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Saxtons River
The Saxtons River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Vermont, a tributary of the Connecticut River. Its watershed covers and a range in altitude of ; land use is about 80% forested and 3% agricultural, and the upper river supports wild brook trout and brown trout, while Atlantic salmon occur but are usually limited to the area below Twin Falls on the lower river. Etymology The river is often reported to be named after a surveyor named Saxton who drowned (or almost drowned) in the river during the first survey of town lines along the river in 1736, but this does not appear to be the source of the name. "Saxton's" was apparently a variant spelling of "Sexton's," which was the spelling used in the first written record of the river, by a scouting party from Fort Dummer in 1724. We do not know the source for the "Sexton's" name, however. One theory put forth suggests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Saxton can refer to: Places United States * Saxton, Kentucky, USA * Saxton, Missouri, USA * Saxton, Pennsylvania, USA ** Saxton Nuclear Generating Station * Camp Saxton Site, Port Royal, South Carolina, USA Other places * Saxton, North Yorkshire, England, UK * Saxton, New Zealand, a suburb of Nelson ** Saxton Oval, a cricket ground * Saxton River, a river in Marlborough Region, South island, New Zealand * Saxton Ridge, Antarctica People Surname * Alexander Saxton (1919–2012), American historian and novelist * Christopher Saxton (c. 1540–c. 1610), English cartographer * Jad Saxton (born 1979), American voice actress * Jim Saxton (born 1943), congressman from New Jersey * Joseph Saxton (1799–1873), American inventor * Robert Saxton (born 1953), British composer * Ron Saxton (born 1954), Oregon politician * Rufus Saxton, (1824–1908) American general * Tommy Saxton (born 1983), English rugby league footballer Titles * Saxton baronets, a title in the baronetage of Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxtons River, Vermont
Saxtons River is an incorporated village in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 479 at the 2020 census. For over a hundred years, Saxtons River has been the home of Vermont Academy, an independent secondary school. Most of the village is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as Saxtons River Village Historic District. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.3 km2), all land. History Saxtons River was first settled in 1783, but growth was extremely slow. A meeting house was built and the village cemetery established in 1810, and the first textile mill was opened at the Middle Falls (now officially named Saxtons River Falls) in 1815. The village bounds were determined by the town in 1820, and it was formally incorporated as a village in 1905, which is overseen by a Board of Trustees elected by registered voters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Vermont
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Vermont, sorted by drainage basin, and ordered from lower to higher, with the towns at their mouths: Connecticut River The Connecticut River flows south towards Long Island Sound in Connecticut. Flowing into it are: * Deerfield River, Greenfield, Massachusetts ** Green River, Greenfield, Massachusetts ** Glastenbury River, Somerset * Fall River, Greenfield, Massachusetts * Whetstone Brook, Brattleboro, Vermont * West River, Brattleboro ** Rock River, Newfane ** Wardsboro Brook, Jamaica ** Winhall River, Londonderry ** Utley Brook, Londonderry * Saxtons River, Westminster * Williams River, Rockingham ** Middle Branch Williams River, Chester * Black River, Springfield * Mill Brook, Windsor * Ottauquechee River, Hartland ** Barnard Brook, Woodstock ** Broad Brook, Bridgewater ** North Branch Ottauquechee River, Bridgewater * White River, White River Junction ** First Branch White River, South Royalton ** Second Branc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Vermont
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Vermont, sorted by drainage basin, and ordered from lower to higher, with the towns at their mouths: Connecticut River The Connecticut River flows south towards Long Island Sound in Connecticut. Flowing into it are: * Deerfield River, Greenfield, Massachusetts ** Green River, Greenfield, Massachusetts ** Glastenbury River, Somerset * Fall River, Greenfield, Massachusetts * Whetstone Brook, Brattleboro, Vermont * West River, Brattleboro ** Rock River, Newfane ** Wardsboro Brook, Jamaica ** Winhall River, Londonderry ** Utley Brook, Londonderry * Saxtons River, Westminster * Williams River, Rockingham ** Middle Branch Williams River, Chester * Black River, Springfield * Mill Brook, Windsor * Ottauquechee River, Hartland ** Barnard Brook, Woodstock ** Broad Brook, Bridgewater ** North Branch Ottauquechee River, Bridgewater * White River, White River Junction ** First Branch White River, South Royalton ** Second Branc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 91
Interstate 91 (I-91) is an Interstate Highway in the New England region of the United States. It provides the primary north–south thoroughfare in the western part of the region. The Interstate generally follows the course of the Connecticut River. Its southern terminus is in New Haven, Connecticut, at I-95. The northern terminus is in the village of Derby Line, Vermont, at the Canadian border. Past the Derby Line–Rock Island Border Crossing, the road continues as Quebec Autoroute 55. I-91 is the longest of three Interstate highways whose entire route is located within the New England states (the other two highways being I-89 and I-93) and is also the only primary (two-digit) Interstate Highway in New England to intersect all five of the other highways that run through the region. The largest cities along its route are New Haven, Connecticut; Hartford, Connecticut; Springfield, Massachusetts; Northampton, Massachusetts; Greenfield, Massachusetts; Brattleboro, Vermont; Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Route
