A history of Middlebury,
since 1761
Postcards, papers and photographs of Middlebury from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗One of the New Hampshire Grants, Middlebury was chartered by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth on November 2, 1761. The name "Middlebury" came from its location between the towns of Salisbury and New Haven. It was awarded to John Evarts and 62 others. The French and Indian Wars ended in 1763; the first settlers arrived in 1766. John Chipman was the first to clear his land, Lot Seven. During the Revolutionary War, much of the town was burned in Carleton's Raid on November 6, 1778. After the war concluded in 1783, settlers returned to rebuild homes, clear forests and establish farms. The principal crops were grains and hay.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Middlebury’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMain Street, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Middlebury, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Middlebury Register (1850) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.