The Great Sheep Boom and its Legacy in Putney and Environs.
New England agriculture in the first half of the 19th century enjoyed its only period ever of true prosperity, an economic bubble that left physical and cultural legacies that still resonate today. It was built on sheep and the prodigious production of their wool. Steve Taylor, a farmer, writer, scholar of rural life in the Connecticut Valley and former longtime commissioner of agriculture in New Hampshire, will  speak at the Putney Community Center on January 12, 2020 on this subject with a particular focus on the Putney area and invite discussion immediately following.

Putney Community Center

Sunday, January 12, 2020

4:00 p.m.

Open to the public. All are welcome!