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The book features 102 color photographs of Vermont's covered bridges in fifteen chapters, each a guided tour. The tours are complete with maps, commentary on the uniqueness of each bridge, and historic highlights about the towns and villages in which the bridges stand.

An appendix provides:

• A Summary of Vermont's Covered Bridges
• A Covered Bridge Glossary
• A Bridge Truss section explaining how trusses work
• Thumbnail biographies of people who designed and built the bridges
• A Covered Bridge Reading List for bridge and history buffs
• A detailed Index

Spanning Time: Vermont's Covered Bridges: 7" x 10", 288 pages. Published by New England Press of Shelburne, VT. Spanning Time is available directly from the author for $25.00 US, free shipping.

Send your check or money order to: Joseph C. Nelson, P.O. Box 267, Jericho, VT 05489.

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A special sale for the benefit of the Vermont Covered Bridge Society featuring the works of Eric Tobin. All proceeds of the unframed prints go to the VCBS. Sale of the framed prints will be shared 50/50. They are all Giclee on acid free paper. The glass is non-glare artists glass.

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128 pages containing 200 photos and historical notes. During their heyday in the mid to late 1800s, more than 150 covered bridges dotted the landscape of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Since that time, floods, fires, and progress have claimed almost all of the historic structures. Covered bridges were heavily concentrated in the hills of northwestern Connecticut, spanning the Farmington, Housatonic, and Naugatuck Rivers.

In Rhode Island, most were built by the railroads in Woonsocket, Providence, and other communities in the northern part of the state, though few pictures are known to exist. Connecticut was the birthplace of two of the nation's best-known covered bridge designers: Ithiel Town and Theodore Burr. Half of the covered bridges currently standing in the United States are supported by trusses patented by Town or Burr.

The cost is $22.00 each + $4.95 shipping for 1 or 2 books.

Send your check payable to:

(To credit our save-a-bridge program please mark your check "VCBS" in the memo area)

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Published by the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges On Sale: $15.00. Profits will go to the Vermont Covered Bridge Society's Save-A-Bridge Program.

For your copy send $15.00 plus $4.95 shipping to:

Vermont residents add $0.90 (6% sales tax).

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Produced by Ocean State Video of Rhode Island for Public Television. Profits will go to the Vermont covered Bridge Society's Save-A-Bridge Program.

For your copy send $20.00 plus $1.88 shipping to:

Vermont residents add $1.20 (6% sales tax).

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Would you like to see all of New York State's Covered Bridges at your leisure in the comfort of your own vehicle? Well now you can! The New York State Covered Bridge Driving Tour is a spiral bound, full color tour which includes turn by turn directions and color photographs of each of New York's authentic and historic covered bridges.

Included are the statistics on each bridge and an interesting history of the bridge and the surrounding town, and old postcards of how the bridges looked during an earlier time.

To obtain a copy of the tour, contact:

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The I love Covered Bridges bumper sticker measures 3" x 11.5".

Send $2.00 for each bumper sticker along with a self-stamped, self addressed #10 envelope to:

Up to two stickers can be mailed for first class postage.
Vermont residents add $0.12 for each sticker (6% sales tax).

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The Vermont Covered Bridge Society patch features the Bridge On The Green in West Arlington, Vermont and was designed by original member Francis Converse in the year 2000. The patch measures 3.5 inches in diameter.

Send $3.50 for each patch along with a self-stamped, self addressed envelope to:

Up to three patches can be mailed for first class postage.
Vermont residents add $0.21 for each patch (6% sales tax).

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The Friends of Glimmerglass State Park in New York are making a Christmas ornament available of the Hyde Hall covered bridge. The ornament can be purchased at the Friends of Glimmerglass State Park web store http://www.friendsofglimmerglass.com/apps/webstore/ for the cost of $15.00.

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At one time, New York State had over 300 covered bridges, but over the years, floods, fires and modernization have claimed all but 32 of them. Both the Hyde Hall Covered Bridge and the Old Blenheim Bridge are proud record holders. Located in Glimmerglass State Park, the Hyde Hall Covered Bridge is the oldest existing covered bridge in the United States. The Old Blenheim Bridge was the longest single-span covered bridge in the world until it was washed away by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 when the Schoharie Creek flooded. Today, Oxford, New York, is home to the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center, which was specifically designed for covered bridge researches - the first-ever center of its kind.

About the Authors

Bob and Trish Kane first developed an interest in covered bridge in 1991 while vacationing in Vermont. Bob enjoys studying their architecture and trusses, while Trish enjoys researching their history and photographing them. Her photography has been featured in Pennsylvania Magazine, the I Love NY State Autumn Tourism Guide and many calendars. Even with a busy life and four active grandchildren, Bob and Trish somehow find time to travel and work on covered bridge projects. Their desire to help preserve these historic structures for future generations to enjoy is more than just a desire; it is a passion they actively pursue.

They have worked with owners of private covered bridges, county officials, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to get New York's covered bridges listed in the State and National Register of Historic Places. To date, they have been successful in getting 10 out of the 13 that still qualify included in these prestigious listings.

They also worked with the DeLorme Atlas Company to have the location of all existing covered bridges across the United States listed in each state's atlas. They are co-founders of Covered Spans of Yesteryear (www.lostbridges.org), a website documenting all known covered bridges ever to have existed in the United States and Canada, and to date, over 13,000 bridges have been recorded. Their most recent endeavor was the completion of a full-color, turn-by-turn driving tour of New York's covered bridges

When the Kane's aren't busy with covered bridge projects, Bob spends his time in his wood working shop and 4-wheeling. He can often be seen behind the wheel of one of the Sherburne-Earlville Central School buses. Trish retired from Colgate University in December 2013 after 32 years of service as an Administrative Assistant. She spends most of her free time at the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center in Oxford, NY where she serves as the Collections Curator for the center with much assistance from Bob.

For information on how to purchase Images of America - New York State's Covered Bridges, or a copy of their driving tour, please call them at 607-674-9656 or contact them at: 167 Williams Rd., Sherburne, NY, 13460 or via email: bobtrish68@frontiernet.net.

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Beyond the ‘Kill is the story of Todd Newman and his transformation from a trapped, troubled young man, with a seemingly life-limiting learning disability, to the kind of person he always aspired to be, when, after his arrest for arson, Todd’s new life, quite literally, rises from the ashes of his own misguided act. His story is told by his best friend, AG, an old covered bridge which spans the Battenkill River, or the ‘Kill as the locals call it.

The book is available in paperback, hardcover, and Ebook formats. Visit Richard's website to order the book: Beyond the 'Kill

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Elaine Cole-Kerr, a Vermont artist and native, has produced a new covered bridge calendar of her original paintings. The 2021 Covered Bridges of Vermont calendar is now available to purchase. This is the first in a yearly series of Vermont's covered bridges.

A self-taught, inspiring artist, Elaine enjoys working in a number of mediums including pencil, watercolor, oils and acrylics. She has been the featured artist at Copley Hospital Morrisville, NVRH Hospital in St. Johnsbury, and the WREN Gallery, Bethlehem, N H.

Elaine's works call to mind painting by "Grandma Moses," Ralph Cahoon and Martha Cahoon, whose artworks have been associated with the "primitive" school of painting.

The calendar is available thru Etsy.com. You can find it here: vermont-covered-bridge-calendar-2021

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