I'd guess it's because they don't have a waiting period after you apply for a license. You can get married on the same day. That is the way it is now, so it probably was the same back then. Perhaps NH had no waiting period back then either. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jackbowk@aol.com> > Betty, > > Hope you learn why an elopement to VT was attractive back then. My > grandparents eloped to NH in 1900 and I've never learned why as they both > were over > 21. > > Bellows Falls, VT, is not far above the MA border, on the CT River and > definitely is in southern VT. White River Junction is pretty far up, > albeit south > of Burlington and Montpelier. It is at the junction of the White River > and > the CT River. It became a significant rail junction and, although a > small > community, all trains stopped there. WRJ is pretty much opposite, > Hanover, NH, > and was the RR station for Dartmouth College. > > Perhaps a Vermonter will tell us whether it is considered to be in > northern > VT. > > Jack