History...Where it Happened - Vermont Historical Society 02.22.16
A visit to the Vermont Historical Society in Barre, Vermont.
The States Documentary 03 New York, Louisiana, Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont
The States Documentary 03 New York, Louisiana, Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont - The states documentary history channel
The show documents each of the 50 states in the union. The show begins with an introduction to the five states to be documented within the episode. Each state's segment begins with the narrator giving a clue as to what that state might be, and then revealing the answer. ( e.g. There is a North Dakota and a South Dakota, a North Carolina and a South Carolina, but there's been one West anything! Welcome to West Virginia.) There is then a billboard that pops up showing the state nickname, motto, population, population ranking within the union, date the state entered the union, and state flag. During interviews with historians or notable people from a state, the state's quarter is shown. Since the series was produced in 2007, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska, and Hawaii are shown with their flags.
Tour of Ceremonial Stone Structures
This video explores the diversity of ceremonial stone structures found in New England and northeastern United States. It shows the differences between historic farming and Native American stonework. This video was original developed as a presentation for 9th Annual Native America-Archaeology Roundtable (2014) held in Washington, CT.
How VERMONT Taxes Retirees
Vermont ranks low in terms of tax friendliness for retirees by Kiplingers. In fact, it ranks among the 10 worst.
But, once again, I don't get it.
Yes, Social Security is taxed, but only to the extent its taxed at the Federal level. If you've been following my Youtube channel at all you'd know that Social Security is favorably taxed by the Feds.
So, while Vermont includes some Social Security in its tax calculation it's not nearly as bad as Kiplingers would make you think.
In fact, I ran a calculation for a Vermont retired couple who had $50k in Social Security and $50k in IRA distributions. This couple paid all of $2k to the state in tax. That's not too bad, actually.
On top of that Vermont has a moderately low sales tax, coming in at the 36th highest in the nation.
Finally, Vermont does have an extraordinarily high property tax coming in at the 5th highest in the nation from a percentage basis and the actual dollar amount homeowners pay.
For retirees with income less than $99k there is exemptions though.
However, property tax will be a retirees biggest expense, without question.
So, all in all, low sales tax, moderate income tax and high property tax puts Vermont in the middle of the US in terms of taxation, in my opinion.
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Vermont: A Tour of the 50 States [14]
In this episode of a Tour of the 50 States, I delve into Vermont's deep history, the state's modern geography, as well as the design of its flag.
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History of Burlington, Vermont / History of towns in United States
Country: United States
State: Vermont
County: Chittenden
City: Burlington
Population (2010):
• City 42,417
• Density 4,121.5/sq mi (1,581.3/km2)
• Urban 108,740 (U.S.: 285th)
• Urban density 1,760.8/sq mi (679.8/km2)
• Metro 214,796 (U.S.: 203rd)
Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located 45 miles (72 km) south of the Canada–United States border and 94 miles (151 km) south of Montreal. Its population was 42,417 according to a 2010 U.S. census estimate. Burlington is the least populous city in the U.S. to be the most populous within a state.
One of the New Hampshire grants, the land that was developed as Burlington was awarded by New Hampshire colonial governor Benning Wentworth on June 7, 1763 to Samuel Willis and 63 others. In the summer of 1775, settlers began clearing land and built two or three log huts, but the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War delayed permanent settlement until after its conclusion. In 1783, Stephen Lawrence arrived with his family. The town was organized in 1785.
The War of 1812 was unpopular in Vermont and New England, which had numerous trading ties with Canada. Neither Vermont nor other New England states provided militia units or financial support. Vermont voters supported the Federalist Party, which opposed the war. At one point during the war, the U.S. had 5,000 troops stationed in Burlington, outnumbering residents and putting a strain on resources. About 500 soldiers died of disease, which was always a problem due to poor sanitation in army camps. Some soldiers were quartered in the main building at the University of Vermont, where a memorial plaque commemorates them.
In a skirmish on August 2, 1813, the British shelled Burlington. Depending on who relates the account, this is described either as a bold stroke by the British with an ineffectual response from the Americans, or a weak sally by the British, properly ignored by the Americans. The cannonade lasted for about 10 minutes and did not affect the outcome of the war. The American side was commanded by Naval Lieutenant Thomas Macdonough, later hero of the Battle of Lake Champlain.
