Native Americans have inhabited the area for about 12,000 years. The competitive tribes of theAlgonquian-speakingAbenaki andIroquoian-speakingMohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, French colonists claimed the territory as part ofNew France. Conflict arose when theKingdom of Great Britain began to settle colonies to the south along the Atlantic coast; France was defeated in 1763 in theSeven Years' War, ceding its territory east of theMississippi River to Britain. Thereafter, the nearby BritishThirteen Colonies disputed the extent of the area called theNew Hampshire Grants to the west of theConnecticut River, encompassing present-day Vermont. The provincial government of New York sold land grants to settlers in the region, which conflicted with earlier grants from the government of New Hampshire. TheGreen Mountain Boys militia protected the interests of the established New Hampshire land grant settlers. Ultimately, a group of settlers with New Hampshire land grant titles established theVermont Republic in 1777 as an independent state during theAmerican Revolutionary War. The Vermont Republicabolished slavery before any other U.S. state. It wasadmitted to the Union in 1791 as the 14th state.
The geography of the state is marked by theGreen Mountains, which run north–south up the middle of the state, separatingLake Champlain and other valley terrain on the west from theConnecticut River Valley that defines much of its eastern border. A majority of its terrain is forested with hardwoods andconifers. The state has warm, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. (Full article...)
Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious and political leader and the founder ofMormonism and theLatter Day Saint movement. Publishing theBook of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thousands of followers by the time of his death fourteen years later. The religious movement he founded is followed by millions of global adherents and several churches, the largest of which isthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Born inSharon, Vermont, Smith moved with his family toWestern New York amid hardships followinga series of crop failures in 1816. Living in an area of intense religious revivalism during theSecond Great Awakening, Smith reported experiencing a series of visions. Thefirst of these was in 1820, when he saw "two personages" (whom he eventually described asGod the Father andJesus Christ). In 1823, he said he was visited byan angel who directed him to a buried book ofgolden plates inscribed with a Judeo-Christian history of an ancient American civilization. In 1830, Smith published the Book of Mormon, which he described as an English translation of those plates. The same year he organized theChurch of Christ, calling it arestoration of theearly Christian Church. Members of the church were later called Latter Day Saints or Mormons. (Full article...)
Image 3Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters.Marlboro voters meet in this building. (fromVermont)
Image 28Thegold leafdome of theVermont State House inMontpelier is visible for many miles around the city. This is the third State House on the site, and like the second, was built in theGreek Revival architectural style. It was completed in 1857. Montpelier became the state capital in 1805. (fromHistory of Vermont)
Image 32Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters.Marlboro voters meet in this building. (fromVermont)
... that Vermont politicianWilliam Baxter personally funded the construction of anOrleans County school, provided that the second floor was used for religious purposes?
... that photographerPeter Miller stated in 2014 that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
... that the departure ofCarl Borgmann from the University of Vermont ended 17 years of scientists serving consecutive terms as president?
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