Vermont was sliced away from New Hampshire by George III just before The Revolution.
New Hampshire was, however, granted
all of the river that divides them (the Connecticut River) and the islands in it, so Vermont townlines begin on
their side at the water's edge instead of the middle of the river as in other states.
A must-locate-book for hikers of the
Adirondacks of New York, the
Green Mountains of Vermont, the
White Mountains of New Hampshire or the mountains of Maine, is a book printed during WWII,
The Gentle Mountains***.
It states on one page, "...this is a nice little Vermont trail, not well known even to the local villagers. You'll see fewer hikers on this trail than Democrats at Vermont polls."
***The back flyleaf states: "Don't let Nazi generals and Japanese Imperialists ruin our green mountains with their get-away castles.
Buy U.S. War Bonds".
