When I first moved to the state, I bought local history books from the general store tourist stops and I wasn’t disappointed. Some really crazy history! I recommend browsing those.

One history I learned that might be of interest to you is that Boston thanksgiving celebrations have always been dependent on Vermont farmers’ turkeys- and that meant literally walking to Boston with flocks of turkeys. It would take Vermont farmers 2 weeks to a month, and they would lose some along the way, or trade some as they went, or collected more. They would sleep rough; there were no fridge tractor trailers back then or people couldn’t afford the earlier cruder options, and flocks were too big to put on horse cart. Boggles the mind that they would walk all the way there!

I don’t know maybe that could be a side quest or something ;)

Did you even read the article

Spring water is the best, and usually just as clean if not cleaner than town water.

I was not implying you created the title. Only pointing out that the title of the article while factual is meant to invoke a specific sentiment while the details of the “doubling” is much or nuanced and complex than “government officials double their pay”.

Your out of state comment it noted and ignored. I still believe it is nearly impossible to identify and relate to the historic and generational issues which impact a state when you grow up in a wealthy suburb of an east coast city.

The above is one of the most useless comments possible, has no bearing on the subject, nothing to do with Vermont ... and should be removed by the mods.

That's the article title - so click bait, if it exists here, is on Seven Days.

I think you should drop the place of birth bigotry too.

you can reach out to the state college system, NVU-Lyndon has some cool historical stuff and someone might have book recommendations

Kind of a clickbait title.

> 180 lawmakers, who currently make $14,610 per year, would earn just under $30,000. Lawmakers would also become eligible for medical benefits.

Being a lawmaker in VT is a 6 month a year commitment. This will at least make it so you can do so and then survive on a less than stellar job the rest of the time. Maybe it would lessen the number of MA and NY native who walk the halls at the statehouse.

Politicians are bloodsucking scum.

My father was alive during prohibition in VT. He citied a number of now large companies that somehow had a large influx of capital after it was over to start business. It always made me laugh a little.

Not many can.

The one in Orwell has copies of the Orwell currency, but not sure if that predated the Great Depression.

They can’t afford to live in Vermont on only the salary they are paying now.

Life with chestnut trees cannot be understated. They were an important food source for animals and humans, not to mention their utility for building.

PBS had a cool series of documentaries about VT, called “Vermont Memories”. I can’t find a link to it online, but maybe you’ll have better luck.

Town water is always available (so far). Most wells don't work when the power is out, and can be a limited resource if the well starts going dry.

I believe that we need younger folks in our government setting policy right now. This is important for humanity's future, and if they need some financial help to do the hard work, then I say let them have some financial help.

I think all of New England was like that. Old pictures of MA just look like open fields

Had no idea this existed. So cool. Thanks for sharing.

Have you seen the UVM Landscape Change project? It’s a great database of vintage photos sortable by town and other keywords, often juxtaposed with current photos. This could be a good resource if you don’t know it.

https://glcp.uvm.edu/landscape_new/

Nice try.

Border Patrol aren't Vermont, they're Federal. ¯\_( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)_/¯

I traveled to a campground in South Carolina to watch the one in 2017, made it a 2 week+ long road trip including stopping and visiting family along the route. So worth it!

Shoutout to Devil's Fork State park, great place.

Me three!

Penalty tax for shopping in New Hampshire!

Driving a Model T through mud season