Pleasant Valley Grange No. 136

Following on the heels of the Farmer's Club movement, the Patrons of Husbandry (Grange) became highly popular throughout northern New England in the 1870s. Such organizations not only provided important social activities for isolated farm communities, but also promoted agricultural education and reform in a more structured manner than previously experienced. West Bethel's "Pleasant Valley Grange No. 136," shown here, was established in 1875 and still functions today.