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Topic: Glastenbury, Vermont

	Vermont Wilderness Association -- A coalition working for expanded wilderness in Vermont
		As Vermont's magnificent forests, fields, and farmlands fall to new development, the Green Mountain National Forest and other public lands provide increasingly valuable ways for Vermonters and visitors to enjoy the wild.
		This plan falls far short of the nearly 80,000 acres of Wilderness proposed by the Vermont Wilderness Association.
		The recent introduction of the 2006 Wilderness bill by Vermont's Congressional delegation provides a critical complement to the Forest Service's plan to permanently protect some of the state's wildest, most ecologically important lands.
	www.vermontwilderness.org (222 words)

	Matteson.us: Glastenbury Mattisons
		The relationship of Mattesons (and Mattisons) in the role of the town of Glastenbury, in Bennington County, Vermont, is a very interesting one.
		Glastenbury, it should be noted, is one of five unincorporated towns and gores in Vermont; of these, Glastenbury and its nearby cousin Somerset are the only two that ever were incorporated.
		The Deming Catalog of Vermont Officers for 1851 states that a Henry and Francis Matteson were the first, or among the first, settlers of the town.
	www.matteson.us /glastenburymattisons.shtml (869 words)

	Vermont Wilderness Association -- A coalition working for expanded wilderness in Vermont
		The forestland and extensive stands of mature beech trees provide critical fl bear habitat in the proposed Glastenbury Wilderness, and claw-marked beech trees are a common sight demonstrating the presence of bears throughout the area.
		The township of Glastenbury is almost entirely National Forest, but for much of the last one hundred years it was owned by one family.
		Glastenbury is now a rich mosaic of balsam fir, red spruce, white and yellow birch, beech, and mountain ash.
	www.vermontwilderness.org /glastenbury.php (573 words)

	This is Vermont
		Glastenbury had an official municipal history of 103 years; in existence from 1834 to 1937.
		Glastenbury was first chartered by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth as part of the New Hampshire Grants on August 20,1761.
		hen Vermont achieved it's statehood in 1791 and the first census was taken, a total of 34 people were already settled in the town.
	www.thisisvermont.com /townsglastenburyindex.html (545 words)

	Your Wilderness - A monthly newsletter from Campaign for America's Wilderness (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As one Vermonter comments, this “is one area where you can't see any civilization.
		Vermont conservationists fear that parts of Glastenbury Mountain will be scheduled for future logging.
		This would bring Vermont wilderness to 2.26 percent of the state—still a modest amount in a state with a strong rural heritage.
	64.224.202.104 /psapp/newsletter/view_nl_art.asp?CAW_NL_ART_ID=19 (491 words)

	Glastenbury, Vermont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unfortunately, a freshet wiped out the railroad tracks that winter, marking the beginning of the end of Glastenbury as a functioning town.
		Population dwindled in the early twentieth century, down to only seven in 1937, when the legislature unincorporated the town.
		Another old tale involves a strange beast that is said to have attacked and toppled stage coach crossing over the mountain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glastenbury,_Vermont (763 words)

	Senator Jim Jeffords -- Vermont (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The new Glastenbury Wilderness comprises 28,491 acres of mostly hardwood forest, with a mix of open and forested wetlands, upper mountain slopes and low mountains and hills.
		The primary trail to the summit of Glastenbury Mountain is excluded from the wilderness designation in order to preserve it for snowmobile use and rescue access to this area.
		Encompassing 12,437 acres in the northern half of the Forest, the new Joseph Battell Wilderness honors a historic champion of public land in Vermont, who bequeathed the core of the affected lands, as a park, in 1911.
	jeffords.senate.gov /wilderness2006.html (522 words)

	Forest Watch -- Glastenbury Wilderness: Vermont’s Wild Island of Hope
		The fire tower on Glastenbury, which would be kept under the wilderness proposal, is 10 miles from a road in each direction by the Long Trail.
		For the wanderer afoot, the Glastenbury Mountain area is a treasure.
		If Glastenbury Mountain and the other areas proposed by the Vermont Wilderness Association are designated wilderness by Congress, a little over two percent of the state will eventually harbor ancient forest refuges for wildlife and people to enjoy.
	www.forestwatch.org /content.php?id=165 (768 words)

