Lumberjacks to compete at Schaghticoke Fair
Schaghticoke New York hosts the Eastern States Lumbermen’s Association championship Sept 2 with about 50 top woodsmen from seven states. The Aug 29 to Sept 3 fair includes pony races Aug 30 and pony shows Aug 31 and Sept 1. State Conservation exhibits expand with a fire observer tower and third building.
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Schaghticoke Fair
Schaghticoke
N.Y
Eastern States Lumbermen’s Association
State Conservation Department
Eastern States Exposition Opens September 14 in West Springfield
Eastern States Exposition schedules a September 14 opening with the Black Watch regimental band and massed pipers of the Royal Highland Regiment in the Coliseum. The lineup includes Jonny Rivers Golden Horse Troupe, High Diving Mules, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the New Christy Minstrels, the Wiere Brothers, Hall Brothers, Johnny Matson, Ronnie Drumm’s orchestra, and eight Ford show performances. The Eastern States Horse Show runs September 18-22 with Flaine Kramer and Lynn Randall. Advance ticket windows start August 31 with mail orders to Exposition, West Springfield.
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West Springfield
Mass
Black Watch
Royal Highland Regiment
Scotland
New England
Jonny Rivers
Golden Horse
Candenton
Coliseum Arena
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The
New Christy Minstrels
Wiere Brothers
Hall Brothers
Johnny Matson
Ronnie Drumm
Richard Hayman
Coliseum
Flaine Kramer
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Lynn Randall
Equestrienne
Bennington Battle Monument Tour Tales of History
A travel writer recounts a visit from Vermont to the Bennington Battlefield site in New York. The piece recalls the 1777 battle, the monument’s construction and repairs, the route to the battlefield, and the historical tug between Vermont and New York over land and memory.
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Bennington
Bennington Battlefield Park
Leo Bradley
Green Mountain Boys
Walloomsac
N.Y
Battlefield Park
New York
New York State
State Arms Hill
John Burgoyne
Champlain
Hudson
Albany
New England
Fort Ticonderoga
Walloomsac River
New Hampshire
Vermont
Old Bennington
Samuel Robinson
Monument Avenue
Monument Park
Col
Seth Warner
Bennington Battle Monument
Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle
Robert LeBeau
Vermont General Assembly
Vermont Board of Historic Sites
Bennington Monument
Massachusetts
U.S. Congress
North
John Stark
Stark
Washington
Trenton
Princeton
Molly Stark
N.Y. State
Empire State
Baum
State Education Dept
Walloomsac Heights
Benenington Battlefield
New Hampshire Grants
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Spokane
Wash
Franklin School
Pacific Ocean
Fairchild Air Force Base
Here
Edwin Kiel
Eastern States Exposition
Democrat and Chronicle Travel
Ewa
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Montreal
UPI
International Air Transport Association
Main St
U.S
Swift's
Brookfield
Franks
Salem's
Hamburg
Bologna
Webster Brand
Ames
Salem
N.B.C. Crackers
Minute Maid
Welch
Ade
Olympia
Precision Built
BenniNgton, Vt
Chatrdale
North Bennington
Todert Dunhams Furniture, Inc
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