This Place in History: Burlington Waterfront & Lumber
Shortly after the Civil War, Burlington was the third-busiest lumber port in America, if not the world.
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Shortly after the Civil War, Burlington was the third-busiest lumber port in America, if not the world.
The master stonecarver was widely acclaimed in his own lifetime for his work on the Robert Burns monument in Barre City.
Immigrants and their families wanted to honor the culture in Scotland they'd come from with a granite monument in Barre to Scotland's national poet.
Many concerns the Northeast Kingdom had about the 1932 total solar eclipse -- traffic, parking, hotel availability -- are familiar today.
People in the West River Valley called its route between Brattleboro and South Londonderry '36 miles of trouble'.