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BISBEE  \nCopyright © 2007 by the author  \nPrinted in the United States by L. Brown and Sons Printing, Inc., Barre, VT 05641  \n[www.lbrownandsonsprinting.com](www.lbrownandsonsprinting.com)[ ](www.lbrownandsonsprinting.com)Library of Congress Control Number: 2007905589  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any electronic or mechanical means without permission in writing from the author or an authorized family representative.  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nINTRODUCTION I  \nARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE III  \nHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE V  \nCHAPTER I GENERAL BENJAMIN WAIT 1  \nCHAPTER II IN THE BEGINNING 4  \nCHAPTER III EARLY DEVELOPMENT 12  \nCHAPTER IV WAITSFIELD COMMON-EAST HILL 36  \nCHAPTER V EAST WARREN ROAD 65  \nROLSTON ROAD 68  \nCOMMON ROAD 69  \nBROOK ROAD 76  \nEAST WARREN ROAD 76  \nCHAPTER VI PALMER HILL 93  \nCHAPTER VII ROUTE 100 HOMES 96  \nCHAPTER VIII OLD COUNTY ROAD 117  \nCHAPTER IX WARREN TOWN LINE TO IRASVILLE 126  \nCHAPTER X IRASVILLE 151  \nCHAPTER XI NORTH ROAD 163  \nCHAPTER XII WAITSFIELD VILLAGE 179  \nCHAPTER XIII EDUCATION 238  \nCHAPTER XIV ECCLESIASTICAL 277  \nCHAPTER XV COMMUNICATIONS 334  \nCHAPTER XVI BUSINESSES 343  \nCREAMERIES 343  \nMAPLE SYRUP 345  \nMILLS 347  \nBLACKSMITH SHOPS 350  \nCOOPER SHOPS AND POTASH WORKS 352  \nTIN SHOP 352  \nGENERAL STORES 353  \nCARRIAGE SHOPS 354  \nMEAT MARKET 354  \nHARVESTING ICE 355  \nBUSINESSES 1960-2000 356  \nCHAPTER XVII TRANSPORTATION 359  \nCHAPTER XVIII POSTAL SERVICE 366  \nCHAPTER XIX WAITSFIELD CORNET BAND 369  \nCHAPTER XX VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT 373  \nCHAPTER XXI MEDICAL SERVICES – 379  \nVOLUNTEER AMBULANCE  \nCHAPTER XXII MILITARY 385  \nCHAPTER XXIII TOWN OFFICERS 1900 – 2000 402  \nCHAPTER XXIV POINTS OF INTEREST 437  \nFIRE TOWER 437  \nFAIRS 439  \nVALLEY RECREATION 441  \nBARBER SHOPS 443  \nHEARSE 444  \nELECTRICITY 444  \nFLOODS 445  \nLAND PRESERVATION 447  \nLAW ENFORCEMENT 449  \nTOWN MEETINGS 450  \nFOREST FIRES 450  \nTOWN CLOCK 450  \nCEMETERIES 450  \nVALLEY PLAYERS 451  \nEARLY CLOTHING 452  \nNEWSPAPER 453  \nCELEBRATIONS 454  \nCAMP MACARTHUR 455  \nAQUIFER 455  \nBENJAMIN WAIT’S SWORD 455  \nWAITSFIELD CABLE TV 456  \nCOUPLES CLUB 456  \nHISTORICAL SOCIETY 456  \nBANK ROBBERY 456  \nCHAPTER XXV LODGESAND SOCIETIES 457  \nCHAPTER XXVI CHANGING TIMES 1960 – 2000 463  \nCHAPTER XXVI WAITSFIELD POPULATION 473  \nEARLY SETTLER RELATIVES 474  \nCONCLUSION 477  \nBIBLIOGRAGPHY 478  \nI  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe primary purpose of this endeavor is to update the HISTORY OF WAITSFIELD by Matt  \nBushnell Jones. The Jones’ history includes the years 1782 to 1908. This new volume isan attempt to detail more fully some of the early information. It is an attempt to clarify some aspects ofthe first recorded history and to amplify the facts already recorded. This new volume then attempts to continue the history from the end of the Jones’ history to the present-1900 to 2000. Undoubtedly, there are omissions in this new attempt as well. There are errors in the spelling of proper names because of the many sources used and the difficulty in reading some of the records. Frequently, the same name appears in different forms within the same source. There are literally hundreds of stories told by individuals in the many interviews, but selections had to be made. As Mr. Matt Jones indicated in his text, much of the early history has been lost, and this is true of some of the later history because people simply felt it was not important or that time would stand still. Also in 1960, a sudden influx of people from other states swept into the valley and a new culture was born. New houses were built, old houses were completely changed, new roads were built  \n-the landscape literally changed. Old facts and historical names were forgotten and new names established as fact, thus making this search at times extremely difficult. A perfect example should be given to denote fact. 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