by Ryan Newswanger | Feb 20, 2020 | Episodes
The Long Enough Trail Stories from those who founded, hiked, and loved Vermont’s Long Trail, including the first women to through-hike the “footpath in the wilderness” in 1927. Download the Episode Subscribe to the Show This Episode’s Featured...
by Ryan Newswanger | Dec 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Princes and Free Men Transcript Back to the Princes and Free Men episode. [Recitation of Bars Fight poem]Shanta Lee Gander strides down Abijah Prince Road in Guilford, Vermont, reciting a poem. She’s wearing a white homespun blouse and a red skirt. It’s Fall.[Bars...
by Ryan Newswanger | Dec 19, 2019 | Episodes
Princes and Free Men It’s well-known that Vermont is one of the whitest states in the Union. And so the stories of African American Vermonters can sometimes get forgotten, no matter how important they have been to our state’s and our nation’s history. Mural of Martin...
by Ryan Newswanger | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
After the Crossing Transcript Back to the After the Crossing episode. Elise Guyette (during walking tour): So, the first really large group of migrants who came after the Yankees were the Irish. And of course they came because they were trying to survive by leaving...
by Ryan Newswanger | Sep 6, 2019 | Episodes
After the Crossing Many different groups of people, from many different continents, have helped build our state. But from the 19th century through 2019, the stories of immigrants have largely been excluded from the popular image of Vermont. Color illustration of...
