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	Notes on Rutland, NY
		Rutland has a somewhat interesting history relating to roads, in which connection the recollections of Washington Tucker are appropriate.
		The inhabitants voted a bounty of $10 on wolves in 1803, '7, '8 and '14, and of $15 in 1805 and 1806.
		The N. church in Rutland dates back in its history to about 1806 when a meeting house (said to have been the second in the county) was built in Rutland Hollow, a short distance north of the point where the Black River road leaves the Rutland Hollow road.
	history.rays-place.com /ny/jeff-rutland-notes.htm (1271 words)

	History of Rutland, NY
		Rutland is and during this long period has been regarded as one of the best towns for general agricultural pursuits in all the Black river country, while almost every opportunity for profiting by its abundant water power has been accepted and improved.
		The town of Rutland was created April 1, 1802, since which time its boundary lines have not been materially changed, except by the acquisition of the island at Felts' Mills, which was annexed front Le Ray by an act of the Legislature, passed April 1, 1844.
		It so happened that among the pioneers of Rutland were found men of special strength and determination of character, of mental and moral worth that gave them a prominence in the region, and naturally resulted in their selection for positions of trust and responsibility.
	history.rays-place.com /ny/jeff-rutland-ny.htm (7380 words)

	History of Rutland Vermont from the Rutland Historical Society, Rutland, Vermont
		The Township of Rutland was chartered in 1761 by Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire.
		In 1870 Rutland was the railroad crossroads of Vermont.
		She was a strong patron of the Rutland Free Library and arts and literature in Rutland in general.
	www.rutlandhistory.com /hist_rutland.asp (791 words)

	Rutland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rutland is traditionally England's smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire.
		Earl of Rutland and Duke of Rutland are titles in the peerage of England, derived from the traditional county of Rutland.
		The Earl of Rutland was elevated to the status of Duke in 1703 and the titles were merged.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rutland (1395 words)

	Rutland: History
		Otter Creek served as a junction on the military road connecting the Champlain forts to the north with the Connecticut Valley during the French and Indian War, and settlement was not attempted until that hostility ceased.
		Fort Rutland was built in 1775, and in 1778 the city became the headquarters for state troops during the American Revolution.
		This explosive growth is attributed to the arrival in 1849 of the railroad and the resulting boom in the marble industry, which had been operating on a small scale since the early nineteenth century.
	www.city-data.com /us-cities/The-Northeast/Rutland-History.html (477 words)

	The History of Rutland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In March, 1855, a company was formed in Rutland, Vermont, that was called the "Vermont Emigration Association." It was organized "for the purpose of settling a section of country in the west, where social, religious and civil privileges may be enjoyed".
		The settlement of Rutland properly belongs to the history of LaSalle county,but as it had much to do with the early settlement of Bennington township a brief mention may be made of it here.
		It was soon found that the land was not only susceptible of cultivation, but that it was extremely fertile, and the crops raised were much better than those in the timbered land, and it was but a very short time before the land was all taken up and farm houses sprung up in every direction.
	www.piperspages.com /lasalle/RUTLAND.html (1025 words)

	East Midlands Oral History Archive: Rutland
		In the middle of the county lies Rutland water which is the largest man-made reservoir in Europe.
		Rutland water was created in 1970 despite some opposition from local farmers.
		There are a number of useful websites which provide an introduction to Rutland such as Rutnet - Rutland On Line which features a clickable map that enables you to find out more about all of the villages and towns in the county.
	www.le.ac.uk /emoha/community/rutland.html (200 words)

	BBC - Leicester - Around Leicester - History
		Rutland formed the extreme western area of Edith's lands, hence the name of the village Edith Weston.
		The Cottesmore is one of the famous hunts of Leicestershire and Rutland, which include the Fernie and the Quorn.
		Rutland ceases to be England's smallest county, and is merged into Leicestershire, though the county's road signs remain.
	www.bbc.co.uk /leicester/aroundleicester/history/leicester_rutland/rutland.shtml (289 words)

	History of Rutland and Rutland Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The reservoir is located in the centre of Rutland and apart from supplying water to homes across the East Midlands, it now boasts a 25 mile cycle track around the shores, sailing, nature reserve, fly fishing, a butterfly farm and much more...
		The Church now stands proudly by the side of Rutland Water and houses a museum and exhibition on the building of the reservoir which is open to the public from April to October.
		The name Rutland is likely to have been Anglo-Saxon or Norse and probably is a reference to the red colour of the soil.
	www.rutlandtourism.co.uk /history.htm (487 words)

