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• Hail, Vermont
• Moonlight in Vermont
  (song by Captain Beefhart
• These Green Mountains
• Yankee Lady
  (song by Jesse Winchester)

Vermont Symbols

• Nicknames: The Green Mountain state
• Motto: Freedom and Unity
• Slogan: See Vermont
• Song: These Green Mountains (composed by Diane Martin, arranged by Rita Buglass)
• Former Song: Hail, Vermont
• Animal: Morgan Horse
• Bird: Hermit Thrush
• Cold Water Fish: Brook Trout
• Warm Water Fish: Walleye Pike
• Amphibian: Northern Leopard Frog
• Insect: Honeybee
• Butterfly: Monarch Butterfly
• Tree: Sugar Maple
• Flower: Red Clover
• Fossil: White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
• Gemstone: Grossular Garnet
• Mineral: Talc
• Rocks: Granite, Marble and Slate
• Beverage: Milk
• Fruit: Apple
• Pie: Apple Pie
• Flavor: Maple

Facts About Vermont

• Capital: Montpelier (the smallest population of any state capital)
• Residents: Vermonters
• State Name Origin: from a French phrase meaning "green mountain"
• Admitted to Statehood: 4 Mar 1791
• Order of Admission: 14th state
• Length: 160 miles
• Width: 80 miles
• Area: 9,614 square miles
• Size Rank: 45
• Number of Counties: 14
• Streams and Rivers: 7,099 miles
• Geographic Center: 3 miles E of Roxbury in Washington Co.
• Mean Elevation: 1,000 feet
• Highest Point: Mt. Mansfield, 4,393 feet
• Lowest Point: Lake Champlain, 95 feet
• Agricultural Products: dairy products, food products, apples, maple syrup (Montpelier is the largest producer of maple syrup in the U.S.)
• Commercial Products: machine tools, tourism, marble and monument granite, furniture, scales, books, computer parts (state's largest employer is IBM)
• Average Annual Rainfall: 33.7 inches
• Average Winter High Temperature: 22 degrees
• Record Low Temperature: -50 degrees (30 Dec 1933 Bloomfield)
• Average Summer High Temperature: 75 degrees
• Record High Temperature: 105 degrees (4 Jul 1911 Vernon)
• More information about Vermont

Quotes

• The hills that surround Rutland bring darkness early to the city. (Philip Hamburger)
• Thetford Center, VT, looks much like any of two or three hundred other small New England villages - except for one thing. It still has a dozen tiny hay fields scattered through it. (Noel Perrin)

Items of Interest

• In 1996, Vermont was the last state to get a Wal-Mart
• Vermont was the first state after the original 13 colonies to join the United States
• Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds
• Vermont has the greatest number of dairy cows per capita than any other state

Notable Natives

Some of these people were born here, others just lived a part of their life in the state.

• Sherman Adams - governor (East Dover)
• Ethan Allen - revolutionary war leader
• Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) - 21st U.S. president (Fairfield)
• Orson Bean (1928- ) - actor (Burlington)
• Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley - photographer
• Hiram Bingham - missionary
• Myra Colby Bradwell - first female attorney in the U.S.
• Thomas Chittenden - political leader
• Ben Cohen (1951- ) - co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice-Cream (moved to VT in the late 1970s)
• Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) - 30th U.S. president, only president born on July 4 (Plymouth Notch)
• John Deere - inventor (Rutland)
• George Dewey - admiral (Montpelier)
• John Dewey (1859-1952) - author, educator, philosopher (Burlington)
• Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) - patriot, statesmen, famous for debating Abraham Lincoln (Brandon)
• James Fisk - financial speculator (Bennington)
• Wilbur Fisk - clergyman, educator
• Ralph E. Flanders (1880-1970) - senator (Barnet)
• Martin Freeman - first black college president
• Jerry Greenfield (1951- ) - co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice-Cream (moved to VT in the late 1970s)
• Justin Morrill - politician (Strafford)
• Richard Morris Hunt - architect (Brattleboro)
• William Morris Hunt - painter (Brattleboro)
• Justin Morgan - breeder of the Morgan horse
• Elisha Graves Otis - invented the elevator (Halifax)
• Katherine Paterson (1932- ) - children's author (moved to Barre in 1964)
• Moses Pendleton - choreographer
• Patty Sheehan - golfer (Middlebury)
• Joseph Smith - founder of Mormon church (Sharon)
• Horace A. Tabor - silver king (Holland)
• Ernest Thompson - actor, writer
• Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) - singer, band leader (Island Pond)
• Henry Wells (1805-1878) - founder of Wells Fargo and Co. (Thetford)
• William Wilson - founder of alcoholics anonymous
• Brigham Young (1801-1877) - territorial governor, Mormon leader (Whitingham)

You know you are from northern Vermont if...

• You've taken your kids trick-or-treating during a blizzard.
• You only own three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup.
• You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
• The mosquitoes have landing lights.
• You have more miles on your snowblower than your car.
• You have 10 favorite recipes for venison.
• The local Hardware store on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
• You live in a house that has no front steps, yet the door is one yard above the ground.
• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.
• Making it home during Mud Season is a competitive sport.
• You think everyone from the city has an accent.
• You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
• You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
• The local paper covers national and international headlines on l/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports.
• At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
• The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
• Your snow-blower gets stuck on the roof.
• You think the start of deer hunting season is a national holiday.
• You frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the bears won't prowl on your deck.
• You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
• The town officials greet you on the street by your first name.
• There is only one shopping plaza in town.
• The major parish fundraiser isn't bingo - its sausage making.
• You find -20F a little chilly.
• The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.
• You attended a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your snowmobile boots.
• You can play road hockey on skates.
• Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
• You know the 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, and Construction.
• The municipality buys a zamboni before a bus.
• You actually 'relate' to these jokes, and forward them to all your Northern friends.