Vermont
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7.1K4How the British Tortured Ethan Allen
Today we’d call it torture, but when the British tortured Ethan Allen in prison they called it ‘harsh treatment.’ On Sept. 25,...
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4.4KThe Butter vs. Margarine Wars Sweep Vermont in 1900
The 1900 U.S. Senate election in Vermont pitted Governor William Dillingham against Congressman and General William Grout. As the race got nastier,...
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5.9KHannah Hendee – Heroine of the Royalton Raid
In 1780, British troops embarked on a series of raids near what is now the Vermont-New Hampshire border to discourage colonists from spreading the...
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7.6K2Six Famous Artists Houses (Where You Can Stay, Too)
Artists gravitate toward places that inspire them creatively, so you can often find artists houses among splendid scenery or in rural isolation....
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5.4K1Prohibition in Vermont and the Legend of Catherine Dillon
Prohibition in Vermont started early. Liquor officially became illegal in parts of Vermont in the early 1800s, with towns demanding the right...
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9.3KThe Outrageous Comical Brown Comes to Town
If you live in a New England town with town hall, a school, a church or an opera house, chances are good...
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6.9K1John Humphrey Noyes Finds Out Sex and Silverware Don’t Mix
John Humphrey Noyes started out in the 19th century as a conventional Yale-trained minister until he found out he was perfect and...
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7.0K2The Nineteenth Century Curse of Mercie Dale
The story of the curse of Mercie Dale begins around 1800 in Braintree, Mass. Mercie’s daughter Silence had married William Hayden in...
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25.5KA Vermont Moose Visits Paris in 1787
In 1784, a Vermont moose went to Paris to settle an argument between a French natural historian and Thomas Jefferson. The historian,...
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4.9KThe Notorious Vermont Doctor Behind Bennington’s Trinity University
In 1889, medical schools popped up all over the country to satisfy the high demand for doctors. Prospective medical students had a...
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