History Links

Middlebury History Articles

Most of the following articles, written by Dr. Robert L. Rafford, originally appeared in the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer newspaper. Other authors are noted. These links take you to the webpage of the Bee-Intelligencer newspaper, Marj Needham, editor.

People Places Businesses Organizations, schools, churchesTransportation Structures Rochambeau Military

Harris Whittemore Jr. and the First New England Airline

Outstanding and Noteworthy Personalities of Middlebury

Civil War and the Bronson Family

The Benson Family in WWI

The Wooster Middlebury Apple Cider Mill

Middlebury’s African-American and Native American residents

The Rev. Nathaniel Smith Richardson

Hill Families served Middlebury

Job Oviatt: Middlebury Revolutionary War Hero

Steinmanns developed Westview Heights Subdivision

Chauncey Judd, Part I

The Story of Chauncey Judd, Part II

The Story of Chauncey Judd – Conclusion

Middlebury Physicians

The Clark Family Sampler

The Rochambeau Monument of Middlebury

Lake Quassapaug – Part I

Lake Quassapaug – Part II

Hop Brook Dam

The Middlebury Green – Part I

Middlebury Land Trust Offers to Purchase Peck-Nichols House, by Marjorie Needham

The Story Behind Lake Elise by Janine Sullivan-Wiley

Harris Whittemore Jr. and the First New England Airline

The Wooster Middlebury Apple Cider Mill

Diamond Match Company once locate here

Rosanne Tea Room

The Middlebury General Store

Blacksmiths were once indispensable, Part I

Middlebury Farms; We were once agricultural, by Nate Dexter

Middlebury farm dates to 1800s, by Nate Dexter

Kelly the Baker left his Mark

United States Time and Timex – Part I of II

Blacksmiths were once indispensable, Part II

U.S. Rubber & Uniroyal in Middlebury – Part I

U. S. Rubber & Uniroyal in Middlebury – Part II

School chalk boards, by Agnes C. Lutes

Early Years of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department

Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department – Part III

Middlebury’s Religious Institutions – Part I

Middlebury’s Religious Institutions – Part II

Middlebury Police Department – Part I

Middlebury Hunt started in 1945 by Nate Dexter

Harris Whittemore Jr. and the First New England Airline

Trains once traveled here – Part I

Trains once traveled here – Part II

Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part I

Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part II, by Dr. Robert L. Rafford

Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part III

Civil War and the Bronson Family

Remembering Middlebury’s WWI Veterans

Job Oviatt: Middlebury Revolutionary War Hero

Middlebury in the Civil War – Part I

Middlebury in the Civil War – Part II

The Benson Family in WWI

Rochambeau’s Visit to Middlebury

The Rochambeau Monument of Middlebury

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