Some monuments and markers are right out in the open and easy to find. Others are hidden or in difficult-to-access places. A recent Bennington Historical Society bus tour, led by Anne Bugbee and Bill Morgan, featured both kinds. About 25 people took part.
It is the 25th year that Humanities Nebraska has put on the event, Capitol Forum Day, to get students engaged in government and to teach them that they have a voice.
Most people familiar with local history know the basics of the story: how Enfield and three other towns in the Swift River Valley were dismantled and flooded in the late 1930s to create the Quabbin Reservoir.Now a reminder of Enfield’s ghostly past.
Most people familiar with local history know the basics of the story: how Enfield and three other towns in the Swift River Valley were dismantled and flooded in the late 1930s to create the Quabbin Reservoir.Now a reminder of Enfield’s ghostly past.