On June 24, 1861, the first Vermont soldiers who enlisted for service in the Civil War for three years left Burlington for Washington by rail. Four days earlier, the 866 officers and men from across the state had been mustered into the Union Army . . . — — Map (db m75584) HM
Pleasant View Farm's White Farmhouse
The land forming the University of Vermont Miller Research and Educational Center has been used for agricultural purposes since 1763, when it was deeded to Jacob Kirbee by Royal Land Grant. By 1823, Eleazer . . . — — Map (db m151132) HM
The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) was our nation's fight for independence from Great Britain to establish a new country with a government based on equality, justice, and humanity. Patriots from all corners of what would become the State of . . . — — Map (db m261849) HM WM
This Beaux Arts-style building, with its symmetrical marble facades, prominent cornices, sculptural ancient Greek and Roman details, and arched windows and doors, was designed by famed Boston architects Harper & West at the request of the . . . — — Map (db m93055) HM
In this Town
On January 6, 1730 was born
Thomas Chittenden
Colonel in the French & Indian Wars
1756-1760
Member of the Connecticut General Assembly
1765-1772
First Governor of Vermont
1778-1789 1790-1797
Died Chittenden County, . . . — — Map (db m245126) HM
This building was the site of the former federal building in Burlington completed in 1910. The building and land were donated in 1974 to Chittenden County for renovation to a new county courthouse.
The building served as U.S. Army Reserve . . . — — Map (db m290055) HM
In 1797, a city planned grid system was laid out for Burlington, incorporating the few transportation routes that existed, including King, Pearl, Church and Battery Streets. At the city’s center, space was reserved for a park (now City Hall Park) . . . — — Map (db m23580) HM
Had you stood at this location in the early 1800s, you would have had to lift your skirt off the dirt lane to step up onto the plank sidewalk or guard your hat from the danger of low wooden canopies. Pedestrians competed with horse and carriage on . . . — — Map (db m23579) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
