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The nation’s first air traffic regulations course was set up in 1934 at Norwich University in Northfield (pop. 5,791).

first appeared: 11/18/2001

Vermont produces more maple syrup than any other state in the nation.

first appeared: 11/11/2001

Maj. Gen. Martha T. Rainville is the first woman in the history of the National Guard to serve as a state adjutant general. She serves with the 4,600-member Vermont Army and Air National Guard.

first appeared: 11/4/2001

The nation’s first state symphony orchestra was organized in 1935 with Alan Carter of Rutland (pop. 17,292) conducting.

first appeared: 10/28/2001

Among the nation’s first mills to make paper from wood pulp (as opposed to rag fiber) was one established in 1869 at Bellows Falls (pop. 3,165) by William A. Russell. Russell later became first president of International Paper Co.

first appeared: 10/21/2001

The first platform scale for weighing heavy objects was built by Thaddeus Fairbanks (1796-1886) at St. Johnsbury (pop. 7,571) in 1830.

first appeared: 10/14/2001

The first state constitution to provide for a system of public school education was Vermont’s in 1777.

first appeared: 10/7/2001

The state’s first commercial marble quarry was started at Dorset (pop. 2,980) in 1785 by Isaac Underhill. Since then, Vermont marble has been used in hundreds of public buildings throughout the Northeast.

first appeared: 9/30/2001

Sandpaper was invented by Isaac Fischer at Springfield (pop. 3,938) in 1834.

first appeared: 9/23/2001

The first steel carpenter’s square was invented by Silas Hawes of Shaftsbury (pop. 3,767) in 1814.

first appeared: 9/16/2001

Sometimes called Vermont’s Grand Canyon, Quechee Gorge—on Route 4 just east of Woodstock (pop. 3,232)—squeezes the Ottauquechee River through a mile-long, 165-foot-deep rock fissure.

first appeared: 9/9/2001

The marble-cutting saw was invented by Hiram Kimball of Stockbridge (pop. 674) in 1837.

first appeared: 9/2/2001

The nation’s first Boy Scout club was organized in Barre (pop. 9,291) in 1909 by Scottish immigrant William F. Milne.

first appeared: 8/26/2001

The first state constitution to outlaw slavery was Vermont’s in 1777.

first appeared: 8/19/2001

The first American medal in an Olympic Nordic (cross-country) skiing event was won by Bill Koch of Guilford (pop. 19,800) in 1976.

first appeared: 8/12/2001

The first American agriculture society for dairymen, the Vermont Dairy Association, was organized in 1869 in Montpelier.

first appeared: 8/5/2001

The first U.S. patent, signed by George Washington, was issued in 1790 to Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford (pop. 2,900) for making potash out of wood ashes.

first appeared: 7/29/2001

The first world globe factory in the country was established in 1813 by James Wilson of Bradford (pop. 2,500). Wilson made the first geographic globe in America in 1799.

first appeared: 7/22/2001

The first beneficiary of monthly Social Security payments was Ida M. Fuller of Ludlow (pop. 1,100), who received check #00-000-001 for $22.54, Jan. 31, 1940.

first appeared: 7/15/2001

The first stars and stripes flag to lead American armed forces on land was used in the American Revolution at the Battle of Bennington Aug. 6, 1777.

first appeared: 7/8/2001

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