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Little is known of the pre-Columbian history of Vermont. Between 8500 and 7000 BC, glacial activity created the saltwater Champlain Sea. This event caused lamprey, Atlantic salmon, and rainbow smelt to become landlocked. Native American period. Native Americans inhabited and hunted in Vermont. From 7000 to 1000 BC was the Archaic Period. During ...
Aug 23, 2020 · Vermont got its first city in 1788, when Vergennes was formed. Unlike every other Vermont city, Vergennes didn’t start out as a town and later become a city. Its original settlers decided to ...
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October 5, 1829. Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, was born in Fairfield, Vermont. Arthur was vice-president under President Garfield. When James Garfield was assassinated in 1881 Chester Arthur became president. Arthur was said to have owned a huge wardrobe of more than sixty suits of clothes.
May 10, 1775. Fort Ticonderoga was captured by the Green Mountain Boys under the leadership of Ethan Allen. Ethan Allen, Famous Vermonter. July 7, 1777. The Battle of Hubbardton, the only battle of the American Revolution fought on Vermont soil, ended in victory for the British under General Burgoyne. As Colonel Seth Warner and his regiment of ...
1826 -. Martin Henry Freeman, born in Rutland, becomes, in 1856, first black college president in the US. Horace Greeley of West Haven begins first newspaper apprenticeship at Northern Spectator in Poultney. 1829 - Chester Alan Arthur born in Fairfield. 1834 - Vermont Anti-Slavery Society formed.
Vermont. Vermont ( / vərˈmɒnt / ⓘ vər-MONT) [6] is a landlocked state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north.
Dec 12, 2014 · On Feb. 21, 2015, the city of Burlington has plans to throw a party to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Burlington as Vermont's first city.
