https://www.homeshoppingguide.com/tags/brand-history/Recent content in Brand History on HomeShoppingGuide.comHugo -- gohugo.ioenHomeShoppingGuide.comMon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.homeshoppingguide.com/post/vermont-country-store-catalog-nostalgia-mail-order/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.homeshoppingguide.com/post/vermont-country-store-catalog-nostalgia-mail-order/ <h2 id="a-catalog-that-came-before-its-store">A catalog that came before its store</h2> <p>The <a href="https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/history">Vermont Country Store</a> <a href="https://www.vermontpublic.org/programs/2016-03-04/vpr-cafe-the-vermont-country-store-still-going-strong-after-70-years">began as a paper store</a> before it was a shop. Vrest and Mildred Orton founded it at Christmas 1945 with a catalog Vrest <a href="https://www.chestertelegraph.org/2025/08/20/original-vermont-country-store-in-weston-gets-state-historical-marker/">printed in his garage print shop</a>. The store in Weston, Vermont, came later, after catalog readers asked to visit it.</p> <p>The same family still runs it. Lyman Orton and his sons, Gardner and Eliot, own the company, which is now in its third generation of ownership. Its catalogs still go out nationwide. The company calls itself &quot;Purveyors of the Practical and Hard-to-Find&quot;. The catalog carries oilcloth, Teaberry gum and a perfume that once sold in dime stores.</p>