Manchester, Vermont : a pleasant land among the mountains, 1761-1961, Part 27

Author: Bigelow, Edwin L
Publication date: 1961
Publisher: [Manchester] : Town of Manchester
Number of Pages: 368


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Equinox Pond, 2, 190, 199, 205, 208, 223, 239


Equinox Spring Water, 155, 199, 208, 288 Estabrook, Emerson, 186, 194, 213, 252


Estabrook's Opera House, 186, 194, 212- 213


Factory Point (see also Manchester Center),


xiv, 2, 3, 12, 22, 27, 40, 60, 78, 79, 88, 89, 105, 109, 111, 112, 121, 122, 123, 144, 152, 153, 158, 160-164, 165, 167, 168, 169, 181, 182, 186, 192, 199, 211, 239, 242, 243, 252, 260, 274, 276


Factory Point Cemetery, 40, 64-66, 123, 138, 140, 232


Factory Point, change of name, 162, 200


Fausett, Dean, 262, 265, 266


Favorite Flies, 287


Felt, O. G., 32, 89, 252


Fenner, Phyllis, 260


finances (see also taxes, banks), 11, 33-37, 77, 95, 108, 115, 116, 117, 118, 127, 128, 155, 157-159


fire companies, 35, 103-105, 142, 211; Pacific, 103; Undine, 104


Fire Districts, 11, 103-106, 108


Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 183, 247, 258


Fishing with the Fly, 154


flood of 1927, 94


Fort Ticonderoga, 13, 14, 282


Forum club, 234


Four-H Clubs, 248-249


Fourth of July, 131, 142, 143, 252


Fowler, Harvey K. (elder), 109, 182, 243, 245, 277


Fowler, Harvey K. (younger), 135, 233, 235, 298


Fowler, J. W., 89, 90, 104, 106, 130


Fowler, Paul W., 130, 235, 238, 255, 256


Fox, Jack, 98


French, Jeremiah, 4, 6, 10, 17, 209


French, Joshua, 10, 21


French, Samuel, 8, 274


French, Thomas, 5


Fullerton, W. H., 138, 139, 150, 163, 213


Gaffney, Thomas J. (Rev.), 56


G.A.R., 138, 139, 140, 141, 232, 284; mon- ument, 138, 139, 232


Garden Club, 133, 248


Giddings, Harold, 150, 196, 221


Girl Scouts of America, 238


Gleason, R. Burr, 277


Gleason Telephone Company, 111


Glebe Brook, 3, 39, 49


Glebe Swamp, 18, 49


glebelands, 49, 50 golf, 110, 214-220


Good Templars, 236


Goodwin, Matthew B., 109


Gould, William (Dr.), 167, 198


Graham, Berniece, 179, 240, 260


Graham, Clifford, 65, 133, 226, 238, 240


Graham, D. Cunningham (Rev.), 48, 238


grand list, origin of, 33; growth of, 35, 36


Grange, 244


Granville, New York, 88, 89, 95


Graves, A. L., 130, 163, 182


Graves, Germont (Rev.), 52, 54


Gray, A. J., 158, 204


Greenberg, Samuel, 61, 62


Green Mountain Boys, 13


Green Mountain Boys Association, 240- 241


Green Mountain Club, 197, 239-240


Green Mountain Flyer, 92, 94


Green Mountain Girls Association, 241


Green Mountain Marble Company, 97


Green Mountain National Forest, 146


Green Mountains, 1, 2, 3, 107, 146, 148


Griffith, Edward (Judge), 130, 234, 235, 264, 277


Griffith, Jennie S., 118, 234 Griffith, William A., 10, 242


Ground Observer Corps, 134, 135, 136, 137


"Handy Andy," 153


Hard, Jesse N., 104, 109, 110, 161, 163, 182, 258 Hard, Margaret S., 12, 234, 237, 259, 289 Hard, Ruth, 259


Hard, Walter R., xiv, 131, 132, 141, 163, 175, 179, 183, 184, 187, 188, 228, 231, 235, 238, 258-259, 264, 265 Hard, Walter R., Jr., 132, 259, 298


