New Audio Section
Hear audio clips here on the site
The new audio section of our site has audio clips of some of our founding members speaking about bateaux, the expedition, and the bicentenial reenactment in 1975.
Colburn House Renovations Underway
New paint and other repairs were done to the Colburn House in August and more are on the way next spring. Download the report here.
Discovery Channel Documentary "Cancelled"
New Network Leadership Scratches it from Lineup
Brook-Lapping Productions, a London-based film company that the Wall Street Journal called "The acme, the Rolls-Royce of documentary makers" has announed that its intended "Forged in Fire" series for the Discovery Channel, which would have included an episode on the March to Quebec, has been cancelled by the network. It seems a new president took over at Discovery after the new year began and pared down its list of programs in production. "Forged in Fire" was among the projects cut out.
Newest Artifacts to the Colburn House
The Dinsmore family from the "Branch Pond" area of nearby Palermo has donated a beautiful, full-sized "horsehair" couch from the early 1800s to the Colburn House for display in the parlor. While nearly every family of means had these couches during that time period, very few survive today, since the horsehair upholstery was usually replaced with other fabric in the last century. The gift couch is in remarkable shape with only a few repairs needed to the upholstery. It can be on display in the parlor for visitors this summer. This is a great educational tool since young people, especially, will marvel that thrifty settlers wasted little, and used horsehair for things like furniture fabric and even the plaster in the walls.
There are other new additions to the items on display at the Reuben Colburn House. Click here to see what they are.