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Newbury School of Weaving

The Newbury School of Weaving is a craft school located in Newbury, Vermont. Instruction focuses on Euro-American traditional weaving, spinning, dyeing, and other textile techniques, with an emphasis on rediscovering techniques that have fallen out of use since the mid-19th century. History After working as master weaver at Colonial Williamsburg, Norman Kennedy (b. 1933) founded Marshfield School of Weaving in 1975. Virginia Stranahan, a friend of Kennedy's from his Gaelic folk singing tours, supported the renovation of a 19th-century barn for the school. Kennedy taught based on methods he had learned from handweavers in Aberdeen and the Outer Hebrides in his youth. Over the course of six weeks, students would spin a sheep's fleece into yarn, weave it into a blanket, and waulk it with Scottish songs. Kate Smith, who would later found Eaton Hill Textile Works, joined Kennedy as a teacher in 1982. The first iteration of the school closed in 1992. In 2007, with experience in historic textile reproduction, Smith reopened the school as director. In 2016 the school reconstituted its original nonprofit, making it eligible to receive a donation of looms, spinning wheels, and other historic equipment as part of the de-accessioning of the collection of the American Textile History Museum. Kate Smith retired as director of the school in November 2023. Justin Squizzero, a student of Smith and Kennedy, took on the role in January 2024. In September of that year the school relocated to the former Methodist chapel on the common in Newbury, Vermont. In 2025 the school changed its name to The Newbury School of Weaving. Projects Kate Smith has documented the school's process of setting up a 4-post barn loom in the manual Warping & Dressing the Early Hand Loom. The school also promotes an online "Early Hand North American Handloom Survey" to gather information about the "style, construction, and features" of the textile technology of this period. The campus formerly hosted a semiannual Textile History Forum for academic research, organized by Rabbit Goody of Thistle Hill Weavers. References External links Official website Database of historic equipment Vermont Crafts Council profile Vermont Folklife profile
Camp Johnson (Vermont)

Camp Johnson is a installation of the United States Department of Defense in Colchester, Vermont. It houses the Headquarters of the Vermont Army National Guard. History Fort Ethan Allen was purchased by the Vermont General Assembly for use as a training site in 1894. In 1898 the 1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry (see 172nd Cavalry Regiment) was stationed there for the Spanish–American War. In 1900 the Vermont National Guard took possession. The site was then renamed to Camp Olympia. It was later named for successive Governors and used for unit training and a staging area for mobilization. In 1945 the State Reservation permanently renamed Camp Olympia to Camp Johnson to honor Herbert T. Johnson, the general who led Vermont's military during and between the world wars. The Vermont National Guard Museum and Library is located on Camp Johnson and focuses on the military history of Vermont. References
Middlebury College

Middlebury College é uma faculdade privada de artes liberais dos Estados Unidos da América, localizada em Middlebury, no estado de Vermont. Foi fundada em 1800, e é uma das faculdades de artes liberais mais antigas dos Estados Unidos. Possui mais de 2.500 estudantes, de todos os 50 estados e de mais de 70 países. Oferece 44 cursos nas áreas de artes, humanidades, literatura, língua estrangeira, ciências sociais e ciências naturais. Middlebury foi a primeira instituição de ensino superior estadunidense a conferir o grau de bacharel a um afroamericano: Alexander Twilight, em 1823. Middlebury também foi a primeira faculdade de artes liberais da Nova Inglaterra a aceitar mulheres, em 1883. As 31 equipes esportivas de Middlebury são conhecidas como os Middlebury Panthers, e competem na Divisão III da National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), como parte da New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Referências Ver também Educação nos Estados Unidos SAT Ligações externas middlebury.edu
Миддлберийский колледж

