Old Vermont
Sometimes I’m unsure what to write. So I write what I find interesting. Unknown to many today, there are two Vermonts. All are aware of the Vermont we live in today. However, very few know that old Vermont is still … Continued
Ron Patch
Sugaring in the old days
I met many farmers when buying antiques in the 70s. Visiting a farmer on antiques business had to wait ‘til between seasons. Spring was planting crops, summer haying, and harvest in the fall. Don’t bother them then, I learned. This … Continued
Jack T. Lindgren at Arlington National Cemetery 🇺🇸
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – First Lieutenant Jack T. Lindgren, United States Army, was laid to rest on Feb. 27, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery with family and friends in attendance. He was the oldest child of Ted and Florence Lindgren’s … Continued
Winters of old
When I was a boy in the late 1950s, winters were much harder than today. Mountains of snow accumulated around our kitchen door entrance. Snow would slide off our slate roof. Add to that, the path we shoveled to our … Continued
Epitaphs
The epitaphs I include below some will find interesting. Who compiled these epitaphs, I do not know. They are in a handmade, make-do book, and written in old ink. It dates to 1903. The keeper of this book did not … Continued
Did you know?
In my 50-plus years buying antiques from private homes, I met many old Vermonters. Some of these old Vermonters knew things now long forgotten. Below I give a few examples: Quilts It was probably 45 years ago, I was … Continued
Happy birthday Paul
While this isn’t a real local, local history, it is close by, and it is a story of us. Stories like this were repeated countless times in many small Vermont, New Hampshire, and western Massachusetts towns. Remember Iry? Most readers … Continued
One Saturday morning
This past Saturday, Feb. 11, was an interesting morning here at the Patch Ranch. It was about 7:45 a.m. when I noticed something at the edge of the woods. I watched a deer come out into the field. This isn’t … Continued
Pigs is pigs
As most of you know, I collect old postcards. In Chester our postcard photographer was Charles Wellman. His studio was the small place next to the library. Obviously I look for his cards. Harry Chapman was the Windham photographer. Wellman … Continued
Sugaring in the old days
Well here we are in February. When I was a boy, an optimist’s sign of spring was when sap buckets appeared in February. Of course winters were much colder then with mountains of snow. Danny Clemons did some sugaring when … Continued