The town's position on Lake Champlain helped it develop into a port of entry and center for trade, particularly after completion of the Champlain Canal in 1823, the Erie Canal in 1825, and the Chambly Canal in 1843. Wharves allowed steamboats to connect freight and passengers with the Rutland & Burlington Railroad and Vermont Central Railroad. Burlington became a bustling lumbering and manufacturing center and was incorporated as a city in 1865. Its Victorian era prosperity left behind much fine architecture, including buildings by Ammi B. Young, H.H. Richardson, and McKim, Mead & White.
In 1870, the waterfront was extended by construction of the Pine Street Barge Canal. This became polluted over the years and was a focus for cleanup in 2009 under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program.
Late 20th century to present
In 1978 the ice cream enterprise Ben & Jerry's was founded in Burlington in a renovated gas station. It became a national brand, with retail outlets in numerous cities.
In 2007, the city was named one of the top four places to watch in the United States by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
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Born In Vermont - 10 Famous-Notable People
Some fun facts about those who were born in Vermont AKA The Green Mountain State that most people are not aware; artist, politicians, host, comedians and etc.
Home to the House of LeMay, Jay Peak Resort, Vermont Lake Monsters, Vermont Catamounts, Vermont Bucks, Thunder Road International Speedbowl and many more
Vermont is a state in the northeastern United States, known for its natural landscape, which is primarily forested. Part of the New England region, it's also known for being home to more than 100 19th-century covered wooden bridges, and as a major producer of maple syrup. Thousands of acres of mountain terrain are crossed by hiking trails and skiing slopes.
Capital: Montpelier
Abbreviation: VT
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Early Vermont Settlers to 1784 Study Project
Live Broadcast: June 21, 2018
Presented by: Scott Andrew Bartley, Lead Genealogist of Early Settlers of Vermont to 1784 Study Project
Near the end of the French and Indian War, grants were made in large numbers for towns in what would become the state of Vermont. Though the earliest settlement commenced in 1724, the bulk of the first wave of settlers arrived in the mid to late 1760s. By the early 1800s, many of those settlers had left, continuing westward through New York, Ohio, Michigan, and beyond. For these reasons, Vermont is a pivotal area for many family historians. The Early Vermont Settlers to 1784 Study Project, led by Scott Andrew Bartley, is the first project of its kind to create family sketches by head of household. Published and searchable on AmericanAncestors.org, the completed project will include upwards of 2,500 sketches. Join Lead Genealogist Scott Andrew Bartley to learn more about this important resource and how it can help you in tracing your early Vermont roots.
For A Free Vermont
A short documentary examining the ongoing secession movement in Vermont, engaging with the ideas behind it and the proponents of the movement today.
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Vermont's Flag and its Story
Learn about Vermont's flag and those that came before it.
Vermont - 10 Facts You May Not Know
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Come Alive Outside!
Here's another incredible collaboration in the lovely community of Rutland (city), Vermont - this time it's a design frenzy with Come Alive Outside!!!
Come Alive Outside partnered with Carpenter & Costin, students from SUNY-ESF, and SUNY Cobleskill to begin the design/development of a BRAND NEW PARK ???? on land being donated to the public by Rutland Regional Medical Center!
This city is on FIRE ???? (in a good way)!!!
Filmography: Your Favorite Cousin Uncle Rocket, Heather L Workman, Pat Weldon, & Parker Ingram.
U.S. Tourism Video: Vermont
Video ini menceritakan kota Vermont di Amerika Serikat sebagai kota wisata bagi para turis mancanegara.
50 STUNNING COLOR PHOTOS OF AMERICAN LIFE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The U.S. in Autochromes – 50 Stunning Color Photographs of American Life in the Early 20th Century:
These stunning photographs were taken by National Geographic Society photographers using Autochrome process. The society eventually moved on to other more advanced processes and finally to Kodachrome by 1938.
