Bristol Historical Society
The Town of Bristol has had many families live all, or parts of their lives here. Generations come and go with whole lifetimes sometimes taking place right on the very ground that you inhabit today. Have you ever looked at old houses in town and wondered what the lives of the people that lived there were like? Have you ever wandered through any of our old historic cemetaries and wondered what events may have paralleled the short stay here on earth of the people whose names are on the stones? Have you ever looked at some of the old forgotten fields that have now returned to brushlands or forest and tried to picture the horses pulling plows through that very same ground? Have you ever walked through the woods and found old stone piles or discarded farm implements and pictured people of another time turning these areas into productive farmlands? Did you ever wonder what people of a century or more ago used to do for a living here? Do you ever wonder if there are people of historical note that have lived in this town? Have you ever wondered what Bristol was like back when the lowly hop was king, or when the raising of sheep was a major economic influence on the town?

If any of these questions have ever run through your head or if you just simply have a curiosity about the past involved on this land that you now call home, you are a good candidate for becoming a member of the Bristol Historical Society. Perhaps you have an interest in expanding the understanding of our past or are interested in helping to preserve the knowledge and record of our past. If so, the Bristol Historical Society is an organization that you should become a part of. Just pop into one of the meetings or contact Helen Fox (Town Historian) at the Bristol Town Hall (229-2400) or Alan Jones (President) at 229-2999 and check out the details of belonging to this organization.

Bristol Historical Society Meets at 7:30 P.M. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Historical Society Building on Route #64 in Bristol Center. No meetings will be held in January or February.