Миддлберийский колледж (англ. Middlebury College) — частный гуманитарный университет в городе Мидлбери, Вермонт, США. Основан в 1800 году и является одним из старейших и самых престижных гуманитарных вузов США. В 1823 году Мидлбери-колледж стал первым американским вузом, присвоившим учёную степень бакалавра чернокожему студенту. В колледже обучается более 2500 студентов из всех штатов США и из более чем 70 стран мира. В 2012 году в рейтинге лучших гуманитарных вузов США по версии U.S. News & World Report Мидлбери-колледж занял 5-е место. В 2011 году в рейтинге лучших вузов США по версии журнала Forbes Мидлбери-колледж занял 40-ю позицию. Выпускники и преподаватели Арден, Кэтрин Рочфорд, Эдмунд Бёрк Джейсон Мандзукас Карлос Кальеха Примечания Ссылки middlebury.edu — официальный сайт Мидлбери-колледжа Монтерейский институт международных исследований WRMC — радиостанция The Campus — газета
Power House Covered Bridge

The Power House Covered Bridge, also known as the School Street Covered Bridge, is a covered bridge from 1872 that crosses the Gihon River off State Route 100C in Johnson, Vermont, US. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The bridge's name is from a now obsolete hydroelectric generating station just upstream from it. The bridge is of Queen post truss design by an unknown builder. Description The Power House Covered Bridge is located east of the village of Johnson, on School Street just west of Vermont Route 100C. It cross the Gihon River, a tributary of the Lamoille River in a roughly east–west orientation. It is a single-span Queen post truss structure, 63.5 feet (19.4 m) long and 19 feet (5.8 m), with a roadway width of 16 feet (4.9 m) (one lane). The bridge rests on stone abutments faced in concrete, and is covered by a gabled metal roof. The exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends around to the insides of the portals. On the sides, the siding does not extend all the way to the roof, leaving an open strip. The trusses include iron rods for stability, and have had metal plates added to some of the joints for increased strength. History The bridge was built in 1870, several decades before the eponymous power plant was built upriver. It is one of three surviving 19th-century bridges in Johnson. In 1960, minor repairs were conducted to the abutments, approaches and floor. In 1995, it was recommended to reinforce the deck due to the large number of trucks using the road as a short cut. Steel I beams were installed underneath. In 2000, the bridge was destroyed by a heavy snow load. The roof collapsed and the side walls fell outward into the river below. Because of the installation of the steel I beams, the deck was self-supporting and actually survived. Guardrails were put up on the sides of the deck to keep the bridge open while its fate was decided. In 2002, the contracting company of Blow & Cote was hired to reconstruct the bridge, which was reopened on June 29, 2002. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamoille County, Vermont List of Vermont covered bridges List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont References External links Media related to Power House Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Mill Covered Bridge (Belvidere, Vermont)

The Mill Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the North Branch Lamoille River on Back Road in Belvidere, Vermont. Built about 1890, it is one of two surviving covered bridges in the rural community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Description and history The Mill Covered Bridge stands in a rural area west of the village center of Belvidere, carrying Back Road (which runs west from the town north of the river) to its junction with Vermont Route 109 (which runs west from the town south of the river). The bridge is a single-span Queen post truss structure, 70 feet (21 m) long and 15 feet (4.6 m) wide, with a roadway width of 12 feet (3.7 m) (one lane). Its trusses are set on abutments of dry laid stone that have been capped in concrete. They are set slightly skewed, giving the bridge a parallelogram shape. The exterior of the bridge is finished in vertical board siding, which extends around to the insides of the portals. The siding ends short of the roof on the sides, leaving an open strip. The north portal opening is framed as a segmented-arch opening, while that on the south end is rectangular with diagonal corners. The bridge deck is wooden planking laid in steel I-beams, which now carry the bridge's active load. The bridge was built by Lewis Robinson in about 1890. It is one of two bridges in Belvidere (the other, the Morgan Covered Bridge, is east of this one), and one of five bridges across the North Branch Lamoille in a span of five miles. The steel beams were installed under the deck of the bridge in 1971 after a contractor's snowplow broke through. The trusses were repaired in 1995 by Jan Lewandoski and Paul Ide. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamoille County, Vermont List of Vermont covered bridges List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont References
Ball Mountain Dam