1. New Orleans, Louisiana - Children gather by a vendor selling snowball treats, c.1929.
2. New Orleans, Louisiana - Five boys sit together, eating large watermelon slices, 1930.
3. Louisiana - Four children cultivate cotton in a field, 1930.
4. Manhattan, New York City - The sixty-story Woolworth Building in New York's skyline stands tall, 1930.
5. Miami Beach, Florida - A group of people sunbathe and look out on the ocean, 1930.
6. Washington, D.C. - A woman looks at fruit from a vendor in front of the U.S. Capital, 1930.
7. St. Petersburg, Florida - Six women sit on the beach with the water behind them, 1930.
8. Hopi Indian Reservation - Two men stand by a car in a field looking at the nearby canyons, 1929.
9. Arizona - Dude ranch guests pretend to be cowboys, 1929.
10. Bennington, Vermont - Two people stand among white birches in the Battenkill Valley, 1927.
11. Montana - Three men stand in front of a plane on the Crow Reservation, 1927.
12. Montana - A Native American family relaxes inside their tipi, 1927.
13. Montana - A chief on the Crow Indian Reservation, 1927.
14. Virginia - A woman and child do laundry outside in Sperryville, 1926.
15. Virginia - a girl poses with corn and pumpkins during corn harvest, 1926.
16. Washington, D.C. - A group of kids looks at an elephant in the National Zoo. c.1930.
17. Stowe, Vermont - Two women look west from the village of Stowe at Mount Mansfield, 1927.
18. Shasta, California - A woman stands at the edge of a pond observing the view, 1916.
19. Portrait of a Hopi Indian holding one of the baskets she has made, 1916.
20. A Hopi Indian and his burro stand at the edge of a high mesa, 1916.
21. New Orleans, Louisiana - A boy sits on a barrel outside a brewery in the French Quarter, c.1929.
22. New Orleans, Louisiana - A vendor sells pralines in the French Quarter, c.1929.
23. An informal portrait of a young New Orleans boy eating watermelon, 1930.
24. A woman sits outside the doorway of the Absinthe House in New Orleans, c.1929.
25. Atlantic City, New Jersey - Life guards of the Beach Patrol push a boat into the water, c.1930.
26. South Dakota - Boys pose outside a sod roof house at the Pine Ridge Reservation, c.1929.
27. Ohio - People walk through stands at a Loundonville fair, 1929.
28. Ohio - Four women stand beside an apple stand at a fair in Loundonville, 1929.
29. Ashtabula, Ohio - Coastguardsmen go out in their boat, 1929.
30. San Antonio, Texas - A trick rider poses with her blue pony at the rodeo, 1928.
31. San Antonio, Texas - Cowboys and riders sit along a fence at the Rodeo, 1928.
32. Fort Worth, Texas - A cowgirl shows her sister how to handle the ropes, c.1929.
33. Fort Worth, Texas - Three young women attend a rodeo, 1928.
34. People enjoy the falls of a brook during a warm summer day, 1927.
35. Columbus, Ohio - A view of the high street in Columbus' business district, c.1929.
36. Galveston, Texas - Men load storage bins with sulfur on the docks, 1928.
37. Galveston, Texas - A man shovels sulfur in storage bins on the docks, 1928.
38. New York City - An aerial view of Manhatttan, 1930.
39. New York City - A view of the Hudson River, 1930.
40. Manhattan, New York City - A view of Washington Square, 1929.
41. New York City - A view of Washington Square at Fifth Avenue, 1929.
42. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Four tour guides of the Gettysburg battlefield wait for tourists, 1929.
43. New York State - A group of students relaxes on the terrace at Cornell University, 1929.
44. Crow Indian Reservation, Montana - Men stand at the site of the monument to the Seventh Cavalry, 1927.
45. Washington, D.C. - A scenic fall view of the capitol, 1927.
46. New Orleans, Louisiana - A view of galleries in the French Quarter, c.1929.
47. New Orleans, Louisiana - A woman sitting on stone steps in The French Quarter sells pralines, c.1929.
48. Manhattan, New York City - Commuters stop to look at hardware for sale along downtown streets, 1930.
49. Miami Beach, Florida - Crowds form at a pool for a swim competition, 1930.
50. Atlantic City, New Jersey - A panoramic view of the beaches, piers and hotels along the boardwalk, 1929.
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Old Maps of Vermont at the Vermont History Expo 2014
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Largest Display of Old Vermont Maps - at History Expo in Tunbridge
At Vermont History Expo this year we will have a large display of old Vermont State Maps. These are reproductions acquired from sources such as the Library of Congress, the VT and NH Historical Societies, the Harvard Map collection, Middlebury College and other places.