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INDEX


Harlem Extension Railroad, 91 Harned, James B., Jr., 135, 233, 298 Harned-Fowler Post, V.F.W., 141, 190, 233 Harrington, Harrison, 251, 256 Harrington, Moses, 101, 121, 142 Hawkins, Charles, 99, 235 Hawley, Charles H., 277 Hawley, Eli J., 182, 236 Hawley, Jessie, 236, 257


Hawley, Julia F., 236, 246, 247 Hawley, Major Jabez, 20, 50, 123, 157, 158, 293 Hawley, Wilhelmina, 236, 247 Hayes Field, 99


Haynes, Lemuel (Rev.), 44, 48, 278 haywards, 8 Healey, Thomas J., 164, 235, 278


Heinel, Fred P., 133, 137, 233, 239


Hemenway, Clara May, 10, 153 Hemenway, Edward H., 111, 278


Hemenway, Lewis E. (Dr.), 166, 183, 278 Hemenway, Lewis H. (Dr.), 84, 166, 169, 241, 278, 294 Hicks, A. J., 279 Hicks, A. M., 221, 235, 238 Hicksville, 3, 22, 107 highways (see also roads), xii, 5, 17, 36


highway districts, 20, 21, 22 Highway, Ethan Allen, 24 highway rate bill, 20, 21 Highway, Seth Warner Memorial, 24, 233 "Hildene," 207, 280 Hillside Golf Club, 214 Historical Society, 50, 131, 141, 236-237 hobby clubs, 249 Hollister, Josiah Burton, 122, 139, 161, 279


Holy Name Society, 58 Home Demonstration groups, 249 honor rolls, 130, 135 Horn of the Green Mountains, 173 hotels (see also names of inns, taverns, ho- tels), 201, 202-213 Howe, General, 13 Howes, Ralph E., 235, 247 Hoyt, Frances and Grace, 261 Hoyt, Russel P., 251, 252, 261 Hubbardton, 13, 14


Hulbert, E. B. (Rev.), 42 hunting and fishing, 189-191 Hurlburt, Henry, 46 Hurley, Roger B., 179, 188


Ianni, Napoleon, 223, 253, 254, 255 Indian burial ground, 64


industries, 145-156 Ineson, Stanley B., 135, 184, 216


inns and taverns (see names of) Ira Hill Academy, 77, 78


iron mining, 152 Isham, Charles, 210 Isham, Edward S., 46, 84, 112, 182, 183, 201, 214, 215, 279, 280 Isham, Edward S., Jr., 279


Isham, Ezra (Dr.), 167, 279


Isham, Lincoln, 264, 280


Isham, Pierpont, 46, 279


Israel Congregation, 61, 62


Jackson, William (Dr.), 80, 81 Jacobs, Leonebel, 268 Jamaica, 88 Jameson, Smith, 141, 253, 294 Jewell, Edward Alden, 263 Johns, Benjamin, 6


Kamber, Nahum, 61, 62


Kamenetzky, Noah, 62


Kent-Root Marble Quarry, 97, 111


kilns, 147 Knothe, Alex, 211, 235


Knothe, Margaret, 136, 211, 242 Korean War, 136, 300-301


Lake Champlain, 13 Lake, John P., 169, 197 Lawrence, George F., 279-280 League of Women Voters, 234 Lebanon Springs Railroad, 90 Legion of Guardsmen, 233


libraries, 181-184 Lillie, John, 262, 263, 266, 268 Lincoln, Abraham, 126, 144, 206, 276, 280 Lincoln, Benjamin, 14 Lincoln, Mary Harlan, 84, 216, 280 Lincoln, Mary Todd, 144, 206, 280 Lincoln, Robert Todd, 84, 170, 201, 206,


