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Green Mountains looking south from Jay Peak Jay Peak, located at the northern end of the Green Mountains in Vermont Green Mountains outside of Montpelier, Vermont. The best-known mountains—for reasons such as high elevation, ease of public access by road or trail (especially the Long Trail and Appalachian Trail), or with ski resorts or towns nearby—in the range include: [4]
The original Green Mountain Boys were a militia organized in what is now southwestern Vermont in the decade prior to the American Revolutionary War.They comprised settlers and land speculators who held New Hampshire titles to lands between the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain, an area then known as the New Hampshire Grants, that is now modern Vermont.
Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest located in Vermont, a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest typical of the New England/Acadian forests ecoregion. The forest supports a variety of wildlife, including beaver , moose , coyote , black bear , white-tailed deer , wild turkey , and ruffed grouse .
Vermont: the Green mountain state (5 vol. 1921) the most detailed history, with hundreds of biographies Cumbler, John T. Reasonable Use: The People, the Environment, and the State, New England, 1790–1930 (1930)
The central and southern Green Mountain range include the oldest rocks in Vermont, formed about one billion years ago during the first mountain building period (or orogeny). Subsequently, about 400 million years ago, the second mountain building period created Green Mountain peaks that were 15,000–20,000 feet (4,600–6,100 m) tall, three to ...
Originally settled as part of Massachusetts, the townspeople declared Vermont a free republic in 1777. The oldest town in VT is almost 300 years old. Here's where it is.
The Vermont National Guard is composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and the Vermont Air National Guard. Together, they are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys. Both units use the original Revolutionary War-era Flag of the Green Mountain Boys as their banner. In 2009, they had 2,600 members. [2]
Mount Ellen is a mountain in the Green Mountains in the U.S. state of Vermont.Located at the northern edge of the Green Mountain National Forest in Washington County, the summit of Mount Ellen is in the northwest corner of Warren but the mountain extends into Fayston to the north and Lincoln to the west.