Ball Mountain Dam (National ID # VT00001) is a dam in Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont, in the southeastern part of the state. The earthen and gravel gravity dam was constructed between 1957 and 1961 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 247 feet (75 m) and a length of 915 feet (279 m) at its crest. It impounds the West River of Vermont for flood control. The dam is owned and operated by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps identified safety and seepage problems with the dam in 2009, and has assigned it a Dam Safety Action Class rating of DSAC II, or "Urgent". The reservoir it creates, Ball Mountain Reservoir, has a normal water surface of 20 acres (8.1 ha), a maximum capacity of 52,450 acre-feet (65 million cubic meters), and a normal capacity of 240 acre⋅ft (300 thousand m3). Recreation includes fishing (for stocked Atlantic salmon, smallmouth bass, and trout), camping at 111 campsites in nearby Winhall and Jamaica, and activities at the adjacent Jamaica State Park. The river between Ball Mountain Lake and downstream Townshend Lake (also operated by the Army Corps of Engineers) is used for white water boating during releases from the Ball Mountain Dam, usually occurring during one weekend in April and one weekend in September. References
Eshqua Bog Natural Area

The Eshqua Bog Natural Area is a protected area in Hartland, Vermont. It is 41 acres containing a wet bog. It is near Woodstock, about 11 miles west of White River Junction. There is a boardwalk allowing access to the wetland and views of rare plants. The flora of the area includes many post-glacial cold-climate plants native to bog and fen habitat, including Labrador tea, cotton grass, pitcher plants, showy lady's slippers, larches, and buckbean. References External links Esqua Bog Natural Area - New England Wild Flower Society
Hope Cemetery

Hope Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Barre, Vermont. The city calls itself the "Granite Capital of the World", and the cemetery is known for the superb granite craftsmanship on its memorials and tombstones. History Hope Cemetery was established in 1895, with the purchase of 53 acres of farmland for $7,000. It was designed by the landscape architect Edward P. Adams. By 1895, skilled artisans from around the world, especially Italy, emigrated to Barre to participate in the booming granite industry. One of the main uses of granite throughout the country was in tombstones and memorials. It is estimated that one-third of all memorials in the United States came from Barre. Silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by granite dust, was common among the artisans and sculptors who were breathing it in every day, which led to an abnormally high death rate. In addition, the 1918–1919 Spanish flu epidemic caused many additional deaths, adding to the need for tombstones. Knowing that death was imminent and possibly around the corner, many sculptors were given to designing their own tombstones to showcase their skill. It is estimated that 75% of the tombstones were designed by the occupants of the graves. Today Hope Cemetery has since grown in size to 65 acres (26 ha), and there are more than 10,000 tombstones and memorials located inside. All of its stones are made from "Barre Grey" granite. The cemetery is a common tourist destination, and has been referred to as a "'Museum' of granite sculpture," the "Uffizi of Necropolises", by Vermont folklorist Joseph A. Citro, a "Gallery of granite artistry," a "sculpture garden" and a "Huge outdoor museum." It is still possible for ornate and unusual tombstones to be put into Hope Cemetery. These large memorials can range in cost from US$20,000–30,000+. Simple headstones cost about $2,000. Hope is the largest of three cemeteries managed by the city of Barre. It was featured in a story run by the Associated Press, and was also featured in a segment in National Geographic on cities and towns in America. Notable burials Frank Gaylord (1925–2018), sculptor Gallery References Citations Sources Knoblock, Glenn A. (2018). Hope Cemetery. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2847-6. External links Hope Cemetery at Find a Grave U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hope Cemetery
Кладбище Надежды

