This is an in person event at our Manchester store.

From 1768 on, people settled in several parts of Dorset, creating 14 school districts and six distinct villages. The author, will share highlights from the histories of these villages.

Discover the industry and recreation of North Dorset, the marble mills of East Dorset, the quarries of South Dorset, and the businesses of Dorset Village, as well as the people who have called Dorset home: Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill Wilson, authors Elizabeth Prentiss and Zephine Humphrey, quarry and orchard entrepreneur Ernest West, and many others.

The Dorset Historical Society has been actively preserving and presenting local history since 1963.

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