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Town Analyses > Putney > Cultural Landscape
Cultural Landscape
As we've alluded to in previous sections, the physical and ecological elements of Putney's landscape are inherently integrated with the cultural landscape, i.e. the historical and contemporary aspects of human enterprises in the region. Today more than 2600 people live in Putney, many clustered along the Route 5 corridor and the village centers on Sacketts and East Putney Brooks. On the whole, the hillsides are cloaked in a mantle of maturing forest, with open agricultural fields peppered throughout. Yet Putney's landuse patterns haven't always been this way. By looking into the past and considering historical context in conjunction with the lay of the land, we can get a sense for how and why the cultural landscape has changed. Whereas most biological functions can best be understood in cycles, human history is, for better or worse, most often portrayed in a sequential time-line. Hence, that is the pattern we will employ here, beginning first with the state's original inhabitants – Vermont's indigenous peoples.
Putney Great Meadow
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Dirt Bike Rider
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Green Mountain Orchards
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Brickyard Lane
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The Corn Crib
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Putney Sand & Gravel Pits and Cemeteries
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Interstate 91, in 1962
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New England Land Use Changes
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Maps of New Hampshire & New York Claims to Vermont
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Map of Putney's Natural and Cultural Resources
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Multiple-trunked Oak Tree
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Logging Scar
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Remnant Apple Tree
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Putney Paper
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Water Well
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Stone Wall
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Live Fenceposts
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Old North Burying Ground
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Old Putney Central School
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Sand Hill Road Bridge
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Putney Pole Barn
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Italianate Style House
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River View Farm Gambrel-Roof Barn
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Putney Landscape Late 19th Century
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Greek Revial Style House
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Hickory Ridge House
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Aerial View of Sacketts Brook Valley
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Putney Historic Paper Mill
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Putney Village
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1802 Federal Style House
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Putney Cape Style House
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Bailey Tobacco Farm
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Brailey Farm Barn
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Putney 1890s House
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Sand Hill Road Sand Pit
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Slate Quarry
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East Putney Brook Bedrock
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35-mile-an-hour Guide to Barns
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