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Four current communities named Cincinnati and a fifth former community named Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Arkansas

Cincinnati, Indiana

Cincinnati, Iowa

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, California no longer exists.

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Lake Champlain in Vermont

However Lake Champlain is not entirely within New England as part of it is in New York.

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It is 36.28 miles according to MapQuest.

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About 621,750 is the 2009 populstion estimate.

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The origin of the name Vermont is uncertain. It is mostly thought to originate from the French les Verts Monts, meaning "the Green Mountains".

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• Our beautiful awesome state Vermont became a state on March 4th, 1791.
• It was then the 14th state of the United States.

  The Vermont State Tree is the Sugar Maple.

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Chester A. Arthur-- born in North Fairfield , VT on October 5, 1829.

Calvin Coolidge-- born in Plymouth VT on July 4, 1872.

Both left the state before they began their careers in law or politics.

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I believe the Northeast Kingdom is made up of the Caledonia County which includes the towns of Barnet, Burke, Danville, East Burke,East Hardwick, East Lyndon, Groton, Hardwick, Kirby, Lyndon, Lyndonville, Newark, Peacham, ryegate, Sheffield, St Johnsbury, Stannard (Goshen Gore, Sutton, Walden, Waterford, West Burke, West Danville and Wheelock. Essex County is also part of the Northeast Kingdom and includes the towns of Averill, Averys Gore, Bloomfield, Brighton, Brunswick, Canaan, Concord, East Brighton, East Concord, East Haven, Ferinand, Gilman, Granby, Guildhall, Island Pond, Lemington, Lewis, Lunenburg, Maidstone, Norton, Victory and some small gores. The third county that I believe makes up the Northeast Kingdom is Orleans County that includes Albany, Barton, Beebe Plain, Brownington, Coventry, Craftsbury, Derby and Derby Line, Glover, Greensboro, Irasburg, Jay, Lowell, MOrgan, Newport, North Troy, Orleans Westmore and Willoughby plus smaller villages in that general area. Hope this is helpful. It is my opinion, as a native Vermonter, that the Northeast Kingdom is the most fascination area of the State to get to know. This area truly respresents the Vermont way of life.

To summarize all of that above, the Northeast Kingdom is composed of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties and all of their respective towns. The three largest towns in order of population are St. Johnsbury, Lyndon (more commonly known by its village "Lyndonville"), and Newport City. Isalnd Pond, which is a village in Barton, also has a significant population center.

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The Prospect House was originally built in 1887 by William C. Mound. The property was purchased in 1894 by Horace B. Ellis. Mr. Ellis ran the Prospect House until his death in 1915 and his sone, Edward, continued operating the resort through the summer of 1921. In the Fall of 1921 Mr. Loren R. Johnston of the Hotel Ormond (Ormond Beach, Florida) purchased the property from Edward Ellis. Mr. Johnston sold the property in 1924 to John J. Quinlan of the Cedar Grove Hotel and J. Howard Hart. In 1946, the Quinlan Family sold its 60% interest in the Prospect House to Fred Bennet. Upon Bennet's death, J. Howard Hart bought the remaining 60%. Upon Hart's death in 1966, Harriet and Chuck Baker purchased the property from the Hart estate. Harriet Baker died in 1971.

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It is 968 feet above sea level.

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Because we're just too darn contrary and decided to declair ourselves our own country in 1777 at the Congress at Windsor. Remember... Vermont was New England's wilderness at the time, and people who weren't well adjusted or were considered criminals in other parts of New England (like Ethan Allen and his brothers!) were actively encouraged to go to Vermont and "settle" there. In other words... to get the heck out of civilization! No wonder it is from Vermont we get the first decisive and winning battle of the revolution (the capture of Fort Ticonderoga) and no wonder Vermont decided to go it alone in 1777... most of these people had been asked to leave the other colonies and were in no mood to be cooperative or nice to anybody! :-) Actually, it was because there were disputed boundaries. Same lands were granted in VT by both New York and New Hampshire causing much confusion as to where the actual boundaries were. For example, the Battle of Bennington was fought in what was then known as Vermont, but is now in New York after the boundaries were established. As a side bar, there was no "battle" at the capture of Ticonderoga ... the Green Mountain Boys simply walked into the fort in the wee-wee hours and caught the British literally, asleep.

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Vermont was considered a part of New Hampshire for many years. At one time, western Vermont was considered part of New York!

From 1778-84, Hanover and a number of towns in Grafton County seceeded from New Hampshire. They flirted briefly with the idea of forming a separate state together with a group of Vermont towns--"New Connecticut" would have been the name and Dresden, the corner of Hanover where Dartmouth is located, would have become the capital. However, they settled on union with Vermont as a more practical way in which to assure association with their friends across the river. They were admitted to the state of Vermont in 1778. After much conflict, they finally dissolved ties with Vermont, and, in 1784, joined the New Hampshire state legislature.

(From the history of Hanover NH hanovernh.org)

I started studying my genealogy several years ago, and the 1880 census records are very helpful. I assume that you have a known ancestor whose father (or mother) was born in Vermont. Just remember the census taker did not always get things right. He may have questioned someone else living in the household, such as a child or boarder or even a neighbor. I often come across information that contradicts information from another source. Do you have more than source that states the ancestor was born in Vermont?