312


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207, 210, 216, 279, 280


Lincoln Cup, 216


Lions Club, 235, 249


listers, duties of, 9, 34


Littlefield, Elijah (Dr.), 167, 293


Lockwood, Joseph, 7 Long Trail, 45, 240 Lorenz, Franz, 261


Lovejoy, James L. (Dr.), 170, 253


Loyalty Day, 36, 141, 233


Lucioni, Luigi, 218, 266, 267


Lugene, Henry, 241


Lugene, Lewis, 9


lumber industry, xi, 2, 145-149 Lye Brook, 2, 22, 92, 146, 148, 152, 190, 205


"Macnaughtan's," 211 Malone, Mary M., 12, 58, 100


Manchester, altitude of, 1; area of, 1; boundaries of, 1, 5; charter of, 4, 17, 302; charter proposed, 11; drainage of, 2; early life, 25-31; fire districts, 11, 103-106, 108; first house, 25; first male birth, 25; first meeting house, 5, 6, 26, 30; glebe lots, 5, 49, 50; Grantees of, xiii, 4, 5, 302; half-shire town, 12; name of, 4; natural resources of, xi, 2, 3, 145; organized, 6; population of, 301; post offices and postmasters, 100-102; Pro- prietors, xiii, 4-6, 17, 33, 63, 173, 270- 274, 302; Proprietors' lots, 4, 5; sub- divisions of, 3; survey bill of, 4, 5; taxes of, 9, 11, 23, 115, 155; topography of, 2; town clerks of, 9, 10; town managers of, 10; town meetings of, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 20, 21, 23, 36, 50, 68, 70, 105, 108, 114, 115, 116, 127, 131, 140, 141; town of- ficers (see also names of), 6, 7, 8, 9, 11; town records, 6, 9, 11, 12, 66, 70, 73, 114, 115, 272, 273, 302; town reports, 74, 134, 185, 297, 302


Manchester Agricultural Library Associa- tion, 181


Manchester Band, 35, 132, 135, 141, 143, 170, 188, 221, 223, 251-256


Manchester Center (see also Factory Point), 1, 2, 9, 11, 23, 24, 59, 61, 76, 102, 103, 107, 111, 116, 132, 135, 146, 149, 150,


171, 172, 175, 179, 182, 184, 200, 211-


213, 221, 238, 239, 246, 248, 253, 268 Manchester Center High School, 85


Manchester Depot, 3, 11, 21, 23, 61, 76, 89, 92, 94, 95, 97, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 116, 124, 131, 132, 138, 139, 147, 149, 150, 151, 153, 160- 164, 170, 179, 184, 189, 190, 191, 212, 221, 226, 244, 246, 248, 249, 250, 252, 253


Manchester Depot Sewer Company, 107, 108


Manchester Development Association, 200, 201


Manchester District Nursing Association, 35, 116, 166


Manchester, Dorset, and Granville Rail- road, 22, 94-97


Manchester Emergency Unit, 137


Manchester Fair, 137, 191-197, 236, 248, 253


Manchester Fair Grounds, 24, 97, 143, 193-197, 202, 239, 242


Manchester Fire Company, 104


Manchester Journal, 19, 21, 22, 23, 46, 56, 59, 65, 74, 88, 89, 91, 93, 95, 98, 105, 109, 112, 117, 122, 124, 125, 127, 131, 132, 142, 144, 147, 150, 152, 160, 169, 173-179, 181, 196, 199, 205, 207, 222, 224, 236, 241, 252, 259, 260, 264, 275, 280, 283, 286


Manchester Light and Power Company, 112, 113


Manchester Village, xii, 1, 3, 9, 11, 12, 22, 24, 26, 27, 45, 52, 65, 76, 78, 79, 83, 89, 98, 100, 101, 103-106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 116, 121, 123, 130, 131, 132, 135, 138, 139, 142, 143, 144, 150, 153, 154, 155, 160-164, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 179, 198-211, 214, 234, 238, 246, 248, 253, 273, 285-288


Manchester Water Company, 106, 107 Manchester Water-Cure, 165-166, 209 Manchester Welfare and Nursing Associa- tion, 74, 80, 117, 118, 237, 241 Manley, Mark, 109, 112, 164 marble, 3, 18, 95-97, 150-151 marble sidewalks, 198-199 Marbleville, 3


