History of Troy, Vermont, USA

Troy, Vermont
Orleans county. Troy lies 47 miles N. from Montpelier, 51 N.E. from Burlington, 11 N.N.W. from Irasburgh, and is bounded N. by Canada. First settled in 1800. Population, 1830, 608. During the war for "sailors' rights," most of the inhabitants left the town, which greatly retarded its growth. It is finely watered by Missisque river and its tributaries: the surface is generally level, and the soil productive, particularly on the sides of the streams.

The Falls on the Missisque, produce a great water power, and propel some machinery. These falls pass down a ledge of rocks about 70 feet. A rock projects over them, 120 feet in perpendicular height. From this rock, the falls, the deep still water in the gulph below, with the romantic scenery around the place, present a spectacle of great interest to the curious traveller. The rocks here are chlorite, serpentine, limestone, soapstone and mica slate.

Orleans Co. This town is well watered by Missisco River, which runs through it near the western border from south to north, and by several of its tributaries.

The falls on the Missisco, in the north part, are a considerable curiosity. Here the river precipitates itself down a ledge of rocks about seventy feet These falls, and the deep still water below, present a grand and interesting spectacle, when viewed from a rock which projects over them, 120 feet in perpendicular height.

The soil is in general a strong loam, suitable for grass and most kinds of grain. The surface is generally level, and along the river are tracts of intervale, of considerable extent and fertility. The principal rocks are chlorite and mica slate, serpentine, limestone, and steatite.

Some years ago, an immense mass of iron ore, of an excellent quality, was discovered in Troy, a short distance to the eastward of Missisco River. A furnace and forge have beep erected, which produce annually large quantities ...

BOSTON, August 2d. - A special to the Journal from Newport, Vt., says the express train of the Southeastern Railroad, from here to Montreal was derailed three miles from North Troy, and the whole train wrecked. Two parlor cars, one baggage and one passenger car and a new engine made a complete wreck. A lady from Derby was fatally injured, and some fourteen others seriously qurt{sic}. Fred. Tierce of Stanstead, Quebec, and his servant were very badly hurt. Some of the injured were brought here, and others to Newport Centre and North Troy, it is the most severe accident of the kind which ever occurred in this vicinity. Everything is being done by the Railroad Company for the sufferers. There were fifty passengers aboard.

NORTH TROY.

An amusing episode in horse trading occurred here Sunday, November 25. A young man from Montgomery named Manosh, visiting in town, had a good work horse for which he wished to trade for a free driver. Blacksmith Allen informed Manosh that he had one that would fit the bill, and, hitching up a worthless old mare, owned by George Brooks, stimulated for the occasion, succeeded in trading even, afterward boasting that he had made $100. Manosh soon found that head had been cheated, and consulting a lawyer, learned that a Sunday trade was void. Meanwhile Allen and Brooks, becoming nervous, went to Jay and swapped off the Manosh horse to a horse trader, named Morse, getting beaten worse than the Montgomery boy. The next Monday and Tuesday found the beaten parties in an excited state of mind leading horses to and fro and demanding returns. Morse remained cool and undisturbed. Finally, hearing that legal proceedings were to be intituted, the horses were returned to their...