History and News of Rutland, Vermont, USA

• 1794 - December 8 - 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published
  
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• 1849 Rutland
  Rutland Co. This is a shire town. The principal stream in Rutland is Otter Creek, which enters the town about the middle of the south line, and... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1854 - Rutland
  Rutland, a handsome post-village and seat of justice of Rutland county, Vermont, on the Otter creek, and on the line of three important railroads,... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1869 - A daughter of Sheriff Lyman Powers, of Rutland, Vt, has been insane ever since the accidental death, some weeks ago, of a railroad conductor named Cook, who was to have been her husband in a few days.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  June 12, 1869
  
•   1875 - OPERA HOUSE FIRE.
  Whitehall, N. Y., May 15. - A fire at Rutland, Vt., this morning, burned the Ripley's Opera House, the stores of MUNN & COMPTON, STANLEY & Co., and... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1878 - Dr. Pond, of Rutland, Vt., has invented a delicate machine, which applied to the wrist, records in lines the movements of the pulse. The instrument is called the "Sphygmograph."
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  April 6, 1878
  
•   1885 - Rev T. L. Drury, of Rutland, Vt, a few weeks since preached a sermon on skating rinks and masquerades.
  He said the skating rinks met with his approval as long as they did not interfere with the church and duties of Christians to attend divine worship.... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1893 - SEVEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED. A DISASTROUS AND FATAL QUARRY ACCIDENT AT WEST RUTLAND.
  RUTLAND, Vt., Feb. 11. - One of the worst disasters in the history of marble quarrying occurred at West Rutland a little after 1 o'clock this... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1894 - June 17 - 1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
  
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  June 17, 1894
  
• 1895 - Rutland
  Rutland, a flourishing town, the capital of Rutland co., Vt., is pleasantly situated on Otter Creek, in a township of its own name, 68 miles S. of... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1895 - Flood
  NEW ENGLAND FLOODS.
  Great Damage to Railroads by the Surging Rivers.
  TOWNS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED.
  
  ST. ALBANS, Vt., April 16. - The Winooski river... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1900 - RUTLAND RAILROAD TRAINS COLLIDE. Freight Wreck on Rutland Railroad.
  Owing to a mix-up in train orders two freight trains collided near Gassetts on the Rutland railroad about noon Saturday. No one was injured, but the... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1906
  Rutland, a township (town) of Rutland co., Vt. Pop. in 1900, 1109.
  Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  
•   1906 - NEARLY A MILLION Fire at Rutland Vermont, Destroys Six Blocks.
  Rutland, Vt., Feb. 19. - Six large brick blocks in the business section of the city, occupied by nearly a score of firms and many smaller tenants... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1927 - Flood
  ...Some 200 families were reported homeless at Rutland [Vermont]. Many had been forced to use boats to escape... The Oelwein Daily Register
  Iowa
  November 4, 1927
  
• 1952 - First woman to win Olympic gold medals in skiing was Andrea Mead, of Rutland, in 1952.
  
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• 1968 - March 18 - WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
  
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