The PHS fields numerous requests for information on Putney history every year. Here is a list of research and activities we have provided during 2026.
- Hosted a showing of a film of the play The Equivalent Lands
- Helped researcher investigating forts and fortified houses in the Connecticut River Valley
- Researched David Rugg, one of the early settlers of Putney
- Answered questions regarding how historical societies are organized and operate
- Researched Michael Law who lived in Putney in the 1770s and 1780s
- Accepted a large collection of materials related to interviews in Putney
- Researched Denis Lockling, an early settler of Putney
- Researched ferries that once crossed the Connecticut River in Putney and Dummerston
- Researched the PHS museum that used to be set up in the meeting room in town hall
- Researched Putney Mountain history
- Researched David and Sylvia Brooks who lived in Putney during the mid-19th century
- Received help from a volunteer with research on Maj. Moses Joy, Sr. who lived in Putney during the late 18th and into the 19th century
- Researched 67 and 71 Main Street
- Provided information on George Aiken and the Aiken Nursery, Alice Holway, Carole Brown and Eva Mondon
- Researched Emily Coe who lived in Putney in the early 20th century and made an herbarium of ferns from the area and elsewhere
- Researched a small dam located on a brook on the Landmark College property
- Provided a summary of cider mills in Putney
- Researched the Blood family and the two samplers stitched by the sisters Anna and Sarah Blood
- Investigated the Putney Academy for Young Women with no success
- Researched historic maps of Putney and the potential for identifying stone wall alignments
- Researched a stone foundation in East Putney labeled L. Jeffrey on the historic maps
- Researched a photograph of a performance on a stage that turns out to be at Pierce’s Hall
- Researched the history of The Green Mountain Spinnery
- Researched historic postcards of Putney
- Researched historic photos of the Putney Coop