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Then Again: Zadock Thompson, chronicler of all things Vermont

VTDigger
Zadock Thompson was many things — a naturalist, a historian, a geologist, a geographer, an educator, an editor and an Episcopalian deacon...
78 months ago

Discovering the Charlotte Whale

NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)
The unexpected discovery of a whale skeleton hundreds of miles from the sea and more than 200 feet above sea level in 1849 is a reminder of...
40 months ago

Book: How Do You Get a Whale in Vermont?

The University of Vermont
In 1849, workers in Charlotte were hurrying to finish a railroad line. As they dug in the clay soil, they discovered some very strange bones.
18 months ago

UVM's Stolen Rhino Horn Recovered, Returned to University

The University of Vermont
It's back. A prized black rhinocerous horn that was stolen in April 2017 from the University of Vermont's Zadock Thompson Zoological Collections in Torrey...
39 months ago

Fire at Historic Torrey Hall

The University of Vermont
A fire is in progress at Torrey Hall on the University of Vermont campus. The fire has been contained, and the Burlington Fire Department is actively working...
86 months ago

Let's hear it for these VT historians

Burlington Free Press
The five individuals outlined in this article have all made enormous (and very different) contributions to the field of Vermont history.
109 months ago

UVM Redstone Campus History - Fulton

The University of Vermont
If buildings are ideology made manifest,1 then Blundell House is the ghost of an idea. The Home Economics program is no more, the “women's campus” is no...
30 months ago

Study reveals striking decline of Vermont's bumble bees

Phys.org
A new study examining 100 years of bumble bee records reveals that almost half of Vermont's species, which are vital pollinators, have either vanished or are...
69 months ago

Then Again: Hemenway’s ‘gazetteer’ is remarkable and unique

VTDigger
Anyone studying early Vermont history will encounter Abby Maria Hemenway and her masterwork, the “Vermont Historical Gazetteer.
18 months ago

This Place in History: Charlotte Whale

MyChamplainValley.com
On This Place in History with the Vermont Historical Society takes us the a railroad crossing in Charlotte, site of an incredible discovery.
99 months ago