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{\an7}PERHAPS NO OTHER STATE
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{\an7}IS AS FIERCELY INDEPENDENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS VERMONT.
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{\an7}THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE,
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{\an7}FOUNDED BY AN UNRULY
\h\hBUNCH OF YANKEES
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKNOWN AS
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.
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{\an7}NO OTHER STATE IS AS "GREEN"--
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{\an7}\hIN ITS TREES, MOUNTAINS,
AND QUEST FOR CONSERVATION.
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{\an7}IT WAS THE FIRST STATE
IN THE UNION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY.
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{\an7}BUT ALSO THE STATE WHOSE
NATIVE INDIAN POPULATION
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{\an7}WOULD ALL BUT DISAPPEAR.
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{\an7}THE STATE WHOSE LAKES AND LAND
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{\an7}WERE FIRST EXPLORED
\h\hBY THE FRENCH,
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{\an7}BUT SETTLED BY THE ENGLISH.
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{\an7}\hTODAY ITS GREAT LAKE
STILL HARBORS A MONSTER
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{\an7}OLDER THAN "NESSIE"
\h\h\hOF LOCH NESS.
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{\an7}\h\hITS LAND IS HOME TO SOME
OF THE MOST PRISTINE FARMLAND
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{\an7}IN THE NATION.
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{\an7}ITS WOODS THE INSPIRATION
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{\an7}FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN POET
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hROBERT FROST,
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{\an7}\hWHO PERHAPS BEST
DESCRIBED VERMONT
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{\an7}AS "THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED."
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{\an7}THIS NORTHERN STATE
\hOF STONY FIELDS,
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{\an7}RED PAINTED BARNS
\hAND SUGAR MAPLES
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{\an7}\h\hIS STILL A PLACE
WHERE MAD RIVERS RUN
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{\an7}BENEATH COVERED BRIDGES.
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{\an7}VERMONT SHOWS US AN AMERICA
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{\an7}YOUNG, GREEN AND
FULL OF PROMISE.
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{\an7}\hFROM THE TIME THE GLACIERS
MELTED OVER 10,000 YEARS AGO,
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{\an7}THIS VAST BODY OF WATER
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{\an7}HAS DEFINED THE LAND
AND LIFE AROUND IT.
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{\an7}LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h120 MILES LONG AND
IN SOME PLACES 12 MILES WIDE.
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{\an7}IT LIES DEEP IN A VALLEY
\h\h\hCARVED BY GLACIERS,
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{\an7}WITH THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE WEST
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{\an7}AND THE GREEN MOUNTAINS
\h\h\h\h\hTO THE EAST.
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{\an7}TODAY THE SKELETAL REMAINS
\h\h\h\h\hOF BELUGA WHALES
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{\an7}ARE EVIDENCE THAT THE LAKE
\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS ONCE A PART
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{\an7}\hOF A SALTY INLAND ARM
OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
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{\an7}THE LAKE TAKES ITS NAME
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{\an7}FROM THE GREAT FRENCH EXPLORER
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN,
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{\an7}KNOWN AS THE FATHER
\h\hOF NEW FRANCE.
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{\an7}IN 1609, HE HEADED SOUTH
ON THE LAKE FROM CANADA,
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{\an7}\h\hAND WAS LIKELY
THE FIRST EUROPEAN
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{\an7}TO SET FOOT ON ISLE LA MOTTE.
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{\an7}\hUNDER THESE WATERS
LIES THE CHAZY REEF.
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{\an7}\h\hSCIENTISTS CLAIM IT’S
THE WORLD’S OLDEST REEF,
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{\an7}WHERE CORALS FIRST APPEARED.
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{\an7}FORMED HALF A BILLION YEARS AGO,
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{\an7}IT WAS PART OF AN ANCIENT OCEAN
WHICH COVERED
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{\an7}\h\h\hMOST OF THE EASTERN
NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.
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{\an7}UNTIL THE 20th CENTURY,
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{\an7}THE ONLY CLUES TO THE REEF’S
\h\h\hSCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE
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{\an7}WERE THE ODD MARKINGS
IN THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK LIMESTONE
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{\an7}FROM THE ISLAND’S QUARRIES.
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{\an7}THIS STONE WAS USED
IN THE CONSTRUCTION
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{\an7}OF RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL,
\h\h\hTHE BROOKLYN BRIDGE,
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{\an7}AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
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{\an7}EARLY QUARRY WORKERS NEVER KNEW
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{\an7}THAT THE STRANGE MARKS
\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE ROCK
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{\an7}\h\h\hWERE MARINE FOSSILS
HALF A BILLION YEARS OLD.
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{\an7}GIVEN THE GREAT AGE OF THE LAKE,
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{\an7}IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT MYSTERY
LURKS DEEP WITHIN THESE WATERS.
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{\an7}THEY ARE HOME TO AN ELUSIVE
CREATURE KNOWN AS "CHAMP"--
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{\an7}AMERICA’S VERY OWN
LOCH NESS MONSTER.
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{\an7}THE FIRST SIGHTING OF CHAMP
\h\h\h\hTOOK PLACE IN 1609,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHEN A MEMBER OF
THE CHAMPLAIN EXPEDITION
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{\an7}NOTED "A 20-FOOT SERPENT,
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{\an7}\h\hWITH A HORSE-SHAPED HEAD
AND BODY AS THICK AS A KEG."
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{\an7}THERE WERE DOZENS MORE
\h\h\h\hCHAMP SIGHTINGS
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{\an7}BEFORE THE FIRST APPEARANCE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF NESSIE--
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE LOCH NESS MONSTER--
50 YEARS AFTER CHAMP’S DEBUT.
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{\an7}BUT PERHAPS IT’S NOT SURPRISING
TO FIND STRANGE CREATURES
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{\an7}IN PLACES LIKE THIS.
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{\an7}LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND LOCH NESS
\h\h\h\h\hARE QUITE SIMILAR.
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{\an7}BOTH ARE DEEP FRESHWATER LAKES
CREATED 10,000 YEARS AGO--
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{\an7}\hPERFECT HIDEOUTS
FOR SHY MONSTERS.
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{\an7}WHILE CHAMP’S EXISTENCE
\hIS YET TO BE PROVEN,
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{\an7}HIS LEGEND HAS BEEN
A BOOST FOR TOURISM.
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{\an7}THE NEXT TWO ISLANDS
OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN--
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{\an7}NORTH AND SOUTH HERO--
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{\an7}WERE ONCE NAMED "TWO HEROES"
IN HONOR OF ETHAN AND IRA ALLEN,
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{\an7}BROTHERS WHO HELPED
\hTO FOUND VERMONT.
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{\an7}\hIN 1779, VERMONT
GAVE THESE ISLANDS
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{\an7}IN TRIBUTE TO THE ALLENS
\h\hAND THEIR ASSOCIATES,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hPOPULARLY KNOWN AS
"THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS."
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{\an7}HOW THE BOYS EARNED THEIR NAME,
AND BECAME SO BELOVED,
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{\an7}\h\h\hIS ALSO THE STORY
OF HOW AN EARLY COLONY
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{\an7}BECAME KNOWN AS VERMONT.
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{\an7}ONE OF THE SMALLEST STATES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN AMERICA,
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{\an7}VERMONT IS A LAND RICH IN LAKES,
RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hPARTICULARLY
THE GREEN MOUNTAINS,
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{\an7}WHICH DOMINATE THE STATE.
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{\an7}EARLY FRENCH EXPLORERS NAMED
THE LAND "VERT," MEANING GREEN,
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{\an7}AND "MONT," MEANING MOUNTAIN--
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{\an7}THUS "VERMONT," OR VERMONT.
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{\an7}TODAY, ETHAN ALLEN’S HOMESTEAD
LIES EAST OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN
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{\an7}AMID THE SPECTACULAR VERMONT
SCENERY HE FOUGHT TO DEFEND.
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{\an7}IN THE 1700s,
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{\an7}COLONIAL BOUNDARIES
\h\hWERE DETERMINED
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{\an7}BY ROYAL LAND GRANTS
\h\hMADE IN ENGLAND.
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{\an7}BUT THE NOTORIOUSLY VAGUE
BORDERS LED TO BITTER DISPUTES
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{\an7}\hBETWEEN NEW YORK
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE,
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{\an7}WHO BOTH CLAIMED THE LAND
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{\an7}OF VERMONT’S FERTILE
\hCHAMPLAIN VALLEY.
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{\an7}\h\hTO PROTECT THEIR LAND
FROM THE HATED "YORKERS,"
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{\an7}\hTWO FIERCELY INDEPENDENT
NEW HAMPSHIRE LANDOWNERS--
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{\an7}IRA AND ETHAN ALLEN--
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{\an7}\hFORMED A MILITIA CALLED
"THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS."
