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July Archives

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1

1847: Gumming up the postal service in Brattleboro

2

1863: A 16 year old sharpshooter from Bethel gets caught

3

1934: Addison's Strong Mansion becomes DAR property

4

1777: Commander William Barton leads a raid

5

1969: Vermont's first NHL player is born in St. Albans

6

1854: Jacob Merritt Howard is born in Shaftsbury

7

1897: Manchester receives the gift of books from a loving daughter

8

1864: Holland meets to discuss borrowing $900

9

1840: William Freeman Vilas is born, living in Chelsea

10

1964: Romaine Tenney dies to protest change

11

1894: The Alburgh Springs House burns to the ground

12

1840: A log cabin on wheels rolls through Vermont

13

1859: Unusual tourists in St. Johnsbury

14

1957: Recognizing the first church in Morristown

15

1924: Barre Rotary Club chartered

16

1930: National aviation hero, 19 year old Frank Goldsborough crashes and dies in Bennington

17

1813: A soldier's letter reveals dim living conditions in the barracks in Burlington

18

1951: Elephants wander down the streets of St. Johnsbury

19

1939: This grandfater pedals his way to Chicago

20

1926: The Brownell Library gets dedicated across the street

21

1910: Marshall Hapgood files first campaign finance report in the race for governor

22

1818: Governor John Gregory Smith

23

1851:Henry Albert Slayton, of Morrisville's H.A. Slayton & Co., born in Calais

24

1923: A broken wheel sends this train off the bridge in Lyndon

25

1807: Getting married in Morgan - it's a first for everyone involved

26

1956: Celebrating Vermont's first ogranized missionary work

27

1941: Air Corps of the Vermont State Guard take to the skies

28

1827: It's the biggest and fastest steamboat on Lake Champlain

29

2002: Newport dedicates a walking tour to its history

30

1918: William Robinson pays off his debt working one day at a time

31

1760: A crowning achievement, standing on the shores of Lake Champlain


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