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- What is Cloverdale?
- 1804 Settlers
- Early Life, Infrastructure
- Two Weddings: 1886 and 1911
- Wayside Farm and Westview Farm
Presentation to the Westford Historical Society By Beth Putnam Cole and George Putnam July 17, 2017
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What is Cloverdale?
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Google Maps knows where Cloverdale is!
The “center” of Cloverdale is approximately the intersection of Seymour Road and Vermont Route 15
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Intersection of VT Route 15 and Seymour Road, next to K & R Automotive Repair, 2017
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Cloverdale runs from the Putnam Farm…
Photos taken 2017
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…to the Cloverdale Farm
Photos taken 2017
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Cloverdale
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- F. W. Beers Atlas 1869
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1804 Settlers
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Possible route in 1804 from Hollis, NH to Westford, VT
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Land purchases by the NH folk that are recorded in Westford archives
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The Jordan House
Before its modern day restoration
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Former Jordan House, 2017
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The McClure House
Adjacent to the Cloverdale Cemetery
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Former McClure House, 2017
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Cloverdale Farm House
(probably at the time it was
- wned by the Robinsons)
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Site of Cloverdale Farm House, 2017
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Cloverdale Farm
unknown date, perhaps late 1800s or early 1900s
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Cloverdale Farm
- c. 1990s
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Cloverdale Farm, 2017
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Hobart House, 2017
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Jackson Place, 1987
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Hayden/Leach House, 1996
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Former Allen Irish House, 2017
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Allen Irish Barn, 1996
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Old Barron house on the Putnam Farm. Used as a bunkhouse for railroad men in 1877.
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2017
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Early Life and Infrastructure
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Topo Map 1948
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Potash – America’s First Industrial Chemical
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The mill site on Beaver Brook in Cloverdale. On the left side can be seen stone work that
- nce supported a mill wheel. Photo taken by
Harold Putnam on April 27, 1996.
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The mill site on Beaver Brook in Cloverdale. Stone work visible in the center. Photo taken by Harold Putnam on April 27, 1996.
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Cloverdale School
Sunday School
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Cloverdale Creamery
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Cloverdale Creamery
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K & R Automotive Repair, 2017 On the site of the former Cloverdale Creamery
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House across from K & R Automotive Repair, 2017 Believed to have been the manager’s residence for the Cloverdale Creamery.
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School Creamery & Freight RR Station Cloverdale Farm
Topo Map 1948
Former RR Track Mill Site on Beaver Brook Seymour Road Former RR Track
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Two Weddings 1886 and 1911
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The Robinson House
Fletcher Proctor and Minnie Robinson
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- J. Kinsley &
Mabelle Putnam
December 25, 1911
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Wayside Farm Westview Farm
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Putnam House at Wayside Farm
- c. 1900
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Putnam House, 2004
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Five Sugarhouses on the Putnam Farm 1860s to 2017
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Westview Farm c. 1900
with fruit stand on upper side of road Note “Westview” on barn, “apples” on fruit stand.
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“Fruit House” c. 2006
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Westview Farm, 2008
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Westview Farm, 2017
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Huffman House at Westview Farm, 2017
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A few pictures of the meeting of the Vermont Horticultural Society at Westview Farm in August, 1914. Over 500 people attended.
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Touring the orchards
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At the “Fruit House”
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At the farm house
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The Westford town band
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