Hello Friends of the Road,

With the price of gas, it seems like a good time to stay home and do some historical research, and tend to your vegetable gardens. Outside of a couple early scorchers here in VT, it has been a pretty good Spring so far. I have a variety of stuff for you all today, so I will now get into it. 

First of all, a recap from the previous outing in Brandon. We couldn’t have been treated to any better hosts. Attendees were met with comfortable seating, refreshments and snacks to enjoy. The guest speaker put on a great show with a narrated video and artifacts on hand. I’m working on getting a copy of the video and will share it with everyone in a future newsletter. If anyone attended the event and have pictures to share, please send them my way and I’ll make them available to everyone. 

I’d like to announce a huge sale on our new bumper stickers. Yes, you read that right. All new bumper stickers are now on sale for a hard to resist price of only $3 each! Shipping not included. You may have noticed the new product offering in the recent annual mailing. You may have also noticed a RIDICULOUS price of $15 for the new bumper stickers. That was obviously a mistake. We were not trying to pay for any college loans. It was simply an error. So if you were considering buying one (or two) to support the CPRA, but were scared off by the advertised price, please reconsider the purchase now. Thank you.

I have an interesting find to pass along to you. Acclaimed local historian Bill Powers found a mention of the CPR in an Rutland Daily Herald newspaper from 1911. I’ve attached a scan for your enjoyment. Thanks Bill for sharing that with me!

Quickly approaching is our next CPRA outing, less than 2 week away! It will be a car tour and feature long time CPRA Historian, Larry Clark. Jim Rowe, car tour extraordinaire will lead, but Larry will assist with the discussion. Having lived in the area for many years, Larry has a lot of local knowledge. I hope to see many of you there. Here is the full write-up for the outing:June 5: Meet at 10:30AM at the McCuen Slang Fishing access on Rt 125 in the town of Addison. Bring a lunch. We will go by car along the Crown Point Road through Bridport, Shoreham and Whiting. Points of historic interest will be discussed. For more info, call Jim Rowe at (802) 434-7415, or email mtnsidemaple@GMAVt.net

That is all I have for you today. Be safe, remember the past, and be thankful for today.