My niece, Christiana, moved to Bradford, the closest little town to our cabin, about two years ago. She has a picture perfect apartment right in the village and a job at Dartmouth that suits her well. And we LOVE having her close by! Not only is she a delight to hang out with (and is almost always good for a couple rounds of Rummikub)

she is a fount of information on all things local! She knows where the free concerts are, the nights the local farm stand serves wood fired pizza, and has checked out local museums and hikes. This past Saturday was a classic point in case.
While our initial stop was at a sweet local market in Cookeville, we also got to enjoy the weekly open house at the Corinth Historical Society Museum across the street!

It seemed worth checking out!
Every week different families in the community (hamlet, really!) supply some type of refreshment for folks that come. This week they were serving hot-off-the-griddle cornmeal pancakes with blueberries and maple syrup. And while the lady of the house was cooking up the pancakes (which were delicious!), her husband was across the way stoking the fire for some sourdough bread.

Needless to say, when we saw one last spot on the list of bread recipients, we signed right up!


While we waited for the magic to happen with the bread, we took a leisurely tour of the museum.

I’ve been coming to this area for all of my life, and still I learned something new. Like, Corinth was a major producer of wooden bobbins for the textile industry!

So interesting! (If you’d like a bit more info about this you can check it out HERE – from whence came this screen shot!)

And mining! I always knew that granite was quarried near here, but I did not know that there were several copper mines in this area as well.  These discoveries (to me, anyway) explain a lot about the random clusters of “thickly settled” areas that dot the countryside.

But I digress. Back to the BREAD.

Our wait was informative AND well worth it!

Indeed!

So here’s to Chris – who keeps us informed of All Things Local! And pretty much all things delicious, too!
Thank you so much!
And special thanks to the blog – In Times Past – which highlights the history of the Upper Valley towns of Vermont and New Hampshire.

PS – In the header map photo, the cabin is the little green dot on the upper left. Just a little FYI!

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