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History of Middlebury, Vermont, USA

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Visit Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1814 - School for higher education of women was established by Emma Willard at Middlebury in 1814.
  
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•  1816 - Middlebury, Vermont, May 8. GREAT FIRE!
  At 2 o'clock on Sunday morning last, the inhabitants of this Village were called to witness the most destructive fire with which we were ever...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1819 - Strange Lightning Strike
  Middlebury, Vermont, Aug. 4.
  
  On Monday the 25th ult. about 2 o'clock, P. M. the house of Mr. John Hunt, in Shoreham, was struck by lightning, and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1823 - Alexander Twilight first African American to earn college degree in US at Middlebury
  
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• 1849 Middlebury
  This is a large and flourishing town on both sides of Otter Creek. The surface of the town is generally level. Chipman's Hill, 439 feet above Otter...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1852 - Fire at Middlebury, Vt.
  MIDDLEBURY, Saturday, Feb. 21. - This morning, a fire broke out in the building occupied by James M. Slade & Co., dry goods dealers, and in the upper ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Middlebury
  Middlebury, a beautiful post-village and seat of justice of Addison county, Vermont, is situated on both sides of Otter creek, at the falls, and on...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1868 - Five thousand dollars insurance was paid last week by a Hartford Company on a single sheep, which died in Middlebury, Vermont.
  
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•  1875 - HEAVY LOSSES.
  Rutland, Vt., Sept. 11. - A fire in the Middlebury Paper Company's mill at Middlebury, Vt., destroyed last night the paper mill buildings, of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1892 - American Morgan Horse register published in Middlebury in 1892, establishing first American breed of horses.
  
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• 1893 - SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE
  MILD SENSATION IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY REGION.
  Considerable Alarm Felt in Montreal, Particularly in the Narrow Streets - Buildings Tremble and the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1894 - KILLED BY EXPLOSIONS. Man in Vermont Has His Head Blown Off - Several Maimed.
  MIDDLEBURY, Vt., July 4. - Perley Smith, son of Daniel Smith of Ripton, had his head blown off by a bursting cannon last night. He stood seventy feet ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Middlebury
  Middlebury, a handsome post-village, capital of Addison co., Vt., in Middlebury township on Otter Creek and on the Central Vermont Railroad, 35 miles ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Graded School
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  Catholic Church, Middlebury, Vermont
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• 1906
  Middlebury, a banking post-village, capital of Addison co., Vt., in Middlebury township (town), on Otter Creek and on the Rutland R., 35 miles S. of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Battell Block, 1906
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  Congregational Church
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  Town Hall
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  Main Street, Middlebury, Vt.
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  Gymnasium, Middlebury College
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  Railroad Bridge
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  Soldiers Monument
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  Addison House
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  Middlebury Inn
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  Merchants Row & Main Street
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  Morgan Horse Farm
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  Upper Campus, Middlebury College
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  Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College
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  Main Street and Congregational Church
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