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{\an7}"THE BOYS" DEFIED
NEW YORK’S THREAT
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{\an7}TO DRIVE VERMONT SETTLERS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOFF THE FIELDS
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{\an7}AND INTO THE GREEN MOUNTAINS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE EAST.
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{\an7}INSTEAD THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS
FOUGHT OFF THE YORKERS.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT IN THE END NEITHER
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOR NEW YORK
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{\an7}WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE LAND,
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{\an7}AND "THE BOYS" HELPED ESTABLISH
THE REPUBLIC OF VERMONT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hPERCHED ON THE EDGE
OF THE LAKE LIES BURLINGTON--
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{\an7}\hNO, NOT THE COAT FACTORY,
BUT VERMONT’S LARGEST CITY--
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{\an7}WITH A POPULATION
\hOF JUST 40,000.
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{\an7}\hDESPITE ITS SMALL SIZE,
IT’S A COSMOPOLITAN TOWN.
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{\an7}IN ITS HEYDAY, AS A PORT CITY
\h\h\h\hIN THE STEAMSHIP ERA,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT ATTRACTED
SOME FAMOUS VISITORS,
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{\an7}INCLUDING THE AUTHOR
\h\hCHARLES DICKENS.
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{\an7}TODAY, THE "PRETTY LITTLE TOWN"
OF BURLINGTON--
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{\an7}AS DICKENS DESCRIBED IT--
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{\an7}STILL CAPTIVATES VISITORS.
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{\an7}THE TOWN CENTER
AT THE CHURCH STREET MARKETPLACE
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{\an7}\hIS A BUSTLING MIX
OF CAFES AND SHOPS.
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{\an7}AND THE LAKE ATTRACTS SWIMMERS,
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{\an7}AND MOST OF ALL SAILORS WHO LOVE
CHAMPLAIN’S GUSTY WINDS.
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{\an7}MOVING INLAND LIE CAMEL’S HUMP
AND MOUNT MANSFIELD--
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{\an7}THE TWO HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN VERMONT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOVER THE HUMP,
AND DOWN INTO THE VALLEY,
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{\an7}JUST THREE MILES AWAY,
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{\an7}\h\hIS THE 45-ACRE
SHELBURNE MUSEUM--
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{\an7}A VILLAGE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS
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{\an7}THAT HOLD THE FINEST COLLECTION
OF AMERICANA IN THE COUNTRY.
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{\an7}KNOWN AS "THE SMITHSONIAN
\h\h\h\h\hOF NEW ENGLAND,"
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE VILLAGE HOLDS
OVER 100,000 ARTIFACTS,
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{\an7}FROM CIGAR STORE INDIANS
TO A FULL-SIZED CAROUSEL.
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{\an7}ONE OF THE TOWN’S
\hSTRANGER SIGHTS
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{\an7}IS THE 220-FOOT TICONDEROGA--
\h\h\h\h\h\hA GRACEFUL RELIC
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{\an7}FROM THE GOLDEN AGE
OF STEAMSHIP TRAVEL.
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{\an7}SHE MADE HER LAST VOYAGE
OVER LAND, MOORING HERE IN 1955.
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{\an7}TODAY SHE OFFERS VISITORS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA GLIMPSE
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{\an7}INTO THE ELEGANT LIFE OF TRAVEL
ABOARD A 19th-CENTURY STEAMSHIP.
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{\an7}NEARBY IS SHELBURNE FARMS,
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{\an7}AN ESTATE OF NEARLY 400 ACRES
\h\h\hWITH SEVERAL BUILDINGS.
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{\an7}ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
\h\h\hIS THE BREEDING BARN.
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{\an7}THE FARM WAS CREATED IN 1886
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{\an7}\h\hBY LILA VANDERBILT
AND WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB
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{\an7}AS A MODEL AGRICULTURAL ESTATE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTODAY IT OPERATES
AS A NON-PROFIT WORKING FARM
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{\an7}TEACHING CONSERVATION.
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{\an7}FOR OVER 100 CENTURIES,
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{\an7}\hNATIVE AMERICANS
CALLED THE ABENAKI
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{\an7}TRAVELED VERMONT’S WATERWAYS
\h\h\hIN BIRCH BARK CANOES.
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{\an7}THE WINOOSKI, FROM AN ABENAKI
WORD MEANING "WILD ONION LAND,"
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{\an7}\h\hIS ONE OF VERMONT’S
MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hRUNNING 90 MILES
FROM THE GREEN MOUNTAINS
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{\an7}WEST TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
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{\an7}THIS WAS THE WATERWAY
USED BY GENERATIONS OF ABENAKI
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{\an7}\hTO REACH THEIR LARGEST
SETTLEMENT--MISSISSQUOI.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hHERE THEY LIVED
AS FARMERS AND HUNTERS
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{\an7}UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS,
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{\an7}WHOSE DISEASES AND WARS
\h\hWOULD BRING AN END
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{\an7}TO THE ABENAKI WAY OF LIFE.
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{\an7}TODAY, THE AREA IS PRESERVED
\h\h\hAS A WILDLIFE REFUGE.
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{\an7}AND, WHILE 2,500 ABENAKI
STILL LIVE HERE AROUND THE LAKE,
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{\an7}MUCH OF THEIR HERITAGE IS LOST.
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{\an7}MOVING EAST TO RICHMOND,
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{\an7}HERE ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL
\h\h\hBUILDINGS IN THE STATE
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{\an7}STANDS AS A TESTAMENT
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{\an7}\h\hTO VERMONT’S CREDO
OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT’S KNOWN AS
THE "OLD ROUND CHURCH."
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{\an7}ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS ROUND,
\hIT’S ACTUALLY 16-SIDED.
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{\an7}\h\hAS THE STORY GOES,
16 MEN BUILT THE CHURCH
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{\an7}AND THE 17th BUILT THE BELFRY.
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{\an7}ONE THEORY FOR ITS SHAPE IS THAT
IF THE CHURCH HAS NO CORNERS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHERE’S NOWHERE
FOR THE DEVIL TO HIDE.
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00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:37,356
{\an7}IN TIME, THE ROUND CHURCH
\h\hBECAME THE TOWN HALL.
181
00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:40,693
{\an7}HERE ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGS--
\h\h\hA VERMONT TRADITION--
182
00:12:40,727 --> 00:12:43,530
{\an7}WERE HELD FOR 160 YEARS.
183
00:12:46,366 --> 00:12:49,269
{\an7}AT ONE POINT HENRY FORD
TRIED TO BUY THE CHURCH
184
00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:51,538
{\an7}AND MOVE IT TO MICHIGAN.
185
00:12:51,571 --> 00:12:55,175
{\an7}BUT THE TOWN’S ANSWER
WAS A VERY FIRM "NO!"
186
00:12:57,877 --> 00:13:01,848
{\an7}\h\hJUST OFF THE INTERSTATE
HEADING NORTH IS WATERBURY,
187
00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:03,683
{\an7}A TOWN THAT HOLDS
\hA SPECIAL PLACE
188
00:13:03,716 --> 00:13:07,253
{\an7}IN THE HEARTS OF ICE CREAM FANS.
189
00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:11,158
{\an7}THIS IS THE HOME OF
BEN & JERRY’S ICE CREAM FACTORY,
190
00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:16,762
{\an7}THE CULMINATION OF AN AMAZING
\h\h\hAMERICAN SUCCESS STORY.
191
00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:18,631
{\an7}BACK IN 1978,
192
00:13:18,665 --> 00:13:21,001
{\an7}AFTER TAKING A FIVE-DOLLAR
\h\h\hCORRESPONDENCE COURSE
193
00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:23,270
{\an7}IN ICE CREAM MANUFACTURING,
194
00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,639
{\an7}BEN COHEN AND JERRY GREENFIELD
195
00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:29,876
{\an7}OPENED BEN & JERRY’S FIRST
ICE CREAM STORE IN BURLINGTON.
196
00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:33,880
{\an7}TODAY, FROM THIS BUILDING,
197
00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:37,350
{\an7}THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF
CHERRY GARCIA AND CHUNKY MONKEY
198
00:13:37,383 --> 00:13:40,052
{\an7}MAKE THEIR WAY TO FANS
\h\h\hACROSS THE STATE
199
00:13:40,086 --> 00:13:42,255
{\an7}AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.
200
00:13:45,258 --> 00:13:48,094
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFOR OVER 30 YEARS,
BEN & JERRY’S HAS BEEN KNOWN
201
00:13:48,127 --> 00:13:50,696
{\an7}AS A PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUSINESS
202
00:13:50,730 --> 00:13:54,200
{\an7}WITH ONE OF THE BEST CORPORATE
REPUTATIONS IN AMERICA.
203
00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,384
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWINTER IN VERMONT
IS A TIME OF DEEP SNOWS...
204
00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:14,587
{\an7}AND WILSON BENTLEY.
