THE COMMUNITIES OF THE SHIRES
Shaftsbury State Park Photo by Lorianna Weathers Photography
SHAFTSBURY
When Robert Frost decided to move from New Hampshire to Vermont, he bought a farm in South Shaftsbury where he could grow apples(“ of some unforbidden variety”) and write poetry. One morning in the summer of 1922 he stepped outside after a night of writing, and“ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” came to him, he said,“ like a hallucination.”
His house is now open to the public as the Robert Stone House Museum at Bennington College. A well-maintained trail leads through woods to North Bennington’ s Lake Paran.
Shaftsbury welcomes farmers: there are farmstands and CSA’ s featuring organic vegetables and locally raised meat in addition to horse farms offering lessons, boarding, and riding. The Alpaca Shack( and herd) in the west part of town welcome you weekend afternoons.
To top it all off, you can jump in the lake( in season) at Shaftsbury State Park.
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