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991
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1950 Supreme Court Building built of
Vermont marble.
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995
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1950 Boy Scouts. First Boy Scout Troop
in America was organized in Barre, VT in 1909 by
William Foster Milne.
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1001
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1951 Colorado Statehood. Early mining
operations in state were by Horace Austin Warner
Tabor who was born in Holland, VT in 1830.
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1006
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1952 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Daniel Willard, president of the B&O born in
Hartland, VT 186 1.
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1010
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1952 Lafayette's Arrival in America.
Toured Vermont in 1825.
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1025
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1953 Trucking Industry, farm scene on
stamp is the James K Howe farm in Tunbridge, VT.
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1048
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1958 Paul Revere. Seven of the bells
cast by Revere are in Vermont. Woodstock (4),
Bellow Falls, Norwich, and Montpelier.
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1060
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1954 Nebraska Territory. Stephen A.
Douglas, born in Brandon, VT, introduced the 1854
Territorial Bill.
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1061
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1954 Kansas Territory. Stephen A.
Douglas, born in Brandon, VT, introduced the
Territorial Bill.
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1065
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1955 Land-Grant Colleges. Created by the
Morrill Act of 1862, by US Senator Justin S.
Morrill, born in Strafford, VT in 18 10.
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1066
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1955 Rotary International, founded by
Paul Harris who grew up in Wallingford,VT.
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1071
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1955 Fort Ticonderoga, Ethan Allen's
role in capturing the fort.
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1093
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1957 School Teachers of America,
National Educational Association.
First normal school in America for
teachers was established in Concord, VT by Samuel
Read Hall.
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1097
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1957 Birth of Marquis de Lafayette.
Toured Vermont in 1825.
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1112
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1958 Atlantic Cable Centenary. Curtis M.
Lampman, vice-president of company that laid the
Atlantic Cable, was born in New Haven, VT
9/21/1806.
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1115
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1958 Stephen A. Douglas, senator and
presidential candidate, born in Brandon, VT
4123/1813.
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1120
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1958 Overland Mail. Adams Express (one
of 7 companies involved) founded by Alvin Adams,
born in Andover, VT 1804.
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1134
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1959 Petroleum Industry. First well sunk
at Titusville, PA by Col. Edwin L Drake who spent
boyhood near Castleton, VT.
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