205
00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:18,190
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE MOST FAMOUS SON
OF THE LITTLE TOWN OF JERICHO
206
00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:19,959
{\an7}WAS A MAN BORN VERY MUCH
207
00:14:19,992 --> 00:14:23,229
{\an7}IN THE RIGHT PLACE
AT THE RIGHT TIME.
208
00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:24,930
{\an7}IN 1885,
209
00:14:24,964 --> 00:14:27,800
{\an7}BENTLEY COMBINED THE NEW
TECHNOLOGY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
210
00:14:27,834 --> 00:14:29,235
{\an7}WITH A MICROSCOPE
211
00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:31,637
{\an7}TO STUDY THE SNOWFLAKE.
212
00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:36,309
{\an7}"SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY,"
AS HE BECAME KNOWN,
213
00:14:36,342 --> 00:14:37,743
{\an7}WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER
214
00:14:37,777 --> 00:14:40,913
{\an7}THAT NO TWO SNOWFLAKES
\h\h\h\h\h\hARE ALIKE.
215
00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:51,224
{\an7}TODAY MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
SNOW IS BASED ON HIS RESEARCH.
216
00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,437
{\an7}\hIN THE 20th CENTURY,
SNOW BECAME A GOLDMINE
217
00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:07,473
{\an7}FOR THE 200-YEAR-OLD TOWN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF STOWE,
218
00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:09,976
{\an7}LOCATED ON MOUNT MANSFIELD.
219
00:15:12,812 --> 00:15:17,650
{\an7}AT OVER 4,000 FEET, IT’S
THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN VERMONT.
220
00:15:17,683 --> 00:15:19,251
{\an7}AND THE VIEWS FROM THE SUMMIT
221
00:15:19,285 --> 00:15:22,588
{\an7}ARE WELL WORTH
THE FOUR-HOUR HIKE TO THE TOP.
222
00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:32,665
{\an7}IN 1900, THE FIRST "SKIER" SLID
DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ON "SKIS"
223
00:15:32,698 --> 00:15:36,035
{\an7}MADE FROM STAVES FROM A BARREL.
224
00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:38,470
{\an7}BUT SKIING REALLY TOOK OFF
\h\h\h\h\hWITH THE CREATION
225
00:15:38,504 --> 00:15:42,408
{\an7}OF THE COUNTRY’S FIRST ROPE TOW
IN 1934.
226
00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:49,849
{\an7}TODAY, STOWE IS ONE OF THE BEST
SKI MOUNTAINS IN NEW ENGLAND.
227
00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:51,083
{\an7}AND ALTHOUGH THESE HILLS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAREN’T ALIVE
228
00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:53,286
{\an7}WITH THE VOICE OF JULIE ANDREWS,
229
00:15:53,319 --> 00:15:56,489
{\an7}THEY ARE HOME TO THE FAMOUS
\h\h\h\h\hVON TRAPP FAMILY.
230
00:15:58,825 --> 00:16:02,262
{\an7}THEIR STORY OF A DARING ESCAPE
FROM NAZI-OCCUPIED AUSTRIA
231
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:05,799
{\an7}\h\hINSPIRED THE MOVIE
"THE SOUND OF MUSIC."
232
00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:12,004
{\an7}HERE THE FAMILY BEGAN
233
00:16:12,038 --> 00:16:15,608
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE COUNTRY’S FIRST
CROSS COUNTRY SKI CENTER--
234
00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:19,145
{\an7}\h\hTHE 2,400-ACRE
TRAPP FAMILY LODGE.
235
00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:26,352
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE LOCATION,
OVERLOOKING MEADOWS,
236
00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,654
{\an7}A VALLEY AND THE GREEN MOUNTAINS
237
00:16:28,688 --> 00:16:31,758
{\an7}HAS A DISTINCTLY AUSTRIAN AIR.
238
00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:39,465
{\an7}SIX MILES NORTH OF STOWE,
239
00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:42,836
{\an7}\h\h\hTRAVELERS ARRIVE
AT A DENSE, DARK FOREST
240
00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:46,973
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND A GORGE,
KNOWN AS SMUGGLERS’ NOTCH.
241
00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:52,979
{\an7}ALTHOUGH THIS NARROW PASS HAD
LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR SMUGGLING,
242
00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,281
{\an7}IT BECAME THE SCENE
OF AN HISTORIC CLASH
243
00:16:55,314 --> 00:17:00,219
{\an7}BETWEEN POLITICS AND BUSINESS
\h\h\hDURING THE WAR OF 1812.
244
00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:06,792
{\an7}\h\h\hDESPITE AMERICA’S BAN
AGAINST TRADE WITH CANADA,
245
00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:10,496
{\an7}VERMONTERS DEFIED THE LAW AND
SMUGGLED BEEF THROUGH THE NOTCH
246
00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:13,233
{\an7}TO SELL IN BRITISH CANADA,
247
00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:17,937
{\an7}WHILE OTHER VERMONTERS FOUGHT TO
KEEP THE BRITISH TROOPS AT BAY.
248
00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:22,208
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFOR BOTH SIDES
IT MUST HAVE BEEN TOUGH.
249
00:17:22,241 --> 00:17:23,809
{\an7}IN SUMMER, THE STEEP ROAD
250
00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:27,280
{\an7}\hFORGES A WINDING PATH
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.
251
00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:29,782
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT IN WINTER,
SNOW MAKES IT IMPASSABLE,
252
00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:33,552
{\an7}AND THE NOTCH IS CLOSED.
253
00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:35,822
{\an7}\h\h\hAND JUST LIKE
THE OLD YANKEE YARN,
254
00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:39,025
{\an7}\hWHEN A VISITOR ASKS THE WAY
TO THE SKI AREA AT THE NOTCH,
255
00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:43,896
{\an7}THE LOCALS’ ANSWER MAY BE,
"YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE."
256
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:51,104
{\an7}IN FALL, THE SUGAR MAPLE,
\h\hVERMONT’S STATE TREE,
257
00:17:51,137 --> 00:17:53,673
{\an7}TURNS THE HILLS A FIERY RED,
258
00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:58,077
{\an7}SETTING THE HILLS ABLAZE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH COLOR.
259
00:17:58,110 --> 00:18:01,180
{\an7}IN SPRING, WHEN THE MAPLES
\h\h\h\hPRODUCE THEIR SAP,
260
00:18:01,213 --> 00:18:03,515
{\an7}VERMONT’S SUGARING SEASON
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBEGINS.
261
00:18:05,384 --> 00:18:07,152
{\an7}ONE GLANCE AT THE FOLIAGE--
262
00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:10,956
{\an7}SURELY ONE OF NATURE’S MOST
EXTRAVAGANT DISPLAYS OF COLOR--
263
00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:12,792
{\an7}EXPLAINS WHY VERMONT IS INVADED
264
00:18:12,825 --> 00:18:16,228
{\an7}BY THOUSANDS OF VISITORS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVERY FALL.
265
00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:30,943
{\an7}\h\h\hIN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS
LIES THE TOWN OF MONTGOMERY--
266
00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:33,680
{\an7}COVERED BRIDGE CAPITAL
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF VERMONT.
267
00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:43,756
{\an7}FOR MANY, THE BRIDGES INVOKE
NOSTALGIA FOR A SIMPLER TIME.
268
00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:45,591
{\an7}BUT IN THE 19th CENTURY
269
00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:48,461
{\an7}THEY WERE A REMARKABLE
ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT
270
00:18:48,494 --> 00:18:51,731
{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT HELPED FACILITATE
THE GROWTH OF A YOUNG NATION.
271
00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:56,836
{\an7}BATTERED BY WINTER ICE AND SNOW,
272
00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:59,338
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWOODEN BRIDGES
DETERIORATED QUICKLY,
273
00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:02,642
{\an7}LASTING MAYBE 15 YEARS.
274
00:19:02,675 --> 00:19:05,845
{\an7}BUT BUILDING A COVER TO PROTECT
THE MASSIVE STRUCTURAL BEAMS
275
00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:09,715
{\an7}COULD EXTEND THE LIFE
OF A BRIDGE BY OVER 100 YEARS.
276
00:19:15,121 --> 00:19:16,823
{\an7}IN THE 1870s,
277
00:19:16,856 --> 00:19:21,094
{\an7}10,000 COVERED BRIDGES SPANNED
THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE.
278
00:19:21,127 --> 00:19:24,564
{\an7}TODAY JUST 750 REMAIN--
279
00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:27,567
{\an7}WITH OVER 100 OF THEM
\h\h\h\h\hIN VERMONT.
280
00:19:31,404 --> 00:19:34,841
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSIX COVERED BRIDGES
STILL STAND IN MONTGOMERY--
281
00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:37,844
{\an7}MOST OF THEM STILL IN USE.
282
00:19:57,063 --> 00:19:59,032
{\an7}EAST OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS
283
00:19:59,065 --> 00:20:04,537
{\an7}LIES THE SPLENDID ISOLATION
OF THE "NORTHEAST KINGDOM."
