Threads of History: Pulping the Green Mountains – How Manchester Helped feed the Nation’s Hunger for Paper

Manchester’s industrial history is closely connected to America’s growing demand for paper in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Manchester Historical Society curator Shawn Harrington explores the town’s logging and papermaking history, including the roles of the Mohican Pulp Company and Rich Lumber Company. Learn how logging crews harvested timber from the surrounding mountains and operated a 16 mile logging railroad along Lye Brook to transport materials for wood pulp production.

The program also features a hands-on papermaking demonstration with John Vincent of A Revolutionary Press, using fabric scraps prepared during an October 3 Taconic Music event to create paper pulp.