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The Milton House and the Underground Railroad

September 10, 2020 Doug Welch 2d Comments

By October 1867, Joseph Goodrich had completed the third floor addition to the curious hexagon inn he had constructed twenty-two…

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Junction’s Harvest Fest offered ‘something to do every minute’

May 12, 2020 Doug Welch 2d Comments

For about 10 years each September during the early 1900s, Merchant’s Row in Milton Junction was a two-day bevy of…

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Filed under: Milton Junction

Murder on the Farm, 1950

March 30, 2020 Doug Welch 1 Comment

Residents of the rural Milton farming community say they are fortunate to live among a tight-knit group of friends and…

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Ezra in the Junction

August 16, 2019 Doug Welch 3d Comments

If it’s true a picture is worth a thousand words, this photo is worthy of a small book dedicated to…

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A Clock of a Half-Dozen Faces

April 16, 2019 Doug Welch 2d Comments

The unique Sydney advertising clock that came from the Richmond Hotel is one of the most popular artifacts in the…

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Arthur B. and Amanda Lee in Milton

April 11, 2019 Doug Welch 1 Comment

A.B. Lee’s arrival in Milton in 1868, a year after the death of Joseph Goodrich, is not one of the…

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The day Teddy Roosevelt stopped in the Junction

April 6, 2019 Doug Welch 2d Comments

From the time of the taking of Cuba’s San Juan Heights by the Rough Rider Regiment of the United States…

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Milton Train Wrecks: When the Iron Left the Rail

January 25, 2019 Doug Welch 6d Comments

Working the rails and traveling by train 120 years ago is a concept that often gets overly-romanticized in our more…

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High Praise: The Borden Family Legacy

January 11, 2019 Doug Welch 4d Comments

‘ Two generations of the Borden family left a large and lasting imprint on the development of the early Milton…

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The Merger of Milton and Milton Junction

November 16, 2018 Doug Welch 3d Comments

As 1966 rolled around, the villages of Milton and Milton Junction were communities in transition. That spring the first graduation…

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  • The Milton House and the Underground Railroad September 10, 2020
  • Junction’s Harvest Fest offered ‘something to do every minute’ May 12, 2020
  • Murder on the Farm, 1950 March 30, 2020
  • Ezra in the Junction August 16, 2019
  • A Clock of a Half-Dozen Faces April 16, 2019

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