Moments In History

In September of 2010 PEG-TV’s Channel 15 began a weekly television news magazine entitled “Access”.  The Rutland Historical Society was invited to provide a two or three minute historical moment for each weekly program.  With the cooperation of PEG-TV, the Rutland Historical Society has been able to provide an archive of back moments from “Moments in History”.

The “Access” News Magazine has changed some of its format and “Moments in History” will no longer be viewable there. The 136 episodes seen here will complete the series. Further descriptions can be found after following each link.

#1 Rutland County WWI Veterans Celebration at Rutland Fair – 1919
#2 Sheldons & Slason Reopening an Old Quarry – 1866
#3 Babe Ruth and Red Sox Barnstorm in Rutland – 1919
#4 Footbridge Over the Rutland Railroad Yard – 1894
#5 U.S. Marshall Horace W. Bailey Gives History Lesson to Students – 1906
#6 Escape of Prisoners from House of Correction – 1900
#7 Cecil Brothers Program at Town Hall Exposes Spiritualism – 1877
#8 Billings Covered Bridge Burns – 1952
#9 Armistice Day in Rutland – 1918
#10 Otter Creek & Castleton River Canal Company – 1825
#11 Life of Israel Smith – 1810
#12 Rutland Independent Newspaper Comments On Change of Times – 1868
#13 Ripley Music Hall in Rutland – 1868
#14 A Ride on the Rutland Horse Streetcar in Winter – 1888
#15 Bardwell House Fire – 1917
“#16 "Talkies” Come to the Strand Theater – 1929
#17 “White Caps” in West Rutland – 1889
#18 Shirt Factory at West End of Willow Street in Rutland – 1889
#19 Rutland Exchange Club Ski Jump – 1927
#20 Ice Harvest in Rutland – 1911
#21 Rutland Machine and Automobile Company – 1906
#22 Election of David W. Temple as Rutland Mayor – 1902
#23 Green Mountain Marble Co. took over Columbian Marble Co. – 1912
#24 Blizzard of 1888 in Rutland – 1888
#25 Building the Chittenden Dam – 1902
#26 Abby Maria Hemenway and her Vermont Gazetteer – 1890
#27 Franklin House and Court House fire – 1868
#28 Calendar of Events for a week in April 1926 – 1926
#29 Dunn Auto Company Auto Show – 1926
#30 John Abner Mead – 1841
#31 Main Street Park and Arboretum – 1970
#32 The capture of Fort Ticonderoga – 1775
#33 Company K of the First Regiment of Vermont Volunteers – 1861
#34 Strike of Howe Scale, Patch and Lincoln Iron Works – 1902
#35 Dancing in the Rutland area in 1939 – 1939
#36 Fire destroys grandstand at the Rutland Fairgrounds – 1939
#37 Opening of Rutland Royals baseball season – 1939
#38 Rutland Bicycle Club Roller Skating Rink – 1884
#39 New four lane cement road on Center Street – 1939
#40 Lemuel Haynes speech on Anniversary of Declaration of Independence - 1801
#41 Strike against Patch and Lincoln Iron Works Continues – 1902
#42 Excursionist in Rutland comments on Rutland – 1879
#43 Big bands at the Casino in 1948 – 1948
#44 Solomon Foot address in support of Union war effort – 1862
#45 Fifth to Eighth of August from the 1908 diary of Charlotte Chaffee – 1908
#46 Construction of Longfellow School and Baxter Memorial Library – 1890
#47 President “Teddy” Roosevelt visits Rutland in 1902 – 1902
#48 Crash and death of Rutland aviator George Schmitt – 1913
#49 Traces of Gold in Rutland – 1873
#50 Rutland Wrapper and Shirt Company – 1900
#51 Centennial of Trinity Episcopal Church – 1894
#52 Report of the Officers of the House of Correction – 1900
#53 Grand Army Memorial Hall – 1883
#54 John Boardman Page – 1885
#55 Moses Strong and Family – Pre-Civil War era
#56 Flood of 1927 in Rutland – 1927
