In the midst of a global energy crisis, Winooski’s ingenious city planners applied for a $55,000 federal grant to study the possibility of constructing a dome over the city.
The Winooski Dome: How this mill-town was almost sealed in a bubble
Brandon man invented first electric motor, printing press, railway
A Brandon blacksmith patented the first electric motor. Who knew?
Libertoff: Montpelier’s March madness
“You are crazy,” said my partner with an emphasis on “crazy.” It probably never occurred to her that we were scheduled to play Julio’s Restaurant, the team that shared first place in league play.
When Lake Champlain was known as ‘Irish Lake’
Between 1840 and 1860, a great wave of Irish immigrants washed up on the shores of Lake Champlain. So many, in fact, that Vermont’s inland sea has been nicknamed the Irish Lake, according to a presentation by Vermont’s pre-eminent historian of Irish-Americans in the Green Mountain State, Vince Feeney.
Orange woman, pilot and hunter, celebrates 100 years
Anna Chandler of Orange, age 100, earned her commercial pilot’s license in 1967.
Kidnapped! Rescued! Remember Baker remembered
Famed Green Mountain Boy Remember Baker’s kidnapping and rescue will be celebrated in Arlington March 21.
Holy Cow! History: The President’s Love Child
Holy Cow! historian Mark Powell tells the story of a U.S. president who had a ‘love child’ during the Roaring Twenties.
How Vermont was born, in three paragraphs
A retired schoolteacher explains the birthday of Vermont in three easy paragraphs.
Vermont’s Lincoln legacy
He never visited Vermont, but Lincoln did visit compassion on her soldiers. Vermont gave Lincoln votes, elections, stone for many monuments, and – finally – a home for three generations of descendants.
House honors Tuskegee Airman, 95
The Vermont House of Representatives today honored Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Woody Woodhouse.
