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Summer in Vermont Summer in Vermont. Ah, even saying it is as short and sweet as the real deal.

In this summer season issue of Our State Vermont, we wrap up our long-running series on covered bridges. But we move on with other things just as fun, just as interesting.

We look at a small sampling of curious locales along the historic (and prehistoric!) Vermont Stone Trail.

This unusual adventuring trail spans the Green Mountain State where the summer explorer will find all things made of granite, marble, and slate--from uniquely carved slate tombstones and tranquil water-filled quarry pits to art museums and even a fossilized ocean reef--with lots of stories to tell. You’ll see why the Vermont Stone Trail is a perfect byway to trek for a day, a weekend and even just for a picnic lunch.

And what’s a magazine without words?

That’s why Vermonters like us are proud to be host to many notable authors. In this issue we chat with Reeve Morrow Lindbergh about her new book “Two Lives”, cast in the shadow of her famous parents, Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. This Vermont author has certainly made her special mark on our literary landscape through the written word.

And when it comes to both war and peace, Vermonters have made their mark, too.

This year, 2018, marks the centennial of the end of World War I, the so-called “War to End All Wars”. The Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury will kick off a unique exhibit about the Great War with antique posters, personal and war memorabilia, and incredible stories about Vermonters in the first war. Plan a visit to learn more about Vermont’s role in the war and the ensuing peace.

Of course what would summer be like without a new crop of hay bale sculptures appearing along U.S. Route 7 and beyond?

England may have its “alien” crop circles, but Vermont has its unique hay bale creations. We chat with talented Wyatt Vincent of Vergennes, an unusual folk artist who dabbles in the field (pardon the pun) of agriculture for plenty of good causes.

Now for a great way to chill off during our sometimes humid summer days, is to head to the lake: Head to the cool Lake Champlain Maritime Museum where you can explore the many wrecks in our inland, fresh water version of Davy Jones’ locker. In this issue we look at what lies beneath. In addition to conducting maritime research about sunken Revolutionary War gunboats, passenger steamboats, canal boats, barges, and pleasure craft in the lake, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum also hosts cruises where you can learn more about schooners afloat as well as those that have foundered.

And no summer in Vermont is complete with a visit to a dairy farm.

In this issue, we talk with Hinesburg farmer and author Rusty Devoid about his collection of dairy farm tales. Rusty has a keen ear for tall tales. In his book “Horse Tales and Hoof Prints”, he has recorded quite a few wild and humorous tales from his family’s heritage of farming in the rocky landscape of the Green Mountain State. In fact, Rusty’s book on the subject is being reprinted with even more horse tales!

Unlike Vermont’s country stores, no shoes and socks are required when reading Our State Vermont. In fact, we here prefer the summer barefoot. So, kick back with a glass of homemade lemonade or a chilly bottle of Vermont microbrew and enjoy this summer cocktail of fun and informative reading.

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MEANDERING AROUND VERMONT’S FAIRS Our Summer road trip is going to have us visiting five area fairs and field days. For at least 150 years fairs and field days have been popular Summer attractions in Vermont.

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Most folks think of the deep oceans when it comes to history’s most memorable shipwrecks, but inland Lake Champlain turns out to be one of the nation’s most unexpected maritime archaeological treasures when it comes to antique wrecks—there are over 300 vessels lost in the cold, murky depths of the Northeast’s biggest lake.

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Vermont author Rusty Clark DeVoid, a resident of rural Hinesburg, has crafted a wonderful account of life in old Vermont. Titled “Horse Tales and Hoof Prints”, the author’s true stories are odd enough to be both quaint and remarkable.

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A LAND OF HORSE TALES AND HOOF PRINTS

VERMONT STONE TRAIL Vermont’s historic (and prehistoric!) Stone Trail began as the state’s way of attracting tourists to explore the history and geology of the granite, marble and slate belts which span the state in their own, individual areas.

VERMONT HISTORICAL COVERED BRIDGES While the state of Vermont is home to nearly 2,600 bridges, only about 106 of them are covered. The main purpose of covering a bridge was to extend the life of the structure. The authenticity of a covered bridge is determined not by age, but by construction. Trusses must be used versus other building methods, such as “stringer” construction.

REEVE MORROW LINDBERGH: FAMOUS PARENTS AND A LIFE OF WRITING The United States may have eschewed English royalty back in the 18th century, but it has a peerage all its own. Family dynasties, such as the Kennedys, Roosevelts, Rockefellers, and Bushs, make up for what was lost when this colony severed ties with the motherland.

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MEANDERING AROUND VERMONT’S FAIRS

By Cyndi Armell

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ur Summer road trip is going to have us visiting five area fairs and field days. For at least 150 years fairs and field days have been popular Summer attractions in Vermont. During the 19th century the emphasis was on agriculture. Competi-

tions were held for plowing, livestock, produce, canning, jellies, sewing and so much more. The early fairs were the social event of the year for some where they could visit with and trade farming ideas with their neighbors, some of which they saw once a year at the fair.

During the 20th century, while continuing the agricultural traditions, the fairs began adding midways (with carnival barkers). The larger fairs kept increasing their midway and carnival activities and attracted larger crowds and increased profits.

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The number of fairs in Vermont has decreased over the years but the ones still running remain popular and successful. We are going to explore five of them: The first fair on our circuit is The Franklin County Fair held

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in Highgate VT. The gates are open August 2-5 admission is $10.00 and that includes midway rides, tractor pulls, live entertainment, demolition derbies, exhibits and a lot more. Celebrating its 43rd year this fair has

been billed “The most affordable in Vermont”.

Next on the calendar is the Addison County Fair & Field Days held August 7-11. This fair is celebrating its 70th year and is held in New Haven VT. The first fair in Addison County was held in 1844 in Middlebury at what is now the recreation park. At this fair you can enjoy the traditional rides, fair foods, animals, demolition derbies, tractor pulls, antiques tractors, live bands, exhibits and much more. Admission is $10. - $12.

