Discusses the history, economy, culture, and future of Vermont.
A year after the eruption and half a world away, Nathaniel Foster, a twenty-nine-year-old veteran of the War of 1812, decided to plant corn in a freshly cleared field. Foster, who was establishing a farm with his new wife, Sarah Leach, ...
When Baxter's Store burned in September 1931, townspeople were unmoved; Merton Baxter was not a wellloved figure in Marlboro. The story is told that a little girl on her way home with a bag of sugar spilled it onto the muddy road.
Vermont's natural communities -- its northern hardwood forests, dry oak woodlands, alpine tundra, red maple swamps, bogs, and marshes -- are described in this comprehensive book. Richly illustrated with beautiful...
WALNUT LEDGE CAMPS Overnight Colleges Gopis God TAUNUT LEDGE CAMPS SOCONY SOCONY LE SCCC OLLIS ( Top left ) This photograph in Lincoln , circa 1915 , captures an early version of the gasoline truck delivering Socony to an underground ...
Rolling green hills, cozy villages, covered bridges, maple trees-these are the images that have made Vermont. Residents and visitors alike appreciate Vermont for its old-time values that have steered clear of the modern world.
Historic Photos of Vermont tells the story of the nation’s 14th state in nearly 200 striking black-and-white photographs. Take this journey into the past and discover why Vermonters cherish the land they call home.
Blake Harrison presents the construction of Vermont's landscape as a complex and ever-changing dynamic informed by progressive, modernist, and reformist thought, competing views of economic expansion, rural and urban prejudice...