Кладбище Надежды (англ. Hope Cemetery) — сельское кладбище в Барре, штат Вермонт, США. Жители Барре называют свой город «Гранитной столицей мира», а кладбище известно превосходным изготовлением гранитных мемориалов и надгробий. Близ Барре также находится крупнейший в мире гранитный карьер, карьера «Скала веков», также известный как «Карьер Э. Л. Смита». История Кладбище Надежды было основано в 1895 году и тогда занимало 53 акра (21,45 га). Оно было спроектировано и спланировано известным ландшафтным архитектором Эдвардом П. Адамсом. К 1895 году квалифицированные мастера со всего мира, особенно из Италии, стекались в Барре, чтобы внести вклад в быстро развивающуюся гранитную промышленность. Одним из основных применений гранита по всей стране было изготовление надгробий и мемориалов. Силикоз, респираторное заболевание, вызываемое гранитной пылью, было распространено среди ремесленников и скульпторов, которые вдыхали её каждый день, что приводило к аномально высокому уровню смертности. Кроме того, эпидемия испанского гриппа 1918–1919 годов привела к увеличению числа смертей, что увеличило потребность в надгробиях. Зная, что смерть неминуема и, возможно, уже не за горами, многие скульпторы занялись созданием собственных надгробий, чтобы продемонстрировать своё мастерство. Подсчитано, что 75% надгробий были спроектированы мастерами, которых потом захоронили в этих же могилах. Современность Кладбище Надежды с тех пор выросло в размерах до 65 акров (26 га), и внутри расположено более 10 000 надгробий и мемориалов. Все они сделаны из гранита Barre Grey. Кладбище является популярным туристическим направлением и было названо фольклористом из Вермонта Джозефом А. Ситро «Музеем гранитной скульптуры», «Уффици некрополей», «Галереей гранитного искусства», «Садом скульптур» и «Огромным музеем под открытым небом». Экскурсии проводятся за небольшую плату, но поездка на автомобиле или прогулка по кладбищу, чтобы посмотреть на скульптуры и мемориалы, является обычной практикой и поощряется. На кладбище Надежды всё ещё можно установить богато украшенные и необычные надгробия. Стоимость этих больших мемориалов может варьироваться от 20 000 до 30 000 долларов США. Простые надгробия стоят около 2000 долларов. Кладбище Надежды — самое большое из трёх кладбищ, находящихся в ведении города Барре. Оно было показано в репортаже Associated Press, а также в сюжете National Geographic, посвящённом городам и посёлкам Америки. Кроме того, кладбище было среди тех, что были показаны в документальном фильме PBS 2005 года «Специальное кладбище» (англ. A Cemetery Special). Художник Фрэнк Гейлорд (1925–2018), создавший «Колонну» статуй солдат в Мемориале ветеранов Корейской войны в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия, похоронен на кладбище Надежды. Галерея Примечания Ссылки U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System : [англ.] / Domestic Names Committee ; U.S. Board on Geographic Names. — Дата обращения : 01.08.2026.
John H. Boylan State Airport

John H. Boylan State Airport (FAA LID: 5B1) is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Island Pond, in Essex County, Vermont, United States. Facilities and aircraft The airport is named for John H. Boylan, a political figure who served as President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate. It covers an area of 188 acres (76 ha) at an elevation of 1,194 feet (364 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with a turf surface measuring 2,650 by 120 feet (808 x 37 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2019, the airport had 403 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 34 per month. At that time there were five aircraft based at this airport: 3 single-engine and 2 ultralight. See also List of airports in Vermont References External links John H. Boylan (5B1) at Vermont Airport Directory Aerial image as of May 1999 from USGS The National Map Resources for this airport: FAA airport information for 5B1 AirNav airport information for 5B1 FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker SkyVector aeronautical chart for 5B1
Methodist Episcopal Church (Stannard, Vermont)

The Methodist-Episcopal Church, also known as the Stannard-Greensboro Bend Methodist Church, is a historic church in Stannard, Vermont. Built in 1888, it is one of the small town's few 19th-century public buildings, and a good example vernacular Victorian architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Description and history The town center of Stannard, a small rural community of northern Vermont, is little more than a crossroads at Stannard Mountain Road and Lazy Mill Road, with dispersed residences. The church, one of two municipal buildings in the town center, is located east of the junction, on the south side of Stannard Mountain Road. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and granite foundation. A square tower rises from the left front corner, with three stages separated by shingled skirts which have steeply pitched small walled gables. The ground stage has a secondary entrance, the second stage has a narrow louvered opening, and the third stage houses the belfry, with paired louvered openings. The tower is capped by a pyramidal roof with bands of multicolored slate shingles. The main facade is three bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by windows, each set in Gothic-arched openings. The interior of the church is virtually unaltered since its construction. The church was built in 1888, and is, along with the nearby Stannard Schoolhouse (now the town hall), one of its only public buildings. It was built on land donated by a citizen, on condition that it be used at least once per year for religious services. This annual event is now part of an "old home day" celebration. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Caledonia County, Vermont References
Methodist Episcopal Church of Isle La Motte