The Vermont State Fair in Rutland VT is held August 14-18 and is in it’s 173rd year. It is one of the oldest fairs in the United States. The fair was originally held in Castleton Vermont and in 1849 the Rutland Railroad put on extra cars to bring people from all over Vermont and Western NY to the fair. After moving around Rutland County the fair was given a permanent home in 1856 at 175 South Main Street in Rutland. The

fair features rides, music, demolition derby, farm animals, traditional fair foods, grandstand events (tickets may be required) and so much more.

The Champlain Valley Fair is held August 24-Sept 2 in Essex, Vermont.

It has been held at this location since 1923. This fair has been nicknamed “The Ten Best Days Of Summer”. Growing up it always meant the end of summer - but what a great ending. This is Vermont’s largest fair drawing nearly 280,000 visitors for the agriculture exhibits, midway, commercial vendors, midway concerts and more! Over the years the Champlain Valley Fair has had many big name concerts. Admission is $10 - grandstand concert tickets are separate and sell out quickly.

Our last fair is the Tunbridge World’s Fair held September 13-16 in Tunbridge Vermont. This fair has been held for over 150 years - are you wondering why it’s a World’s Fair? In 1867 Burnham Martin (former Vermont

Lieutenant Governor and State Senator) spoke at the fair calling it the “Little World’s Fair” the name stuck. This fair includes oxen pulls, pig races, dairy animals, dancing, antique tractors,

midway rides, music and lots more.

I hope you learned a little about the Fairs & Field Days of Vermont and that you get a chance to visit at least one this Summer. Enjoy!

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THE SHIPWRECKS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN

By Lou Varricchio

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ost folks think of the deep oceans when it comes to history’s most memorable shipwrecks, but inland Lake Champlain turns out to be one of the nation’s most unexpected maritime archaeological treasures when it comes to antique wrecks—there are over 300 vessels lost in the cold, murky depths of the Northeast’s biggest lake. Wrecks in the lake span Vermont, New York and Canada; they include steamboats, schooners, canal boats, barges, and even scuttled pleasure craft.

On the late afternoon of May 11, 1895, a veteran wooden canal schooner, built during the Civil War on the Burlington waterfront and christened the O.J. Walker, ventured out onto the lake from

Milton, Vt. She was carrying a heavy load of bricks and tiles from the Brown & Company Brickyard on Mallets Bay. This 19th-century sailing ship was a hybrid vessel on Lake Champlain. Being 14-feet wide and 86-feet abeam, she was most adaptable, designed to easily navigate the lake, the Champlain Canal, and the Hudson River.

The O.J. Walker was built in Burlington in 1862 and was named after Obadiah Johnson “O.J.” Walker, a prosperous Vermont merchant. For over 30 years, Walker’s namesake carried a variety of industrial and agricultural cargo.

The O.J. Walker had an interesting history, according to an archaeological report by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.

“The O.J. Walker had a working career of 33 years and was employed hauling heavy cargoes. Like so many other canal vessels, it had the dual purpose of a work boat and family living quarters.

One of its owners, Captain Weatherwax, lived on board with his family for over nine years,” the museum reports.

Within an hour of leaving Mallets Bay on that fateful afternoon in May 1895, high waves and strong headwinds were making progress difficult. And with the down lake port of Burlington receding ever away in the storm, the O.J. Walker vanished quickly into history.

“The O.J. Walker was attempting to make the port of Burlington when heavy seas caused her to spring a leak,” according to the wreck’s co-discoverer Jim Kennard writing in Shipwreck World. “As the ship rapidly filled with water, the cargo shifted, spilling some of it into the lake. The schooner then righted itself just before it sank beneath the waves. The captain and crew took refuge in a small rowboat, which— unfortunately—did not contain any oars at the time. However, the prevailing winds blew the small boat, with its crew, to shore and all were saved from the chilly waters of Lake Champlain.”

Wreck of the Champlain II: Lake Champlain’s most famous shipwreck site, the Champlain II, is located in New York waters just a short distance north of Westport near Barn Rock in Rock Harbor. (LCMM photo).

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Eloise Beal, of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, said that the museum’s archaeological report on the 1895 wreck includes details of the sinking, too.

While the famous 1975 Lake Superior wreck of the motor freighter Edmund Fitzgerald was immortalized by Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot, the wreck of the O.J. Walker never received the romantic accolades it may have deserved.

In the case of the modern era’s Edmund Fitzgerald, the entire crew perished, but not so the O.J. Walker’s fearless crew. Perhaps, therein lies the difference between maritime legend and a mere footnote in lacustrine history?

To get a better picture in your mind’s eye of the O.J. Walker, take a look at today’s Lois McClure, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s magnificent contemporary sailing replica of a typical Civil War-era Lake Champlain canal schooner. As it turns out, the true sister to the O.J. Walker was the General Butler, a companion wreck at the bottom of Lake Champlain; she’s located slightly southeast, off the Burlington breakwater.

After various attempts, the wreck of the venerable canal schooner was located in October 1983; the discovery was made by Jim Kennard and Scott Hill. The researchers were operating side-scanning sonar equipment off Burlington when the profile of the wreck appeared on screen.

“The outline of the shipwreck is clearly visible in the sonar imagery showing

LCMM divers: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Adam Kane and Pierre LaRocque prepare to dive in Lake Champlain off Charlotte. According to Kane, a grant from the National Center for Preservation Training and Technology of the National Park Service helped fund the upcoming public T.V. dive. (National Park Service photo)

the open cargo hatches and masts that lay across the ship,” Kennard noted in Shipwreck World. “On our dive to the O.J. Walker, we observed many bricks scattered over the deck and alongside the ship. An overturned cart lay among the bricks. The masts were found to be lying across the deck at various angles. And a beautiful ship’s wheel still remains standing in its original position.”

