What to see in America . he marble used in the countrysince that time has come from there. The great quarries ofWest Rutland were first worked in 1836. Before that thesite of the quarries had been a barren sheep pasture, shaggywith stunted evergreens. The wealth this pasture roofedwas undreamed of, and the whole tract was so cheaply valuedthat it was once exchanged for an old horse worth less than asingle one of the huge blocks of marble that day by day arehoisted from the quarry depths. In the northwestern partof the state beautiful variegated and black marbles arequarried. Among the Vermont
What to see in America . he marble used in the countrysince that time has come from there. The great quarries ofWest Rutland were first worked in 1836. Before that thesite of the quarries had been a barren sheep pasture, shaggywith stunted evergreens. The wealth this pasture roofedwas undreamed of, and the whole tract was so cheaply valuedthat it was once exchanged for an old horse worth less than asingle one of the huge blocks of marble that day by day arehoisted from the quarry depths. In the northwestern partof the state beautiful variegated and black marbles arequarried. Among the Vermont towns are scarcely any which do notcontain some mountain or lofty hill whence a delightfulview can be obtained. The heights are nearly all clothedwith verdure from base to summit, and the name of the state,derived from two French words, Verd Mont, which meanGreen IMountain, is very appropriate. Mt. Mansfield,with an altitude of 4406 feet, is the highest point in thestate. It is about twenty miles northwest of Bow Arrow Point between North Hero and ^Jolth Hero IsLANUb V AIiisOts Ledge Lighthouse IV Massachusetts On the 21st of December, 1G20, while the Mayfloicer lay atProvincetown, an exploring party, consisting of twelvePilgrims and six sailors in the ships shallop, stepped out oftheir clumsy boat on to Plymouth Rock — a lonely bowlderbrought thither by an ancient glacier. The vicinity, withits excellent springs, impressed the explorers favorably, andthere the Pilgrims started a settlement of rude log in their stay, Francis Billington climbed to the topof a tree and discovered a broad pond about two miles fromthe hamlet. He mistook it for a great sea, and it has beencalled Billington Sea ever since. Several times duringthe winter the settlers observed in the distance smoke andfires which could have-been made only by Indians. In April an Indian named Squanto visited them. Hecould speak their language, for his home was in INIaine, wherehe had met many
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