The United Methodist Church of Isle La Motte, also previously known as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Isle La Motte and known locally as the Old Stone Church, is a historic church in Isle La Motte, Vermont. Built in 1843 by a prominent local Scottish stonemason, its basement was used until 1892 for town meetings and a school, while the upstairs was used for religious services. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Architecture and history The church stands east of the central Four Corners intersection in Isle La Motte's rural town center, on the north side of Church Street. It is set back from the street, with a semicircular drive in front. The building is rectangular, two bays wide and three deep, and is built out of gray limestone. The stone is regularly cut and laid in courses joined by lime mortar. It is topped by a gabled roof, from which a two-stage square wood-frame tower rises to a cross-gabled roof. Stained glass windows are set in rectangular openings with stone sills and lintels. The main entrance is at the center of the front facade, capped by a stone lintel which bears the building's construction date. Isle La Motte's Methodist congregation met in private homes and other spaces prior to the construction of this edifice. It was built in 1843 by stonemason James Ritchie, a prominent local Scottish immigrant stonemason, and is probably his finest work. The land was donated by Ira Hill, (whose house Ritchie also built). The main level was used for church services, and the basement was divided into two spaces, one used as a school and the other as a town meeting space. This situation continued until 1892, when the town and school functions were moved out. In the 20th century the Methodist congregation merged with several other denominations to form the congregation that now owns the building. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand Isle County, Vermont References
Neshobe Island

Neshobe Island is an island in Lake Bomoseen in the town of Castleton, U.S. state of Vermont. It is particularly known for its association during the 1920s and 1930s with the writer Alexander Woollcott, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of literary figures. The island was given its present name at an event on July 4, 1881, at which several names were proposed; among the other names were Taghkannuc and Kellowanda. The Rutland County Historical Society published an account of the event including a number of speeches and poems, and shortly thereafter a series of "colored books of Neshobe" were published, containing a variety of poems in honor of the island. It became well known in the 1920s and 1930s for its association with the Algonquin Round Table. In 1924, Alexander Woollcott, a member of the Algonquin circle and later a writer for The New Yorker, bought part of the island with six friends, and by the early 1930s he had purchased most of the island. He built himself a large stone house, where he hosted a number of other members of the circle during the 1930s; Woollcott himself lived permanently on the island from 1938. Some of the visitors to the island during Woollcott's time included Harpo Marx, Noël Coward, Ring Lardner, Thornton Wilder, Robert Benchley, Margaret Mitchell, Laurence Olivier, Helen Hayes, Vivien Leigh, Irving Berlin, and Walt Disney. Landscaping on the island was done by the painter Gerald Murphy. Woollcott formed a 10-member Neshobe Island Club; membership cost $1,000 to spend the summer on the island. A fictionalized account of life on Neshobe Island during this time forms the basis for Charles Brackett's 1934 novel Entirely Surrounded. References
Townshend Dam

Townshend Dam is a dam in Townshend, Windham County, Vermont. The earthen dam was constructed in 1961 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 126 feet and a length of 1700 feet at its crest. It impounds Vermont's West River for flood control and seasonal storm water management. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers. Its National ID number is VT00004. The riverine reservoir it creates, Townshend Lake, has a normal water surface of 95 acres, a maximum storage capacity of 54,300 acre-feet, and a normal storage capacity of 800 acre-feet. Recreation includes fishing (for smallmouth bass, brown and rainbow trout), boating and hiking, along with facilities at the nearby Townshend State Park. References