The Story of Vermont In 100 Buildings

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Vermont landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Green Mountain State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Green Mountain Boys... The Vicious Act... town pounds... land-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>grant colleges... The Shaftsbury Murderer... merino sheep... frozen</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ice trade... cast iron construction... The Precision Valley... miner-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>al springs... Drunkards' Reunion... platform scales... Silent Cal...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>golden age of motoring... rural cemeteries... Meskers... Morgan</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>horses... Long Trail huts... Carnegie libraries... Sparkling Stone...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>carriage roads... clothespins... the CCC... Flavor Graveyard... tele-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>scopes... Dog Chapel. This book will have you telling stories like a</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>native in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make Vermont uniquely Vermont. Where did the Civil War come to</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Vermont?? Solved. Where was the first practical ski tow in the United</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>States? A mystery no more. Where is the oldest professionally man-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>aged forest in America? Identified. What Vermont golf course host-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ed a United States Amateur Championship? Revealed. Why were the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>doors built so low on the Taft Lodge No one knows.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Vermont can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Green Mountain State standing in plain sight on Vermont streets!</span></p><p></p>