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Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
"Burlington, the most populous city of Vermont, and the capital of Chittenden co., is finely situated on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, about 1 mile W. of the Winooski River, 40 miles W.N.W. of Montpelier, and 80 miles by water N. of Whitehall. Lat. 44°29' N.; lon. 73° 15' W, It is a port of entry, and is on the Vermont Central Rail. road, which connects it with Rutland, Montpelier, and Ogdensburg, N.Y. It is surrounded with beautiful scenery, and is partly built on an eminence which is nearly 300 feet higher than the lake and commands magnificent views of the Adirondack Mountains and the intervening wide expanse of water. The part of the city next to the lake is but little elevated above its surface. Near the middle of the city is a public square, around which are located the handsome court-house, post-office, and principal hotels. It has a good harbor, which is protected by a breakwater constructed by the government of the United States. Here is a light-house, on Juniper Island. Burlington contains & national banks, 10 churches, the Vermont Episcopal Institute, a custom-house, and printing-offices which issue 1 daily and 4 weekly newspapers. It is the seat of the State Agricultural College, founded in 1865, and of the University of Vermont, which was founded about 1800, is not under the control of any sect, and is open to both sexes. It occupies 4, spacious buildings, standing on a pleasant site, which is about 280 feet higher than the lake. A medical college is connected with the university. Burlington has a free library of 12,000 volumes, and a large hospital, which was founded by Miss Mary Fletcher and cost $175,000. It is the see of a Catholic bishop and of a Protestant Episcopal bishop. It has an orphan asylum, 2 savings-banks, several machine-shops, large planing-mills, and manufactures of cotton, flour, carriages, furniture, lumber, steam fire-engine, cigars, spools, blinds and doors, mantels, and stoneware, This is one of the largest lumber markets in the United States, Burlington was founded in 1783, and incorporated as a city in 1864. Pop. in 1880, 11,365; in 1890, 14,590."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"Burlington, the most populous city of Vermont, and the capital of Chittenden co., is finely situated on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, about 1 mile W. of the Winooski River, 40 miles W.N.W. of Montpelier, and 80 miles by water N. of Whitehall. Lat. 44°29' N.; lon. 73° 15' W, It is a port of entry, and is on the Vermont Central Rail. road, which connects it with Rutland, Montpelier, and Ogdensburg, N.Y. It is surrounded with beautiful scenery, and is partly built on an eminence which is nearly 300 feet higher than the lake and commands magnificent views of the Adirondack Mountains and the intervening wide expanse of water. The part of the city next to the lake is but little elevated above its surface. Near the middle of the city is a public square, around which are located the handsome court-house, post-office, and principal hotels. It has a good harbor, which is protected by a breakwater constructed by the government of the United States. Here is a light-house, on Juniper Island. Burlington contains & national banks, 10 churches, the Vermont Episcopal Institute, a custom-house, and printing-offices which issue 1 daily and 4 weekly newspapers. It is the seat of the State Agricultural College, founded in 1865, and of the University of Vermont, which was founded about 1800, is not under the control of any sect, and is open to both sexes. It occupies 4, spacious buildings, standing on a pleasant site, which is about 280 feet higher than the lake. A medical college is connected with the university. Burlington has a free library of 12,000 volumes, and a large hospital, which was founded by Miss Mary Fletcher and cost $175,000. It is the see of a Catholic bishop and of a Protestant Episcopal bishop. It has an orphan asylum, 2 savings-banks, several machine-shops, large planing-mills, and manufactures of cotton, flour, carriages, furniture, lumber, steam fire-engine, cigars, spools, blinds and doors, mantels, and stoneware, This is one of the largest lumber markets in the United States, Burlington was founded in 1783, and incorporated as a city in 1864. Pop. in 1880, 11,365; in 1890, 14,590."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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1831 - Counterfeit Notes
The Burlington, (Vermont,) Sentinel cautions the public against counterfeit 100 dollar notes of the Bank of the United States, payable at the office...Read MORE...- January 25, 1837 - At 7 PM a display of the Northern Lights danced above Burlington, VT.
Its light was equal to the full moon. Snow and other objects reflecting the light were deeply tinged with a blood red hue. Blue, yellow and white...Read MORE... - 1846 - First steam-heated factory was the Burlington Woolen Company in 1846.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ vermont.html - 1849 Burlington
Chittenden Co. This is the chief town in the county. It is delightfully situated upon the tongue of land formed by the confluence of the Winooski...Read MORE... - 1852 - Fire at Burlington, Vt.
BURLINGTON, Monday, Oct. 25. A fire broke out here at 12 o'clock last night, destroying Weaver's clothing store, Barrow's dry goods store, Stephens & ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Fire at Burlington
Boston, Tuesday, Jan.3.
