Including a ira allen saw the potential of Burlington Bay as a court sitting. Lake champlain flows north a Lake Champlain flows into the st. Lawrence which gives at burlington, interestingly enough, even though it is an inland place, access to the ocean. Saw that ands became interested. The area did not take off despite the attempts by ira importantake this an place by putting the university here, making it the shire town of Chittenden County with the courts and so on. 1820d not take off until three whitney Champlain Canal was finished which connected the southern and of Lake Champlain to the hudson river. It opened up all of those markets to the south of vermont. One historian has said that before 1823, Lake Champlain tipped north. After 1823, it tipped south. Burlington grew tremendously in the 1820s. Having said that it grew tremendously, the population in 1830, 7 years after the canal only 3000 but in 1800 it had only been about 1000. So it was about a prosperous it was a prosperou
Wildlife refuge was taken over. That was probably the most intense experience on the ground. Game. A guessing this is somebody who said a lot of things that i think people have forgotten, including me. Heres the question. For the sake of a wider audience, i will read it. The Public Domain has been a force of profound importance in the nationalization and development of government. The person who said that, you would not expect them to have said it. Who said that . Told you areto be going to be tricked . [inaudible] reading. In your i said that. No, i didnt. , they are theds core of the way the federal government grows. Frederick Jackson Turner said that. He has benefited from you folks theg here because i reread significance of the front tier in American History and i dont know what was going on. Ofen of the quoted passages strips theier pioneer of his formal dress and puts them in a canoe. There is a lot of stuff about indians in there. Who knew . Apparently, anyone who reads it would
Winning formula when we see one. To introduce andrew this year, we have the beautiful catherine katz. [applause] catherine i will keep my remarks brief in order to maximize the amount of time we have to be entertained by our final speaker, Andrew Roberts. For though who recall his presentation at last years conference, you have undoubtedly been looking forward to this as much as i have. Among his numerous endeavors, Andrew Roberts serves as the guest curator at the folder shakespeare library. Folger shakespeare library. He is the author and editor of 19 books, which you have heard about a bit over the last few days. His most recent publication was a biography of napoleon, a short work coming in at just under 1000 pages. We are all eagerly awaiting his next book, what is sure to be the definitive single volume biography of sir Winston Churchill, which is scheduled to be published next year. On the subject of churchills sense of living history, ladies and gentlemen, Andrew Roberts. [appl
New englanders who came up here including a ira allen saw the potential of Burlington Bay as a court sitting. Port city. It Lake Champlain flows into the st. Lawrence which gives at burlington, interestingly enough, even though it is an inland place, access to the ocean. Early settlers saw that and became interested. The area did not take off despite the attempts by ira allen to make this an important place by putting the university here, making it the shire town of Chittenden County with the courts and so on. It did not take off until 1820 1823. The Champlain Canal was finished which connected the southern and of Lake Champlain to the hudson river. In essence it opened up all of , those markets to the south of vermont. One historian has said that before 1823, Lake Champlain tipped north. After 1823, it tipped south. Burlington grew tremendously in the 1820s. Having said that it grew tremendously, the population in 1830, 7 years after the canal only 3000 but in 1800 it had only been ab
Ethan allen was one of vermonts founding fathers. He was the first colonel commandant of the original Green Mountain boys, and the Green Mountain boys were at one time the Largest Paramilitary Force in north america, if not for the actions of ethan allen, and the other Green Mountain boys, vermont may very well have looked different than it does today. Announcer welcome to burlington, vermont on American History tv. Located on Lake Champlain, about 45 minutes south of the canadian border. It is home to the university of vermont, and it is the states most popular city with about 42,000 residents. Our comcastp of cable partners, over the next 75 minutes, we will explore the city and region. We begin on the waters of Lake Champlain. To hear how important it was to the citys origins. Welcome to Lake Champlain. We are out here today on the spirit of ethan allen interiors. Great opportunity to tip to talk about americas first great lake when it comes to historic significance. Lake champlain