A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . MountainThe stately children of the nvood.—Dorr. The longest of the parallel ranges is from the WhiteRiver to the Winooski. A parallel range is found betweenthe Winooski and the Lamoille rivers, the highest peaks ofwhich are the Hogback and Elmore mountains; anotherparallel range is between the Lamoille River and Canadaline, of which the Lowell Mountains are the highest, andanother r
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . MountainThe stately children of the nvood.—Dorr. The longest of the parallel ranges is from the WhiteRiver to the Winooski. A parallel range is found betweenthe Winooski and the Lamoille rivers, the highest peaks ofwhich are the Hogback and Elmore mountains; anotherparallel range is between the Lamoille River and Canadaline, of which the Lowell Mountains are the highest, andanother range is in the northeastern part of the State, thechief mountains of which are Monadnock in Lemington,Westmore Mountain and Burke Mountain, each of whichis over 3,000 feet high. Other prominent peaks of theparallel ranges are the granitic mountains Hor and Pisgah Mountains and Valleys 27 in Westmore, Blue in Ryegate, Knox in Orange, Ascutneyin Windsor, and Black in Dummerston. On the western side of the main range are the Red Sand-rock Mountains, the highest point of which is Grandviewin the town of Addison. These mountains are near LakeChamplain, and, standing in a low country, are Killington The Backbone of the Green Mountains A lovely bit of dappled green Shut in the circling hills betiveen.—Dorr. Near the western border and in the southern half of Ver-mont are the Taconic Mountains. They do not form acontinuous ridge as the Green Mountain range, but arebroken into groups. Of these, Herrick, Eolus and EquinoxMountains, and Mount Anthony are the chief. The main water-shed of Vermont coincides with theGreen Mountain range from the Massachusetts line nearlyto Lincoln Mountain; thence it deflects to the east, crosses 28 Geography of Vermont narrow north-and-south valleys, follows along northerlyridges, extends in an irregular course to the northeasternpart of the State and at Canada line is quite near the Con-necticut River. In the town of Sheffield, a
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