	History of Rutland Vermont from the Rutland Historical Society, Rutland, Vermont
		History of Rutland Vermont from the Rutland Historical Society, Rutland, Vermont
		he Rutland Historical Society was founded in 1969 to serve the original town of Rutland which includes the present towns of Proctor, Rutland Town, West Rutland and the City of Rutland.
		Rutland has continued to grow in industry and population to become the largest city in Southern Vermont.
	www.rutlandhistory.com (498 words)

	Denise Byers : Rutland Vermont Info
		Rutland is a county seat of government and therefore is home to Federal, Superior, County, Family and Traffic Courts and there are many legal and professional associations who locate here.
		The Rutland Regional Medical Center is a main employer in town and as such many doctors, nurses, dentists and complimentary services find Rutland their home.
		Rutland is a hospitality base center and the quality of life and raising a family here is desirable.
	www.dbyersrealestate.com /rutland (502 words)

	History of Marble and West Rutland - H. Hirschmann, Ltd.relocation and expansion to 467 Sheldon Avenue, West Rutland, ...
		The first settlers in West Rutland were farmers and a few tradesmen from Connecticut and Massachusetts.
		In 1840 there were only 20 dwellings in West Rutland, however by the 1850's the marble industry began to flourish.
		In November 1886 West Rutland was incorporated as a town.
	www.hhirschmannltd.com /company/marblehistory.html (574 words)

	History \| Rutland Fire Department & Emergency Medical Services \| Chase Smith
		In the years before 1894 the inhabitants of Rutland, MA relied on their neighbors for assistance in fighting fire in their homes, barns, and places of business.
		The fire engine that was purchased consisted of a mill pump mounted on a two-wheel truck with a 1-1/2 inch suction inlet and a 1-1/2 inch discharge hose.
		In 1932, through the efforts of Louis Hanff, the Town of Rutland received a grant from the government to raise the roof of the old Fire House.
	homepage.mac.com /chase.smith/RutlandFire/history.html (696 words)

	Rutland Herald: Rutland Vermont News & Information
		A female patient alleges in a lawsuit that she went to Rutland Regional Medical Center for treatment of a respiratory ailment and was groped and kissed by a male nurse.
		A $25,000 warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Rutland man who served five years in jail for setting one of the largest fires in recent Rutland City history nearly decade ago and is now wanted on a charge of setting off a false fire alarm at a downtown store.
		History was made in Rutland Wednesday when David Trapeni announced that he was entering an already crowded race for mayor.
	www.rutlandherald.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS01 (839 words)

	RUTLAND RAILWAY
		Guilford (GTI) purchased the Rutland in 1982 to compliment the Maine Central and later Boston & Maine and Delaware & Hudson railways under one unified banner of operation.
		Rutland Railway (RUT) has signed an agreement in principal to lease 50 Thrall Rotary Gondolas from MD Rail Leasing (MDLX) for its Wastericity trash trains.
		In the end the Rutland won out, and the unions were forced to take a 45% workforce reduction in order to return to work.
	www.rutlandrailway.com (1015 words)

	Rutland Manor Labradoodles - History Of The Labradoodle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rutland Manor Labradoodles - History Of The Labradoodle
		Spearheaded by Derek and Angela Cunningham of Tegan Park and Beverley Manners of Rutland Manor, the LAA was incorporated in Melbourne Australia, on 14th June 2000 Incorporation # A0039798P.
		Research carried out at Rutland Manor found that by using Miniature Poodles over Labrador Retrievers the size in the offspring for at least three generations was unpredictable, with some of the puppies being smaller than either parent, but others in the same litter being as large or larger than either parent at maturity.
	www.rutlandmanor.com /Site/History.aspx (3297 words)

	Hawk Inn & Mountain Resort - Rutland
		Rutland, VT Vermont's second largest city and home to many thriving industries, Rutland provides easy access to all of central and southern Vermont.
		With the arrival of the railroad and a boom in the marble industry, Rutland's population tripled between 1850 and 1880.
		Rutland City had already become a prosperous community in the mid-to-late 1800s, with many fine Victorian homes of the era still standing behind the park between Route 7 and the downtown area.
	www.hawkresort.com /attractions/rutlandvt.html (611 words)

	Rutland Herald: Rutland Vermont News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Jim Davidson of the Rutland Historical Society will give his third talk in the four-part "History of Rutland" series from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
		During the 1893-1950 period, Rutland had an electric trolley system that reached as far as Castleton, Fair Haven and Poultney, a cultural center that included an opera house and new theater, the world's largest marble company, industries like the Howe Scale Co. and a thriving railroad.
		Davidson maintains that the long overdue creation of Rutland as a city was important for its future, but changes occurred that proved to be a brake on its future growth and development.
	www.rutlandherald.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/NEWS/601190339/1002/NEWS01 (157 words)

