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History of Burlington, Vermont, USA

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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...
  
  
  
• 1846 - First steam-heated factory was the Burlington Woolen Company in 1846.
  
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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...
  
  
  
•  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.
  
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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...
  
  
  
•  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...
  
  
  
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  Home Dressmaking
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  May 1898
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•  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...
  
  
  
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  Battery Park, Burlington, Vt. with Lake Champlain at Left
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  University Place. Burlington, VT.
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  St. Mary's Cathedral, Burlington, Vt.
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  Ethan Allen Tower. Burlington, VT.
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• 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
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  Sunset on Lake Champlain from Battery Park
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  Van Ness House
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  City Hall Park, 1906
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  First Congregational Church
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  Mary Fletcher Carnegie Library
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  Grand Union Tea Company, 1909
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  City Hall
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  Campus, University of Vermont
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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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  Church Street North from Bank
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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...
  
  
  
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  Interior, Union Station, 1922
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  Mary Fletcher Hospital
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  The New Sherwood
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  Burlington High School
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  Burlington Country Club
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  Hotel Vermont
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  Unitarian Church
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  Greetings from Burlington, Vermont
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  St. Paul's Church
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  U.S. Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture
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  Municipal Airport, 1941
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•  1944 - August 11 - The temperature at Burlington, VT, soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees.
  
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  August 11, 1944
  
  
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  Veterans' Club
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• 1954 - September 26 - WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting
  
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• 1978 - First Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream store opened in Burlington.
  
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