Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-08-11

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CHAPTER
Though history not
tradition of Orleans and towns within
becomes take the reader back among the obwD
of time e-to ace with him some OF the half hidden paths ta @
days when the grand old Green
time the forests
echoed the
charming reflected from their bosos
only briefly points
the organizing of Vermont and the territory about
Mortimer who made dis
1f G,n fol, IN with , country covered with slaty rock
They until found low fiat coast
From here they sailed
which stretched to the
sailing around turned the west passed
between island and the mainland and entering bay through w
little doubt but that this was Cape Cod and the pay
where they wnered Narragansett Bay H. All tns vague
little before midnight of October 49, 1892 Columbus
sighted island OF Salvador
history civilized America the ne"
world and geographical hemisphere
John and Sebastian Casper Champn and others
prominent in early expeditions to the new world and on the 18TH
Indians started the St. Lawrence river and after Tune turned
30 ~ ~ h Con sonare miles 90 feet above the sea
% % @ m h of p between Vermont and New York
military operations during the wars between 1rea
Of fascinating
whole or which Congress
countries held great celebration OF the three huno
of the lake at principal points along its shores
Amongt
European entered the territory
Vermont perhaps the testimony of a
curious document found the
Mssuo Ripley excavang sand is
accepted They discovered
within found manuscript
the following exact copy: -
5 5p al P oa know our end ~ u ~ JoHNE
This genuine and nothing has
direction Itcertain does not seem i'm
possible party should wander from their ship for
behind and that they should then become lost and finally
that sailor should leave
evidence that manuscript manuscript
he o House at Montpeler.)
between European nations especially England and
result few small
settlements The first Of these was in 1865 on Isle La4e where
erected Captain Loe the interests OF the New France no
English erected mney Point the
settlements
Indians, deserted.
Vermont struggled
helm Many grants land Hampshire
States ndng Canada and it came be known as the New Hampshire
and the of actual settlers became quite These
that met occasionally and their oftme
violations punishable penalties of
minded people and
January &c. 1777 however.
which
declare
hereafter be considered independent
name of New Connecticut alias
when Vermont recognized by the government OF the United States and
Union pursued her asking favors and enjoying
by herself her people entirely
other ruler laws other than those of their
own choosing But from the date Vemonts ADMISSION 10 te Union she mas
valuable addition proud call his native state SO she
STANDS today monument to her vigorous anu
In 179s organization separate
countless dividing line
the portion the east called and that the
This division remained the Rutland
incorporated from Bennington and Windsor and Orange counties
altered Wndham
Addison On November 1892 the legislature passed divide
Chtenden In
county,
L Orleans lost territory namely the of Eden Hyde
and Woco leaving the Orleans
follows: Albany Barton Bloomington Charleston Coventry