The Steam Saw Mill, Machine Shop, and Iron Foundry owned by Henry Symonds, at Burlington, Vt., was yesterday morning...Read MORE... - 1854 - Burlington
Burlington, a port of entry, and seat of justice of Chittenden county, Vermont, and the most populous town in the state, is situated on a bay of its...Read MORE... - 1858 - Ethan Allen's Remains
There has been considerable excitement in Burlington, Vermont, for a few days past, on the subject of the removal of the remains of Gen. Ethan Allen. ...Read MORE... - 1859
BURLINGTON, the cap. of Chittenden co., in the state of Vermont, U.S.; 40 m. NW of Montpelier; 80 m. SSE of Montreal; 82 m. SE of Plattsburg; in N...Read MORE... - 1867 Railroad Accident in Vermont-Train Intentionally Thrown front the Track.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Friday, Aug. 2. The 10 P.M. express train of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad was thrown down an embankment and badly smashed up...Read MORE... - 1868 - Making Shoe Pegs
The largest manufactory of shoe pegs in this country is said to be at Burlington, Vermont, where one factory is accustomed to transform every day...Read MORE... - 1868 - The city of Burlington, Vermont, has about doubled its population in eight years, and is now claimed to be the third lumber market in the United States.
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Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio
June 29, 1868 - 1869 - December 27 - A post Christmas storm in New York and Vermont produced record storm totals of 30 inches at Burlington, VT, and 39 inches at Montpelier VT. A public emergency was declared in Vermont.
WeatherForYou.com - 1882 - WORK OF A SEVERE GALE.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 27. - At 7 o'clock this morning this city was visited by the severest gale for many years, doing great damage to property. One...Read MORE... - 1895 - LOSSES BY FIRE.
Burlington, Vt., March 19. - Booth's planing mill and shops, the Baldwin Refrigerator Company's factory, the Vermont Shade Roller factory, and all...Read MORE... - 1895 - Burlington
Burlington, the most populous city of Vermont, and the capital of Chittenden co., is finely situated on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, about 1...Read MORE... 
Home Dressmaking
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Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt.
The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898- 1900 - LOSSES BY FIRE.
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 16. - Fire to-day caused a loss of $20,000 to Spaulding, Kimball & Co.'s wholesale grocery and destroyed a warehouse of the...Read MORE... 
Battery Park, Burlington, Vt. with Lake Champlain at Left
University Place. Burlington, VT.
St. Mary's Cathedral, Burlington, Vt.
Ethan Allen Tower. Burlington, VT.- 1903 - First person to cross the entire United States by automobile was Dr. H. Nelson Jackson, a Burlington physician, who traveled from San Francisco to New York City in 1903.
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Main Street, looking East
Sunset on Lake Champlain from Battery Park
Van Ness House
City Hall Park, 1906
First Congregational Church
Mary Fletcher Carnegie Library
Grand Union Tea Company, 1909
City Hall
Campus, University of Vermont- 1916
Burlington, a port of entry, the most populous city of Vermont, and the capital of Chittenden co., is finely situated on the eastern shore of Lake...Read MORE... 
Church Street North from Bank- 1922 - NEWS OF STATE What Is Going On in and About Old Vermont FACTORY DAMAGED BY FIRE Estimated Loss Not Yet Known
The Burlington fire department responded Saturday morning to an alarm from box 56, at the junction of South Union and Howard st., sent in because of...Read MORE... 
Interior, Union Station, 1922
Mary Fletcher Hospital
The New Sherwood
Burlington High School
Burlington Country Club
Hotel Vermont
Unitarian Church
Greetings from Burlington, Vermont
St. Paul's Church
U.S. Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture
Municipal Airport, 1941- 1944 - August 11 - The temperature at Burlington, VT, soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees.
The Weather Channel
August 11, 1944 
Veterans' Club- 1954 - September 26 - WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting
historyorb.com - 1978 - First Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream store opened in Burlington.
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Burlington, Vermont, USA
Home Dressmaking
Valuable Book Given Free to Our Readers
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt.
The Ladies' Home Journal
May 1898
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Battery Park, Burlington, Vt. with Lake Champlain at Left
Burlington, Vermont, USA
University Place. Burlington, VT.
Burlington, Vermont, USA
St. Mary's Cathedral, Burlington, Vt.
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Ethan Allen Tower. Burlington, VT.