313


INDEX


Marbury, John Morton, 180, 183


Marbury, Mary Ellen (Orvis), 154, 210, 287


Mark Skinner Library, 134, 144, 182-184, 224, 237, 284 Marsden, Arthur, 107


Marsden, Howard, 107


Marsden, John, 106, 107, 112


Marsh, James (Dr.), 168


Marsh, William, 5, 6, 203


Marsh Tavern, 6, 12, 203, 271


Martin, Andrew E., 207, 208, 280


Masonic order, 42, 209, 244-245, 285


McCoy, Dorothy, 268


McCoy, Lawrence, 208


Mckinley, William (Pres.), 144


McNaughton, James E., 59, 110, 147, 151, 187, 246


M. D. & G. Railroad, 22, 94-97


Mead, Martin, 211


Mead, Stephen, 6


Mead, Timothy, 4, 12, 20, 21, 27, 29, 39, 40, 146, 165, 274


Mead, Truman, 27, 292


Meeting House Hill, 40, 64


Memorial Day, 36, 140, 141, 253


merchants, 160-164


Methodist Church, 58-61, 268; pastors, 61


Mettawee Railroad, 93


Mexican War, 122


Miner, Ahiman L., 50, 129, 144, 158, 173, 252, 276, 281


Miner, A. Louis, 281


Miner, George, 53, 281


Miner, Henry E., 122, 175


Miner, Susan, 40, 51, 53, 78, 101, 182, 281


Ministerial Association, 223, 235


Modern Theater, 187 Monday Club, 247


Moses, Grandma, 265-266


Mount Laurel School, 80, 248


Munson, Benjamin, 120, 121, 293


Munson, Cyrus, 81, 129 Munson, Jared, 18, 209, 272


Munson, Josiah B., 122, 127, 251, 294


Munson, Loveland, 10, 13, 26, 46, 84, 176,


182, 183, 201, 214, 239, 241, 251, 276, 281


Munson, Mary (Campbell), 45, 46, 47, 84, 116, 183, 247, 281-282 Munson, Thaddeus, 203, 291


Munson's Falls, 18, 27, 39, 150 Munson's Tavern, 203


Music Hall, 46, 78, 140, 141, 155, 185, 186, 187, 205, 207, 261, 286 musicians, 260-262


National Guard, 133, 138


New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, 111


New Hampshire Grants, 16, 17, 49, 271; jurisdictional disputes, xi, 6, 7, 15, 27, 244 newspapers (see also names of ), 173-180 Nine Partners, New York (see also Amenia), 4 Norcross-West Marble Company, 21, 95, 96,151 North Bennington, 74, 90 "Northern Direct," 196


Odd Fellows, 243, 284 Old Folks parties, 187 "Old Homestead," 63, 282 Ondawa baseball team, 241


Ondawa camp, 248, 249 Ondawa Club, 205, 238


Ondawa Fish and Game Club, 182, 239


Opera House (Union), 61, 140, 186, 213, 235, 246, 261


Orchard Park Hotel (see also Worthy Inn), 211 Ormsby, Gideon (Major), xiii, 4, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 27, 28, 120, 270, 272, 273- 274, 291


Ormsby, Mercy, 28, 43


Ormsby Chapter, D.A.R., 24, 232-233


"Ormsby Hill," 112, 215, 273, 279 Ortlieb, John, 210, 211, 229, 231


Orvis, Albert C., 154


Orvis, Anna Louise Simonds, 97, 98, 143, 208, 210, 219, 222, 231, 264, 283, 287- 288 Orvis, Charles F., 89, 90, 100, 104, 126, 154, 168, 180, 182, 185, 209, 210, 287, 289 Orvis, Edward C., 106, 109, 194, 206, 219,


314


MANCHESTER, VERMONT


286, 287


Orvis, Electa (Purdy), 50, 52, 209, 286


Orvis, Franklin H., 45, 46, 75, 91, 130,


139, 154, 174, 177, 182, 187, 199, 204, 205, 206, 209, 215, 219, 286-287


Orvis, George, 143, 206, 207, 208, 214, 215, 216, 219, 286, 288 Orvis, Levi Church, 77, 100, 101, 198, 204, 285-286


