Download or read book Vermont Firsts and Other Claims to Fame written by Richard B. Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vermont may be small in population, but it looms large with innovation. The state constitution was the first in America to ban slavery, provide for universal male suffrage and establish a system for publicly funded education. Ethan Allen captured Fort Ticonderoga for America's First Victory. An eleven-year-old Willie Johnston was America's youngest Medal of Honor winner, and Grace Coolidge became the one and only First Lady to have a raccoon as a pet while in the White House. In the 1930s, rebellious Vermonters were the first to vote down a major New Deal construction project, the Green Mountain Parkway. Join local historian Dick Smith as he reveals this state's pioneering nature.
Download or read book Ethan Allen the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga written by Richard B. Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Vermont Firsts and Other Claims to Fame examines the pivotal American Revolutionary War skirmish and the men behind it. In April 1775, a small band of men set out from Hartford and traveled swiftly north toward the shore of Lake Champlain, recruiting men to their expedition along the way. Within only a few days, this loyal group of volunteers arrived in Vermont and, joining forces with Ethan Allen and his legendary Green Mountain Boys, launched a daring attack to capture more than one hundred cannons stored at Fort Ticonderoga. In this comprehensive look at “America's First Victory,” Richard Smith traces the Patriots’ route from Connecticut, through the towns of western Massachusetts and the Berkshire hills and north to Bennington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain. He chronicles the rival expedition led by Benedict Arnold, his confrontation with Allen, and the surprise attack that changed the course of the American Revolution.
Download or read book From the East Bearing Gifts Vermont s Firsts to the Nation written by G. Peabody and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In From the East, Bearing Gifts, Don Peabody presents a rich collection of Vermont history and lore. It's an excellent travel companion for a drive though Vermont.
Download or read book Discovering Black Vermont written by Elise A. Guyette and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2010-07-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for an African American community in rural Vermont
Download or read book Alexander Von Humboldt and the United States written by Eleanor Jones Harvey and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enduring influence of naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt on American art, culture, and politics Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was one of the most influential scientists and thinkers of his age. A Prussian-born geographer, naturalist, explorer, and illustrator, he was a prolific writer whose books graced the shelves of American artists, scientists, philosophers, and politicians. Humboldt visited the United States for six weeks in 1804, engaging in a lively exchange of ideas with such figures as Thomas Jefferson and the painter Charles Willson Peale. It was perhaps the most consequential visit by a European traveler in the young nation's history, one that helped to shape an emerging American identity grounded in the natural world. In this beautifully illustrated book, Eleanor Jones Harvey examines how Humboldt left a lasting impression on American visual arts, sciences, literature, and politics. She shows how he inspired a network of like-minded individuals who would go on to embrace the spirit of exploration, decry slavery, advocate for the welfare of Native Americans, and extol America's wilderness as a signature component of the nation's sense of self. Harvey traces how Humboldt's ideas influenced the transcendentalists and the landscape painters of the Hudson River School, and laid the foundations for the Smithsonian Institution, the Sierra Club, and the National Park Service. Alexander von Humboldt and the United States looks at paintings, sculptures, maps, and artifacts, and features works by leading American artists such as Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Frederic Church, and Samuel F. B. Morse. Published in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Exhibition Schedule Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC September 18, 2020–January 3, 2021
Download or read book History of Wells Vermont for the First Century After Its Settlement written by Hiland Paul and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont written by Hiram Carleton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation In Dorset, on July 26, 1776, assembled that convention which is said to have been the first body in the territory of Vermont to assume general legislative functions in the development of civil government. The scene then changes again to the court-house in Westminster, where, on January 15, 1777, without a dissenting voice, it was decreed that the district of land commonly called and known by the name of New Hampshire Grants be a new and separate State. Here, too, two days later, the convention, speaking for the people of Vermont, declared their inde pendence of Great Britain and of all other governments claiming jurisdiction, and appointed a committee of war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book History of Hartford Vermont July 4 1761 April 4 1889 written by William Howard Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Hidden History of Vermont written by Mark Bushnell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vermont's history is marked by fierce independence, generosity of spirit and the saga of human life along its steep slopes and fertile valleys. Meet the widow who outwitted Tories and may have spied for the Green Mountain Boys. Encounter the family who gained a national following by summoning spirits. Discover why one governor opposed women's suffrage and how that may have involved spirits of another sort. Visit an island retreat where Harpo Marx cheated at croquet and satirist Dorothy Parker wore nothing but a garden hat. Historian Mark Bushnell offers a glimpse of the Green Mountain State rarely seen.