Using SONAR to explore wrecks

The 21st century technology of side-scan sonar has come a long way from the 1950s. During the post-World War II years, side-scan sonar was invented by researchers at Westinghouse and the U.S. Navy Mine Defense Laboratory in Panama City, Florida.

Now, the latest incarnation of side-scan sonar has been used in Lake Champlain to explore a historic, 19thcentury canal-boat wreck off Charlotte. The new 3D sonar technology was employed by Vermont archeologists during a video-recorded expedition six years ago.

Sonar is an acronym for Sound Navigation And RangO.J. Walker’s wheel: A view of the wheel of the O.J. Walker at the ing. Leonardo Da Vinci is credbottom of Lake Champlain. (Image courtesy of the Lake Champlain ited with its invention, using a Maritime Museum (LCMM))

primitive listening device, in 1490. Today, sonar’s side-scanning ability involves electronic instrumentation.

As an electromagnetic or E.M. transmitter, a sonar device generates highfrequency sound waves which are emitted in cone- or fan-shaped pulses.

The pulses slice perpendicular pathways through a medium such as water.

For maritime applications, side scanners are either towed behind or mounted onboard a vessel.

The new side-scan sonar device used by the maritime museum divers was supplied by Teledyne BlueView of Seattle, Wash.

Adam Kane said that using 3D sonar is an exciting new way to study historic shipwrecks and to share them with the public.

Forty locations around, on, and within, the canal-boat wreck site were scanned. At each of these positions the sonar was able to capture accurate 3D images of the shipwreck, which were then assembled into a detailed 3D model of the entire wreck.

The composite image, Kane said, consists of 35 million data points and allows the remains of the Sloop Island to be examined in a completely innovative way.

According to Kane, archaeological drawings of the shipwreck were

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created by museum archaeologists during more than 300 dives between 2002 and 2003. Those dives used manual documentation. By contrast, he said data gathering with the new technology took just three days.

“We’re really excited about this equipment as a tool to share the lake’s shipwrecks with the public,” Kane said.

“Most folks can’t get there on their own, but we’ll do our best to share what’s on the bottom of the lake.”

Check It Out: Visit the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum from mid May to mid October at 4472 Basin Harbor Rd., in Vergennes, for lake tours or to see arifacts and learn more about shipwrecks. Call (802) 475-2022 for details.

If you have a boat and a GPS navigation system, you can visit the exact spot, in 75 feet of water, where the O.J. Walker rests at 44° 28.72 north, 73° 14.44 west. Many wrecks in Vermont and New York waters are part of the Lake Champlain Underwater Historic Preserve; they are open to the public and accessible to any certified SCUBA diver.

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ermont author Rusty Clark DeVoid, a resident of ru- source of income. In fact, Merino sheep exported from Verral Hinesburg, has crafted a wonderful account of life mont helped transform the farm economy of the distant conin old Vermont. Titled “Horse Tales and Hoof Prints”, tinent of Australia. the author’s true stories are odd enough to be both quaint And in the era of sheep farming in Vermont, forested slopes and remarkable. were clear cut for firewood and to make way for animal grazing.

When we first talked to DeVoid about his tales back in 2012, If you gaze at faded photographs of the Vermont rural we learned that they were collected over decades at meeting landscape between the 1860s and 1880s, the place looks an places, local fairs, and social gatherings. awful lot like some of the vistas of eastern Wyoming. There DeVoid’s colorful collection of true stories, published by Dis- wasn’t much difference between rural east and rural west tinction Press of Waitsfield, contain a few bordering on the fan- in those days. tastic. The book is a treasure chest of yarns that recount what Prior to the Civil War, Vermont farmers began concenit was like to live in Vermont starting in the 1920s through the trating more on dedicated dairy operations. And when the World War II years. refrigerated railroad car was introduced in 1910, milk could “Many of the events in my book actually happened,” DeVoid be shipped greater distances from the farm and co-op dairies. said. “Most were related to me by my father and his father. The Thanks to the railroads, people living in Boston and New York stories were passed on as bonafide experiences in their lives and City were drinking fresh milk from farms located more than their neighbors’ lives.”

100 miles away.

As DeVoid’s grandparents stories illustrate, farming has alBut even with technological advancements in transportways played a major part in the lives of Vermonters. ing dairy, and other farm goods to market, many Vermont As a child and teen, DeVoid spent hours listening to farmers relied on their horses for basic labor chores. In fact, his grandparents storytelling skills. At the time, the young, not every farmer had a motor tractor to rely upon even future author took the stories as gospel truth. And so, these through the Great Depression years. stories were retold by DeVoid to his family and friends. In With the publication of his book, the 70-something DeVoid, the telling, a tradition of rugged, self-sufficient rural New with his wife Joyce, brings to life the down-to-earth, and someEngland storytelling was kept alive. ttimes eccentric, lives of a cast of rural and As far back as the late 1700s, ttown characters that would delight anyVermonters were already self-suffioone interested in life before televisions, cient on farms hewn out of the rocky ccomputers, and mobile telephones. northern wilderness.

The DeVoids are both native VermontFarmers in those days lived simply eers. Rusty worked on a farm in Hinesburg and survived off the land they husd during his youth. He and Joyce first met banded, meaning they ate nearly all of w while students at Champlain Valley Union the food produced on their own farms.

H High School.

Horses, and to a lesser extent oxen, The couple were fortunate enough tto have been able to acquire and rescue played a major role as the “tractors” of JJoyce’s family farm situated on Hinesburg’s pre-Industrial Age farming here.