	Sierra Club Outings \| Autumn Wanderings in Wild Vermont \| 06104A (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The proposed Glastenbury Wilderness possesses a massive and beautifully wild ridgeline that dominates the landscape to the east.
		After spending time in these proposed Vermont Wilderness areas, and witnessing firsthand their value and magnificence, we hope that activists from other states will be motivated to return home and spread the word to help preserve one of this country's special places.
		These are the Romance Mountain and Glastenbury areas, which together comprise 50,000 acres of a total of the 85,000 acres proposed by the Vermont Wilderness Association to add to existing wilderness areas on the Green Mountain National Forest.
	www.sierraclub.org /outings/national/brochure/06104a.asp (1852 words)

	Read On VGM
		Glastenbury, and Vermont's other wildest places deserve permanent protection of their ecological and recreational values.
		Wilderness is part of Vermont's tradition and a valued part, according to polls of residents of the Green Mountain State.
		The Vermont Wilderness Association (VWA), of which The Wilderness Society is a part, proposes to double that amount with protection of another 60,000 acres, including some of the state's most spectacular wild areas such as Glastenbury Mountain and Lamb Brook.
	www.wonderfulworldofwildlife.org /ReadOnVGM.htm (687 words)

	Man spots bigfoot Bennington County, Vermont
		Bennington County, Vermont 2003 -- GLASTENBURY -- A Winooski man believes he saw a bigfoot-type creature at dusk while driving north on Route 7 Wednesday.
		At about 7:10 p.m., Ray Dufresne, 45, was heading back up North after visiting his daughter at Southern Vermont College, when he spotted a 6-foot-plus tall, 270-pound, "big, fl thing" walking upright from near the highest point of elevation on Route 7.
		District Chief Dane Hathaway of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department said this was the first time he had heard of anything like this during his 32 years working for the state.
	www.bigfootencounters.com /articles/bennington.htm (818 words)

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		"Glastenbury Mountain," —- Mulder walked to the wall and pinpointed the fire tower with an index finger —- "is located in an area of Vermont sometimes referred to as the 'Bennington Triangle,' so called because four people disappeared from there in 1894.
		Glastenbury Mountain is the mother lode of X-Files.
		They avoided Glastenbury, claiming that not even the animals would come here." "Interesting, considering...that." Mulder pointed at the overhang where two identical men stared back at them, their silver-streaked hair billowing in the updraft.
	imadethis2.tripod.com /VS9/9x19.txt (10503 words)

	Douglas, congressional delegation reach wilderness compromise
		In a statement this evening, Leahy’s office said the Vermont delegation “proposed again to Gov. Douglas that 6,066 acres of the northern part of the proposed Glastenbury wilderness area be removed from the bill.
		Probably because Vermonters expressed their outrage that the Governor would reject this common sense compromise that brought Vermonters together, and instead acted to divide us,” said Parker.
		As it was originally introduced in April, the legislation would have increased Vermont wilderness by about 48,000 acres, including the creation of two new wilderness areas, Glastenbury in southern Vermont and Batell in central Vermont.
	www.vermontguardian.com /local/092006/WildAgreement.shtml (1146 words)

	Glastenbury, Vermont, New England, USA
		Regardless of is legendary namesake, Vermont's Glastenbury seems to have been ill-omened from the start.
		In a period of prosperity after the Civil War, charcoal was produced in Glastenbury, there being an abundance of trees.
		There are only a handful of people who call the town home for a few weeks each summer; aside from The Long Trail traversing the town between Woodford and Sunderland, the only access is one dirt road entering from Shaftsbury, to total no more than two miles of road in the entire town.
	www.virtualvermont.com /towns/glastenbury.html (757 words)

	VTGenWeb - Vermont History and Genealogy
		Index to The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Local History of All the Towns in the State, transcribed by Rod Skinner (County Coordinator for Windham County, VTGenWeb), 2006.
		The VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETTEER is a 5 volume set of historical information, by Abby Maria Hemenway, with Volume I published in 1867, and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death.
		To Identify the county in which a Vermont town is located click here.
	home.att.net /~Local_History/VT_History.htm (1792 words)

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