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Royalton Raid

Then Again: In a raid on Royalton in 1780, Native Americans allied with the British

by Mark Bushnell October 13, 2019, 2:19 pmOctober 13, 2019, 2:20 pm

Then Again: The rise and fall of the Vermont State Bank

by Mark Bushnell October 6, 2019, 1:30 pmOctober 6, 2019, 1:11 pm

Scott and Helen Nearing black and white photo portraits

Then Again: Early back-to-the-landers inspired a generation, first in Vermont, then in Maine

by Mark Bushnell September 29, 2019, 2:30 pmSeptember 30, 2019, 9:04 am

Quarry

Then Again: The thrill, danger and drudgery of Vermont’s marble quarries

by Mark Bushnell September 22, 2019, 2:30 pmSeptember 21, 2019, 9:16 am

Then Again: Whence Camel’s Hump and other Vermont mountain names?

by Mark Bushnell September 15, 2019, 11:09 amSeptember 13, 2019, 11:09 pm

Wheat stalks against a blue sky

Then Again: Grain was not just grist for the mill, but pay for the preacher

by Mark Bushnell September 8, 2019, 11:30 amSeptember 8, 2019, 9:53 pm

Then Again: Circuses brought the spectacular and the exotic to the hinterlands

by Mark Bushnell September 1, 2019, 12:13 pmSeptember 1, 2019, 12:15 pm

Two farmers walk with scythes in a field in 1937. leaders rejected a federal proposal during the Depression to resettle thousands of hill farmers and their families into more productive areas of the state.

Then Again: Great Depression changed Vermonters’ view of federal aid, to a degree

by Mark Bushnell August 25, 2019, 2:30 pmAugust 28, 2019, 4:00 pm

Bennington 1798

Then Again: In 1791, a Dutch agent found Burlington promising and a maple market possible

by Mark Bushnell August 18, 2019, 2:33 pmAugust 18, 2019, 2:48 pm

Bennington Battle day

Then Again: The Battle of Bennington gave Americans a much-needed victory

by Mark Bushnell August 16, 2019, 6:12 pm

Poverty

Then Again: Henry Perkins embraced eugenics to improve Vermont’s ‘racial stock’

by Mark Bushnell August 11, 2019, 2:30 pmAugust 10, 2019, 11:06 pm

Union soldiers stand at a burial site

Then Again: Vermont diarist was a keen observer of the Civil War

by Mark Bushnell August 4, 2019, 2:00 pmAugust 3, 2019, 10:36 pm

UniversityOfVermont 1845

Then Again: In its first year, UVM had 12 students, 31 library books and $12 tuition

by Mark Bushnell July 28, 2019, 2:00 pmJuly 26, 2019, 9:19 pm

Then Again: Soldiers on the run through Vermont resorted to drastic means for survival

by Mark Bushnell July 21, 2019, 2:00 pmJuly 21, 2019, 11:53 am