The following is a list of state highways in Vermont as designated by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). The classification of these state highways fall under three primary categories: Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, and Vermont routes. Routes in Vermont are abbreviated as "VT #" by VTrans and also abbreviated as "VT Route #" and "Route #" in common usage. A small number of minor state highways, typically bypassing old alignments or short connector routes, are instead assigned names and unsigned four-digit numbers beginning with 9. Most state highways are maintained by VTrans; however, portions of some routes and some entire routes are maintained by local governments, such as towns or cities, instead. These town-maintained routes are internally called "state-designated town highways" and are typically designated as "class 1 town highways". Many of Vermont's state-numbered highways retain their numbers from when they were part of the New England road marking system of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eighteen miles southwest of Gloucester and fifteen miles northeast of Bristol. Lower Wick is within the civil ... Gloucestershire, England See also * Nizhny {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hall Covered Bridge
The Hall Covered Bridge, located in southern Rockingham, Vermont, carries Hall Bridge Road across the Saxtons River, just north of its junction with Vermont Route 121. It is a Town lattice truss bridge, built in 1982 as a replica of a circa-1867 bridge that was destroyed by an overweight truck in 1980. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Description and history The Hall Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of southern Rockingham, west of the village of Bellows Falls, spanning the Saxtons River about east of the village of Saxtons River. It is a single-span lattice truss bridge, based on the patent of architect Ithiel Town, and rests on stone abutments. Its sides are clad in vertical board siding, with three diamond-shaped window openings, and it is topped by a gabled metal roof. The original bridge was built in 1867 by Sanford Granger, a local master bridge builder. It was, at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidder Covered Bridge
The Kidder Covered Bridge carries Kidder Hill Road across the South Branch Saxtons River, just south of the village center of Grafton, Vermont. The bridge was built about 1870, and is Grafton's last surviving 19th-century covered bridge. It is the shortest historic covered bridge in Windham County, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Description and history The Kidder Covered Bridge is located about south of the center of Grafton Village, on Kidder Hill Road. It is a single-span queenspost truss structure, with a total length of and a total width of , with a roadway wide. It rests on abutments of stone that have been reinforced with concrete. The bridge is oriented at a skew to the river bed, with its trusses forming a parallelogram, 15° off rectangular. The exterior of the trusses is sheathed in vertical board siding, and it is covered by a metal roof. The siding is extended to the portals and gables, and a short way into the portal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putney, Vermont
Putney is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,617 at the 2020 census. The town's historic core makes up the Putney Village Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History On December 26, 1753, Colonel Josiah Willard led a proprietors' petition for a Putney charter to be established in the Equivalent Lands. The charter was issued that day by Governor Benning Wentworth – issuer of the New Hampshire Grants under the authority of King George II of Great Britain. Significant settlement of Putney did not begin until after the French and Indian War ended in 1760. The town arose in a large plain on the west side of the Connecticut River, above the mouth of Sacketts Brook. A falls on the brook provided water power for early mills, and it is around that point that the main village was formed. Because the town did not have abundant sources of water power, it was largely bypassed by the Industrial Revolutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams River (Vermont)
The Williams River is a US Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river in the US state of Vermont. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River. Its watershed covers 117 square miles; land use is about 80% forested and 4% agricultural, and the upper river supports wild brook trout and brown trout.Williams River basin summary, 2014 http://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/wsm/mapp/docs/mp_williamsriver.pdf The river was named for John Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts. He preached the first Christian sermon in what would become Vermont near the mouth of the river on March 5, 1704. His text was from Lamentations 1:18: "Hear now, all peoples, And behold my sorrow; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity." A historical marker was placed near the site of the sermon in 1912 (see photo). At the time, he and part of his congregation were captives of the French, the Mohawk and the Abenaki after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westminster, Vermont
Westminster is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,016 at the 2020 census. It is also the first capital of the Republic of Vermont. It borders the state of New Hampshire. History Westminster is Vermont's oldest existing town and was chartered in 1735 by the Province of Massachusetts Bay and was called New Taunton or Township Number One. The town did not have any permanent settlers in the area until 1751. New Hampshire settlers came in and the town was later incorporated in the Province of New Hampshire on November 9, 1752, becoming the third chartered town for New Hampshire west of the Connecticut River. When the British government recognized the Province of New York's claims to what is now Vermont, New York moved its Court of Common Pleas for Cumberland County to Westminster in 1772. It was the site of the Westminster massacre in March 1775, in which two men were killed attempting to prevent New York provincial officials from exerting their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
