This episode was produced and edited by Sally Seymour for the Brattleboro Words Trail and those segments were mastered at Guilford Sound. Angelika Pavlovna edited the Brattleboro Words Trail segments into this podcast. Executive Producer and podcast host is Lissa Weinmann.

Bodett also penned the forward in the Brattleboro Words Project book "Print Town: Brattleboro's Legacy of Words" available at Everyone's Books in Brattleboro. See a short vid and more info on the book at: https://brattleborowords.org/print-town-brattleboros-legacy-of-words-the-book/

LINKS:

Tom Bodett official website:

https://bodett.com/

Hatch Space is the woodworking school and gallery Tom founded in downtown Brattleboro along with renovating/preserving a historic building which has a printshop and other creative maker spaces.

https://www.hatchspace.org/

'Inside Passage' Tom’s story on The Moth, performed March 16, 2012:

https://themoth.org/stories/inside-passage

Tom has written seven books and sixteen current audio publications. Writing credits include book reviews for the New York Times and reviews and articles for The Los Angeles Times. His work has appeared in TV Guide, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Harper’s Magazine’s, In a Word, and he was a regular columnist for Mr. Showbiz, a satirical entertainment magazine published by Starwave Corporation. His voice appears in Steven Spielberg’s animated cartoon, Animaniacs, and the feature length Animaniacs video, The Wishing Star, and the Pinky and the Brain series for Warner Brothers Animation. His voice has been featured on Saturday Night Live, National Geographic Explorer and several Ken Burns' documentaries.

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

This episode was written, narrated and produced by Nora Rodes. Editing was by Dave Snyder, Daniel Murphy and Alec Pombriant. Mastering was by Guilford Sound. Musical selections were chosen by Rodes and are listed below. Photo credit is Megan Littlehales. A historic marker for Margaret is at the Marlboro Historical Society.

Haughton House – Make the Wildwood Ring CD (Front Hall Records, 1981) (0.59)

(Front Hall, NY label, founded 1973, published 21 CDs, including a # for Tony Barrand/John Roberts/Nowell Sing We Clear) Instrumental

Frog Went A Courtin’ – Odis Bird (Max Hunter Collection) (1.04 0r .30)The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection - Missouri State University

Magnolia Tree – Fred Atwood (MM Collection, VFC)

Barbara Allen - Make the Wildwood Ring, Margaret MacArthur, Megan Littlehales, Dan & Gary MacArthur

The Half Hitch – On the Banks of Coldbrook CD (Tony Barrand and Keith Murphy)

Braes of Yarrow – Ballads Thrice Twisted CD (©1999 MM) Margaret MacArthur

King John and the Bishop – Ballads Thrice Twisted, Margaret MacArthur

Little Red Hen – Winifred Landman, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

Single Again – May Nichols, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

The Tailor and the Mouse – Barbara Linden, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

Marlboro Merchants – Vermont Ballads and Broadsides CD (Whetstone Records) (©1989 Margaret MacArthur)

Stratton Mountain Tragedy – On the Mountains High CD (Living Folk Records, 1971) (appears another essentially self/close-connection “label”) (©2001 Margaret MacArthur)

Central Vermont Railway Tragedy –On the Mountains High CD Margaret and family

Mary Shaminski I love you – Make the Wildwood Ring, Margaret MacArthur

Farmers Alphabet – Vermont Heritage Songs (©1994, 2006 Margaret MacArthur) Margaret MacArthur

Maple Sweet – Vermont Heritage Songs, Margaret and Megan Littlehales, Dan MacArthur

Newbury’s Bendell Bridge – Vermont Heritage Songs, Margaret and school children

Hills of Dover – The Old Songs CD (Philo, 1975) (Philo bought out by Rounder 1982) Margaret MacArthur

Ranadine – On the Mountains High CD Margaret MacArthur and family

Peri Meri Dixi and Domini – On the Mountains High, Margaret MacArthur and family

PRIMARY LINKS

The Margaret MacArthur Collection at the Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont

https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=MacArthur%2C+Margaret%0D%0A

Margaret MacArthur’s Performance at the Library of Congress - June 6, 2005

Film recording of Margaret MacArthur performing ballads and songs from Vermont.

Part of the Homegrown 2005 Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687781/

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast featured writer Pablo Medina who reads his essay ‘Home in Vermont’ written specifically for the Brattleboro Words Trail mobile app (https://brattleboro.stqry.app/) that guides listeners through stories of people past and present who embody the theme of 'words' throughout the Brattleboro area. This episode was produced and hosted by me, Lissa Weinmann and was edited by Alec Pombriant. We thank Pablo Medina for his participation as well as his suggestion that we use short clips of his favorite Cuban composer Leo Brouwer performed by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

A ceramic marker in Williamsville representing Pablo will now be added to the beautiful Brattleboro Words Trail landscape murals created by local artist Cynthia Parker Houghton. You can see the murals on display at 118 Elliot in Downtown Brattleboro, but they will move to the town's new Amtrak station in 2026. You can also see a video by producer Donna Blackney about the making of the murals at: https://www.brattleborotv.org/brattleboro-words-project/brattleboro-words-trail-cynthia-parker-houghton/. General information about maps, stories and the ongoing community creation of audio stories can be found at the Brattleboro Words Project website at: https://brattleborowords.org/

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail podcast was written and produced by Sally Seymour and me, Lissa Weinmann. Original edits were by Sally Seymour, and podcast editing and mastering was done by Alec Pombriant. Jon Potter of Latchis Arts did the main narration. Dennis Waring and Barbara George provided commentary. The Brattleboro Historical Society and Dennis Waring’s book: ‘Manufacturing the Muse: Estey Organs and Consumer Culture in Victorian America’ were indispensable resources. Local writers Joe Rivers, Fran Lynggaard Hansen and Kevin O'Connor work on Estey also informed this episode. Thanks also to Lee Ha of Brattleboro Historical Society for help locating Jacob Estey correspondence for use in this podcast. Musical selections were mostly taken from pieces Waring features in a CD that accompanies his book, and some music is from Fats Waller’s pipe organ pieces from Jazz History Online( https://jazzhistoryonline.com/fats-waller/).

