Vermont
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6.5K5Champlain, the Irish Lake
Between 1840 and 1860, a great wave of Irish immigrants washed up on the shores of Lake Champlain. So many, in fact,...
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9.7KThe Murder of Jim Fisk, Vermont’s Robber Baron
Jubilee Jim Fisk liked to live large – too large for his own good. He rose from humble beginnings in Vermont to...
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7.1KThe Vermont Country Store – Nine Surprising Facts
You can’t have missed the catalog for the Vermont Country Store in your mailbox, and you may well have visited one of...
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8.6K2Six Historic Buildings With a Clerestory
The clerestory window makes a lot of sense in New England because of the short, short days during the long, long winter....
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7.2KA Senator’s Son and the Murder of School Teacher Marietta Ball
On July 24, 1874, a Friday, Marietta Ball – a school teacher in St. Albans, Vt. – left school at 3:30 in...
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30.7K8Six Historic One-Room Schoolhouses
Thousands of one-room schoolhouses once educated New England children, some well into the 20th century. Small, utilitarian buildings, they usually lacked plumbing...
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