PAT & RUSSELL BELDING - POTASH BROOK PUBLISHING

From Hitching Posts
To Gas Pumps

“It is reported that the skating rink building has of late been the principal “catch on” place in town;
that the fair ones of Venus would congregate there in the afternoon, and make appointments for evening
with their Apollos. There are small blots of blood on the moon, and hair-pulling has become an everyday
transaction.” ~ Montpelier Argus and Patriot, Wednesday, June 16, 1886
The above is just one of many news articles, important or otherwise, quoted in local historian Russell
Belding’s first book. A comprehensive look at each of the buildings of a small New England city’s main
thoroughfare over a 40-year period, “From Hitching Posts to Gas Pumps”.

Longtime Barre resident Russell Belding has had a lifelong fascination with the history of his immediate
surroundings.

Price $24.95 ~ ISBN 0-9650699-3-1

One Less Woman

One Less Woman A Vermont Murder: 1919 by Patricia W. Belding
About The Title

About The Author

In 1993 Pat Belding retired after 26 years at the Aldrich Public Library. At that time, she changed her career
and began self-publishing books about Barre and Vermont.

$16.95
by Patricia W. Belding

Talk of the Town

TALK OF THE TOWN: 1925 Patricia W. Belding

TALK OF THE TOWN:
1925

Highlights From Vermont’s Popular Column In The Barre Daily Times

Includes Over 40 Photographs

About the Author . . .
Talk of the Town: 1925 is her third book. In 1996, she collaborated with her photographer husband, John,
in self-publishing Where The Books Are.
$13.00

Where the Books Are

WHERE THE BOOKS ARE History & Architecture of Vermont's Public Libraries with Photos & Anecdotes

Where the Books Are, an affectionate portrait of Vermont's 201 town and city libraries, includes some of the
state's loveliest and most cherished buildings. Hats off to the Beldings, a literary and photographic team in the
grand tradition - their book will have a lasting impact on our appreciation of Vermont's public libraries.
~ Karen Lane, Director, Aldrich Public Library

Patricia and John (Pat and Jack) Belding, a husband and wife writer /photographer team were born and raised
in Massachusetts. They graduated from UMass at Amherst in 1953, moved to Vermont in 1957, and have lived
in Barre since 1963.