When sheep were introduced Hayden Hill. as Vermont livestock just before Preserving Preser ing Vermont’s rural tales tales: Rusty and Joyce continue page 20 the outbreak of the War of 1812, DeVoid of Hinesburg. the animals became an exportable SUMMER 2018 | Our State Vermont | 19

DeVoid, who appears to enjoy the same simple lifeThe up-country farm was in style of many of the people recounted in “Horse Tales...,” Joyce’s family for several generais proud of the fact that much of today’s world doesn’t tions. Today, it is a private museum fi lter through the fortress of his idyllic homestead. showcasing a way of life that many “There’s really nothing we need,” he said. “We of us today only know from old phohave a garden; we grow and can our own vegetables. tographs or movies.

This is how our parents, and their parents, lived. ToThe couple restored their 1882 day’s society lunges forward, hungry for progress. But Hinesburg farmhouse into a place of I believe it is necessary to stop occasionally and look simple rural beauty. around.

Consider the past—where have we been, It is decorated with various heirwhere are we going?” looms, of value only to the owners, DeVoid started writing “Horse Tales...” back in along with other period things such 2009.

He wanted to write down all the stories his faas Joyce’s grandmother’s ice box, old ther, Floyd DeVoid, told him about life growing up on hand tools from around the farm can a farm in Jeffersonville, Vt. be seen on display. Best of all is the It took DeVoid a year to assemble all the stories, DeVoids’ massive cast-iron kitchen with various names, taken from note and memory stove; it is the centerpiece of the home. down through the years.

“We spend a lot of time in the While he didn’t have many family photos to kitchen. It’s quiet there. We don’t have use in the book, one monochrome image—showtelevision anywhere in the house,” De- “Molly was my grandparents’ horse”: Void said proudly. “After Red Skelton Rusty Clark DeVoid’s grandfather farming, ing his great grandfather farming in Jeffersonville with Molly the horse, in Jeffersonville, Vt., went off the air, I don’t know anyone in 1949. (Cover photo of “Horse Tales and in 1949—graces the cover of the book.

No matter, the DeVoid family’s life in farming else on television. But I’ll say that we Hoof Prints”) is symbolic of so many other Vermont farming do have a telephone and the internet.”

DeVoid feels today’s world moves too quickly for us to notice families from the Great Depression and World War II eras.

According to a trio of VHS—Vermont Historical Socithe natural environment around us or to take measure of the ety—writers, Jeff Potash, Gene Sessions, and Michael Shersimple, yet important things of living.

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man, agriculture in the state suffered enormously during the 1930s.

“Income from the sale of fluid milk, Vermont’s most important agricultural product, dropped more than half from 1929 to 1933, in some places to 2.67 cents per quart—far less than the cost to the farmer for feed and equipment,” the writers write in a history report about the struggles of Vermont farmers during the Depression. “The decline in demand for agricultural products that farmers had used to supplement their incomes, such as potatoes and lumber, further reduced agricultural workers’ purchasing power to its lowest level since 1877. Many farmers sold out—more than 1,500 farms went out of business in the decade after the Great Crash of 1929, putting much of the land out of cultivation, and by 1930 the proportion of unimproved farmland had risen to 60 percent... What allowed many Vermonters to survive... were the skills and tradition of self-reliance, combined with cooperation, barter, and sharing resources.” Rusty DeVoid’s stories provide the local color behind these facts.

If you want to see what life was like as recounted in DeVoid’s book, you can examine the many on-the-farm photographs taken by accomplished visual artists working for the U.S. Works Progress Administration, and wandering through Vermont, during the Great Depression—Carl Mydans, Arthur Rothstein, Roy Frederic Heinrich, Lewis Wickes Hine, among other celebrated talents (we reproduce a few in our ‘North Country Living’ printed magazine version of this story).

“I regret not learning more about my family’s roots,” DeVoid admits. “But the stories I collected are like the songs of a troubadour in the Middle Ages. They were told at meeting places, at county fairs, and social gatherings.

DeVoid is so excited by the stories, he wishes more people would read them and tell stories of their own.

“The stories carried excitement and flavor about people who wrestled to survive and prosper on Vermont farms,” he said.

Aside from the mainstay livestock of most Vermont farmers of the years DeVoid recounts—the cow—horses were an inseparable part of these hardscrabble folks. Only today have the number of horses in Vermont come anywhere near the equine levels of the past. However, horses in Vermont now are no longer a necessity, but an expensive hobby, a luxury requiring a considerable income to properly feed, shelter, and graze—but not so 80 to 100 years ago.

“Muscles, sweat, and a strong back were vital tools for survival back then,” DeVoid said. “Horses fit right in as obedient members of the family. They were a dedicated, loyal power source that helped shape not only Vermont, but the entire nation.”

“Farming was never an easy life”: Farm hands take a break in a Franklin County field in August 1941. Photo courtesy of Jack Delano

“Muscles, sweat, and a strong back were vital tools for survival back then”: A farmer in Bristol, Vt., in July 1940. Photo courtesy of Louise Rosskam Pictured: Close up of a Vermont bee. - UVM photo by Jon Sullivan

All of DeVoid’s stories, told to him by his father, include horses—on the farm and in town.

“Many a tankard has been tipped to a worthy animal and their stories deserve telling,” he said.

DeVoid’s lead story, “Town Constable” presents the hyperbolic account of a Vermont town where Sally is the unofficial town constable. Sally, of course, is a horse. Without giving away the plot, suffice it to say, this DeVoid story should be joyfully enshrined alongside the best rural and frontier tales penned by Mark Twain and O’Henry.

In “The Best Town Meeting Ever”, DeVoid’s grandmother Cora of Underhill takes center stage in a story concerning a horse named Molly.

“Molly was my grandparents’ horse,” DeVoid said. “She didn’t need a pulling collar because the carriage she pulled only weighed about half the horse.”

