Holland, Vermont, USA (Holland Center) (Holland Pond) (Tice Hollow)
1849 - Holland

Orleans Co. This is an excellent township of land, producing in great abundance all the varieties common to the climate.

There is a large pond situated in the north-east part of the town, and several small ponds. The streams are small ; part flowing north into Canada, and part south into Clyde River.

On the 2d of July, 1833, Holland was visited by a violent tornado. It commenced on Salem Pond in Salem, and passed over the town in a northeasterly direction. It was from half to three quarters of a mile wide, and it prostrated and scattered nearly all the trees, fences, and buildings, in its course. It crossed the outlet of Norton Pond, and passed into Canada, and its course could be traced through the forests nearly to Connecticut River.

Boundaries. North by Barnston and Stanstead, Canada, east by Norton, south by Morgan, and west by Derby.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced in 1800, by Edmund Eliot and Joseph Cowal.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,844 bushels; Indian corn, 151 bushels; potatoes, 14,510 bushels ; hay, 1,281 tons ; maple sugar, 20,685 pounds ; wool, 2,400 pounds.

Distances. Eighteen miles north-east from Irasburgh, and fifty-eight northeast from Montpelier.

A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

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