"Voices of Yesteryear" features four long-time residents originally videotaped as a panel in 1999 at the Waterford School Library and interviewed by Cindy Powers Davis. Their recollections have been digitized into short, individual chapters. Added to their informal recollections are captions, maps and photographs from the Waterford Historical Society's growing archive of ephemera, plus the town vault, to help viewers understand what rural life in Waterford was like in the 20th century.

Patricia Wallace Powers talks about where she grew up on the Connecticut River in Upper Waterford, lost when Moore Dam was built in the 1950s.

Dorothy Morrison, who worked in the post office and library, remembers a notable house fire that nearly claimed the historic village center of Lower Waterford.

Warren Blodgett talks about his ancestors' move from Monroe, NH to the 150-acre Farr Farm on Duck Pond Road and subsequent dairy farms operated by his great uncles in other sections of Waterford.

Bruce Willson recalls his parents' arrival in Waterford from Granby, VT, his birth on the farm established on Hale Road by one of Waterford's original settlers, Cyrus Hill, going by horse to the West Waterford school, and discovering his grandmother once taught at the Graves School in Waterford Hollow. All four residents in the 1999 video have since passed away.

There will be a brief Q&A, followed by refreshments.

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Nov 12, 2024, 6 to 7:30 PM

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