In a story that dates to 1929, the year of the stock market crash, DeVoid tells the story of a Vermont man who mortgages his house to make a trip to Chicago. A skeptical fellow, who has never left the state wonders why. “Nothing but cement, brick and macadam,” he warns the would-be big city traveler. “Ain’t no trees anywhere. No grass either. I don’t know how people breathe. And there’s a hotel on every corner, and a restaurant in between.

Seems like they’re all busy, too.”

For all the quaint, nostalgic details in DeVoid’s first book, there is a clear longing for the past in these tales. And whether true or sweetened with fiction over the years in the telling, they connect to a past that exists in memories, old photos, and the imagination.

Farming was never an easy life, but the Vermonters who made their living by it have a story to tell, and DeVoid helps them tell the story. There are also lessons to learn here—people to trust and not trust, but always the steady connection between people, their animals and the land.

With a little humor and pathos added to spice up the tales, DeVoid’s book is a delight to read and pass along to friends.

Check It Out: “Horse Tales and Hoof Prints” is available at some booksellers in Vermont. It can also be ordered online, through Distinction Press of Waitsfield, Vermont, www.distinctionpress.com.

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SUMMER PICNICS

Asparagus, Snap Pea and Radish Salad 2 lb asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces 1 tsp grated lemon zest, plus 2 tbs lemon juice 3 tbs plus 1 tsp olive oil, divided 3 tsp fresh thyme leaves, divided 3 tsp pure honey, divided 1 (8 oz) block feta cheese 8 oz snap peas, sliced 1 bunch radishes, sliced Kosher salt Pepper

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DIRECTIONS: Heat oven to 425 degrees.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook asparagus, in batches, until crisp tender, 3-4 minutes.

Run batches under cold water to cool; pat dry.

Whisk together lemon juice and zest, 3 tbs olive oil, 2 tsp thyme, and 2 tsp honey in a bowl season with salt and pepper.

Place the feta in the center of a large piece of aluminum foil.

Drizzle with remaining tsp of olive oil, remaining tsp of thyme, and remaining tsp of honey. Season with salt and pepper. Pull the foil up around the feta to create a pouch. Bake until warm through about 14-16 minutes. Drain excess liquid and crumble with two forks.

Toss together the snap peas, radishes, cooked asparagus and vinaigrette. Serve immediately topped with warm feta.

T he Best Burger Begin with a hardy fresh roll. For the patty use 80% lean beef try not to over handle the meat forming ¾ inch thick and slightly larger than the roll patties. Avoid pressing down on the patty while grilling.

Use your favorite condiments ketchup, mustards, salsa, BBQ sauce etc. And try some different toppings for flavor and variety. Use a slice of beefsteak tomato with arugula, crumble blue cheese with grilled onion, or pair cabbage slaw with melted monterey jack.

Be creative using cucumber, avocado, goat cheese, jalapeno peppers or olive tapenade

Desserts

For T he Kids

For T he Adults

Have the kids fill a waffle cone with candies and toppings of their choice. Wrap the cones in foil and toss them into the campfire for 5 minutes.

Dip your freshly roasted marshmallow into a cup of Bailey’s Irish Whiskey. Eat off the stick or make a tasty s’more.

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VERMONT ST

is rich in geology, his

By Lou Varricchio

V SOUTHERN REGION: 1. The Bennington Battle Monument: If you start the Vermont Stone Trail at the state’s southern border with Massachusetts, you’ll have to include a visit to the 306-feet-tall Bennington Battle Monument located at 15 Monument Circle in Bennington. This magnificent monument is the gateway to Vermont’s marble region. Built in 1891 at the site of Revolutionary War army depot, the monument is composed of Sandy Hill dolomite, a hard limestone that was on its way to being marbleized.

The rock of the monument was formed in an ancient ocean and is made up of prehistoric mud and sea shell debris.

2. Robert Frost’s Grave: The great poet’s simple resting place is a slab of Vermont marble. “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world,” his final inscription reads. The grave is located at the Old First Church Cemetery, Route 9 and Monument Avenue in Bennington.

3. Norcross-West Quarry: Visit one of the state’s oldest marble quarries opened in 1785 and closed in 1920. Private owners welcome the public and you can picnic at the site and enjoy its scenic marble cliffs and placid springfed water.

ermont’s historic (and prehistoric!) Stone Trail began as the state’s way of attracting tourists to explore the history and geology of the granite, marble and slate belts which span the state in their own, individual areas.

The Vermont Stone Trail presents a multi-day adventure for rock hounding, visiting fascinating quarries and related industrial sites, art museums, native stone sculpture, architecture, as well as parks and even cemeteries.

All sites along the Vermont Stone Trail reflect the individual character of particular region’s natural resource of stone and how it became a part of the culture of the local area.

NORTHERN REGION: 1. Mt Philo: Nearly 1,000 feet above sea level, Mt. Philo in Charlotte stands along the ancient Champlain Thrust Fault. An auto road leads to the summit (admission fee) so you enjoy the rocks and the view.

In prehistoric times, this was an active earthquake zone; today, it is quiet, but its past violence shows here with the east side of the mountain having been thrust over the west side. Red-colored Monkton Quartzite outcrops at the summits, all the remains of ancient beach sand. Below is Stone Point Shale. You can see the sheer face of the fault where it faces Route 7. Nearby Buck and Snake mountains also show the ancient fault line.

2. Redstone Quarry: Explore a small quarry in Burlington with beautiful redstone, a form of metamorphosed sandstone, which was a source of architecture stone in the 1800s. Today, the University of Vermont Geology Department preserves the site for study and visitors. Located at 6 Hoover St., in Burlington.

