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The Marx brothers—Groucho, Chicho and Harpo—often vacationed during the summer on Lake Bomoseen, near Rutland (pop. 17,292).

first appeared: 2/22/2004

Apple is Vermont’s state pie. The state suggests serving it with a glass of milk, a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a slice of cheddar cheese.

first appeared: 2/22/2004

The state is 75 percent forests today, but in the mid-1800s it was mostly open farmland.

first appeared: 2/15/2004

Vermont is one of only four states that prohibits roadside billboard advertising. The list also includes Alaska, Hawaii and Maine.

first appeared: 2/8/2004

Ann Story of Salisbury (pop. 1,090) became known as “The Mother of the Green Mountain Boys” for the help she provided these patriot soldiers during the Revolutionary War.

first appeared: 2/1/2004

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream company gives its waste to local farmers who use it to feed their hogs. The hogs seem to like all flavors except Mint Oreo.

first appeared: 1/25/2004

Vermont’s largest employer is computer giant IBM.

first appeared: 1/25/2004

With a population of 8,035, Montpelier is the nation’s smallest state capital. It also is the only state capital without a McDonald’s restaurant.

first appeared: 1/18/2004

The state’s name is based on verts monts, which is French for “green mountains.”

first appeared: 1/11/2004

A Vermont blacksmith who moved to Illinois in 1836 invented a polished plow to replace the cast iron New England plows that bogged down in heavy Midwestern soil. The blacksmith’s name was John Deere.

first appeared: 1/4/2004

Lake trout, native to Vermont, can grow to 3 feet in length and weigh more than 20 pounds.

first appeared: 12/28/2003

The Green Mountain Boys, who captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775, were originally private vigilantes formed to keep their territory from becoming part of New York state. Their flag was 13 stars on a green field.

first appeared: 12/21/2003

In 1977, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield took a $5 correspondence course in ice cream-making and opened a shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington (pop. 38,889) the following year. The shop was known as Ben & Jerry’s.

first appeared: 12/14/2003

Vermonter George Perkins Marsh ushered in a new way of looking at the environment with his book Man and Nature, published in 1862. Marsh is credited with bringing environmental awareness to the attention of the world.

first appeared: 12/7/2003

Vermont Law School in South Royalton (pop. 2,400) is known for its environmental law program. In fact, Vermont has its own environmental law court to balance issues of development and landscape preservation.

first appeared: 11/30/2003

Fisher-Scott Memorial Pines in Arlington (pop. 2,397) is considered one of the finest large-diameter white pine stands in the state. In 1976, it was named a National Natural Landmark. It also was the writing retreat of author Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

first appeared: 11/23/2003

Daniel’s Notch on Mount Mansfield holds one of Vermont’s largest old growth stands, with trees ranging in age from 90 to 200 years.

first appeared: 11/16/2003

Hildene, the elegant summer home of Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, was completed in 1905. The Manchester (pop. 4,180) retreat, whose name means "hill and valley," overlooks the Battenkill Valley.

first appeared: 11/9/2003

The Hartness House Inn in Springfield (pop. 9,078), home to former Gov. James Hartness, features the Equatorial Turret Tracking Telescope, one of his 120 patented inventions.

first appeared: 11/2/2003

Vermont’s oldest one-room school, the Eureka Schoolhouse in Springfield (pop. 9,078), is more than 200 years old. At one time, all grades were taught in its single room.

first appeared: 10/26/2003

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