Northshire Bookstore Event: Jon Mathewson and the Dorset Historical Society on “Dorset”

On July 25th at 6pm, Dorset Historical Society Curator Emeritus Jon Mathewson will discuss his new book “Dorset”, chronicling the town’s extraordinary history from its earliest days and spotlighting the extraordinary men and women who have made it their home.

From 1768 on, people settled in several parts of Dorset, creating 14 school districts and six distinct villages. Join us as we examine the histories of these villages through photographs from the 1850s to 1960. Discover the industry and recreation of North Dorset, the marble mills of East Dorset, the quarries of South Dorset, and the businesses of Dorset Village, as well as the people who have called Dorset home: Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill Wilson, authors Elizabeth Prentiss and Zephine Humphrey, quarry and orchard entrepreneur Ernest West, and many others.

The Dorset Historical Society has been actively preserving and presenting local history since 1963. The Society values, preserves, and shares local history with residents and visitors through our collections, events, and community education. Toward these ends, we collect and maintain artifacts, art, photographs, documents, books, manuscripts, and genealogical records pertinent to Dorset and its environs from the time the town was chartered in 1761 to the present. 

For more information on this or other events, email events@northshire.com, or visit the Northshire Bookstore website at www.northshire.com.

Northshire Bookstore, originally founded in 1976, has locations in Manchester, Vermont and Saratoga Springs, NY as well as at Northshire.com. Our large but intimate general bookstores carry the largest selection of categories and genres including new & used fiction, history, cooking, arts and rare author-signed editions. We also have entire floors devoted to Children’s Books and toys, a full line of stationery, magazines, music, cards, calendars, locally-sourced foods and many fine gifts from clothing to jewelry. Open to the public daily from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM and 24/7 online with free shipping at www.northshire.com