Disturbance at Wantastegok: the Union Block, Main Street in Brattleboro
In the Brandon (VT) newspaper “Vermont Record” dated August 12, 1864, we find the following report of an exhumation of an Old One from their final resting place on the west bank of the Kwenitekw. The period language used in the article makes clear the attitudes and understandings of the times, which have only resulted in further separation from our relationship with this Place today.
The Union Block at 105 Main Street in Brattleboro was built in 1864; this article from the Brattleboro Historical Society gives a bit of of the background for the structure cited in the archival clipping. The building is the home of Burrows Sports today. Click on the clippings in order left to right to read…
