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Fun Facts about our 14th state -
Vermont - the Green Mountain State
Birth of the first Postage Stamp
Vermont has the 2nd slowest drivers in the country
First cross country automobile trip -
In 1903, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson of Burlington, became the first person to drive across the U.S., spurred by a $50 bet.
At 65%, Vermont has the nation's largest rural population and still has more miles of dirt roads than paved roads.
Vermont - Where bathing suit-less bathing is your legal right . . .
The only state capital that does not have a McDonald’s.
Vermont is the leading producer of maple syrup in the country, with more than 2 million gallons in 2023.
You are not required to use a licensed funeral director. Vermont law specifically allows families to care for their own dead.
Vermont has -
- no skyscrapers
- fewest number of cities of any state
- no billboards since 1968
- largest grilled cheese sandwich
- slightly fewer cows than people
- only slightly more people now then before the civil war
- a government program that would pay you to move here.
- Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford, Vermont, became the first person in the United States to be granted a patent on July 31, 1790.
the worlds largest underground marble quarry.
-More than 70% of Vermont is forested, and there are more trees now than in 1859.
home of the Teddy Bear
Vermont has the highest White population of any U.S. state, at 95.6%.
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The first African American to earn a college degree in the U.S. was Alexander Twilight in Middlebury, Vermont in 1823.
this up-state farm lets dairy cows take a vacation from milking
famous people with homes here:
Sting, Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, Randy Quaid, Willem Dafoe, Ana de Armas
Russian dissident Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn lived in
Cavendish, Vermont for 18 years
scenic route 100
Vermont breweries consistently rank among the best in the world.
In 1993, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed the entire state of Vermont at the top of its annual
"Most Endangered Historic Places" list.
Vermont consistently ranks as one of, if not the, top states for breweries per capita.
The "Cheese and Apple Pie" Law: In a quirky nod to its dairy heritage, Vermont state law actually recommends that when serving apple pie (the official state pie), "reasonable effort be made" to serve it with an ounce of cheddar cheese or a glass of cold milk.
It takes about 10 pounds of milk to produce just one pound of cheddar cheese, making cheese production a valuable way for dairy farmers to add value to their milk.
Vermont Gov't and Non-Gov't municipalities
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