News History and Lore – Ralston, Vermont's "Green Island" City

“The Ralston Garden” Publishing

The local privately owned news agency by the name of “The Ralston Garden”, manages publishing all news related media from newspaper, cable to articles on their website. They range from local stories, concerns as well as General Vermont Concerns and a segment for national and world news. It would be a staple of the community and where most locals get their information for all sorts of things from government to the farmers almanac, as well as new local businesses. The Ralston Garden should also have segments about the culture of the city and how it has been changing and adapting to new communities becoming a part of it as well as local legends. The Ralston Garden will reflect how those a part of the community trust their officials and each other to keep them in mind. This is the most popular in Ralston and has been gaining popularity outside of Ralston due to publishing multiple sides to one issue to give fuller coverage.

Ralston Historical Society

The purpose the Ralston Historical Society (RHS) serves is that of preservation. It was originally founded by common people and, over the years, was incorporated into the local government due to their effectiveness at keeping records. The RHS now resides in two main buildings; city hall, where it’s main offices are located, and the RHS records building down the street from city hall, where all the documents are actually kept.

A Legend of the Forest

There’s an old legend about the forestry of Ralston, and why the locals are so protective of the remaining forestry today. Back when settlers first started colonizing the land, they chopped down trees left and right to make room for the growing colony. However, as they chopped down more and more trees, strange accidents began occurring. Suddenly the loggers found numerous accidents and deaths caused by fallen trees, some of which were natural without even an axe nick on them! Not only that, but many of the buildings where the trees once stood found themselves overtaken by vines, wild grass, and other flora rapidly growing on them. Eventually because of all the accidents, the community of Ralston decided to stop cutting any deeper into the forests, finding that once they stopped, the accidents and flora growth dropped off soon after. Since then, the remaining forestry stayed untouched and preserved, with fear of greater consequences should the deforestation ever resume.