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The Unique History of Vermont
While writing my memoir I noticed how much I appreciate Vermont and life here. So…next came the decision to make Vermont a topic of research and share those facts with you.
The first book I started reading was “The Story of Vermont: A Natural and Cultural History” written by Christopher McGrory Klyza and Stephen C. Trombulak. The copy I have from the Manchester Community Library is an older version and can also be found a Amazon.
Klyza and Trombulak show how Vermont’s landscape was formed including the glacier movement through Vermont. It wasn’t until I came across the history of Lake Champlain that my interest picked up as I am familiar with area.
The summer of 1609 the French explorer Samuel de Champlain with Native American guides left Quebec to explore new territory to the south which included Lake Champlain and Champlain Valley.
Champlain was the first European to see the Lake Champlain and the surrounding valley. He spent a week on the lake surrounded by beautiful mountains and islands. He was so impressed he named it after himself and to this day it is called Lake Champlain.
Vermont had many challenges protecting their land. Massachusetts, New Hampshire,and New York each claimed control over sections of Vermont. During the 1730’s Massachusetts decided they wanted the southern part of…
