The cheese display box was used in the Monkton General Store in Monkton Ridge when Wesley Little owned the store.
Category: Artifact
Stilson Toolbox
The Stilson toolbox is from the Stilson family. Three carpenters are listed as residents of Monkton in “Hamilton Child’s 1881-1882 Directory of Addison County.” The 1857 Addison County map has two homes just to the west of Monkton Village labeled H.P. Stillson and A. Stillson.
Northrop Blanket Chest
The blanket/hope chest’s original owner appears to have the name the surname “Northrop” and underneath the name Ann ending with an O and a line down the middle of it. It has also been suggested that this could be “Anno,” Latin for “in the year.” Since filling such a chest was usually started by a…