Middlebury History Articles
Most of the following articles, written by Dr. Robert L. Rafford, originally appeared in the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer newspaper. Other authors are noted. These links take you to the webpage of the Bee-Intelligencer newspaper, Marj Needham, editor.
People – Places – Businesses – Organizations, schools, churches –Transportation – Structures – Rochambeau – Military
People
Harris Whittemore Jr. and the First New England Airline
Outstanding and Noteworthy Personalities of Middlebury
Civil War and the Bronson Family
The Wooster Middlebury Apple Cider Mill
Middlebury’s African-American and Native American residents
The Rev. Nathaniel Smith Richardson
Hill Families served Middlebury
Job Oviatt: Middlebury Revolutionary War Hero
Steinmanns developed Westview Heights Subdivision
The Story of Chauncey Judd, Part II
The Story of Chauncey Judd – Conclusion
Places
The Rochambeau Monument of Middlebury
Middlebury Land Trust Offers to Purchase Peck-Nichols House, by Marjorie Needham
The Story Behind Lake Elise by Janine Sullivan-Wiley
Businesses
Harris Whittemore Jr. and the First New England Airline
The Wooster Middlebury Apple Cider Mill
Diamond Match Company once locate here
Blacksmiths were once indispensable, Part I
Middlebury Farms; We were once agricultural, by Nate Dexter
Middlebury farm dates to 1800s, by Nate Dexter
United States Time and Timex – Part I of II
Blacksmiths were once indispensable, Part II
U.S. Rubber & Uniroyal in Middlebury – Part I
U. S. Rubber & Uniroyal in Middlebury – Part II
Organizations, schools, churches
School chalk boards, by Agnes C. Lutes
Early Years of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department
Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department – Part III
Middlebury’s Religious Institutions – Part I
Middlebury’s Religious Institutions – Part II
Middlebury Police Department – Part I
Middlebury Hunt started in 1945 by Nate Dexter
Transportation
Harris Whittemore Jr. and the First New England Airline
Trains once traveled here – Part I
Trains once traveled here – Part II
Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part I
Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part II, by Dr. Robert L. Rafford
Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part III
Structures
Military
Civil War and the Bronson Family
Remembering Middlebury’s WWI Veterans
Job Oviatt: Middlebury Revolutionary War Hero
Middlebury in the Civil War – Part I
Middlebury in the Civil War – Part II
Rochambeau
Rochambeau’s Visit to Middlebury
The Rochambeau Monument of Middlebury
Click Here for a Chronological List of Historical Articles from 2016 to the Present.
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