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Author Archives: Mark Bushnell

Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of Hidden History of Vermont and It Happened in Vermont.

A map of a river and the surrounding area.
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Small sloop made a big splash, moving goods to New York City

by Mark Bushnell November 19, 2023, 7:42 amNovember 28, 2023, 12:59 pm
An old photo of a room full of sculptures.
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Killer dust decimated the ranks of Barre granite cutters

by Mark Bushnell November 5, 2023, 8:42 amMarch 15, 2024, 11:05 pm
Cyrus Pringle
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Vermonter became one of the nation’s most important botanists

by Mark Bushnell October 22, 2023, 7:42 amApril 19, 2024, 12:37 pm
An old photo of a group of people posing in front of a house.
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Brattleboro man founded an unusual Community

by Mark Bushnell October 8, 2023, 7:42 amOctober 6, 2023, 4:11 pm
A drawing of two native americans dressed in traditional clothing.
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: The first humans in what’s now Vermont found a very different place

by Mark Bushnell September 24, 2023, 7:42 amSeptember 22, 2023, 1:47 pm
The holy bible, old and new testaments.
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Vermont Pilgrims sought salvation through arduous self-denial

by Mark Bushnell September 3, 2023, 7:42 amSeptember 1, 2023, 12:29 pm
A painting of a group of men in a workshop.
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Famed artist Norman Rockwell turned to his neighbors in Arlington

by Mark Bushnell August 20, 2023, 7:42 amAugust 17, 2023, 1:11 pm
marker for historic road in vermont
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Revolutionary-era road would have been part of an invasion

by Mark Bushnell August 6, 2023, 7:42 amAugust 4, 2023, 9:43 am
1927-flood
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: How Vermont recovered from its worst flood in history

by Mark Bushnell July 23, 2023, 7:42 amFebruary 14, 2024, 8:43 pm
an old photograph of a man in a baseball uniform.
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Vermont pitcher showed promise, but there was no happy ending

by Mark Bushnell July 9, 2023, 7:42 amJuly 8, 2023, 9:18 pm
a painting of a landscape with mountains in the background.
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Lyman Orton has been ‘repatriating‘ Vermont art, and will show the results

by Mark Bushnell June 25, 2023, 7:42 amJune 26, 2023, 6:55 pm
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Vermont was an early battleground for women’s rights

by Mark Bushnell May 28, 2023, 7:42 amMay 25, 2023, 4:28 pm
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: ‘Such unaccountable havoc, perhaps never was made in so short a time’

by Mark Bushnell May 14, 2023, 7:42 amMay 12, 2023, 11:44 am
Posted inLife & Culture

Then Again: Driving logs downriver was scary, risky, a test of skill and courage

by Mark Bushnell April 30, 2023, 7:42 amMay 2, 2023, 1:42 pm

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