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Vermont History on the Web — History by Topic


Abenaki

Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, St. Francis/Sokoki Band
Petition for federal recognition, various douments from the State of Vermont and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2002-2007
Abenaki history & more
Abenaki Paper Trail

 

Archaeology

Vermont Archaeological Society

 

Biography (see also "Political History" below)

Ida May Fuller, first beneficiary of recurring monthly Social Security payments
Vermont women

 

Civil War

Vermont in the Civil War
Civil War manuscripts
at the Vermont Historical Society
The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

Vermont Brigade, Battle of Weldon Railroad

Champlain Valley Historical Reenactors, Inc.
Vermont Civil War Hemlocks

 

Civilian Conservation Corps

Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps history

 

Colonial/revolutionary period

Fort at No. Four
Fort Ticonderoga
Mount Independence
Hubbardton Battlefield
Lake Champlain & Lake George
Fort Montgomery
Old Constitution House
Vermont copper coins

 

Conservation and preservation

Preserving family treasures
Northeast Document Conservation Center preservation leaflets

 

Covered bridges

Vermont covered bridges, from Virtual Vermont
Vermont covered bridges, Vermont Covered Bridge Society

 

Ethnic history & eugenics

Welsh heritage
Vermont Eugenics: A Documentary History

 

Historic preservation

Sites in Central Vermont on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register properties and districts in the Connecticut River Valley
Historic Preservation Program, Univeristy of Vermont
Preservation Trust of Vermont
Vermont's historic diners
Downtown Fabric: Tapestry in Brick, photos of Montpelier's downtown.
Burlington breakwater, Burlington
Historic Burlington Project, UVM Historic Preservation Program
Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester
Winooski Mills, Winooski

 

Manufacturing & industry

Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro
Stellafane, James's Hartness' observatory and telescope, Springfield
Stone quarries and beyond, information about the quarries in Vermont among other places

 

Maps and places

Vermont lotting maps at the Vermont State Archives
Historic USGS maps of Vermont
Bird's eye views and panoramic maps, Library of Congress
Centennial geologic map of Vermont, 1961
Burlington, Vermont, Depression Era streetscapes: Old North End
Historic Burlington Project, UVM Historic Preservation Program
Photographs of Vermont's changing landscape
Vermont place names. For a more complete list consult Esther M. Swift's Vermont Place-Names available to use at your local library or used book dealer.
Reproductions of Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire maps (Beers and Wallings) available for purchase
Masschusetts land owner maps (Beers maps) available for veiwing and purchase

 

Military

"Prisoners of War: A Story of Four American Veterans" (World War II)
Vermont Veterans Militia Museum and Library, Colchester

 

Photography, astronomy, eyeglasses

Photographs of Vermont's changing landscape
Burlington, Vermont, Depression Era streetscapes: Old North End

Forest History Society photographs
(type "Vermont" in the search box)
Snowflake Bentley

Stellafane, James Hartness' observatory and telescope

Antique spectacles and other vision aids

 

Political history

President Calvin Coolidge State Historic site
Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge: Examining the Evidence, proceedings of a conference held at the Kennedy Library July 30-31, 1998
Calvin Coolidge, The White House 
Calvin Coolidge biography
, POTUS
Calvin Coolidge biography, The American President Series
Chester A. Arthur biography, POTUS
Chester A. Arthur biography, The American President Series
Chester A. Arthur, The White House
The Political Graveyard, Vermont Office Holders

 

Winter

Snowflake Bentley
New England Lost Ski Areas Project

 

Women

Vermont women

 

General

251 Club, information on Vermont's 251 towns and gores
Vermont history timeline

Photographs of Vermont's changing landscape

Secretary of State kid's page
, includes emblems, symbols, history, places to visit, and more
Vermont geological survey

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