284
00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:06,806
{\an7}IT WAS NAMED WHEN A SENATOR
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM VERMONT
285
00:20:06,839 --> 00:20:10,710
{\an7}\hWAS STRUCK BY THE AREA’S
NATURAL SPLENDOR AND SAID,
286
00:20:10,743 --> 00:20:13,379
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h"THIS IS SUCH
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY UP HERE
287
00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:16,715
{\an7}THAT IT SHOULD BE CALLED
\hTHE NORTHEAST KINGDOM."
288
00:20:22,788 --> 00:20:25,057
{\an7}IN FALL, WHEN THE TREES
\h\h\h\h\h\hARE ABLAZE
289
00:20:25,091 --> 00:20:28,161
{\an7}\h\hIN EVERY SHADE
OF YELLOW AND RED,
290
00:20:28,194 --> 00:20:31,230
{\an7}THIS COULD BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PLACE IN AMERICA.
291
00:20:35,101 --> 00:20:37,770
{\an7}HERE, FORESTED HILLS OPEN
292
00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:42,708
{\an7}INTO ONE-CHURCH VILLAGES
\h\h\hAND GORGEOUS LAKES.
293
00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:48,581
{\an7}THE LARGEST, LAKE WILLOUGHBY,
IS SHAPED LIKE A NORDIC FJORD.
294
00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:50,082
{\an7}FORMED BY GLACIERS
295
00:20:50,116 --> 00:20:54,253
{\an7}THAT CARVED OUT U-SHAPED VALLEYS
AND SPECTACULAR CLIFFS,
296
00:20:54,286 --> 00:20:57,456
{\an7}\h\hTHE LAKE COVERS
NEARLY 1,700 ACRES.
297
00:21:02,561 --> 00:21:04,229
{\an7}THE NORTHEASTERN FRONTIER
298
00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:07,299
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS SETTLED LATER
THAN OTHER PLACES IN VERMONT,
299
00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:10,870
{\an7}AND MOST TOWNS HAVE POPULATIONS
IN THREE FIGURES.
300
00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:17,142
{\an7}BUT THE LAND SUSTAINS
\h\h\h\hA WAY OF LIFE
301
00:21:17,176 --> 00:21:21,047
{\an7}THAT HAS LONG SINCE DISAPPEARED
FROM MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
302
00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:26,552
{\an7}AND YET, THERE ARE DOWNSIDES.
303
00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:28,654
{\an7}\h\hIN THE KINGDOM,
BACK-ROAD TRAVELERS
304
00:21:28,687 --> 00:21:31,490
{\an7}ARE WARNED TO BEWARE OF MOOSE,
305
00:21:31,524 --> 00:21:35,028
{\an7}THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS
\h\hIN THE NORTHERN WOODS.
306
00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:39,865
{\an7}MOOSE DON’T JUST DENT CARS--
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY TOTAL THEM.
307
00:21:43,335 --> 00:21:46,371
{\an7}FURTHER SOUTH IS
THE QUINTESSENTIAL VERMONT TOWN
308
00:21:46,405 --> 00:21:48,841
{\an7}OF CRAFTSBURY.
309
00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:52,444
{\an7}IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1788
\h\hBY EBENEZER CRAFTS,
310
00:21:52,478 --> 00:21:55,681
{\an7}A REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN.
311
00:21:55,714 --> 00:21:57,749
{\an7}LIKE MANY NEW ENGLAND TOWNS,
312
00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:01,253
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCRAFTSBURY RETAINS
ITS HISTORIC TOWN COMMON--
313
00:22:01,287 --> 00:22:04,757
{\an7}\hA YANKEE TRADITION
FROM COLONIAL TIMES.
314
00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:08,727
{\an7}BACK THEN A COMMON SPACE
\h\hIN THE VILLAGE CENTER
315
00:22:08,761 --> 00:22:11,964
{\an7}WAS SET ASIDE FOR GRAZING SHEEP
AND CATTLE.
316
00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:17,170
{\an7}WHILE THE DAYS OF
FREE RANGING LIVESTOCK ARE GONE,
317
00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:21,340
{\an7}THE TIDY GREEN COMMONS REMAIN.
318
00:22:21,373 --> 00:22:23,442
{\an7}IN THE CRISP LIGHT OF AUTUMN,
319
00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:26,845
{\an7}THE SKIES IN THE NORTHEAST
\h\h\h\hKINGDOM SEEM BLUER,
320
00:22:26,879 --> 00:22:32,651
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE FIELDS GREENER,
AND THE TREES EXQUISITE.
321
00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:36,422
{\an7}EACH FALL, THE FOLIAGE
SURROUNDING THE TOWN OF PEACHAM
322
00:22:36,455 --> 00:22:38,490
{\an7}BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST
\h\hPHOTOGRAPHED SCENES
323
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:40,226
{\an7}IN NEW ENGLAND.
324
00:22:42,428 --> 00:22:45,298
{\an7}PEACHAM’S ROLLING HILLS,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRED BARNS
325
00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:47,166
{\an7}AND WHITE-STEEPLED CHURCH
326
00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:50,536
{\an7}HAVE MADE IT THE SETTING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hETHAN FROME,
327
00:22:50,569 --> 00:22:54,907
{\an7}WHERE THE RIVERS FLOW NORTH
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE SPITFIRE GRILL.
328
00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:07,153
{\an7}FIRST SETTLED IN 1776,
PEACHAM IS STILL A SMALL TOWN,
329
00:23:07,186 --> 00:23:10,856
{\an7}COMPLETE WITH AN OLD TOWN STORE,
BUILT IN 1842,
330
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,559
{\an7}THAT STILL DOES A ROARING TRADE.
331
00:23:17,663 --> 00:23:20,599
{\an7}IT EVEN OFFERS ROOMS FOR RENT.
332
00:23:24,637 --> 00:23:27,106
{\an7}CLOSE BY IS PEACHAM CEMETERY,
333
00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:32,478
{\an7}\hFINAL RESTING PLACE OF ITS
TOWNSFOLK FOR OVER 150 YEARS.
334
00:23:32,511 --> 00:23:35,080
{\an7}HERE, IN THE SHADE
\h\hOF RED MAPLES,
335
00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:37,583
{\an7}A GRAVESTONE TELLS
\hTHE TRAGIC STORY
336
00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:41,854
{\an7}OF THREE GENERATIONS
OF A VERMONT FAMILY.
337
00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:43,822
{\an7}ONE SPRING, IN THE 1800s,
338
00:23:43,856 --> 00:23:47,860
{\an7}A GRANDMOTHER, HER DAUGHTER
AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON
339
00:23:47,893 --> 00:23:51,530
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFROZE TO DEATH
AS THEY WALKED INTO TOWN.
340
00:23:56,468 --> 00:23:58,270
{\an7}HARD TO IMAGINE TODAY
341
00:23:58,304 --> 00:24:01,240
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHEN STRETCHING OUT
ON ALL SIDES OF THE VILLAGE
342
00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:06,211
{\an7}ARE PEACEFUL OPEN VALLEYS
\h\h\h\hAND ENDLESS FARMS.
343
00:24:06,245 --> 00:24:07,780
{\an7}A LAND BEST DESCRIBED
344
00:24:07,813 --> 00:24:11,450
{\an7}\h\hBY THE VERMONT POET
ROBERT TRISTAM COFFIN.
345
00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:13,852
{\an7}\h\h\h\hVERMONT’S A PLACE
"WHERE BARNS COME PAINTED
346
00:24:13,886 --> 00:24:16,655
{\an7}RED AS A STRONG MAN’S HEART,
347
00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:20,092
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWHERE STOUT CARTS
AND STOUT BOYS IN FRECKLES
348
00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,961
{\an7}ARE HIGHEST FORMS OF ART."
349
00:24:30,069 --> 00:24:32,939
{\an7}\h\h\hCENTRAL VERMONT
HAS LONG BEEN DEFINED
350
00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:35,641
{\an7}BY ITS MASSIVE GRANITE QUARRIES,
351
00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:37,743
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hSOURCE OF
A NEAR FLAWLESS STONE
352
00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:43,682
{\an7}\h\h\hUSED IN GRAVESTONES AND
BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
353
00:24:43,716 --> 00:24:46,452
{\an7}FOR OVER A CENTURY,
GRANITE WAS THE ROCK
354
00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:49,121
{\an7}\h\h\hON WHICH THE FORTUNES
OF THE NEARBY CITY OF BARRE
355
00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:52,024
{\an7}ROSE AND FELL.
356
00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:55,294
{\an7}\h\hEVEN TODAY, BARRE
IS AN INDUSTRIAL CITY
357
00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:57,830
{\an7}BUILT BY GENERATIONS
\h\h\hOF IMMIGRANTS.
