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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

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Brent (Canada)

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Date Posted: 17:00:04 11/30/04 Tue
In reply to: Ed Harris (Venezia) 's message, "Fair enough" on 15:00:06 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

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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 ]