3. Chazy Fossil Reef: Chazy Fossil Reef, centered at Isle La Motte, is a United States National Natural Landmark spanning three Lake Champlain islands in New York and Grand Isle County, Vermont. The site is recognized as the oldest known diverse fossil

Source: “The Vermont Stone Trail: A Visitor’s Guide to Granite, Marble and Slate in the Green Mountain State” published by V 24 | Our State Vermont | SUMMER 2018

TONE TRAIL

story, art and more

Our State Vermont magazine picked three must-see sites from each of the three regions along the trail.

And while the limited space of this magazine article can’t possibly show you every site along the Vermont Stone Trail, it will wet your appetite to explore more. With that said, we strongly recommend that you pick up a free copy of the detailed color booklet “The Vermont Stone Trail” published by the State of Vermont.

Telephone 1-800-VERMONT to request your copy or stop by a Vermont Welcome Center or tourist site.

reef in the world. The 1,567-acre site was dedicated as a National Natural Landmark in 2009. The reef is an observable portion of the larger Chazy Formation which extends from Quebec to Tennessee. The location features an exposed Ordovician fossil reef, approximately 450 to 480 million years old, containing fossils from what was once a tropical marine environment. The site is recognized as the oldest known fossil reef that contains substantial biological diversity.

CENTRAL REGION: 1. Slate Valley Cemeteries: Beautifully carved and engraved gravestones of native slate and other stones can be seen at four locales between Poultney and Fair Haven. Some of the graves in these cemeteries date to the 1650s, the oldest in Vermont.

Visit Horsford Crossing Cemetery at 65 Saltis St. in Poultney, Old North Half Cemetery at 17 West St. in Fair Haven, East Poultney Cemetery, and Mettowee Valley Cemetery in Middle Granville, N.Y., just across the state line.

2. Camara Slate Company: Visitors are welcome to join a tour of an active Vermont slate quarry and a slate manufacturing plant. Camara’s office is located at 963 S. Main St., in Fair Haven. Call (802) 265-3200 for all the details. Wear sturdy shoes and dress for Vermont’s always-changing weather.

3. Omya Marble Quarry: You can visit one of the world’s largest open pit marble mines where most of the world’s food-grade calcium carbonate originates. The Omya Company is international in scope and the public may visit the quarry once a year. So, on Sept. 15, 2018, the public can descend into the giant Middlebury pit to see a modern quarrying in operation. The quarry access road is located on the east side of Route 7, two miles south of Middlebury. For Sept. 15 reservations and information, visit www.omya.com.

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D I Y OUTDOOR Family Games

Bean Bag Toss Get a friendly rivalry going with bean bag games!

You can make or buy your bean bags.

Use planter saucers, spray painted white, as your goals. You can either paint on your numbers or use decals.

Mega Matching Game Use a durable material such as cork board for you tiles. Select fun themes to decorate the tiles (making 2 of each for matching). Spread out on the lawn or patio.

Reusable Tic-Tac-Toe For this game all you need is a wooden board, rocks and paint to make a tic-tac-toe game that can be used again and again.

Spray Paint Twister

Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

Make a circle stencil and spray paint colors right onto the grass.

Google the Twister game to make a spinner out of wood or a magnetic board.

Occupy the kids for hours with a scavenger hunt. Perfect for when the adults want a little relaxation time. You can create your own list of items to search for or download many free versions.

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Vermont historical

W

hile the state of Vermont is home to nearly 2,600 bridges, only about 106 of them are covered. The main purpose of covering a bridge was to extend the life of the structure. The authenticity of a covered bridge is determined not by age, but by construction. Trusses must be used versus other building methods, such as “stringer” construction.

Covered bridges are sprinkled across the entire state; out of the 14 counties in Vermont, 13 have at least one covered bridge. Vermont has the most covered bridges per mile in the U.S. We conclude our look at all 106 covered bridges of the Green Mountain State.

A Trio of Covered Bridges, Brownsville Brownsville is an unincorporated community in West Windsor. Located on Route 44, the village houses a number of administrative offices for the town of West Windsor. The village derives its name from two settlers, John and Briant Brown.

Just east of Brownsville is Mount Ascutney, the hardened magma chamber of an ancient stratovolcano, eroded away long ago. Ascutney Mountain Resort was one of the major ski areas in the state until it closed for good in 2010.

Three of Vermont’s covered bridges are nearby. The “Best’s” bridge near Churchill Road and the “Bowers” bridge are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The “Twigg” bridge on Yale Road was moved to its location by a developer and was heavily damaged by wind in 2002.

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COVERED BRIDGES Arlington Green Covered Bridge, West Arlington

The Bowers Covered Bridge

The Arlington Green Covered Bridge was built in 1852 using the Towne Truss design. Looking through the bridge you catch a glimpse of “The Inn On Covered Bridge Green” formerly the home of Norman Rockwell from 1943-1954.

The bridge spans the Battenkill River at Covered Bridge Road and VT RTE 313. This bridge is a popular swimming spot, kayak launch and fishing spot.

Creamery Covered Bridge in Brattleboro The Creamery Bridge located in Brattleboro, VT was built in 1879. This well maintained bridge is closed to vehicular traffic.

This makes it a great place to sit and reflect, have a picnic, walk through the bridge and it’s even hosted weddings. The lattice truss bridge formerly carried Guilford Rd across Whetstone Brook.

The Bowers Covered Bridge is located in Brownsville, VT. The single lane bridge was built in 1919 and carries Bible Hill Road over Mill Brook. The bridge was severely damaged and torn off its abutments during Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011 - the bridge was repaired and re-opened in the summer of 2012. It has since been damaged by oversized and overweight vehicles and trucks going through. As this bridge is becoming costly to repair the town is considering closing it to vehicular traffic.

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REEVE MORROW LINDBERGH:

FAMOUS PARENTS

and a life of writing

By Lou Varricchio

T

he United States may have eschewed English royalty back in the 18th century, but it has a peerage all its own. Family dynasties, such as the Kennedys, Roosevelts, Rockefellers, and Bushs, make up for what was lost when this colony severed ties with the motherland.

