Rising From the Rails by Larry Tye Harold Holzer An original drawing from local

An original drawing from local Vermont artist Shawn Braley

Mellow Mint from The Quite Botanist is a smooth peppermint herbal tea- a refreshing and soothing drink

Full Grain Leather Handles

at 11am and 1:00pm

And beginning to enjoy life

Rising From the Rails by Larry Tye Harold Holzer An original drawing from localRising From the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class by Larry Tye When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer of a steady job and worldly experience irresistible. They quickly signed up to serve as maid, waiter, concierge, nanny, and occasionally doctor and undertaker to cars full of white passengers,