Download or read book Hidden History of Burlington Vermont written by Glenn Fay Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sitting on a hillside overlooking a spectacular lake and mountains, Burlington was destined to attract greatness, although much of its history has remained hidden. It was the territory of the Alnôbak, who lived in concert with nature for thousands of years, and later the swashbuckling Green Mountain Boy Ethan Allen and his kin. Self-made tycoon Lawrence Barnes helped make the city the third-largest lumber shipping port in the country. The resilient Fanny Penniman created the first herbarium, and her daughter inspired a nineteenth-century hospital. Bootlegger Cyrus Dean was convicted of murder and publicly executed in the hill section. Irish, French Canadian, Jewish and Italian neighborhoods all combined to give a unique character to the city. Join author and historian Glenn Fay as he reveals stories and images of Burlington's forgotten past.
Download or read book Centennial Celebration Together with an Historical Sketch of Reading Windsor County Vermont and Its Inhabitants written by Gilbert Asa Davis and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Wetland Woodland Wildland written by Elizabeth H. Thompson and published by Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-published by The Vermont Fish & Widlife Department, The Nature Conservancy, and Vermont Land Trust--a revised and updated 2nd edition This book is a must-have for anyone wanting to understand Vermont's forests, wetlands, mountaintops, and shores. Richly illustrated with beautiful line drawings and stunning color photographs, this accessible field guide will delight outdoor explorers and armchair naturalists alike. The book starts with an introduction to the natural community concept and the factors influencing our natural systems, from wind and water to soil and rocks. Then, the book offers a lucid and enjoyable journey into Vermont's geologic past, with stories of colliding continents, sea floor sediments, and mysterious whale bones. This follows with a journey through all of Vermont's nine distinct biophysical regions, from the cold and wild Northeastern Highlands to the warm and dry Taconic Mountains. The bulk of the book describes Vermont's natural communities--its northern hardwood forests, dry oak woodlands, alpine tundra, cedar swamps, bogs, and marshes--in comprehensive detail. Ecological settings, including geology, soils, climate, and natural disturbance processes, are described for each community, along with complete lists of characteristic plants and animals, as well as places to visit. Wetland, Woodland, Wildland is the definitive guide to Vermont's natural communities, and is packed with information unavailable elsewhere. It offers practical information for naturalists, teachers, students, landowners, land managers, foresters, conservation planners, and all those with a love of nature who want to learn more about their surroundings. The first edition of this book, published in 2000, has become a mainstay for naturalists and students throughout Vermont and surrounding states and provinces. This second edition is completely updated to incorporate new research and a growing knowledge about natural communities, as well as a deeper understanding of climate change and its implications for conservation into the future. This newly updated book will be a prized addition to your natural history library, but it won't remain on the shelf. You will want to take it with you every time you explore the outdoors. Each paragraph will bring new insights and will deepen your understanding and appreciation of wild nature around you. You will surely want to share this book with friends.
Download or read book History of Hartford Vermont July 4 1761 April 4 1889 the First Town on the New Hampshire Grants Chartered After the Close of the French War written by William Howard Tucker and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVII. GENEALOGIES. No one who has not made genealogical researches, can form a just idea of the difficulties of gathering facts requisite to completeness in the work. The formation of a historical memorial of a family, even of the least volume, cannot be accomplished without the co-operation of many willing hearts and hands, especially in the absence of full and complete written records, such as should be kept by every family in the land. It is surprising that there are so many people who take but little, if any, interest in the story of their lineage, or in the perpetuation of their own memory, or, at least, sufficient interest to lead them to prepare and carefully preserve a memorial relating to the special branch of the family to which they belong. How few there are who know anything of their ancestry back of their grand parents! And, why is it that many people who are able to trace their paternal ancestry back for several generations, are unable to trace their maternal ancestry even to their grand parents? During the compilation of the following family records the author has written at least 500 letters to obtain facts and dates. A large number of these letters, accompanied by return postage, fell into the hands of those who appropriated the stamps, but maintained a careless or impatible silence--(there are few forms of ill-breeding more ungracious than this)--other letters elicited brief or superficial outlines of family histories, while some brought a large harvest of facts; but the information obtained was such as should have been found recorded in family Bibles within the town. The author has endeavored to arrange the following genealogies in such a way that each branch of the family at large, and of every specific...
