Waterford, Vermont, History: Lower Waterford School, 1909: Families of the Village

Monday, February 17, 2020

Lower Waterford School, 1909: Families of the Village

What could you donate to the Waterford Historical Society that would help describe Waterford a century ago -- or today? This item was found during the January 2020 archives work session (click on the photo to see it clearly):

Bullock, Dodge, Goss, Hale, Hemingway, Morrison, Ross, Smith, Wright -- most of these are still names you may come across in Lower Waterford families today. This is a colorful "souvenir" of the summer term that ended July 1, 1909, a good reminder that school terms were far different when they needed to allow for agriculture.

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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.

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Monday, February 17, 2020

Lower Waterford School, 1909: Families of the Village

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