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You can contest it in court, though of course this would mean you have to return to that state on the date on your citation, at which point another date would be set for the actual trial. But...call the number on your citation and speak with somebody there. Explain your situation; they might have other processes in place for someone in your situation.

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Because the snow and really just because it is beautifull. In fact, from 1850-1950, Vermont was NOT a popular place... Vermont led the nation in per capita out migration. Or, as Bertrand Russell put it: "Vermont is a great place to be born in, provided one emegrates when one is very very young." In the 1950's the Vermont Tourism Board tapped into the budding travel market and produced a series of videos designed to open up Vermont and her rural charms to the urban populations to her south. The campaign was wildly successful, and much of Vermont's popularity as a tourist destination can be traced back to those early campaigns and their offspring. However, for many years Vermont had an exceptionally high suicide rate. In small towns and on failing hill farms, life was particularly bleak. Two things have made living in Vermont barable for much of the population: central heat, and television. Before central heat, winter was one long battle to stay warm. And before television, winter was long, dark, and very isolating. Modern roads, bigger plows, and simply more people, have also changed some of the isolation and blown away some of the winter blues. But many people who visit us on our farm in the summer still look at our lifestyle (and huge wood stacks because we don't yet have central heat) and ask "what do you do all winter?" Vermont, for all that I love my native state, is not for the faint of heart.

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It is just beautiful because of the snow.

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Grandpa's Knob wind generator was built in Castleton. It produced 1,000 kilowatts of electricity. but the project ended March 26,1945, when high winds blew off one of the blades. There is a photograph of this windmill on page 38 in "Castleton, Scenes of Yesterday", published by the Castleton Historical Society. It may be purchased by writing to them at P.O.Box 219, Castleton,VT 05735

I believe that they used wings from a B29 bomber as propellers.

It was built on a mountain top, I believe, near Barre.

I worked with a person years ago who worked on that project.

National Geographic had an excellent article, an overview, actually, about wind energy circa 1975; they had some amazing photographs of the Grandpa's Knob project, to boot. You might be able to find the article either online or at a library that has been fortunate enough to have the resources to keep such materials on hand in whatever form.

BTW, it seems kind of unlikely that the blades on the wind generator could have been airplane wings, given that each blade weighed something like eight (8!!) tons.

Good luck with your research.

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Some of Vermont's major industries include maple syrup, dairy farming, tourism, and electronics.

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Vermont is the 14th state.

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The "Highgate Manor" and "The Mayfair House" are actually 2 separate places. The "Highate Manor" was originally built by cpt Steve Keyes, who along with his family are buried in the grave yard of the Episople church in Highgate Falls. The "Mayfair House" was actaully across the park from the manor and was the residence of Steve Keyes' parents.

Dr John (?) Baxter took ownership of the manor around 1870 where he took up practice. DR Baxter is alos buried in the grave yard behinfd the church in Highgate Falls.

After the death of Dr. Baxter the building was taken over by Philip Schmitt who turned the Manor into a vacation resort (1920's). When the business boomed, he needed more space so he expanded the business into the homestead across the park, calling it the "Mayfair House" also known as the "Manor Annex". Also at that time a new building was built next to the "Mayfair House" for hosting large gatherings. The "Mayfair House" and reception hall burnt to the ground in the 50's.

During the 1960's an addition was built on the North side of the Manor, which was used as a reception fall. When that business failed the Manor was sold and turned into appartments.

During the Mid-late 70's the reception hall was converted and used as a disco called the "1818 Manor"

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In the late 1980's a woman from Texas moved to Vermont for the Manor, her reasoning was to run it as a restaurant. She found the Manor if rough shape and worked to repair it. Being new in town, not many knew who she was but that didn't stop Peggy Craker from opening her new business. When she opened things started slow, but soon started booming. She ran the Manor for a while until she became pregnant, and could no longer cook. The lot then sat vacant for a few years until bought by...

Mike Perry and Jeff Gonyaw bought the house and restored it to the old Victorian charm. Check out this article http://www.samessenger.com/70904.HTML They then re-opened the manor for weddings and banquets and Bed & Breakfast. The guys were into purchasing abandoned houses and fixing them up. They then had their sights on another property in East Berkshire Vermont. Which, they ended up selling the manor to two women, who tried to contiue the same buisness. However, the women drove the buisness into the ground because of their buisness ethics. The girls then later sold the Manor to a young couple who are working on fixing the manor back up and then re-opening it again.

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Vermont was an independent republic from July of 1777, when it adopted the first constitution to abolish slavery, until March of 1791, when it was admitted as the 14th state of the Union. Additional information may be found at this web address: http://www.okemolodging.com/vermonthistory.htm So, the Republic of Vermont lasted for about 14 years.

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Vermont was originally claimed by the Frenchman Jacques Cartier as he explored the St. Lawrence River Valley. It was later claimed by the colonies of New York and New Hampshire. As settlement of Vermont increased, the people of Vermont decided that they wanted to be controlled by neither New York, or New Hampshire, and they declared themselves an indepedent republic in 1777. Eventually, Vermont asked to join the union, and in 1791 Vermont was approved as the 14th U.S. state. =-)

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It would have been difficult for "Vermont" to pass any laws in 1771 because it wasn't a state ("Republic") until 1777

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Nothing realy that different from what people do in any other state, although there are some great ski resorts.