Vermont's Island Line Revisited

Past event
Jul 18, 2017, 7 to 9 PM

All aboard at the North Hero Community Hall!
Experience Vermont's famous "Island Line" featuring four drawbridges, three causeways, breathtaking scenery, fascinating interviews and colorful anecdotes from those who lived it. Local historian, radio personality and documentary film specialist James R. "Jim" Jones shares classic films, photos, ephemera and memories of the Islands during and after its sixty year railroad era from 1899 to 1961. All aboard for Burlington, Starr Farm Beach, Colchester, South Hero, Grand Isle, Abnaki, North Hero, Isle La Motte Station, Alburgh and Rouses Point. Old-timers are encouraged to share photographs memories. At vermontmadevideos.com , Jim Jones has created several dozen DVD documentaries featuring Vermont and New York subjects. His wife, Marilee Chiarella Jones, contributes her writing and marketing skills to these labor of love productions. All are available at a special show price of only $10 each, tax included.
This event is free and open to all. Sponsored by the North Hero Public Library and the North Hero Historical Society. For more information, please contact librarian Caroline Korejko at 372-5458.

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