This is a rare opportunity to see all these maps in one place. We only show all these maps at History Expo in Tunbridge every 2 years. Visitors are encouraged to take pictures for their personal use.
We will have more than 20 large maps on display, including this sideways map, the first map to use the word Vermont , and the 1789 Blodget map with ancient town names no longer in use today. Does anyone know where Billymead is? or Saltash?
The Blanchard and Langdon map, made before there was a Vermont, shows a large vacant area between the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain. This was a war zone when the map was published in 1761 - the army of France controlled the North including lands near Burlington on the lake, while Great Britain dominated the south and east.
Other Colonial maps like the Jefferys 1768 map show town land grants after the French and Indian war ended. These towns were created by the Province of New Hampshire. The Sauthier map of 1779 shows New York created towns - overlapping many of those from New Hampshire. Land titles in this period were a confusing mess.
And the Whitelaw map of 1796, a very detailed and accurate map showing all the towns and principal roads in the state. A few houses are even shown, such as surveyor' Whitelaw's house in Ryegate.
This Vermont map was published in Germany by Daniel Sotzman - it's part of a large atlas. The information here is not as up to date as Whitelaw's map, but it is a very attractive piece.
Our displays will include copies of several maps published in American atlases, like the 1814 Doolittle map , a beautifully colored print showing every town, many with their older names, the Carey map of 1822 with its prominent mountain ridgelines, and the Colton Map of 1856, a nice map showing all the railroads.
We'll have a full-size replica of the 1860 Walling state map - a bedsheet sized wall map which shows every house in the state with a small dot, and has historical facts like the location of the old Crown Point Military Road.
You can see all these maps and more - the largest display of old Vermont state maps - at Vermont History Expo in Tunbridge, June 21-22.
Ancient Vermont: Portrait of an Academic Controversy
Strange buildings, shaped stones and seeming inscriptions dot the Vermont landscape. Are they just root cellars and plow marks or remnants of pre-Columbian European visitors to New England?
Christmas Time in New York City
Some quick clips taken from the Rockefeller Center area of Manhattan, NY December 2010.
Vermont State Fair 1941 Rutland, VT In Color
Color photographs from the 1941 Vermont State Fair held in Rutland, Vermont.
Vermont and New Hampshire Compared
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Both are bordering states in these United States in a region known as New England, the area of the country first settled by European colonists when they came over and, you know, kicked Native American nations off their lands throughout the 1600s. The Connecticut River separates them, and each joke the other state is the upside-down version of itself.
So although Vermont and New Hampshire are right next to each other, and although they are about the same size, and although even the shape of each state is similar to a point where people often mix them up, there are a lot of differences between the two.
Before we get to the differences, let’s keep going with what they have in common. Both have a lot of natural beauty, filled with rolling hills, mountains, streams, lakes, and forests. Both have plenty of protected land. Vermont has the Green Mountain National Forest and New Hampshire has the White Mountain National Forest. The Green Mountains in Vermont and White Mountains in New Hampshire are both part of the northern Appalachian Mountains, a range that goes up and down the eastern portion of the country. New Hampshire has the taller highest peak of the two states, with Mount Washington, one of the windiest places on earth. On April 12, 1934, scientists recorded a wind speed of 231 miles per hour on the top of the mountain, which is still the world record for wind speed if you don’t count cyclones or tornadoes.
Vermont does have a more rugged terrain, overall, and in fact New Hampshire’s land gets all chill and flat in the southeast portion of the state. It even borders the Atlantic Ocean. For 18 miles (29km). The shortest ocean coastline of any state, but at least it’s not landlocked like Vermont!
Tons of Americans who live in the NORTHEAST MEGALOPOLIS go to both Vermont and New Hampshire for tourism, especially for outdoorsy stuff like fishing, hunting, and hiking. Winter sports like skiiing and snowmobiling are also big in the winter in both states. Oh, and don’t forget the fall foliage! Oh my, it’s so pretty.
Both states have a lot of people with lighter skin. The vast majority of people in both states trace most of their ancestry back to Europe. The earliest European settlers were mostly Puritans and other groups from Britain, but before the English arrived French explorers checked out both states. These European settlers encountered various Native American nations already living there for hundreds of years. Most of them were Algonquian-speaking Abenaki tribes, although in Vermont the Pennacook and Mohican tribes also resided.