In the case of the famous Lindbergh family, aviation, politics, and literature become, foremost, the topic of conversation.

Charles Lindbergh, aviation pioneer, flew the Atlantic solo in his “Spirit of St. Louis” monoplane in 1927.

He became the first human to cross the storm-tossed ocean, New York to Paris, in an experimental aircraft.

And while his political views during

World War II caused controversy, he never wavered in his personal beliefs. Charles’ wife, Anne Morrow, also a pilot, made a name for herself as a gifted author, poet, and keen observer of the natural world. Perhaps more importantly, Charles and Anne cherished their children and together they raised a loving family.

In recent decades, another Lindbergh has emerged from the shadow of her famous parents to make her own mark on the world of words and wisdom, author Reeve Morrow Lindbergh.

Charles and Anne Lindbergh’s youngest daughter, Reeve was born Oct, 2, 1945. Today, she makes her home, along with husband and

Author Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviator-authors Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, signing her new book, “Two Lives”. Photo courtesy of Brigantine Media

writer Nathaniel Wardwell Tripp, in a 19th-century farm house in Passumpsic, Vermont.

A 1968 graduate of Radcliffe College, Reeve has never shied from talking about her illustrious family, their tragedies and their triumphs.

“In a way I always write the same book,” she said. “When I am not writing children’s books, I am always thinking about my family’s history.

Once again, I go back to two really strong themes, reflections about the family and the immediate moment.

That seems to be something I will focus on forever….”

According to Brigantine Media, publishers of Reeve’s latest book,

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“Two Lives”, work on the book began a few years ago.

“Lindbergh writes of her experiences growing up in the household of her famous father with echoes of his famous transatlantic flight and the kidnapping of her eldest brother, events which occurred years before she was born,” according to the cover notes.

Reeve writes and talks about her father and mother, the world of aviation, and even the tragic Lindbergh baby kidnapping case which made international headlines in 1932.

“As the youngest Lindbergh, (the kidnapping of Charles, Jr. age 20 months) has been easiest for me to talk about,” she said. “My brothers and older sister grew up under the shadow of the kidnapping and the war years.”

Writing was a way for Reeve’s parents to express themselves, she said. Even their sorrow, as a loving couple whose child was murdered, was better expressed through the written word.

Charles Lindbergh’s most notable book, “Spirit of St. Louis”, which tells the true story of his famous flight, remains a masterpiece of aviation literature. While Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s award-winning book, “Gift from the Sea”, written on Captiva Is-

International aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and his monoplane, the “Spirit of St. Louis”, after the historic transAtlantic flight in 1927.

land in Florida, certainly made her a literary name in 1955.

“Writing was a way for my parents to speak out and be open in their thinking. Their actual lives were not so open. They became very private and secluded after the death of their child. And of course the fame was annoying, probably even overwhelming. It was a kind of curse. So, they both wrote to say something from their hearts and minds. My father wrote the ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ book over many years. But he wrote ‘We’ very quickly right after the flight; it’s

a young man’s book and everyone should read it.”

Reeve said that she sees traits of both her parents in her own life and writings in Vermont.

“My brother will say that I am stubborn, so I suppose that comes from my father,” she said. “And from my mother comes an openness to life and to people, not closing myself off.

My father could close himself off at times. He was able to take off into the world and not get connected with people. Although those who knew my father might say otherwise.”

THE WORKS OF REEVE LINDBERGH: • Forward From Here: Leaving Middle Age--and Other Unexpected Adventures, • Under a Wing: A Memoir, Simon Simon and Schuster and Schuster (New York), 1998. • John’s Apples (poems), illustrated (New York), 2008.

by John Wilde, Perishable • Moving to the Country (novel), • Two Lives, Brigantine Media Press (Mt. Horeb), 1995.

Doubleday (New York), 1983.

(St. Johnsbury), 2018.

• Under a Wing (memoir), Simon • The View from the Kingdom: Reeve Morrow Lindbergh is also and chuster (New York), 1998.

A New England Album the author of 19 children’s books • No More Words: A Journal (essays), photographs by of My Mother, Anne Morrow Richard Brown, introduction Lindbergh, Simon and

by Noel Perrin, Harcourt Brace Schuster (New York), 2001.

Jovanovich (San Diego), 1987.

• There’s a Cow in the Road!, Dial (New York), 1993.

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• The Names of the Mountains (novel), Simon and Schuster (New York), 1992.

On June 5, Reeve visited the Middlebury Bookshop to read from, discuss, and sign her new book, “Two Lives”. In the tiny downtown shop, the author reflected on her role as the public face of her famous family while, simultaneously, leading a quiet life in Vermont’s countryside.

After years of devotedly keeping what she terms her “Lindbergh life”, and her everyday life on the farm separate, she now finds herself able to make peace with her two lives, hence the title of the new book.

In “Two Lives”, Reeve reconciles both fame and privacy; she described it as finding a “certain sweetness” where the inner and outer worlds intersect.

“Having been robbed of normalcy in a terrible way early on, my parents understood life for the treasure that it is, and tried their best to offer this treasure to their children as we grew up. How little I appreciated their efforts,” she said.

President John F. Kennedy with Reeve Lindbergh’s parents, aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh pictured on May 11, 1962.

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What the hay!

Wyatt Vincent has a passion for agricultural folk art J

ust like the Renaissance artist Michelangelo, Wyatt Vincent of Vermont Bale Creations in Vergennes is a sculptor driven with passion. However, Vincent’s passion isn’t for the medium of white marble from Cararra, Italy. It happens to be good ol’ fashioned Vermont farm hay.

Born in Middlebury, Vincent lived in the town of Addison for several decades before moving to Vergennes.

