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The sugar maple, Vermont’s state tree, is not only responsible for its maple sugar production, but for some of the most vivid fall foliage anywhere—a boost to the state’s tourism industry.

first appeared: 4/7/2002

The so-called Round Church in Richmond (pop. 4,090) actually has 16 sides.

first appeared: 3/31/2002

The Vermont Expos, whose home is Centennial Field in Burlington, are a minor league baseball farm team for the Montreal Expos.

first appeared: 3/24/2002

The Killington area in the Green Mountains boasts more than 200 ski and snowboard trails across seven mountains.

first appeared: 3/17/2002

At 33.69 inches of rain a year, Vermont has the lowest average annual precipitation in New England.

first appeared: 3/10/2002

Born in Brattleboro (pop. 8,289), architect Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895) became the nation’s most revered architect by the latter part of the 19th century. Most of the buildings Hunt designed in New York City are now gone, including the magnificent Fifth Avenue mansions, though the central section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art remains on that thoroughfare.

first appeared: 3/3/2002

James Hartness (1861-1934) earned more than 120 patents, including one for a sundial and another for the Equatorial Turret Telescope, one of the first tracking scopes. He was also one of the first 100 licensed pilots in America and served a term as governor of Vermont.

first appeared: 2/24/2002

The Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich has “...what surely must be one of the greatest assemblages of hands-on, child-friendly exhibits ever gathered in one place,” according to the New York Times.

first appeared: 2/17/2002

The red clover has been Vermont’s state flower since 1894. The clover contributes to the state’s dairy farming and bee-keeping because it supplies nutrition cows need to produce milk (it’s a rich source of vitamins A and E) and the nectar bees convert to honey.

first appeared: 2/10/2002

The Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship is held annually in Addison (pop. 1,393). Before bows and arrows, spear launchers called “atlatls” were used for 20,000 years in prehistoric Vermont and elsewhere.

first appeared: 2/3/2002

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2000 for Being John Malkovich, Burlington-born actor Orson Bean is mostly associated with television shows, including I’ve Got a Secret (1952), To Tell the Truth (1956), and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976).

first appeared: 1/27/2002

Maple syrup is an organic product containing as much calcium as whole milk, along with other minerals and vitamins B2, B5, B6, niacin, biotin, and folic acid.

first appeared: 1/20/2002

Vermont elected the first woman lieutenant governor in the nation, Consuelo N. Bailey, in 1954.

first appeared: 1/13/2002

Born in Strafford (pop. 1,045) the son of a blacksmith, U.S. representative and later senator Justin Morrill (1810-1898) established land grant colleges—the forerunners of many state universities. He sponsored the Land-Grant College Act of 1862, providing public lands for agricultural schools.

first appeared: 1/6/2002

Born in 1805 in Sharon (pop. 1,411), Joseph Smith is founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In the year of his death, 1844, Smith announced his candidacy for president of the United States.

first appeared: 12/30/2001

Born in Burlington, philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952), one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers, contributed to education along several fronts. His attention to developing favorable environments for learning fundamentally altered American education.

first appeared: 12/23/2001

Vermont native Ethan Allen (1737-1789) commanded the Green Mountain Boys during the Revolutionary War and aided in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. His statue represents Vermont in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

first appeared: 12/16/2001

The White Rocks picnic area near Wallingford (pop. 2,274) is home to an old rock slide where hikers often find snow and ice among the rocks even in summer.

first appeared: 12/9/2001

The first agricultural land grant college act—paving the way for tax-supported institutions of higher learning—was proposed by Vermont Sen. Justin Smith Morrill and signed by President Lincoln in 1862.

first appeared: 12/2/2001

The first experimental eye surgery using a laser beam was performed at the University of Vermont in Burlington in 1957.

first appeared: 11/25/2001

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