358
00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:02,534
{\an7}BARRE’S "ROCK OF AGES" QUARRY
359
00:25:02,568 --> 00:25:06,672
{\an7}RUNS A QUARTER MILE LONG
\h\h\hAND 450 FEET DEEP--
360
00:25:06,705 --> 00:25:09,374
{\an7}THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
361
00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:16,882
{\an7}IN THE LATE 1800s, GENERATIONS
OF EUROPEAN STONECUTTERS
362
00:25:16,915 --> 00:25:19,684
{\an7}ARRIVED TO WORK IN THE QUARRIES.
363
00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:30,930
{\an7}IN JUST ONE DECADE, GRANITE
BROUGHT SO MANY PEOPLE TO BARRE
364
00:25:30,963 --> 00:25:35,835
{\an7}THAT THE TOWN’S POPULATION GREW
FROM 2,000 TO NEARLY 7,000.
365
00:25:45,077 --> 00:25:48,013
{\an7}TONS OF GRANITE AND MARBLE
\h\h\hFROM ACROSS THE STATE
366
00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:50,950
{\an7}WAS CARRIED BY RAIL
TO WASHINGTON, D.C.,
367
00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:53,352
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFOR CONSTRUCTION
OF THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
368
00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:55,354
{\an7}AND THE SUPREME COURT.
369
00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:06,799
{\an7}JUST OUTSIDE BARRE IS ONE
370
00:26:06,832 --> 00:26:11,570
{\an7}OF THE MOST FANTASTIC DISPLAYS
OF GRANITE TO BE SEEN.
371
00:26:11,603 --> 00:26:15,340
{\an7}THE HOPE CEMETERY COVERS
\h\h85 ACRES OF MONUMENTS
372
00:26:15,374 --> 00:26:18,210
{\an7}THAT DATE BACK TO 1895--
373
00:26:22,014 --> 00:26:24,617
{\an7}\h\hMANY OF THEM CARVED
BY MASTER STONECUTTERS
374
00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:27,486
{\an7}EARLY IN THE 20th CENTURY.
375
00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:39,864
{\an7}JUST WEST OF BARRE IS VERMONT’S
STATE CAPITAL, MONTPELIER.
376
00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:42,234
{\an7}WITH A POPULATION
\hOF JUST 10,000,
377
00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,870
{\an7}IT’S THE SMALLEST IN THE NATION.
378
00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:49,508
{\an7}THE STATE HOUSE IS KNOWN
\hFOR ITS GOLD LEAF DOME,
379
00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:52,711
{\an7}\h\hBEARING ALOFT A STATUE
REPRESENTING AGRICULTURE--
380
00:26:52,744 --> 00:26:55,880
{\an7}A MONUMENT TO VERMONT’S
\h\h\hFARMING INDUSTRY.
381
00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:02,254
{\an7}THE AREA AROUND THE STATE HOUSE
382
00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:05,824
{\an7}IS KNOWN FOR ITS VARIED
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES--
383
00:27:12,264 --> 00:27:18,137
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRANGING FROM
A GREEK REVIVAL COURTHOUSE
384
00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:20,906
{\an7}\hTO THE GOTHIC DESIGN
OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
385
00:27:20,939 --> 00:27:23,175
{\an7}MADE OF VERMONT GRANITE.
386
00:27:30,916 --> 00:27:34,753
{\an7}\hJUST NORTH OF THE CAPITAL
IS THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD,
387
00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:38,857
{\an7}HOME TO THE PROGRESSIVE
\h\h\hGODDARD COLLEGE.
388
00:27:38,891 --> 00:27:41,894
{\an7}HERE, IN THE 1960s,
THE SCHOOL WAS HOME
389
00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:46,965
{\an7}TO SOME OF THE MOST VOCAL
OPPOSITION TO THE VIETNAM WAR.
390
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:50,135
{\an7}IN TIME, THE SCHOOL’S
\hBOHEMIAN REPUTATION
391
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:54,340
{\an7}TURNED PLAINFIELD INTO A MECCA
FOR COMMUNES AND HIPPIES,
392
00:27:54,373 --> 00:27:57,243
{\an7}SOME OF WHOM ARE STILL HERE.
393
00:28:02,314 --> 00:28:05,951
{\an7}GODDARD COLLEGE IS BASED
ON THE "FREE SCHOOL" CONCEPT--
394
00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:07,152
{\an7}WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS
395
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:10,790
{\an7}"PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
\hFOR CREATIVE MINDS."
396
00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:18,363
{\an7}\h\h\hACTOR WILLIAM H. MACY
AND PLAYWRIGHT DAVID MAMET
397
00:28:18,397 --> 00:28:22,034
{\an7}\hARE TWO OF GODDARD’S
FREE-THINKING ALUMNI.
398
00:28:24,770 --> 00:28:27,873
{\an7}MAMET--KNOWN FOR HIS EDGY,
\h\h\hRAPID-FIRE DIALOGUE--
399
00:28:27,906 --> 00:28:29,374
{\an7}IS FRIENDS WITH MACY,
400
00:28:29,408 --> 00:28:32,244
{\an7}WHO FREQUENTLY ACTS
\hIN MAMET’S FILMS.
401
00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:45,724
{\an7}MOVING SOUTH,
402
00:28:45,757 --> 00:28:48,927
{\an7}TO THE FERTILE FARMLANDS
OF THE MAD RIVER VALLEY,
403
00:28:48,961 --> 00:28:51,730
{\an7}IS THE GREAT JOSLYN ROUND BARN--
404
00:28:51,763 --> 00:28:55,900
{\an7}ONE OF THE VERY FEW REMAINING
\h\h\hROUND BARNS IN VERMONT.
405
00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:59,137
{\an7}BASED ON A SHAKER DESIGN,
\h\h\hTHE BARNS EPITOMIZE
406
00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:03,475
{\an7}\hTHE SHAKER RULE
OF CRAFTSMANSHIP.
407
00:29:03,508 --> 00:29:09,881
{\an7}"LET IT BE PLAIN AND SIMPLE,
OF GOOD AND SUBSTANTIAL QUALITY,
408
00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:12,050
{\an7}\h\h\hUNEMBELLISHED
BY ANY SUPERFLUITIES
409
00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:16,155
{\an7}WHICH ADD NOTHING
TO ITS GOODNESS OR DURABILITY."
410
00:29:19,391 --> 00:29:24,263
{\an7}ROUND BARNS ARE THE MODEL
\h\h\h\h\hOF PRACTICALITY.
411
00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:28,567
{\an7}HAY WAS STORED ON THE TOP FLOOR,
412
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:33,238
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHORSES AND COWS
KEPT ON THE MIDDLE FLOOR,
413
00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:36,342
{\an7}AND THE GROUND LEVEL
WAS RESERVED FOR COWS’ MANURE,
414
00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:39,578
{\an7}WHERE IT COULD BE
\hEASILY REMOVED.
415
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:42,581
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hALL IN ALL,
A MOST PRACTICAL DESIGN
416
00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:45,117
{\an7}FOR A WORKING FARMER’S BARN.
417
00:29:50,889 --> 00:29:53,992
{\an7}THIS GENTLY SLOPING LAND
\hOF THE MAD RIVER VALLEY
418
00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:57,263
{\an7}IS THE HEART OF VERMONT’S
\h\h\h\hHISTORIC FARMLAND.
419
00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:03,668
{\an7}\hHERE, SMALL TOWNS
AND COVERED BRIDGES
420
00:30:03,702 --> 00:30:07,639
{\an7}TRACE THE PATH OF VERMONT’S
\h\h\h\h\hEARLIEST FARMERS.
421
00:30:07,673 --> 00:30:11,677
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hEUROPEAN COLONISTS
FIRST SETTLED HERE IN 1790.
422
00:30:11,710 --> 00:30:17,482
{\an7}THEN FARMS WERE SMALL, YIELDING
JUST ENOUGH TO FEED A FAMILY.
423
00:30:17,516 --> 00:30:22,888
{\an7}OVER TIME THE FARMS GREW,
RAISING GRAIN, BEEF AND SHEEP.
424
00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:27,292
{\an7}\h\hIT’S HARD TO IMAGINE
THE PERSEVERANCE IT TOOK
425
00:30:27,326 --> 00:30:30,963
{\an7}TO FARM HERE.
426
00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:34,233
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE VALLEY AVERAGES
TEN FEET OF SNOW A YEAR,
427
00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:37,136
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND HAS THE SHORTEST
GROWING SEASON IN THE STATE--
428
00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:39,672
{\an7}LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS.
429
00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:41,840
{\an7}AND YET, THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
430
00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:45,143
{\an7}\h\hVERMONTERS HAVE MADE
THEIR LIVING BY FARMING.
431
00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:55,521
{\an7}TODAY THE MAJOR LANDMARK IN
THE SMALL VILLAGE OF WAITSFIELD
432
00:30:55,554 --> 00:31:00,025
{\an7}\hIS THE GREAT EDDY BRIDGE,
WHICH SPANS THE MAD RIVER.