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

The segments on the two judges used in this episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast were produced and edited by Sally Seymour. Research, scripts and most narration is by Meg Mott. Some narration and commentary on the Judge Oakes segment was by Elizabeth Caitlin. The voice clip of Judge Oakes was from an October 23, 1979 James Madison Lecture at New York University and is used courtesy of the James L Oakes Collection at the Vermont Law School. The updating interview with Meg Mott was produced by Lissa Weinmann at BCTV studios in downtown Brattleboro. Segments on Oakes and Stone were mastered by Guilford Sound. Final podcast editing and mastering was by Alec Pombriant. Special thanks to Mara Williams for her help on the Judge Oakes segment. Thanks also to the sixth grade class at Chesterfield School who in 2021 pelted Mott with many questions about the Supreme Court and local hero Judge Stone.

Archives of the Honorable James L. Oakes https://www.vermontlaw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Oakes-guide-Final.pdf

Judge Oakes on being an American citizen: https://www.myretrospect.com/stories/a-borrowed-story-from-my-neighbor-a-judge/

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was written, narrated and produced Lissa Weinmann. Audio Editing was by Sally Seymour. The Voice of Dr. Wesselhoeft is Ned Childs. Voice of Abby Estey was Elery Loggia. Mastering was by Guilford Sound with final podcast editing by Alec Pombriant.

Wesselhoeft quotes were taken from Wesselhoeft comments in various editions of his ‘Green Mountain Spring' newspaper. Abby Estey Fuller quotes were from her ‘Daughters of the American Revolution’ speech published in 1928.

Info on Wesselhoeft’s early life was thanks to Starr Willard Cuttings’ “The History of Robert Wesselhoeft’ original manuscripts in Brooks Memorial Library rare documents division.

This podcast was supported by a Digital Capacities Grant from the VT arts council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Abby Estey's description of the various watercure paths is from an address to the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1912 which was published in 1928.

Jerry Carbone created a database of Wesselhoeft clients over a three year span, see: https://dbnews.americanancestors.org/2019/01/29/new-database-brattleboro-vt-wesselhoeft-water-cure-1845-1848/

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

The first half of this episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast on Eleanor Roosevelt, Carmelita Hinton and the Putney School, was produced, written and narrated by Anna Kusmer with commentary by Marnie Rosner, Putney School founder Carmelita Hinton's granddaughter. Archival tape of Eleanor Roosevelt's voice at that commencement speech was restored and mastered by Guilford Sound.

The second half of this podcast on Wangari Maathai was produced and edited by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater. Clips of Wangari’s voice were taken from their documentary film: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai. Executive Producer of this episode was me Lissa Weinmann. Final mastering was by Guilford Sound. Final podcast editing and production was by Alec Pombriant. Many thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Humanities Council and the hundreds of volunteers who make the Brattleboro Words Trail a reality.

Thanks to Christopher Grotke for making composite image of Roosevelt and Maathai for episode image.

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.

Today you can walk or ride your bike along several lengthy segments of the old West River Railroad thanks to the efforts of non profit Friends of the West River Trail. You can also pick up physical maps at their trailhead on the river near the Marina Restaurant in Brattleboro. That’s also where the West River and Connecticut River meet, just next to the Vermont Canoe Touring Center, where the bridge collapsed and JJ Green died. It’s also where the Amtrak line crosses on a new bridge today.

The West River Railroad Museum in Newfane and the Historical Society of Windham County nearby in Newfane are well worth a visit.

This episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast was researched, written and narrated by Deborah Lee Luskin. It was produced and edited by Donna Blackney. Executive Producer was me, Lissa Weinmann. The voice of JJ Green is John Loggia. The voice reading the 1885 newspaper account of JJ Green’s death is Jon Mack. Mastering of the original Brattleboro Words Trail audio and all Brattleboro Words Trail audio was by Guilford Sound. Audio editing for the podcast was by Alec Pombriant. Credit for JJ Green image goes to Daniel Brooks and the Historical Society of Windham County. Thanks to Laura Wallingford at the Historical Society of Windham County for her guidance and support.

Downloadable Trail Maps:

Link to Friends of West River Trail lower section of the West River Trail map, Brattleboro and Dummerston: https://westrivertrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/west-river-trail-map_11x17-2018.pdf

Link to Friends of West River Trail upper section of the West River Trail map, Townsend to Londonderry: https://westrivertrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/uppersectiontrailmap.pdf

For more on the West River, see Brattleboro Words Trail Elizabeth Florette Fischer story for a glimpse into the unique geology of the site, and the piece on the ancient Petroglyphs on the West River.

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.