The Weather Diaries: July
norwichhistory2023-08-01T11:05:06-07:00Two Diaries, 150 years apart... Vermont Journal, July 5, 1873 July was all about haying. Ebenezer's son, Charles, had nine lots filled with hay to mow, rake, load into [...]
The Weather Diaries: June
norwichhistory2023-06-20T07:43:02-07:00Two Diaries, 150 years apart... This month's post only features 1873. It was a busy time on Ebenezer's farm. They got the wheat field planted which involved plowing, [...]
The Weather Diaries: May
norwichhistory2023-06-02T11:33:03-07:00Two diaries, 150 years apart… In May 1873, the work of the farm was focused on preparing the fields and mending fence. Plowing the fields generated lots of rock [...]
The Weather Diaries: April
norwichhistory2023-04-28T11:28:06-07:00Two diaries, 150 years apart...April in 1873 began with so much snow that the oxen couldn't break a road to the sugarbush. It was a month of sugaring and the [...]
The Weather Diaries: March
Jeff Brand2023-04-23T06:26:23-07:00In March, Ebenezer and his son Charles attended Town Meeting and the district School Meeting. Charles agreed to have the teacher live with them for the first term of [...]
The Weather Diaries: February
norwichhistory2023-03-03T07:35:39-07:00In February, Ebenezer was not as careful at tracking the temperature. The big events included going to court to a hearing about the insufficient roads (today's Main Street area [...]
The Weather Diaries: Finding Ebenezer
norwichhistory2023-02-23T14:30:42-07:00Finding Ebenezer By Sarah Rooker with Doug Hardy Doug Hardy has been helping us to figure out exactly where Ebenezer lived and farmed. We began by looking [...]
The Weather Diaries: January
norwichhistory2023-02-20T14:08:37-07:00In January Ebenezer tracks the temperature, noting the days as pleasant even in the deep cold of winter. He notes traveling to “the River,” which was the Connecticut River [...]