Geography of Orleans County, Vermont - Populated Places in Orleans County, Vermont, Protected Areas of Orleans County, Vermont, Coventry (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Populated places in Orleans County, Vermont, Protected areas of Orleans County, Vermont, Coventry, Vermont, Holland, Vermont, Glover, Vermont, Irasburg, Vermont, Greensboro, Vermont, Craftsbury, Vermont, Charleston, Vermont, Derby Center, Vermont, Derby, Vermont, Troy, Vermont, Orleans, Vermont, Derby Line, Vermont, Lowell, Vermont, Morgan, Vermont, Westfield, Vermont, Jay, Vermont, Brownington, Vermont, Westmore, Vermont, North Troy, Vermont, Newport, Vermont, Barton, Vermont, Lake Memphremagog, Clyde River, Passumpsic River, Black River, Albany, Vermont, Lake Willoughby, Barton River, Runaway Pond, Long Trail, Crystal Lake, Mount Pisgah, Jay Peak, Echo Lake, Big Jay, Hazen's Notch, Lake Seymour, Beebe Plain, Vermont, Missisquoi River, Lake Parker, Crystal Lake State Park. Excerpt: Newport is a city in and the shire town (county seat) of Orleans County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,005. The city contains the largest population of any government in the county, yet encompasses the smallest area. Main Street in 1908In 1753, the Abenakis brought the ransomed John Stark down Lake Memphremagog and came ashore where Newport is now. They then traveled southeast to his home in New Hampshire. Rogers' Rangers were forced to retreat through the county following their attack on Saint-Francis, Quebec in 1759. To confound their avenging pursuers, they split up on the east shore of Lake Memphremagog. One group followed the Clyde River east. Another followed the Barton River south. Newport as a settlement began in 1793. The village was first called Pickeral Point, but later renamed Lake Bridge for its location at the head of Lake Memphremagog. In the early 19th century, the women of pioneer Calvin Arnold's household, refused to live in the Arnold house near what is now Clyde Pond, because...