433
00:31:00,058 --> 00:31:04,095
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE OLDEST OPERATING
COVERED BRIDGE IN THE STATE.
434
00:31:07,132 --> 00:31:09,401
{\an7}ALTHOUGH JUST EIGHT PERCENT
OF THE PEOPLE OF WAITSFIELD
435
00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:11,569
{\an7}STILL WORK IN FARMING,
436
00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:15,340
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE LANDSCAPE IS
BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED...
437
00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:17,710
{\an7}ESPECIALLY ALONG ROUTE 100,
438
00:31:17,743 --> 00:31:21,747
{\an7}\h\hRANKED AS ONE OF THE TEN
MOST SCENIC ROADS IN AMERICA.
439
00:31:24,483 --> 00:31:27,252
{\an7}THE ROAD WINDS NORTH
\h\h\hFOR 200 MILES,
440
00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:30,855
{\an7}ALONG THE RUGGED SPINE
OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS,
441
00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:34,226
{\an7}ACROSS SOME OF THE BEST SCENERY
IN THE STATE.
442
00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:36,962
{\an7}AND BEST OF ALL THERE ARE
\h\h\hNO GARISH BILLBOARDS
443
00:31:36,995 --> 00:31:40,332
{\an7}TO SPOIL THE VIEW.
444
00:31:40,365 --> 00:31:44,736
{\an7}ROAD SIGNAGE HAS BEEN BANNED
\h\h\h\h\h\hHERE SINCE 1963.
445
00:31:58,417 --> 00:31:59,852
{\an7}THE GREEN MOUNTAIN RANGE
446
00:31:59,885 --> 00:32:03,255
{\an7}\h\h\hIS THE MOST PROMINENT
NATURAL FEATURE OF VERMONT.
447
00:32:03,288 --> 00:32:05,423
{\an7}AND THE GREEN MOUNTAIN
\h\h\h\hNATIONAL FOREST
448
00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:08,360
{\an7}COVERS MORE THAN 400,000 ACRES
449
00:32:08,393 --> 00:32:11,630
{\an7}AND STRETCHES ALMOST
THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE STATE.
450
00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:19,271
{\an7}HERE THE SCENERY RANGES
FROM RUGGED WILDERNESS
451
00:32:19,304 --> 00:32:21,306
{\an7}TO QUIET VILLAGES.
452
00:32:25,477 --> 00:32:28,647
{\an7}WITHIN THIS LAND ARE THOUSANDS
OF HISTORIC SITES
453
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,283
{\an7}SPANNING THE HISTORY OF VERMONT,
454
00:32:31,316 --> 00:32:34,986
{\an7}INCLUDING THE EARLY HOMES
\h\hOF THE ABENAKI TRIBE,
455
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:39,157
{\an7}THE NATIVE AMERICANS WHO SETTLED
HERE 12,000 YEARS AGO.
456
00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:48,333
{\an7}THE FOREST ALSO TRAVELS
THROUGH THREE ALPINE SKI AREAS
457
00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:53,471
{\an7}AND 900 MILES OF TRAILS FOR
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING AND HIKING.
458
00:32:56,675 --> 00:32:59,878
{\an7}HIDDEN BENEATH THE FOREST’S
\h\h\hBRILLIANT FALL CANOPY
459
00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:03,181
{\an7}LIES THE APPROPRIATELY NAMED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"LONG TRAIL,"
460
00:33:03,215 --> 00:33:07,052
{\an7}WHICH TRAVELS THE LENGTH
\hOF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS.
461
00:33:07,085 --> 00:33:10,121
{\an7}\h\h\hALSO KNOWN AS VERMONT’S
"FOOTPATH IN THE WILDERNESS,"
462
00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:12,324
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT IS THE OLDEST
LONG DISTANCE HIKING TRAIL
463
00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:14,125
{\an7}IN THE UNITED STATES,
464
00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:19,264
{\an7}AND UNFOLDS FOR 270 MILES FROM
ONE END OF VERMONT TO THE OTHER.
465
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,435
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE LONG TRAIL
WAS ALSO THE INSPIRATION
466
00:33:23,468 --> 00:33:25,904
{\an7}FOR THE FAMED APPALACHIAN TRAIL,
467
00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:28,406
{\an7}\hWHICH LINKS THE MOUNTAINS
OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
468
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,575
{\an7}FROM MAINE TO GEORGIA.
469
00:33:37,782 --> 00:33:40,885
{\an7}WEST OF THE LONG TRAIL LIES
THE PERFECTLY PRESERVED HOME
470
00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:43,988
{\an7}OF RUDYARD KIPLING.
471
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:46,758
{\an7}HE CALLED IT NAULAKHA.
472
00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:51,963
{\an7}BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE JUNGLE BOOK
473
00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:55,133
{\an7}HERE IN VERMONT.
474
00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:56,901
{\an7}ALTHOUGH SET IN INDIA,
475
00:33:56,935 --> 00:33:59,137
{\an7}\h\h\hIT WAS WRITTEN
IN THESE GREEN HILLS
476
00:33:59,170 --> 00:34:02,573
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHERE HE AND HIS WIFE
LIVED HAPPILY FOR FOUR YEARS.
477
00:34:04,476 --> 00:34:06,945
{\an7}"NAULAKHA" IS A HINDU WORD
478
00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:10,815
{\an7}\h\h\h\hLOOSELY TRANSLATED
AS "A JEWEL BEYOND PRICE."
479
00:34:13,485 --> 00:34:16,121
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE DESCRIBED
HIS GREEN-SHINGLED FARMHOUSE
480
00:34:16,154 --> 00:34:21,459
{\an7}AS "THREE MILES FROM ANYWHERE
AND WONDERFULLY SELF-CONTAINED."
481
00:34:21,493 --> 00:34:22,995
{\an7}AND ITS DESIGN, HE WROTE,
482
00:34:23,028 --> 00:34:26,265
{\an7}"IS LONG AND NARROW
TO RESEMBLE A SHIP,
483
00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:28,700
{\an7}APPEARS TO BE RIDING
\h\h\hON A HILLSIDE
484
00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:32,070
{\an7}\h\h\hLIKE A LITTLE BOAT
ON THE FLANK OF A WAVE."
485
00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:37,743
{\an7}IT HAS BEEN RESTORED
BY THE BRITISH LANDMARK TRUST,
486
00:34:37,776 --> 00:34:41,313
{\an7}\hA FOUNDATION THAT RESTORES
HISTORIC BRITISH PROPERTIES--
487
00:34:41,346 --> 00:34:46,084
{\an7}\h\h\hNOT AS MUSEUMS BUT AS
UNCONVENTIONAL GUEST HOMES.
488
00:34:46,117 --> 00:34:47,552
{\an7}NAULAKHA.
489
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:50,222
{\an7}THE PERFECT LITERARY GETAWAY.
490
00:34:53,291 --> 00:34:56,728
{\an7}HERE IS THE MOOSALAMOO REGION
\h\h\h\hOF THE GREEN FOREST,
491
00:34:56,761 --> 00:35:00,265
{\an7}COVERING 22,000 ACRES
\h\h\h\hOF WILDERNESS.
492
00:35:03,168 --> 00:35:05,170
{\an7}PERCHED IN THE MIDST
\h\h\hOF THE FOREST
493
00:35:05,203 --> 00:35:07,338
{\an7}IS THE BLUEBERRY HILL INN,
494
00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:11,810
{\an7}A RESTORED LODGE ORIGINALLY
\hBUILT BY LOGGERS IN 1813.
495
00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:20,352
{\an7}45 MILES OF TRAILS STRETCH OUT
FROM THE INN INTO THE FOREST.
496
00:35:20,385 --> 00:35:24,756
{\an7}BUT THE FAVORITE IS THE
ROBERT FROST INTERPRETIVE TRAIL.
497
00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:30,695
{\an7}THE PATH IS A PERFECT MONUMENT
TO THE POET,
498
00:35:30,729 --> 00:35:32,264
{\an7}SURROUNDED BY THE WOODS,
499
00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:36,868
{\an7}\h\h\hWHICH INSPIRED
SO MUCH OF HIS WORK.
500
00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:39,070
{\an7}AS VISITORS HIKE
OR SKI THE ROUTE
501
00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:42,941
{\an7}THEY CAN STOP TO READ HIS POEMS,
POSTED ALONG THE TRAIL.
502
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:47,479
{\an7}AMONG THEM: "WHOSE WOODS
THESE ARE I THINK I KNOW.
503
00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:50,081
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHIS HOUSE IS
IN THE VILLAGE THOUGH.
504
00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:52,284
{\an7}HE WILL NOT SEE ME
\h\hSTOPPING HERE.
505
00:35:52,317 --> 00:35:55,520
{\an7}TO WATCH HIS WOODS
FILL UP WITH SNOW."