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Main Street, looking East
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Sunset on Lake Champlain from Battery Park
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Van Ness House
Burlington, Vermont, USA
City Hall Park, 1906
Burlington, Vermont, USA
First Congregational Church
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Mary Fletcher Carnegie Library
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Grand Union Tea Company, 1909
Burlington, Vermont, USA
City Hall
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Campus, University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Church Street North from Bank
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Interior, Union Station, 1922
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Mary Fletcher Hospital
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The New Sherwood
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Burlington High School
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Burlington Country Club
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Hotel Vermont
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Unitarian Church
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Greetings from Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont, USA
St. Paul's Church
Burlington, Vermont, USA
U.S. Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Municipal Airport, 1941
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Veterans' Club
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1763 - Burlington, Vermont founded
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1831 - Counterfeit Notes
The Burlington, (Vermont,) Sentinel cautions the public against counterfeit 100 dollar notes of the Bank of the United States, payable at the office... Read MORE...
-
January 25, 1837 - At 7 PM a display of the Northern Lights danced above Burlington, VT.
Its light was equal to the full moon. Snow and other objects reflecting the light were deeply tinged with a blood red hue. Blue, yellow and white... Read MORE...
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1846 - First steam-heated factory was the Burlington Woolen Company in 1846.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ vermont.html
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1849 Burlington
Chittenden Co. This is the chief town in the county. It is delightfully situated upon the tongue of land formed by the confluence of the Winooski... Read MORE...
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1852 - Fire at Burlington, Vt.
BURLINGTON, Monday, Oct. 25. A fire broke out here at 12 o'clock last night, destroying Weaver's clothing store, Barrow's dry goods store, Stephens & ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Burlington
Burlington, a port of entry, and seat of justice of Chittenden county, Vermont, and the most populous town in the state, is situated on a bay of its... Read MORE...
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1854 - Fire at Burlington
Boston, Tuesday, Jan.3.
The Steam Saw Mill, Machine Shop, and Iron Foundry owned by Henry Symonds, at Burlington, Vt., was yesterday morning... Read MORE...
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1858 - Ethan Allen's Remains
There has been considerable excitement in Burlington, Vermont, for a few days past, on the subject of the removal of the remains of Gen. Ethan Allen. ... Read MORE...
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1859
BURLINGTON, the cap. of Chittenden co., in the state of Vermont, U.S.; 40 m. NW of Montpelier; 80 m. SSE of Montreal; 82 m. SE of Plattsburg; in N... Read MORE...
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1867 Railroad Accident in Vermont-Train Intentionally Thrown front the Track.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Friday, Aug. 2. The 10 P.M. express train of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad was thrown down an embankment and badly smashed up... Read MORE...
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1868 - The city of Burlington, Vermont, has about doubled its population in eight years, and is now claimed to be the third lumber market in the United States.
genealogybank.com
Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio
June 29, 1868
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1868 - Making Shoe Pegs
The largest manufactory of shoe pegs in this country is said to be at Burlington, Vermont, where one factory is accustomed to transform every day... Read MORE...
-
1869 - December 27 - A post Christmas storm in New York and Vermont produced record storm totals of 30 inches at Burlington, VT, and 39 inches at Montpelier VT. A public emergency was declared in Vermont.
WeatherForYou.com
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1882 - WORK OF A SEVERE GALE.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 27. - At 7 o'clock this morning this city was visited by the severest gale for many years, doing great damage to property. One... Read MORE...
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1895 - Burlington
Burlington, the most populous city of Vermont, and the capital of Chittenden co., is finely situated on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, about 1... Read MORE...
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1895 - LOSSES BY FIRE.
Burlington, Vt., March 19. - Booth's planing mill and shops, the Baldwin Refrigerator Company's factory, the Vermont Shade Roller factory, and all... Read MORE...
-
1900 - LOSSES BY FIRE.
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 16. - Fire to-day caused a loss of $20,000 to Spaulding, Kimball & Co.'s wholesale grocery and destroyed a warehouse of the... Read MORE...
-
1903 - First person to cross the entire United States by automobile was Dr. H. Nelson Jackson, a Burlington physician, who traveled from San Francisco to New York City in 1903.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ vermont.html
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1916
Burlington, a port of entry, the most populous city of Vermont, and the capital of Chittenden co., is finely situated on the eastern shore of Lake... Read MORE...
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1922 - NEWS OF STATE What Is Going On in and About Old Vermont FACTORY DAMAGED BY FIRE Estimated Loss Not Yet Known
The Burlington fire department responded Saturday morning to an alarm from box 56, at the junction of South Union and Howard st., sent in because of... Read MORE...
-
1944 - August 11 - The temperature at Burlington, VT, soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees.
The Weather Channel
August 11, 1944
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1954 - September 26 - WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting
historyorb.com
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1978 - First Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream store opened in Burlington.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ vermont.html
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