of the Connecticut River, on the southwest by Barnet, and on the northwest by St. Johnsbury.

"The Passumpsic River flows across the western corner of town; Stiles Pond is located in the northern part of the town. Its outlet flows into the Moose River in St. Johnsbury.

"At a meeting of the Governor and Council on Thursday, November 9th, 1780, a charter was granted to Benjamin Whipple and sixty-five associates as proprietors of the Township of Littleton [name would change to Waterford in 1797], the 43rd in the state and the second in Caledonia County, [the town of] Groton being one day older.

"The exact date of settlement is unknown but there is reliable evidence that James Adams was in town as early as 1783. Other settlers were John and James Wood, who settled near Passumpsic in 1782 or '85; and the Pike brothers, (Daniel and Nathan), Jonathan Hutchinson and Luther Knight who came from Royalston, Mass., in 1792 and settled in the eastern part of the town. The first settler in West Waterford was Amasa Hastings." -- From A VERMONT VILLAGE by Dr. C. E. Harris, circa 1942.

Waterford, Vermont, History

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Union Baptist Church Celebrates "100 Years of God's Faithfulness"

Friday, July 1, 2016

The Memory Garden at the Lower Waterford Community Church: More Photos

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