Please join us on Monday, October 16, at 7 pm at the North Chittenden Grange Hall, 3 Lower Middle Road, N. Chittenden, VT for a program honoring the 90th Anniversary of the founding of the Civilian Conservation Corps, (CCC). Learn the impact of the program, some of which seeded development of Vermont State Parks, State Forests, and winter recreation areas that we enjoy today. Thirty CCC camps operated in Vermont in 1937, and between 1933 and 1942, a total of 40,868 individuals worked in Vermont CCC camps. Local projects include the Aiken Side Camp in Mendon, the Okemo Camp in Ludlow, the Coolidge State Forest Camp in Plymouth, and Side Camps in Wallingford.
After retirement, newfound interests led Martin Podskoch to become an author and historian recognized for his extensive work documenting the history of the Catskills, Adirondack Fire Towers, and the Civilian Conservation Corps camps. His first travel guide, The Adirondack 102 Club: Your Passport & Guide to the North Country has become the best-selling travel guide book in the Adirondacks. In researching the history.
The CCC began on March 31, 1933, under President Roosevelt’s “New Deal” to relieve the poverty and unemployment of the Great Depression. Camps were set up in many towns, state parks and forests. Workers built trails, roads, campsites, and dams, stocked fish, built and maintained fire tower observer’s cabins & telephone lines, fought fires, and planted millions of trees. The CCC disbanded in 1942 due to the need for men in WW II.

This program is free, handicap accessible, and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

On Tuesday evening, August 8th, at 7:00 PM, in Chittenden, two distinguished local residents will present their fascinating research into two radically different subjects. This program is sponsored by the Chittenden Historical Society, and will take place at the Chittenden Grange Hall, at 3 Lower Middle Road in North Chittenden.

The first program will be given by this year’s recipient for the Society’s Muzzy Davenport Award: Natalia Svoren, daughter of Jan and Elana Svoren of Chittenden. According to Jamie Gallagher, Natalia’s teacher at Barstow Memorial School, Natalia put together a rather interesting examination of the development of Chittenden over its history. Her project even garnered an award at the state level for History Day, qualifying her for a trip to the National History contest in Washington, D.C.

Following a short intermission, our second program will be “Adventures in DNA: What does it tell us about who we are?” Michael Dwyer of Pittsford, a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, will present an overview of the different types of DNA tests, their results, and their impact on his four decades of family research.

This evening’s programs are free and handicap accessible. Refreshments will be served. For further information, call 802-483-6471.

On Tuesday evening, April 11, Sarah Skinner, M.S., Archeologist for the Green Mountain National Forest, will present a program for the Chittenden Historical Society on heritage sites of historical interest within the Telephone Gap area. The Telephone Gap project encompasses the towns of Towns of Chittenden, Goshen, Killington, Mendon, Pittsfield, Pittsford, Rutland Town, and Stockbridge. Most of the Town of Chittenden is within this project.
The Society will meet at the Chittenden Grange Hall located at 3 Lower Middle Road in Chittenden at 7:00 PM. This program is free, handicap accessible, and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Karen at 802-483-6471.

CHS Hosts Bake Sale on Town Meeting Day

Town Meeting can be a little sweeter this year with a goodie from the Chittenden Historical Society Bake Sale. We will be in the Listers’ Office at the Municipal Offices on March 7th during voting hours from 10:00 AM until closing at 7:00 PM or food runs out. Stop by and visit. We hope to see you then.