Orvis, Levi C., Jr., 109, 125, 162, 241 Orvis, Louis, 183, 286


Orvis, Paul, 109, 201, 286


Orvis, Robert J., 100, 154, 210, 222


Orvis, William F., 112, 200, 206, 286


Orvis Company, Charles F., 153, 154, 190, 287


Orvis Cup, 220


Orvis family, 219, 285-289


Orvis Inn, 168, 210, 287


Osborn, Frank C., 84, 266


Ouimet, Francis, 218, 219


Outing Club, 222, 223, 242


Out-of-Door School, 79


overseer of the poor, 116


Overton, Richard C. (Dr.), 184, 260


ox, famous, 195


Pabst, Fred, Jr., 222, 224, 226, 227, 228, 230, 231


Pabst, Sally (Litchfield), 228, 230, 231, 238


Pacific Engine Company, 103


Pacific Fire Company, 103


Pacific Hose Company, 103


Page, Elizabeth, 78, 210, 259-260, 285 Page, John (Dr.), 167, 291


Page, John F. (Dr.), 169, 195, 236, 244 Palmer, Icy, 290


Parent-Teacher Association (see schools) Pathmasters, 20


Pawlet, 74, 88, 121, 158, 186, 241, 282


Pearson, Helen (Perkins), 221, 249


Perkins, Nathan (Rev.), 28


Peru (Bromley), 14, 45, 88, 110, 190, 192, 199, 223


Peru Turnpike, 19, 88, 147, 212


Pettibone, Albert W., Jr., 282 Pettibone, Alvin, 109


Pettibone, John S. (Judge), 10, 28, 29, 41,


73, 120, 167, 192, 245, 282, 293


Pettibone, Samuel, 28, 282, 291


Pettibone, W. B., 84, 108, 282


physicians, 165-172, 278


Pierce, Charles A., 127, 174, 175, 176,


294


Pierce, L. E. (Dr.), 170, 172, 235, 253


Pierpont Tavern, 210


"Pill Alley," 165, 169


Pin Peddler, The, 142


Playhouse Theater, 187


Poetry Society of Southern Vermont, 257


poor farm, 115, 116


population, 301


post offices and postmasters, 100-102


Powel, Martin, xiii, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26, 29, 203, 270-272, 291 Powers, Mary S., 262, 263


Proprietors (see Manchester)


Purdy, Benjamin, 6, 17, 64, 291


Purdy, Daniel, 25, 291, 292


Purdy, Samuel, 21, 25, 245


Purdy, Truman, 50, 165, 209


Purdyville (Hill), 3, 64, 151, 152, 154


railroads (see also names of), 90-97, 225 Rangers, 14


Rawlins, Harry, 214


recreation, xiii, 25, 153, 155, 185-197, 221-231; appropriations, 227-228; pro- gram, 189


Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, 91


Revolutionary War, 7, 13-16, 167, 233, 291-292


Rich, Claude, 93, 184, 249


Rich Lumber Company, 3, 92, 93, 148


Rich Lumber Company Railroad, 92, 93, 148


Richardson family, 43, 291-292


Richville, 3, 23, 92, 107, 133, 151, 153


Riding and Trail Club, 240


Rittenhouse, Jessie, 257


roads (see also highways), 2, 13, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 233


road commissioners, 22, 23


Robbins, Mary Utley, 232, 234, 247


Roberts, Benjamin S., 101, 122, 292


Roberts, Christopher, 13, 26, 40, 245, 282, 292


315


INDEX


Roberts, John, 5, 9, 10, 282, 292


Roberts, Martin, 3, 63, 88, 121, 142, 245, 282


Robertsville, 3, 88, 282


Robinson, Henry, 184, 210, 261


Rod and Gun Club, 197, 202, 239


Roman Catholicism, 56-58; St. Paul's Church, 57, 58, 144; pastors, 58 Roosevelt, Theodore (Pres.), 207


Rootville, 3, 22, 148


Rose, Samuel, 5, 25, 282


Rotary Club, 135, 188, 227, 234-235, 238, 255; swimming pool, 235


Rupert, 74, 88, 121, 127, 133, 192


Rutland Herald, 179, 259, 264


Rutland Railroad, 90-92, 94, 95


Sandgate, 1, 3, 59, 67, 74, 121, 128, 192, 200


Sargeant, Leonard (Lieut. Gov.), 30, 78, 100, 120, 128, 176, 209, 245, 282-283, 293


