Water and Wool
North Montpelier Woolen Mill

Ralph Nading Hill says in The Winooski, Heart way of Vermont the Kingsbury Branch (one of 7 main tributaries feeding the Winooski River) drains the country up around Calais and Woodbury. A pioneer named Kingsbury fished in it a great deal and always referred to it as “his branch.” His neighbors agreed. More --->

The Pedal Powered Poet
Walter J. Coates of North Montpelier

“On our desk lies a little magazine called “Driftwind” and beside it a telegram. The magazine has a wallpaper cover with parrots on the front and, on the back of it, the printed words ‘18 cents a single roll’ and ‘use Pyramid Dry Paste.’ It contains an essay on democracy and thirty-nine short poems. The telegram informs us that we can call on its editor no more.”More --->