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River Memories: Exploring Settlement Patterns on Waterways in Vermont

  • Heritage Winooski Mill Museum 20 Winooski Falls Way Winooski, VT United States (map)

Devastating recent rain events, including in July 2023 and 2024 and Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, have demonstrated that many communities in Vermont are vulnerable to damage from flooding. In this presentation historian Alan Berolzheimer examines how the development of settlement patterns over time have contributed to the problem of flooding in Vermont. This presentation will be adapted to highlight the impact of the 1927 flood and more recent flooding along the Winooski River.

This talk is free & open to the public.
Please contact the Mill Museum if you need wheelchair access.
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Alan Berolzheimer

About the Presenter:
Alan Berolzheimer has directed the book publishing program of the Vermont Historical Society since 1998. He is also the project historian and assistant director of The Flow of History, a Teaching American History program providing professional development activities to Vermont teachers. Alan received a Ph.D. in 20th-century U.S. History from the University of Virginia in 1996. He lives in Norwich.

This is a Vermont Humanities program hosted by the Heritage Winooski Mill Museum. It is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.