Savage's Station, Battle of, 125, 126


schools (see also names of), xii, 67-87; art instruction in, 267; band (see Manches- ter Band); buildings, 5, 45, 55, 67, 75- 77; districts, 11, 36, 37, 67-76; lots, 5, 51, 68; medical inspection in, 74; Parent- Teacher Association, 74, 76, 80, 246, 255; private, 77-87; public, 67-77, 248; pupil enrollment, 74, 75; ski schools, 228, 229, 230; superintendents, town and union, 73, 74; taxes, 35, 68, 69, 70; teachers' salaries, 70; town district, 71; trustees, 68; union district, 73, 74


Schuyler, General, 14


sewer systems, 37, 107, 108; Manchester Depot, 108


sewage disposal plant, 37, 107, 108


Shaftsbury, 39, 74, 93 Shakespeare Club, 246


Shaw, Walter H., 283


Shephard (Shepherd), Walter (Col.), 100, 121, 204


Shippard, Daniel, 4, 5 Si Clone (see Andrus L. Bowen) Simcox, Carroll (Rev.), 55, 260


Simonds, David Kendall, 10, 90, 100, 130,


139, 177, 178, 182, 192, 232, 236, 246,


283, 294


Sipprell, Clara, 269 skating, 221, 226


skiing, 2, 210, 211, 221-231, 242, 288 Skinner, Mark, 46, 65, 127, 178, 182, 232, 283


Skinner, Richard (Gov.), 28, 30, 44, 81, 119, 232, 273, 283, 284


Skinner Post, G.A.R. (see G.A.R.)


Ski Tows, Inc., 224, 226, 227, 231


Skyline Drive, 189, 202


Smalley, Francis, 135, 238


Smith, Albert, 238, 268


Smith, Egbert B., 23, 192


Smith, George, 89, 112, 200, 251, 252


Smith, Noah, 244, 245


snow trains, 94, 225, 226, 227


Snow Valley, Inc., 211, 228, 229-230


Snyder, Frances and Marcia, 84, 247


Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, 236, 257 Society for Propagation of the Gospel, 5, 49,50 Soldiers' Monument, 14, 138, 139, 143, 150, 232, 291


Sons of Veterans, 232, 277


Soper, Peletiah, 18, 292


Soper, Samuel, 8


Soper, Timothy, 64


Soper's Tavern, 27, 39


South Dorset (see Dorset)


Southern Vermont Art Center, 248, 261- 262, 266-268


Southern Vermont Artists, 262, 263-268


Spanish-American War, 129, 295


Sperry, Anson, 50


Sperry, William, 10 Sports Car Club of America, 189


Sprague, L. H. (Dr.), 165, 166, 209


stage lines, 88-89, 282


Stark, John (Gen.), 13, 14, 15


St. Leger, Colonel, 13


Stockwell, John, 88, 89 Straight (Strait), A. B., 126, 209, 251, 294


Straight (Strait), Benjamin, 39


Straight (Strait), Samuel, 20, 21


Straight's Bridge, 20, 21


Straight's Tavern, 209


Sunderland, 1, 28, 73, 74, 92, 121, 127,


316


MANCHESTER, VERMONT


133, 142, 148, 192, 200, 202, 248, 249, 251, 254 survey bill, 4, 5 Swain, A. M. (Rev.), 41, 42