506
00:35:57,789 --> 00:36:01,393
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1920,
44-YEAR-OLD ROBERT FROST
507
00:36:01,426 --> 00:36:04,629
{\an7}MOVED FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE
TO VERMONT, AS HE PUT IT,
508
00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:08,901
{\an7}"TO SEEK A BETTER PLACE TO FARM
AND ESPECIALLY GROW APPLES."
509
00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:15,440
{\an7}APPARENTLY HE FOUND IT.
510
00:36:15,473 --> 00:36:19,277
{\an7}FOR THE NEXT FOUR DECADES,
FROST LIVED MAINLY IN VERMONT,
511
00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:23,481
{\an7}WRITING MUCH OF HIS VERSE
IN THIS LOG CABIN NEAR RIPTON,
512
00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:28,186
{\an7}\h\hA SMALL TOWN IN THE HEART
OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN FOREST.
513
00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:30,455
{\an7}HE ENDED HIS PULITZER
\hPRIZE-WINNING POEM,
514
00:36:30,488 --> 00:36:32,991
{\an7}\h\h\h"NEW HAMPSHIRE,"
WITH THE IRONIC WORDS,
515
00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:36,194
{\an7}"AT PRESENT I AM LIVING
\h\h\h\h\hIN VERMONT."
516
00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:45,470
{\an7}\h\h\hTODAY, RIPTON, WITH
A POPULATION OF JUST 550,
517
00:36:45,503 --> 00:36:50,308
{\an7}IS STILL A VERY SMALL TOWN,
DOMINATED BY MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE,
518
00:36:50,341 --> 00:36:54,378
{\an7}\hWHICH OWNS THE LAND AND THE
LOG CABIN WHERE FROST WORKED.
519
00:36:58,983 --> 00:37:02,553
{\an7}FROM 1921, WHEN HE FIRST
\h\hSPOKE AT THE SCHOOL,
520
00:37:02,587 --> 00:37:05,757
{\an7}FROST RETURNED EVERY SUMMER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR 42 YEARS
521
00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:08,192
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIN SUPPORT
OF THE WRITERS PROGRAM.
522
00:37:19,003 --> 00:37:23,441
{\an7}ANOTHER ARTIST FOUND HIS VOICE
IN SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT.
523
00:37:23,475 --> 00:37:27,012
{\an7}THIS LITTLE TOWN OF ARLINGTON
\h\h\h\h\hWAS, FOR 14 YEARS,
524
00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:31,082
{\an7}HOME TO THE FAMED
AMERICAN ARTIST NORMAN ROCKWELL.
525
00:37:34,319 --> 00:37:36,288
{\an7}AFTER LEAVING NEW YORK CITY,
526
00:37:36,321 --> 00:37:38,390
{\an7}ROCKWELL DESCRIBED
MOVING TO VERMONT
527
00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:41,660
{\an7}AS HAVING "FALLEN INTO UTOPIA."
528
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:49,067
{\an7}HERE IN SMALL TOWN VERMONT,
529
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:52,403
{\an7}\h\h\hROCKWELL CREATED
SOME OF HIS BEST WORK--
530
00:37:52,437 --> 00:37:56,541
{\an7}\hPORTRAITS WHICH CAPTURED
BOTH THE HEROIC AND HUMBLE
531
00:37:56,574 --> 00:37:58,576
{\an7}IN HUMAN NATURE.
532
00:38:10,455 --> 00:38:12,624
{\an7}NESTLED IN THE HILLS
\hNORTH OF ARLINGTON
533
00:38:12,657 --> 00:38:16,361
{\an7}\hIS THE CHARMING TOWN
OF MANCHESTER CENTER.
534
00:38:16,394 --> 00:38:18,763
{\an7}\h\h\h\hMANY VISITORS
ARE DRAWN TO HILDENE,
535
00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:21,366
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE HOME BUILT
BY ROBERT TODD LINCOLN--
536
00:38:21,399 --> 00:38:23,968
{\an7}SON OF PRESIDENT
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
537
00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:35,347
{\an7}IN THE MID 1800s,
538
00:38:35,380 --> 00:38:37,148
{\an7}\h\hTHE MINERAL WATER
OF MANCHESTER VILLAGE
539
00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:39,785
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBECAME A DRAW
FOR WEALTHY TRAVELERS
540
00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:41,887
{\an7}WHO CAME TO "TAKE THE WATERS"
541
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,923
{\an7}WHICH WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE
\h\h\h\hHEALING PROPERTIES.
542
00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:53,065
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMOVING WEST TO
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
543
00:38:53,097 --> 00:38:56,033
{\an7}\h\hIS WOODSTOCK,
CONSIDERED BY MANY
544
00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:59,637
{\an7}AS THE PRETTIEST SMALL TOWN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN AMERICA.
545
00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:01,740
{\an7}A LARGE PART OF THE CREDIT
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THAT TITLE
546
00:39:01,773 --> 00:39:03,141
{\an7}IS DUE TO THE EFFORTS
547
00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:06,344
{\an7}\hOF LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER
AND HIS WIFE MARY FRENCH.
548
00:39:06,377 --> 00:39:08,145
{\an7}THERE ARE NO PHONE
\h\hOR POWER LINES
549
00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:10,181
{\an7}TO SPOIL THE VILLAGE LANDSCAPE,
550
00:39:10,215 --> 00:39:14,019
{\an7}SINCE ROCKEFELLER SAW TO IT
THAT THE LINES WERE BURIED.
551
00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:20,158
{\an7}FOR 60 YEARS THE COUPLE WORKED
TO PRESERVE THE TOWN--
552
00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:21,426
{\an7}DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE WORK
553
00:39:21,459 --> 00:39:25,730
{\an7}OF MARY’S GRANDFATHER,
\h\hFREDERICK BILLINGS.
554
00:39:25,763 --> 00:39:27,164
{\an7}HE AND HIS WIFE BUILT
555
00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:29,801
{\an7}\hTHE TOWN’S CENTERPIECE
WOODSTOCK INN AND RESORT
556
00:39:29,834 --> 00:39:32,003
{\an7}IN 1969.
557
00:39:39,777 --> 00:39:42,580
{\an7}\hAS WELL AS DEEP POCKETS,
THE ROCKEFELLERS WERE KNOWN
558
00:39:42,614 --> 00:39:45,083
{\an7}FOR THEIR COMMITMENT
\h\hTO CONSERVATION,
559
00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:47,986
{\an7}AN INTEREST THAT FIRST
TOOK PLACE IN VERMONT.
560
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:53,391
{\an7}JUST DOWN THE RIVER
\h\hFROM WOODSTOCK
561
00:39:53,424 --> 00:39:57,128
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIS ONE OF VERMONT’S
STUNNING NATURAL WONDERS--
562
00:39:57,161 --> 00:40:00,665
{\an7}THE QUECHEE GORGE.
563
00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:04,769
{\an7}THIS DRAMATIC 165-FOOT-HIGH
\h\h\h\hAND MILE-LONG GORGE
564
00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:08,572
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS CREATED SOME
13,000 YEARS AGO BY GLACIERS.
565
00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:13,778
{\an7}TODAY THERE ARE STUNNING VIEWS
FROM THE TRESTLE BRIDGE,
566
00:40:13,811 --> 00:40:16,047
{\an7}BUILT IN 1911,
567
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:20,318
{\an7}AND MILES OF HIKING TRAILS
\hWINDING PAST WATERFALLS.
568
00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:26,491
{\an7}TO THE SOUTH IS THE HISTORIC
\h\h\h\hVILLAGE OF GRAFTON.
569
00:40:26,524 --> 00:40:30,962
{\an7}FOUNDED IN 1763, GRAFTON THRIVED
THROUGH THE 1800s
570
00:40:30,995 --> 00:40:34,632
{\an7}WITH SHEEP FARMS AND MILLS.
571
00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:39,671
{\an7}IN 1830, ITS POPULATION PEAKED
AT NEARLY 1,500 PEOPLE--
572
00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:42,040
{\an7}AND 10,000 SHEEP.
573
00:40:44,575 --> 00:40:46,744
{\an7}THE DAYS OF SHEEP FARMING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE GONE,
574
00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:52,651
{\an7}BUT MANY OF GRAFTON’S
HISTORIC BUILDINGS STILL STAND.
575
00:40:52,684 --> 00:40:55,554
{\an7}THIS CLASSIC FOUR-STORY
\hWHITE CLAPBOARD INN,
576
00:40:55,586 --> 00:41:01,125
{\an7}KNOWN AS "THE OLD TAVERN,"
\hWAS FIRST BUILT IN 1801.
577
00:41:01,159 --> 00:41:05,296
{\an7}TODAY IT’S ONE OF THE OLDEST
\hOPERATING INNS IN AMERICA.
578
00:41:05,330 --> 00:41:06,631
{\an7}THE OLD TAVERN THAT ONCE SERVED
579
00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:09,167
{\an7}STAGECOACH PASSENGERS
\h\h\hAND THEIR HORSES
580
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,436
{\an7}STILL HOSTS GUESTS TODAY.
