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Shoreham, VT 05770
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Society News

Winter 2009-2010

Winter has set in and the Fort Ti Ferry is still running for the first time in its history due to the closure of the Lake Champlain bridge. There are bubblers running across the lake on each side of the ferry route.

The Newton Academy Restoration Corporation has secured a Village Revitalization Grant For $100,000. This will go a long way in getting the foundation repaired and the auditorium in good enough shape for public use. We are hoping to raise enough money to finish the interior for the building's 200th birthday next year. We are now a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization. Any donations are tax deductible and can be sent to the Newton Academy Restoration Corporation, 1342 Smith Street, Shoreham, VT 05770. Our projected plans call for the building to be used as a community center.

Programs 2009

"All programs will take place at the Old Stone Schoolhouse at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

  • March 4 - Organizational Meeting - Dinner at 6:00 p.m. at the Shoreham Inn (reservations required)

  • April 1 - Adam Boyce "Sprightly Steps" Vermont's Contra & Square Dance Tradition

  • May 6 - David Winestock "Poetry of Vermont"

  • June 3 - Naima Wade "The Daisy Turner Story in Person"

  • July 1 - Work session at St. Genevieve's Cemetery transcribing the stones.

  • Aug 5 - Don Wickman "Life in Camp on Mount Independence"

  • Sept 2 - Margaret Sunderland "The Wagon Train from Bridport to Galesburg, IL"

  • Oct 7 - Helene Lang "Dorothy Canfield Fisher - A Vermonter for the World"

  • Nov 4 - Adam Kane "Shipwrecks on Lake Champlain"

  • Dec 9 - Potluck Christmas Dinner 6:00 p.m. at the Shoreham Inn (reservations required)

    Photographs

    Cemeteries

    

  • Village Cemetery
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  • Lakeview Cemetery
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  • St. Genevieve Cemetery
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  • Ames-Wright Community Cemetery
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  • Jenison Cemetery
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  • East Shoreham Cemetery
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  • The Atwood Yard
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  • The Callender Yard
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  • All Saints Cemetery

  • The Russell Yard
    		• Boneyard Map 250Hx250W

    Some Links of Interest

    Town of Shoreham - up to date town information, calendar and links to town organizations
    Newton Academy Restoration - information on restoration progress, donations & volunteering
    Vermont Historical Society - all Vermont History, and links to other local societies
    Addison Railroad Historical Society - the Addison Branch of the Rutland RR
    A fascinating site with a full history of the branch line of the Rutland Railroad that ran through the towns of Whiting, Shoreham, and Orwell, before crossing Lake Champlain to New York. Excellent photo gallery. See a map of the Addison Branch.
    Remembering the Rutland - the Rutland Railroad Historical Society

    Publications About Shoreham

    In Print:
    Shoreham - the Town and Its People - an updating of the Goodhue classic
    A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont - 1992 Supplement
    The Historic Architecture of Addison County - published by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation in 1992.
    Out of Print, but worth finding:
    A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont - MacIntire & Witherell 1984
    History of the Town of Shoreham         - authored by Rev. Josiah F. Goodhue 1861

    Other Stuff

    The Town Charter
    1790 Census Data for Shoreham and Surrounding Towns- Heads of households and size of families.
    A Map of the Town
    Compiled from a USGS topographic map of 1902 with names of residents taken from the Beers Map of 1871

    People to Contact

    For information on the Society or the Museum contact:
    Susan H. MacIntire
    P.O.Box 235
    Shoreham VT 05770-0235
    Phone: (802)897-2600
    e-mail:Sue MacIntire