Do not forget us Whitney,s of Bakersfield, VT. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Branagan" <cbranagan@comcast.net> To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 5:46 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help > Tim and WRG: > > Here's some info on locations from the Green Mountain state: > > Barnstead, Vermont-Though there is a section of the Vermont town of > Manchester called Barnstead, the town of Barnstead is located on the > Suncook River in southeastern New Hampshire. > > Berkshire Center, Vermont-Vermonters call this community simply > 'Berkshire'. > The hamlets of Berkshire, West Berkshire and East Berkshire are located > along route108 in northwestern Vermont. They are all the same political > unit > sharing a selectboard, road crew and K-8 school system. Excellent dairy > farming country > > Cheshire, Vermont-There is no Cheshire Vermont that I know of, but > Cheshire > County, New Hampshire is located in the extreme southwestern section of > the > state. Last summer bad flooding drove many Cheshire County residents from > their homes and destroyed property. > > East Enosburg, Enosburg Falls, North Enosburg, West Enosburg and Enosburg > Center are all small sections of the community of Enosburg, located in > Franklin County in northwestern Vermont. Every June the Lions Club > sponsors > the Annual Dairy Festival in Enosburg Falls drawing 4-5 thousand people > to > celebrate Vermont's dairy farmers. Enosburg Falls is one of several > Vermont > communities that generates its own power by damming the river. Local dairy > farmers are also trying a new technology to generate electricity by using > the methane from cow manure. They sell the power back to the grid. > > Forrestdale, Vermont-This tiny community is located in west central > Vermont > on route 73 near Brandon. Here in 1834, Orange Alfonso Smalley, a young > blacksmith and mechanic living with his parents, and another blacksmith, > Thomas Davenport, experimented with electromagnetism and invented the > first > electric motor. > > Franklin Center, East Franklin and Franklin, Vermont are all sections of > the > same community near the Canadian border in northwestern Vermont. In East > Franklin, in sight of the border crossing station there is a large > cemetery > where many Whitneys are buried. My sister preaches during the summer at > the > East Franklin Methodist Church. > > Gullup's Mills, Vermont-This must be Gallup Mills, Vermont located in > Caledonia County in Vermont's northeast kingdom. None of the roads are > paved in Gallup Mills. > > Jericho Centre, Vermont- Located on route 117, not far from Burlington. > Jericho and Jericho Center are two sections of the same town. Vermont's > current Speaker of the House, Rep. Gaye Symington, D., lives in Jericho > Center. > > Mallett Bay, Vermont- This is Malletts Bay, part of the town of Colchester > and is located on route 127.The bay is a well known area of Lake > Champlain > and there are many summer camps and homes there along with a large > commercial marina. In winter one can see dozens of ice shanties on the > ice > in Malletts Bay where fishermen try to keep out of the wind as they catch > several kinds of native fish, mainly perch. In 1789 Ethan Allen crossed > Malletts Bay on the ice with a team of oxen on his way to property he > owned > in South Hero, one of the islands in Lake Champlain. He died on the trip > of > an apparent heart attack. > > Otter Creek, Vermont- Known as the Indian Road, the Otter Creek empties > into > Lake Champlain near Vergennes. During the 1700's the waterway was a well > traveled route for natives escaping with colonial captives from southern > Vermont/New Hampshire/Massachusetts. Once they got to Lake Champlain it > was > relatively easy to get to Montreal, travel by water being much easier > than > travel over land. The Otter Creek was dammed in Middlebury during the > nineteenth century providing power for the mills there. > > Philadelphia, Vermont-I have never heard of Philadelphia, Vermont and > cannot find it on any of my state maps. > > Pittsford Mills, Vermont-On route 7 in central Vermont, Pittsford and > Pittsford Mills are the same political unit. Population in the 2000 > census > was 3140. > > Sherburne, Vermont-There is a Sherburne New York, but it is located in the > central part of the state, too far from the Vermont border to be > considered > part of the Green Mountain state. I think this reference must be Shelburne > in Chittenden County, south of Burlington. Shelburne is a lovely > community > on Lake Champlain, home to the Shelburne Museum, a collection of early New > England curiosities. > > Silver Lake, Vermont-This lake is located in Bethel on route 12. There's > a > nice state park at Silver Lake where camping is allowed from Memorial Day > until Labor Day. > > Townsend, Vermont-West Townsend and Townsend are both located on route 30 > in south eastern Vermont. > > Tyson, Vermont-Not far from Echo Lake, Tyson is near Plymouth, the > boyhood > home of Calvin Coolidge. > > Weathersfield, Vermont-In southeastern Vermont, Weathersfield Center lies > near the New Hampshire border. There is also Weathersfield Bow on route > 5, > from which one could throw a softball into New Hampshire. > > West Derby, Vermont-Derby Line and Derby Center are located on Interstate > 91 > in northern Vermont. Derby line straddles the Canadian border. > > West Randolph, Vermont-This must be the community Vermonters refer to as > 'Randolf' located on route 12A. Randolph Center, East Randolph, South > Randolph and North Randolph are all part of the same town and are near or > on > the White River. > > I hope this is helpful. > > Carolyn Whitney Branagan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Doyle" <tim@greenscourt.com> > To: <whitney@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [WHITNEY] Location Help > > >> These are all excellent! Thank you to everyone who has contributed in >> just >> the short amount of time.............. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message