Swezey, Christopher, Sr., 135, 136, 235, 242 Swezey Lumber Company, 148, 149


Swift, George, 104, 126, 169, 190, 251, 252, 294


Swift, Job (Rev.), 47


Swift, Mildred, 84


Swift, Seth (Rev.), 43, 47


Swift, Theodore, 89, 90, 236, 251, 252, 284 Sykes, Clarence, 253


Taconic Hotel, 204


Taconic Marble Company (Dyer Quarry), 151


Taconic Mountains, 1


Taconic Valley Railroad, 93


Taft, William H. (Pres.), 207


Tanner Brook, 154


tannery, xi, 145, 152


taxes, xii, 20, 21, 33-37, 128; rates, 34-36; exemptions, 155


Taylor, Eber L., 111, 191, 192


Taylor, Harold, 253, 255, 256


Taylor, James L., 201, 214, 215, 216, 218


telephone and telegraph, 108-112; first line, 111


Thacher, George, 201, 215, 216


Thayer's Hotel, 111, 167, 193, 211, 212, 232 theaters, 187


Thompson, Lester H., 178, 179, 235, 244, 284


Thompson, Zadock, 51, 77


Ticonderoga, 13, 14, 282


Tories, 14, 25, 27, 209, 270, 282


Towsley, George, 110, 200, 249


Towsley, Leale, 86, 135, 265, 296


Tracy, Elisha, 7


Travis, Walter, 216, 219


Troy and Boston Railroad, 90, 199 Twentieth Century Club, 246


Undine Fire Company, 104, 105 Union Club, 186, 239


Union Opera House (see Opera House)


Union Street, 22, 46, 63, 91, 97, 150, 153, 154, 155, 174, 175, 181, 199, 204, 207, 214, 219, 224, 239


Vail Light and Lumber Company, 113, 148 Vanderlip, John, 142, 211, 294 Vanderlip, Martin, 154, 203


Vanderlip Hotel, 45, 123, 129, 142, 165, 175, 203, 204 vendue, 114, 115


, Vermont, 166; fourteenth state, 16, 25; independent state, xi, 15, 16; legisla- ture, xi, 11, 16, 50, 68, 71, 72, 73, 77, 89, 134, 203, 209, 210; militia, 121, 142, 277, 282; republic of, 25, 271; sesqui- centennial of, 142


Vermont Advance, 92, 180


Vermont Artists Guild, 268


Vermont Association, 39


Vermont Children's Aid Society, 118, 237


Vermont Express, 173


Vermont Gazette, 173


Vermont Hydro-Electric Corporation, 113, 221


Vermont Marble Company, 96, 113, 151, 240


Vermont Odd Fellow, 244, 284


Vermont State Golf Association, 218


Vermont Supreme Court, 279, 281, 282, 284 Vermont Symphony Orchestra, 261 Vermont Transit Lines, 90


Veterans of Foreign Wars (see Harned- Fowler Post)


veterinarians, 169, 171


Village (see Manchester)


Village Chorus, 247


Wait, Clark, 109, 110


Wait, John D., 19, 150, 161


Wanakena, New York, 93


Warner, Seth, 13, 15, 142


War of 1812, 7, 63, 119, 167, 293


Washburn, Azel (Dr.), 167, 292


Washburn, Stephen, 7, 292


water supply, 2, 146 Way's Lane, 18, 150


317


INDEX


Webster, Daniel, 50, 173, 281 Wehrhane, Henry H., 108, 133 welfare, 114-118 Weller Tavern, 209 Wells, Helmus, 65 Wentworth, Benning (Gov.), xiii, 4, 6, 272, 302


Western Union, 110, 111 Western Vermont Railroad, 90, 199


Westminster Convention, 15, 16


Whalen, Cornelius, 8, 235


Whelpley, Isaac, 39, 64, 292


Whipple, Harris C., 285, 304


Whipple, John H., 101, 110, 130, 163, 241, 252, 284-285


Whipple Collection, 41, 60, 160, 162, 237, 292, 293, 304 "White meeting house," 55 Wickham, Emma, 46, 78, 128, 129


Wickham, Joseph D. (Rev. Dr.), 46, 47, 83, 86, 108, 187, 200, 210, 295 Wilbur, James B., 79, 211, 285 Wilburton Inn, 211, 285 Wilcox, Ellamae, 110, 137


Wiley, Leon, 108, 164, 239


Willing, Frances Skinner, 182-184, 284


Willing, Mark Skinner, 183, 201, 217


Windsor Mountain School, 79, 80, 211


Winhall, 1, 19, 88, 127, 129, 148, 185, 192, Winter Sports Club, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 242 woman suffrage, 11


Women's Republican Club, 234


World War I, 130, 131, 233, 295-296


World War II, 132-136, 233, 297-300 Worthy Inn, 211, 229


Wyman, Edmond L. (Dr.), 50, 53, 123, 169





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