It was a memorable Christmas Eve in 1955 for the little 5-year old blond-haired girl in the checked dress. My uncle Roy, his well-dressed wife,...
History
Woodbury Heritage Society Hosts Vintage Baseball Game
The Woodbury Heritage Society hosted its first Vintage Baseball Game in September at Lake Middle School. The authentic event featured the St. Croix...
Fruit Pie: A Taste of Home
There are times when I try to imagine what life was like for my sweet, hardworking German grandmother, Laura Schilling Stutzman, in the early 1900s...
How Your Family Can Preserve Woodbury History
Take care when cleaning out your loved ones home—some artifacts may be vital to your community’s heritage. Our lives are stories ever unfolding....
Discover the Heritage House’s Heirloom Garden
A perfect complement to Woodbury’s Heritage House is the garden just outside the front door. This was part of the European tradition the settlers...
Woodbury Magazine Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
In 2004, Woodbury Magazine launched as a small community lifestyle magazine—two decades later, we are proud to be deeply rooted in this wonderful...
Calling Cards: A Forgotten Art
In the early 1900s, the exchange of calling cards was essential in developing friendships. These cards were left at the home of each person the...
Is It Larger Than a Bread Box?
Do you remember playing certain games and asking one another, “Is it larger than a bread box?” Do you have a bread box in your home now? Bread boxes...
Meet One of Woodbury’s Early Settlers
What would Woodbury’s first European settlers think of us now? I think they would be proud of what they started. For example, let’s take one boy’s...
Appearances Count
Farmers want their farms to look good to others … up to a point! Farmers are known to be practical, conservative and frugal. They tend to save every...
Breaking Bread
One of the stories that my father, Warren Stutzman, used to love to tell was about growing up on the family farm in Woodbury during the 1920s and...
History in Your Backyard
The Woodbury Heritage Society celebrated its 40th anniversary in August, and hosted the History in Your Backyard event on August 13 to commemorate...
A Farmer’s Hands
A farmer’s hands are like no other. Large, gnarled, scarred, calloused, rough with soft palms like a well-worn leather baseball mitt. I had the...
Early Memories
There are so many wonderful memories I have of visiting my grandparent’s farm in Woodbury during my growing up years in the 1950s and 1960s. The...
Watermelon and Warm Summer Days
One of my best memories of growing up in the 1950s were the two weeks my sister and I spent in the summer visiting our grandparent’s farm in...
Woodbury History Tour Is Back This August
Back by popular demand, the Woodbury Heritage Society is again providing the public a chance to take a trip through Woodbury’s past. On August 13...
Be a Leader in Community Pride
There is a fair number of Woodbury residents who grew up in neighboring towns and moved here for the schools, parks or the lovely homes. Others of...
A Time for Weddings
As the old saying goes, “Marry in May and rue the day. Marry in April if you can, joy for maiden and for man.” Memories of family and friends’...
The History Behind a Woodbury Homestead
Prelude Village fosters community and shares local history. For Joe and Roxanne Kielbasa, maintaining a 175-year-old farmhouse in their late 50s and...
Over 55 Years of Woodbury
Red Rock Township—created in 1858—was later renamed Woodbury Township in 1859 after Levi Woodbury, a New Hampshire Supreme Court justice and friend...
