This post originally appeared on our blog at minermuseum.blogspot.com  in 2014. We're bringing some of these old posts over to our new site, particularly those dealing with the museum's history, historical commemoration, museums and collecting, and the colonial revival. As we are celebrating the Alice ’ s one hundredth anniversary along with America 250 in 2026, it seemed appropriate to revisit some of these topics! “ In the Brave Days of Old ,” 1915 Near the stairway on the

This post originally appeared on our blog at minermuseum.blogspot.com  in 2016. We're bringing some of these old posts over to our new site, particularly those dealing with the museum's history, historical commemoration, museums and collecting, and the colonial revival. As we are celebrating the Alice ’ s one hundredth anniversary along with America 250 in 2026, it seemed appropriate to revisit some of these topics! In 1876, the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition kicked off

This post originally appeared on our blog at minermuseum.blogspot.com  in 2014. We're bringing some of these old posts over to our new site, particularly those dealing with the museum's history, historical commemoration, museums and collecting, and the colonial revival. As we are celebrating the Alice ’ s one hundredth anniversary along with America 250 in 2026, it seemed appropriate to revisit some of these topics! In the years between the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition

Historical Marker for the Chisholm Sugarbush erected by Andrew W. West If it weren't for this incident, Vermont may not be known as the maple region today! In 1893 Henry H. Hill submitted maple syrup to the Chicago Exposition and received the Best in Show award! Vermonters across the state celebrated the achievement with pride. Little did they know, the maple syrup that was entered in the exposition, was not native to Vermont! The scandal was realized in 1956 when the Olean