THE VILLAGE OF NORTH FERRISBURGH -1762- 2021
Jean Richardson and Silas Towler will present some highlights about the History of the Village of North Ferrisburgh on Sunday November 14 at 2: 00pm, in the Ferrisburgh Town Hall Community Center. Ferrisburgh Historical Society is hosting this event.
The North Ferrisburgh Village provides a classic example of an early Vermont settlement at the junction of the waterfalls on Lewis Creek and a through road to Lake Champlain. Imagine what it was like to travel slowly up from Rhode Island on the snow-covered roads in winter 1792/1793 with 6 of your surviving children - from ages of about 4 months to age 11 - and a few farm animals, and then arrive at a rough built cabin by the river. Sarah Fish Hazard and Robert Hazard made that journey. They had four more children born in North Ferrisburgh. They married in to other local Quaker Families, (such as Holmes, Robinson, Fish), and the Village thrived as the merino sheep farming and the woolen cloth making industry flourished. By the Civil War the Village was a bustling industrial and mercantile hub, part of a fast-expanding nation tied together by ribbons of railroads, fast moving coaches on improved roads, and dozens of Canal boats and steamers. The Village changed, but not radically, as it adapted to the twentieth Century. Today it is still a thriving community.
Come with your questions and Jean and Silas will try to help you find answers! This is a family friendly presentation where you can try your hand at spinning some wool fleece into yarn.
If you want to know more, or learn about the optional field trip, please contact Jean via e-mail
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