#57 1894 Electrification of Rutland Street Railroad Company – 1894
#58 Ku Klux Klan in Rutland – 1920s
#59 Mob tries to force County Court to put hold on foreclosures – 1786
#60 Rutland’s response to John Brown’s execution – 1859
#61 Rutland National Guard Armory
#62 Christmas and New Year’s cards – 1900 – 1920
#63 Gustave H. Grimm – 1914
#64 Howe Candy Store – 1926
#65 Cramton Block fire – 1868
#66 Advent Christian Church – 1902
#67 Charles A. Hayles – early 20th Century inventor – Early 20th Century
#68 Grand Ball of the Sons of Italy – 1921
#69 Valentine’s Day cards – Early 20th Century
#70 Young Men’s Christian Association – 1901
#71 Rutland Machine and Automobile Company and Transportation Revolution – 1906
#72 General Baxter Farm – 1898
#73 1884 Map of old Town of Rutland on CD – 1884
#74 Automobile postcards of early 20th Century
#75 1868 fires and water problems – 1868
#76 Smells of watered streets, new cut logs and New York slums – 1902
#77 Young Men’s Catholic Union – 1893
#78 Rutland House of Correction – 1878
#79 Dr. Emelie Perkins – 1960
#80 Women’s Reformatory – 1921
#81 Vermont Currency and Coins – 1780s
#82 Memorial Day: Charles And Eugene Mead
#83 Invasion of France in June 1944 – 1944
#84 Rutland English and Classical Institute – 1890s
#85 Old Rutland Swimming Holes
#86 Wild West Shows in Rutland
#87 Celebration of Fourth of July in Rutland – 1855
#88 Rutland Bandstands
#89 Ford vehicles in early 20th Century
#90 John F. Bryant and his neighbors – 1884
#91 July/August excerpts from the diary of Charlotte Chaffee – 1908
#92 The Trolley Era in Rutland – Early 20th Century
#93 The Battle of Bennington – 1777
#94 President Hayes visits Rutland – 1877
#95 Jack Delano photos of the Rutland Fair – 1941
#96 Digitizing high school yearbooks
#97 Lewellyn J. Eggleston – 1943
#98 Early days of the Rutland Hospital – 1896
#99 Wayne Bailey and his dog “Nero” – late 19th Century
#100 Autograph books and flourishing – 1870s
#101 The History of the Proctor Marble Bridge – 1914
#102 Rutland Fairgrounds grandstand fire of 1908
#103 Mr. Woodfin’s life during the strike of 1902-1903
#104 “Nickwackett Nick” – squirrel mascot of the Rutland Historical Society
#105 Vermont Old Fiddlers’ Contest at the Strand Theater – 1926
#106 Rocky Pond Swimming Area - 1952
#107 Rutland Development Corporation and its activities – 1937
#108 Pico Ski Area – 1937
#109 A progression of moments in four centuries of Rutland History
#110 A moment in the family genealogy of Francis Willard
#111 George J. Wardwell and his quarrying machine – 1860s
#112 Julia Dorr - 1825
#113 Berwick or Town House fire - 1973
#114 Blizzard of 1888 revisited - 1888
#115 How ice was harvested – Early 20th Century
#116 Sam Houston speaks in Rutland – 1855
#117 Rutland Board of Trade organized – 1889
#118 John Cain – 1880
#119 Electrically-Operated Household Implements of Early 20th Century
#120 A Brief History of Women’s Basketball
#121 Mead or Bates House Fire of 1906
#122 Rutland Winter Carnivals, 1951-1960
#123 Four Centuries of Opportunities in Rutland
#124 Rutland City Band
#125 Nicholas Stergos and Cinderella’s Sweets
#126 Lord and Goddard Clocks
#127 A 1934 Potential Kidnapping
#128 Hyde Manor in Sudbury, Vermont
#129 Tamarack Notch Girl Scout Camp in Mendon
#130 Bomoseen Trolley Park
#131 - Solomon Jewett – spiritualist
#132 - The Great Hotels of Lake Bomoseen
#133 - Women’s Styles – 1914
#134 - Indoor Golf Course – 1931
#135 - Leslie Crane – Photographer – 1866-1947
#136 - Expansion of Rutland electric trolley to Fair Haven &