History of Morristown, Vermont, USA

Morristown, Vermont
Lamoille county. This town lies 20 miles N. by W. from Montpelier and 6 S. from Hyde Park. First settled, 1790. Population, 1830, 1,315. The surface of the town is diversified by hills and valleys; the soil is good, particularly on the banks of Lamoille river, which affords some good water power. Here is a neat village, and considerable business. The people are generally farmers, and produce cattle, butter, cheese, and a large quantity of wool for market.

Lamoille Co. The soil of this town is of a good quality, and easily cultivated. Morristown is, in point of agricultural products, the second in the county. The timber is maple, beech, birch, hemlock, &c. The Lamoille River enters the town near the north-east comer, passing by Morrisville and Cadysville, and after running four miles in the north part of the town, returns into Hydepark. Along this river, in Morristown. are some fine tracts of intervale, and on it are two excellent mill sites. There are several other streams in town on which mills are erected.

Morrisville is a pleasant, flourishing village, situated near the Great Falls. Here is one of the finest situations for manufacturing establishments which the State affords. At the falls a few rods west of the village, may be found curious specimens of the wonder working power of water, in wearing holes into the solid rock, some of which are nearly eight feet deep and four feet broad. The river at this place pours itself into a ...