Themes in Vermont History.
There are structures, villages, and sites representing three centuries of history and 12,000 years of pre-history in nearly every town in Vermont. These reminders of how people lived with the land are the most comprehensive physical expression of who we are and where we came from. Saving them as we grow and develop will help keep Vermont a special place.
The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation has summarized nine important themes in Vermont history in order to understand and help preserve the historic resources reflecting this history. The nine major themes are: Native American Prehistory Contact; Exploration, Conflict, and Early Settlement; Agriculture; Historic Architecture and Patterns of Town Development; Culture and Government; Transportation; Industry and Commerce; Tourism; War and Peacetime. Each theme is broken down into sub-themes, called historic contexts.
Historic Themes
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These are descriptions are for six of the nine themes.
All information and photographs from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
The Vermont Heritage Network
The University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program
Wheeler House, University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
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http://www.uvm.edu/~vhnet
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