Its a campus of structures that sit on about 40 acres, and it is a village setting in many respects. But within that village, every structure houses an amazing collection. In 1947, amassed an amazing collection that the Shelburne Museum houses amongst 39 buildings. Its a plethora of objects and collections within collections, from impressionist art to weathervanes to Cigar Store Indians and one of the largest objects she collected, which was steamboat, which applied the waters of Lake Champlain from 19 61953. As i said, int, 1906, which you can look at as the cost or the changeover from spe steam era the cu from the steam era to the internal combustion engine. She was one of 29 steamers built on the lake and she was the last one. She basically operated on Lake Champlain as a day boat. Long,ke is over 125 miles but the ticonderoga ran from the vermont shoreline to the new new yorkne shoreline. Her homeport was burlington, vermont. The passages were about an hour or an hour and a half, b
Talked to local historian vince feeney about the life of ira allen and his influence on the city in vermont. Vince here we are in whats called College Green of the university of vermont. Probably one of the prettiest spots in burlington. Behind me we have a statue of ira allen. Was the youngest of the six allen brothers, the most famous of whom was ethan allen. The statue is here because some would say that ira allen was the founder of the university of vermont and as this inscription on the statue says, some claim he was the founder of the state of vermont. I think there would be a lot of people who would contend that is not exactly true, particularly his older brother ethan might have something to say about that and people like the first governor of the independent state of vermont. Allen, andthat ira about 1772, came up here to vermont from connecticut, where the allens live, and at the time for montt was a New Territory being opened up. It was a territory claimed by the governor of
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
Structure houses an amazing collection. Our founder, in 1947, amassed an amazing collection that the Shelburne Museum houses amongst 39 buildings. Its a plethora of objects and collections within collections, from impressionist art to weathervanes to Cigar Store Indians and one of the largest objects she collected, which was the ticonderoga steamboat, which plied the waters of Lake Champlain from 19061953. It was built, as i said, in 1906, which you can look at as the cost or the changeover from the steam era the cusp from the steam era to the internal combustion engine. She was one of 29 steamers built on the lake and she was the last one. She basically operated on Lake Champlain as a day boat. The lake is over 125 miles long, but the ticonderoga ran from the vermont shoreline to the new york show line new york shoreline. Her homeport was burlington, vermont. The passages were about an hour or an hour and a half, but she had her regular scheduled that she kept two. She kept to. It was
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