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From: Marianne V Purdy <>
Subject: Re: [VERMONT-L] MIGRATION
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 17:53:29 -0700


Transportation! I have a little book, one of a series called "Rivers of
America". The one I have is "The Connecticut" by Walter Hard, 1947 pub.
Rinehart & Company, Inc, New York and Toronto.
It follows the history of the river from pre-european contact. It
would appear that the Connecticut was the superhiway of the entire
valley, up to Bellows Falls, VT and more so after the introduction of the
steam engine. The RR did not cross VT until 1848, and I would guess that
the river still provided cheaper transportation. As an example, "....a
race was on between competing steamboat companies...
They began to cut rates until, at one time, the usual $4.50 rate to New
York from Hartford was pared down to 25 cents, meals included."

Cheapest way to get their crops to the best markets.

Hope this helps.

Good Hunting
Marianne Victory Purdy


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>I have a question for all you native Vermonters....... What would
>make a
>family live next to the Connecticut River all their life? My
>relatives
>lived
>up and down the banks of the Connecticut River during the early 1800's
>until
>the late 1800's. They lived on the banks in N.H. and Vermont. My
>relatives
>were farmers and I wondered what the interest they would have living
>so
>close
>to the Ct. River.
>
>It seems like a dumb question, but when I traced my relatives on the
>N.H./
>Vermont
>map, I hightlighted the places they lived and it traces the
>Connecticut
>River
>north and south. Ok folks, help me out.
>
>PinzNndle
>Mass.
>
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