It is lovely country.......was up there in October all over Windsor and Windham Counties. The mountains are steep and between the mountains are valleys and plains.......makes the towns look like they are sitting in large cauldrons with rings of mountains surrounding them. Your car better be in good condition.......... Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWINDSO-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Bordenave <bborden@bellsouth.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > WOW! That sounds like fantastic country!! I get excited when I see a dip in the highway!! > With your descriptions I think about a friend who lives in the mountains on 35 acres of land > somewhere near Brandon, VT!! And it also reminds me of my ancestors who lived around there and > fought with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys!! For a while I felt as though I was there! I > enjoyed doing research and reading about that part of this country! I have almost worn out my map > of New England!! > > Lester M Powers wrote: > > > My thoughts have turned to travel again, this time > > the most probable route out of the Connecticut River > > Valley, from Hartford, VT, in east-central Vermont to > > Broome County, NY (or possibly Madison County, NY), in > > about the year 1800. > > > > Times change and dates matter. We're talking about > > the year 1800, maybe 1802, or maybe as late as 1810. > > > > I did see a satellite photo of the area at the local > > library the other day, and it impressed me that the > > problem of getting out of the CRV, west to New York state, > > certainly appears daunting. Those Green Mountains in > > Vermont look pesky. As I looked closer at the satellite > > photo, I did notice one interesting candidate, though > > an out-of-the-way, round-about candidate. This is the > > Winooski River, which runs more or less from Montpelier > > to about Burlington, VT. The whole route might follow, > > approximately, today's Interstate 89, from near Hartford, > > VT, where 89 crosses into New Hampshire, up the White > > River Valley to Montpielier, then northwest-ish along > > the Winooski River to near Burlington, VT. A traveler > > could then boat most of the way south down Lake > > Champlain, down Lake George, down the Hudson River > > to Albany, NY, then head west or southwest from Albany. > > > > A possible alternate route that I note in a tour > > book is over the Sherburne Pass. This would be more > > or less west across Vermont along today's U.S. Route 4, > > from near Hartford, VT, through Woodstock, VT, over > > the Sherburne Pass in the Green Mountains, through > > Rutland VT, into New York state, then south to Albany, NY. > > One problem here is that the Sherburne Pass has an > > elevation of 2200 feet, and there isn't much along this > > route that could go by water. I get a bit cold thinking > > of that 2200-foot-up pass. But, I don't really know > > anything about routes across the northeast in the year > > 1800 either. > > > > Just thought I'd ask if anyone knows which routes > > were popular at the time, about 1800, west across > > central Vermont. > > > > Lester Powers > > lesterps@juno.com > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Why pay more to get Web access? > > Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! > > Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > (on first page,put in box: Ct-River-Valley and when query page comes up, list town and state) > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L/ > > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib.for Ct-River-Valley area) > > listowner: Cyndylou3@earthlink.net > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > This list covers genealogy and history of The Connecticut River Valley > Accuracy is important--double check your spelling and dates . > Got information to share-----share them.....list sources > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Ct-River-Valley area) > list owner: cyndylou3@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >