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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Life Influence Of Ira Allen 20171119

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
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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Steamboat Ticonderoga 20171126

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 th ....

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