Vermont's Northland Journal

08/30/2025

Please Share Your Thoughts

When my late wife, Penny, and I began the Journal 23 plus years ago, if we thought we'd get rich, we would have been complete failures, because in all those years we never got rich financially -not even close - but we got rich in so many other ways. The outpouring of love we get has been second to none.

As most of you know, the Journal, a print magazine, works to preserve the history of the region, but it does much more than that. It also serves as a valuable forum for people, especially our seniors, to share their memories and for members of younger generations to learn from the generations that came before them. Quite honestly, I doubt there are many other magazines in the country quite like the Journal - a magazine that often focuses on ordinary people, many who have lived simple lives in earlier time that many of us have only read about in books. Yet others have lived extra ordinary lives, lives that many people have either forgotten about, or never known about, until their memories were published in the pages of the Journal.

What makes the Journal special to you, and why are the stories and photos found within it pages important to you? Is the Journal important to the the Kingdom? Does it serve a purpose? And is it even important that we, as a people - lifelong locals, newcomers, and everybody in between, know the region's history as we move into the future?

For your enjoyment, I've included a few old photos of a few Northeast Kingdom communities from an earlier time. Click on the photos for identifiers.

Scott Wheeler/Publisher VT's Northland Journal

08/28/2025

The October and November issues of Vermont's Northland Journal will include a two-part article about the days when Newport was a bustling railroad town. The article is written by Allan Snay, who was from a long line of men who worked for the Canadian Pacific Railroad in Newport. During his senior year in high school, Allan worked on the Section Gang, replacing old railroad ties and rails. A retired U.S. Marine, Allan enjoyed a long career in Marine Corps aviation and some years assigned to the Department of State in American embassies across Western and Eastern Europe. During the Ronald Reagan administration, Allan served with the White House Helicopter Squadron. Although he lived a rich and rewarding life that took him around the world, his heart is still in his childhood home of Newport.

As for this photo - it is of the passenger train station that was located on the lower end of Newport's Main Street. It stood on the little green space now known as Pomerleau Park, the same green where the decorative lighthouse stands today. Allan said during the winter months, the station was a popular warming spot for young people were were out and about in less than ideal conditions. How many of you remember stopping to warm up there, or just to catch a train?

Thank you for supporting the Northland Journal - in doing so, you are also helping support a forum that gives seniors a voice. And through their voices they are able to educate those of us of the younger generations about the world, or at least the region, before we arrived.

Scott Wheeler/Publisher

08/28/2025

More great properties brought to you by one of our loyal advertisers - Century 21 Farm and Forest. When business advertise with us - not only are they promoting their business, they are also keeping alive our 23 year mission to record and preserve the history of the Northeast Kingdom. The Journal also serves as a forum for senior to share their stories, educating us of younger generations about life before we arrived on the scene. Thank you to the Maclure Family and the rest of the team at Century 21 Farm and Forest - and thank you to all of our supporters!!

Scott Wheeler/ Publisher VT's Northland Journal

08/27/2025

Oh, I totally get this!!!!! I was 10 in 1975, and now I'm 60 - where did the time go?

Scott

08/26/2025

I have had many memorable events in my life. One of the most memorable is of my journey to Washington D.C. with my now late buddy - Joe Queenin of Derby Line. Quite a number of years ago I accompanied him on an Honor Flight to the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. We went with a busload of other Vermont World War 2 veterans. What an experience!. Joe was so touched by the journey he had tears in his eyes almost the entire time. Most of those tears were tears of joy, but others were tears of sorrow, thinking about the men he saw killed. And he also shed tears for the Japanese soldier he killed - the only man he knows for sure he killed. Joe fought as a Marine at Bougainville and Okinawa.

08/25/2025

End of summer sale on our Northland Journal caps. Buy one for $19.95 (which includes shipping), or buy five of them and get them for $17.50 each (which includes shipping when they go to the same address). We are out of brown, and we have a limited supply of other colors. They make for great gifts.

Scott Wheeler/Publisher VT's Northland Journal

08/25/2025

Very likely the Miller's Run Bridge in Lyndon was about to take another hit from a box truck, but one of the sturdy metal barriers over the road to protect the bridge, took a serious hit, heavily damaging it along with the truck.

www.mynbc5.com/article/truck-crash-millers-run-covered-bridge/65889218?

Scott Wheeler/Publisher

The Lyndonville Police Department said a box truck struck the bridge barriers on the north side of Miller's Run bridge just after 9 a.m., causing significant damage to both the truck and the barrier.

08/25/2025

One of our advertisers - the Parkview Garage in Barton, is looking for help. If you think you might be the right fit, touch base with them. As for me - I struggle to even figure out how to turn on a radio in these new fangled cars, nothing to say about tearing an engine down and putting it back together like my brother Kevin can do.

Scott Wheeler/Publisher

08/24/2025

It’s amazing how a few words can brighten one’s day. I absolutely love recording the history of VT’s Northeast Kingdom in the pages of Vermont’s Northland Journal – but in challenging times, I sometimes get pessimistic, wondering if people think preserving it is that important, when in reality I know many people appreciate it. This is an email I just got from one of my occasional advertisers- Bonnie from the Parkview Garage. It brought a little sunshine into my life.

Hi Scott,

Sorry I hadn't gotten back to you… I would like to take that ad space. Your paper is very important to this region and will be glad to help keep it going!!

Thanks,

Bonnie

Thank you everybody for your support. We are finishing up the October issue this week, but we could probably work in another ad, so just reach out to me.

On another note - Bonnie says they are looking for help in their shop, so if you are looking for a job, and you think you'd be a good fit, touch base with them.

Scott Wheeler/Publisher

08/24/2025

Check out this photo of the railroad bridge in Newport during an earlier time. Look at the number of fishermen! Note the passenger train in the background. The train station was located near the end of the bridge on the lower end of Main Street.
On the topic of fishing - we still have a few more copies of "When Salmon Was King: Voices from the Clyde River". Check in the comment section to find how to order:

Thank you for your support of the Northland Journal.
Scott Wheeler/Publisher

08/24/2025

Check out this photo of the railroad bridge in Newport during an earlier time. Look at the number of fishermen! Note the passenger train in the background. The train station was located near the end of the bridge on the lower end of Main Street.

On the topic of fishing - we still have a few more copies of "When Salmon Was King: Voices from the Clyde River". Order a copy by clicking on this link: https://northlandjournal.com/store/When-Salmon-Was-King-Voices-from-the-Clyde-River-p135855990

Thank you for your support of the Northland Journal.

Scott Wheeler/Publisher