581
00:41:17,075 --> 00:41:19,044
{\an7}\h\h\h\hA MAJOR PART OF
THE TOWN’S RENAISSANCE
582
00:41:19,077 --> 00:41:22,314
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS FINANCED BY
INVESTMENT BANKER DEAN MATHEY
583
00:41:22,347 --> 00:41:24,983
{\an7}WHO ONCE SUMMERED IN THE AREA.
584
00:41:25,016 --> 00:41:27,051
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHE CREATED
THE WYNDAM FOUNDATION,
585
00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:30,822
{\an7}\h\h\hDEDICATED TO RESTORING
GRAFTON’S HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
586
00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:43,668
{\an7}BUT THE TOWN IS BEST KNOWN
FOR ITS CHEDDAR CHEESE BUSINESS,
587
00:41:43,701 --> 00:41:46,437
{\an7}WHICH BEGAN IN 1892.
588
00:41:48,373 --> 00:41:51,276
{\an7}TODAY THE GRAFTON VILLAGE
\h\h\h\h\h\hCHEESE COMPANY
589
00:41:51,309 --> 00:41:54,612
{\an7}MAKES ONE OF THE FINEST CHEDDARS
IN THE WORLD.
590
00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:04,255
{\an7}FAST FORWARD FROM THE 1800s
\h\hTO THE ROARING TWENTIES
591
00:42:04,288 --> 00:42:06,290
{\an7}\h\h\hAND LOOK DOWN
AT THE BUCOLIC HOME
592
00:42:06,324 --> 00:42:10,895
{\an7}OF AUTHOR SINCLAIR LEWIS
AND JOURNALIST DOROTHY THOMPSON.
593
00:42:14,165 --> 00:42:17,602
{\an7}THESE 300 ACRES COMBINED
\h\hTHE LAND OF TWO FARMS
594
00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:21,205
{\an7}INTO A PROPERTY THE COUPLE
\hCHRISTENED "TWIN FARMS."
595
00:42:23,641 --> 00:42:25,877
{\an7}THEY BOUGHT THE LAND IN 1928,
596
00:42:25,910 --> 00:42:29,781
{\an7}A YEAR AFTER LEWIS’S NOVEL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS PUBLISHED.
597
00:42:32,517 --> 00:42:34,486
{\an7}THE COUPLE FELL IN LOVE
\h\h\h\h\hWITH VERMONT
598
00:42:34,519 --> 00:42:37,489
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND INVITED THEIR
LITERARY FRIENDS TO VISIT.
599
00:42:37,522 --> 00:42:40,025
{\an7}\h\h\hONE DESCRIBED
THE FALL FOLIAGE AS:
600
00:42:40,058 --> 00:42:43,061
{\an7}"WILDLY, INSANELY,
COCK-EYED LOVELY,
601
00:42:43,094 --> 00:42:46,831
{\an7}\h\hLIKE A COUPLE OF MILLION
DRUNKEN RAINBOWS IN A BRAWL."
602
00:42:53,905 --> 00:42:56,174
{\an7}\h\h\h\hLATER, AFTER
THE COUPLE SEPARATED,
603
00:42:56,207 --> 00:42:59,077
{\an7}DOROTHY WROTE LEWIS
THAT TWIN FARMS WAS
604
00:42:59,110 --> 00:43:02,046
{\an7}"THE BEST EXPRESSION IN LIFE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF BOTH OF US--
605
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,884
{\an7}BEAUTIFUL, HOSPITABLE
\hAND UNPRETENTIOUS."
606
00:43:13,958 --> 00:43:16,394
{\an7}\hOUR FINAL DESTINATION
IS THE SMALL HILL TOWN
607
00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:18,129
{\an7}OF PLYMOUTH NOTCH,
608
00:43:18,162 --> 00:43:21,565
{\an7}\h\hTHE BIRTHPLACE
OF CALVIN COOLIDGE.
609
00:43:25,169 --> 00:43:28,339
{\an7}HERE, IN 1923, AS VICE PRESIDENT
CALVIN COOLIDGE
610
00:43:28,372 --> 00:43:30,708
{\an7}WAS HELPING HIS FATHER
\h\h\hHARVEST THE HAY,
611
00:43:30,741 --> 00:43:35,012
{\an7}HE RECEIVED WORD OF THE DEATH
OF PRESIDENT WARREN HARDING.
612
00:43:38,716 --> 00:43:40,384
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCOOLIDGE WAS
IMMEDIATELY SWORN IN
613
00:43:40,418 --> 00:43:42,854
{\an7}AS THE 30th PRESIDENT
\hOF THE UNITED STATES
614
00:43:42,887 --> 00:43:46,324
{\an7}\hBY HIS FATHER,
A NOTARY PUBLIC.
615
00:43:50,128 --> 00:43:54,366
{\an7}TODAY, THE HILLSIDE FARM
\h\hIS AN HISTORIC SITE.
616
00:43:57,235 --> 00:43:59,804
{\an7}THE PRESIDENT IS BURIED
\hIN THE TOWN CEMETERY
617
00:43:59,837 --> 00:44:03,741
{\an7}WITH SEVEN GENERATIONS
\h\h\h\h\hOF COOLIDGES.
618
00:44:03,774 --> 00:44:05,342
{\an7}WHEN ASKED WHY HE WISHED
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE BURIED
619
00:44:05,376 --> 00:44:08,880
{\an7}IN SUCH HUMBLE SURROUNDINGS,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE REPLIED,
620
00:44:08,913 --> 00:44:11,883
{\an7}"WE DRAW OUR PRESIDENTS
\h\h\hFROM THE PEOPLE,
621
00:44:11,916 --> 00:44:13,551
{\an7}I CAME FROM THEM.
622
00:44:13,584 --> 00:44:16,020
{\an7}\h\h\hI WISH TO BE
ONE OF THEM AGAIN."
623
00:44:24,095 --> 00:44:26,431
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h"SILENT CAL,"
AS COOLIDGE WAS KNOWN,
624
00:44:26,464 --> 00:44:30,268
{\an7}HAD A REPUTATION AS A MAN
\h\h\h\hOF VERY FEW WORDS.
625
00:44:30,301 --> 00:44:32,170
{\an7}BUT AFTER A DEVASTATING FLOOD
626
00:44:32,203 --> 00:44:34,372
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHE GAVE COMFORT
TO HIS FELLOW VERMONTERS
627
00:44:34,405 --> 00:44:38,309
{\an7}\hWITH THESE SIMPLE
YET ELOQUENT WORDS:
628
00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:41,612
{\an7}"IT WAS HERE THAT I FIRST SAW
\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE LIGHT OF DAY;
629
00:44:41,646 --> 00:44:46,951
{\an7}HERE THAT I RECEIVED MY BRIDE;
HERE MY DEAD LIE."
630
00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:49,720
{\an7}\h"I LOVE VERMONT BECAUSE
OF HER HILLS AND VALLEYS,
631
00:44:49,754 --> 00:44:52,690
{\an7}\h\h\hHER SCENERY AND
INVIGORATING CLIMATE,
632
00:44:52,723 --> 00:44:57,094
{\an7}\h\hBUT MOST OF ALL BECAUSE
OF HER INDOMITABLE PEOPLE."
633
00:45:00,798 --> 00:45:04,869
{\an7}AERIAL VERMONT TELLS THE STORY
OF THESE INDOMITABLE PEOPLE
634
00:45:04,902 --> 00:45:07,304
{\an7}WHO FARMED ITS STONY FIELDS,
635
00:45:07,338 --> 00:45:10,942
{\an7}BRAVED SNOW-COVERED MOUNTAINS
\h\h\hTO SETTLE ITS VALLEYS,
636
00:45:10,975 --> 00:45:14,612
{\an7}AND KEPT THE LAND INTACT.
637
00:45:14,645 --> 00:45:17,548
{\an7}HERE CONSERVATION OF AMERICA’S
EARLIEST LANDSCAPES
638
00:45:17,582 --> 00:45:20,685
{\an7}BEGAN AND PROSPERED.
639
00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:22,987
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA STATE BEGUN
BY THE FIERCE INDEPENDENCE
640
00:45:23,020 --> 00:45:25,389
{\an7}OF ITS EARLIEST HEROES,
641
00:45:25,423 --> 00:45:28,026
{\an7}WHOSE SPIRIT INSPIRED
\h\h\h\hA PRESIDENT,
642
00:45:28,059 --> 00:45:32,864
{\an7}\h\h\hAND A POET, WHO’S WORDS
BEST DESCRIBE VERMONT’S GIFT:
643
00:45:32,897 --> 00:45:37,935
{\an7}"I CHOSE THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
AND IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE."
644
00:46:00,191 --> 00:46:10,234
{\an7}\h\h\hAND A POET, WHO’S WORDS
BEST DESCRIBE VERMONT’S GIFT:
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