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Subject: Ed, you might hate Vermont, but...

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Brent (Canada)

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Date Posted: 13:26:13 11/30/04 Tue
In reply to: Ed Harris (Venezia) 's message, "Um..." on 16:35:46 11/29/04 Mon

...one of my Loyalist ancestors, Rev. Samuel Peters, is actually officially credited with giving the state its name. Also, my wife and I took a driving tour there on our honeymoon.

I beg to disagree.

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[> [> [> Subject: Fair enough

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Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 15:00:06 11/30/04 Tue

But I am a city pigeon at heart, and find all those orchards and farmland and hills rather soul-destroying. Also I could never get used to the plaid shirts. Besides, it's bloody cold and anything less than 80 degrees makes me nervous and irritable!

But why did your ancestor decide on the name 'Vermont'? I should be interested to hear the story, because it's an unusual name.

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Apparently it was a french flourish to make 'Green Mountain' sound more impressive...a reference to Killington Peak where he lived
Author: Brent (Canada) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 17:00:04 11/30/04 Tue Here's the link (although the claim, like most historical facts, is in dispute...probably because he was a "Tory") http://www.dhca.state.vt.us/HistoricSites/html/markers2.html [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: And another thing...
Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 23:07:50 11/30/04 Tue Why has everything in Vermont got the word "kill" in it? Killington, the river Battenkill... just frightening. Mind you, everthing else seems to be named after something in Britain... Hartford, Manchester, Hampden. Perhaps there's hope for the place after all! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]