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Jan. 16, 2025 – Thomas P. Salmon passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at the age of 92. He served as attorney to F. Nelson Blount and as an incorporator for the Green Mountain Railroad and the Steamtown Foundation. He later went on to serve as the governor of Vermont. The below obituary comesContinue reading “Thomas P. Salmon, 1933-2025”

May 9, 2023 — Represent your favorite period of Steamtown history during this year’s 60th anniversary with some new items including T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, stickers, and embroidered caps! New designs to come. https://steamtownstore.creator-spring.com/

March 2, 2023 — Phil Jordan has generously gifted a large collection of documents, memorabilia and ephemera which will be uploaded gradually as it can be scanned, organized, and processed. The following items, including some from Phil’s gift, were added to the Archives today: Railroad Documents – MS&N Train Orders; Bradford, NH, 1961 (Rick KfouryContinue reading “Archives Uploads”

Sept. 9, 2022 — Last year, I completed and published a book on the New England origins of Steamtown and the railroading efforts of its founder F. Nelson Blount, titled Steam Trains of Yesteryear: The Monadnock, Steamtown & Northern Story. This book chronicled the colorful years of the early 1960s, when Blount and his associatesContinue reading “Welcome to the Steamtown Historical Collective!”