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Until 1996, Vermont was the only state without a Wal-Mart.

first appeared: 2/18/2001

The Vermont Craft Center, the nation’s first state center devoted to crafts, is in Middlebury (pop. 8,000). Begun in 1971 as an after-school pottery program for young people, it now offers courses for home school groups, private schools, college groups, children’s centers, parent/child centers, and alternative education programs.

first appeared: 2/11/2001

In 1934, reputedly for the first time in America, a Model T engine was used to power a rope tow for skiers.

first appeared: 2/4/2001

—St. Albans (pop. 7.339) has the distinction of being the site of the northernmost skirmish of the Civil War. The fight occurred when a Confederate raiding party descended on the town from Montreal on Oct. 19, 1864.

first appeared: 1/28/2001

Ethan Allen (1738-1789), an American Revolutionary solider, led a brigade of Vermont settlers known as the Green Mountain Boys. The unit formed in 1770.

first appeared: 1/21/2001

Nine-tenths of the United States supply of asbestos comes from the Hyde Park region of northern Vermont.

first appeared: 1/14/2001

Vermont has nearly 10,000 buildings on the National Historic Register and 110 covered bridges, including the longest in the nation, the 450-foot Windsor-Cornish bridge over the Connecticut River at Windsor (pop. 3,714).

first appeared: 1/7/2001

One of the most characteristic features of Vermont is its small rural villages. Only 32 percent of the state's residents live in urban areas, the lowest percentage in the United States.

first appeared: 12/31/2000

Marble quarried in Vermont has made its way to many monuments and buildings, including the Jefferson Memorial and the United States Supreme Court building.

first appeared: 12/24/2000

Vermont has been careful to build major roads on high ground, leaving the lower valleys—where most farms are nestled—unspoiled by heavy traffic. In 1967, it became the first state to outlaw commercial or other billboards from its roadsides.

first appeared: 12/17/2000

Vermont’s state capitol building is one of only a few to have a gold dome. Atop the dome is a statue of Ceres, the goddess of grain in Roman mythology.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

English novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) invented the game of snow golf—a cold weather version of the sport—while living in Brattleboro (pop. 8,612) during the 1890s.

first appeared: 12/3/2000

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream company in South Burlington (pop. 14,200) gives its ice cream waste to local farmers who feed it to their hogs. The hogs seem to like all of the flavors except Mint Oreo.

first appeared: 11/26/2000

Although the painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) is often associated with Stockbridge, Mass. (pop. 1,100), he spent 14 of his many creative years in Arlington (pop. 700).

first appeared: 11/19/2000

Adm. George Dewey, 1837-1917, was known as the Hero of Manila Bay for the naval battle he won there during the Spanish-American War. He was born in Montpelier (pop. 7,800) on Dec. 26.

first appeared: 11/12/2000

Horatio Nelson Jackson, a Burlington (pop. 38,900) physician, was the first person to drive across the country. He and his mechanic, Sewall Crocker, began their trip May 23, 1903, driving a two-cylinder Winton from San Francisco to New York. The trip took 63 days.

first appeared: 11/5/2000

Montpelier (pop. 8,500) is not only the least-populated state capital in the United States, it also is the only state capital without a McDonald’s restaurant in the city limits.

first appeared: 10/22/2000

Vermont was an independent republic from 1777 to 1791 before becoming the 14th state to join the United States.

first appeared: 10/8/2000

Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, was the only president born on the Fourth of July. He was born in Plymouth in 1872.

first appeared: 9/24/2000

Montpelier is the least-populated state capital in the nation. It is home to about 8,500 people.

first appeared: 9/10/2000

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