A 1986 graduate of Vergennes Union High School, he never thought much about art or even hay back in the day. Vincent’s stock-in-trade for years had been (and actually still is) the landscaping business, as the owner of Vincrest Landcare. But one day, out of the blue, we imagine a light went on in Vincent’s always churning, always creative mind; then he

By Lou Varricchio found himself saying, “I can do that.”

And “that” turned out to be an unusual genre within the world of agricultural folk art: hay bale sculpture.

Considering all the vast rural acreage of the United States, there really hasn’t been much of a boom in hay bale art. In England, there are hay bale artists, that is, the artists who aren’t already too busy creating “alien” crop circles for media attention. In that regard, Vermont is sort of unique although there are other hay bale creators in other parts of our Green Mountain State. Christine Vincent often helps her husband with his unusual projects. That’s why we’d bet she’d be the first to say Wyatt Vincent is passionate about hay bales and helping people. “The world needs

to be a better place,” Vincent said.

“If my sculptures help make people smile, even a little, I am happy.” And he means it.

The artist began his long parade of hay creations, first, with a hay bale motorcycle for Cyclewise in New Haven. Next, hay bale canines graced the Homeward Bound animal shelter in Middlebury when a fundraising effort was underway. Vincent now has a list of favorite charities that he helps. But he’s also big hearted enough to help anyone with a sincere request for fundraising (or other) ideas when it comes to local charities and children in need. (We should mention that Vincent has a very special soft spot for kids.)

Right now, Vincent has 300 gallons of latex paint in his garage for coloring his various sculptures. He

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Anyhow, I should mention that I use only bedding hay or moisture damaged hay. I don’t use any hay that’s good for our farm animals. And I make my own bales. The Vanderwey family in Vergennes has been a big help; they have custom made bales for me. But I’ve got my own tractors and other equipment to move the bales. I run a landscape business.

OSV: How much of the work do you do on-site or before hand?

Vincent: I can bring a completed piece, depending on size, or I can assemble it on site.

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also wraps his own bales as a means to make them last just a little longer than nature will allow.

This fall, Vincent is honoring Vermont’s first responders with a life-size fire truck, ambulance, and police cruiser. Look for these hay bale vehicles at this summer’s Addison County Fair & Field Days.

vet came up to me and said “thanks” for my building a Huey helicopter for the Vergennes Memorial Day Parade, I cried like a big baby. My friends don’t understand why I do this because I don’t make much money at it. Some people ask where to send a check. I give them the name of a local charity and they mail a check.

OSV: What ever inspired you to create such amazing sculptures out of hay? What was your art experience before you started?

Vincent: I had no art experience.

I can see things in my mind. I started my first sculpture with a pile of hay in a flower bucket. I started Vermont Bale Creations to help raise awareness of multiple charities and businesses around the area. My first sculpture was at Cyclewise. Then I helped Homeward Bound animal shelter in Middlebury with 12 sculptures in the fall of 2011. A woman from New York City wrote an anonymous check to the shelter because the sculptures touched her. I have a booth at the Addison County Fair & Field Days. I cover Relay for Life, Making Strides for Breast Cancer, Homeward Bound, SMA and others.

OSV: Do you sketch a sculpture before you begin it? How do you decide how many bales to use?

Vincent: I sometimes doodle the sculpture first. I estimate the amount of hay I will need. The sculptures begin in stages. And my bales travel all over. I work on them during the evening with my wife’s help. One work I had fun with is a sculpture for the Peter Newton for Addison County Sheriff campaign. I use chicken wire which let’s me shape the piece. I’ve built (hay) sand castles, animals, cars, trucks, aircraft and helicopters. Someone wants me to build them a pig sculpture that will go in a parade this year.

OSV: You must get a real kick out of sculpting everyday hay into such amazing folk objects.

Vincent: You have no idea. I am actually at peace when I build these things. And then, when a Vietnam

OSV: What’s helps preserve a sculpture past one season?

Vincent: Paint helps preserve the sculptures. And of course, water naturally sheds off round bales, too. But water manages to seep through, so I may have to rebuild a sculpture. My Vermont Teddy Bear in Shelburne is two years old now, so that needs to be rebuilt. It was a hard winter on bale art, a very cold, very wet winter.

OSV: What are some of the memorable sculptures you’ve done?

Vincent: Honestly, everyone is memorable. But it’s what happens around the sculpture that makes lasting impressions. Like the time a busload of autistic kids came to the Shelburne Museum on a field trip. I was building a hay sculpture there, and as soon as they spotted me, they got out and raced over to see what I was doing.

It was wonderful to be with the kids.

They were so interested, they started helping me. All the smiles on their faces were so incredibly rewarding to me.

Interested in learning more about Vermont Bale Creations? Do you have a fundraising event that would be helped with a hay bale sculpture? Contact Wyatt Vincent via email at vincreastlandcare@gmail. com or call him at 802-324-6229. See: www.facebook.com/VTBaleCreations

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The Day Hiker’s Guide includes 150 trails which take the hiker to the Green Mountain State’s magical places—mountains, lakes, ponds and waterfalls.

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OSV presents a sampler of the Green Mountain Club’s best Vermont summer day hikes that are ideal for mud season, too— which any Vermonter will tell you can encounter anytime of the year: Western Vermont • Mount Philo, Charlotte: This small mountain is found in Mount Philo State Park which is the oldest park in the state system.

The short hike to the summit provides spectacular views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. Great for all abilities.

• Delaware and Hudson Rail Trail: This 19.8 multiuse trail travels through Bennington and Rutland counties. Walkers can experience a variety of scenery as it passes by dairy farms; through meadows, forests, and wetland; and traverses 17 bridges and overpasses.

• Trail Around Middlebury, Middlebury: Managed by the Middlebury Area Land Trust, this footpath travels 18-miles around the town. As a top trail running destination, it connects hundreds of acres of town land, conserved properties, and historic landmarks. continue page 43

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