	Rutland - Tourism guide to England's smallest county
		Rutland is well known for being the smallest County in England covering an area 16 miles wide and 11 miles long.
		Away from the tourist trail, Rutland has many hidden treasures and is often compared to the more famous Cotswolds for its natural beauty.
		Although not strictly in Rutland, the world famous horse trials are right on the doorstep.
	www.rutlandtourism.co.uk (203 words)

	Rutland Vermont - Rutland's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rutland was settled in 1761 and by 1774 there were 35 families.
		The first grantee of the township charter was from Rutland, MA.
		Rutland City was a prosperous community in the mid to late 1800's, with many fine Victorian homes of the era still standing behind the park between Route 7 and the downtown area.
	www.rutlandvermont.com /history.html (107 words)

	History of Rutland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The north-western part of the county of Rutland was recorded as Rutland, a detached part of Nottinghamshire, in the Domesday Book; the south-eastern part as the wapentake of Wicelsea in Northamptonshire.
		Rutland gained its own county council by virtue of the Local Government Act 1888, but it was reconstitiuted as a district of Leicestershire in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972.
		This article related to the history of the UK or its predecessor states is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Rutland (175 words)

	{{Welcome to Rutland-Europe.com}} (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rutland has sold globally for almost 20 years; as the marketplace has become increasingly global in scope, so too has Rutland Plastic Technologies.
		This policy is available to employees of Rutland Plastic Technologies as well as the community.
		Rutland, in short, can help relieve the headaches, expense, and environmental distractions of plastisol manufacturing, allowing you to focus on your core business and employ your resources more cost-effectively.
	users.skynet.be /fa361461/Rutland/rutland_2005/history_usa.html (994 words)

	Home Page of Rutland Local History and Record Society
		The only society for you if your interest is the history and people of England's smallest county.
		All our society publications are concerned with some aspect of Rutland's history.
		"Rutland Record" is the Society's journal, published annually and free to members.
	www.rutlandhistory.org (161 words)

	Rutland News
		Rutland High School has not met the Adequate Yearly Progress standards for the fourth consecutive year, putting it in corrective action identification status.
		Rutland, VT -- Heating with wood continues to gain in popularity as the cost of heating with oil gets more expensive.
		A 34-year-old man who set one of the largest fires in recent Rutland history more than six years ago is back in trouble for allegedly pulling a false alarm at Wal-Mart.
	www.topix.net /city/rutland-vt (693 words)

	Stretton History
		Stretton in Rutland forms a similar pattern of a small nuclear village within reach of, but not threatened by, the great Roman road to the north, Ermine Street.
		Records of Stretton in the early medieval period are sparse, although the Calendar of Patent Rolls, quoted in the Victoria County History of Rutland, records that King Edward I stopped here twice on his way to and from Scotland, while his son, Edward II, visited in 1316.
		The description of lands held ‘in the fields’ of Stretton is evidence that at this period the grant of land might comprise a number of scattered strips in each of the common fields, rather than a consolidated holding.
	www.rutnet.co.uk /pp/gold/viewGold.asp?IDType=Page&ID=1317 (1265 words)

	Rutland Water Project - 1
		When the twin valleys of the River Gwash were flooded in the mid-1970s, Rutland Water became Europe’s largest man-made lake set in England’s smallest county.
		This is the first time that such a detailed and comprehensive survey has been attempted and it may be the last opportunity before memories disappear.
		Rutland Water was planned in the 1960s to meet the needs of the expanding East Midlands area of England.
	www.rutlandhistory.org /rutlandwater.html (203 words)

	The Infography about the History of Rutland, Vermont
		The following sources are recommended by an expert whose research specialty is the history of Rutland, Vermont.
		H.P. Smith and W.S. Rann, editors, History of Rutland County, Vermont, D. Mason and Sons, 1886, 959 pp.
		Tyler Resch, The Rutland Herald History: A Bicentennial Chronicle, Rutland Herald, 1996, 139 pp.
	www.infography.com /content/966556566751.html (167 words)

	Rutland County, Vermont Local 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.
		History of the town of Pittsford, Vt., with biographical sketches and family records, By A.M. Caverly, Rutland : Tuttle and co., printers, 1872.
		Sudbury, VT History and Genealogy, by Mary Anne Wheeler!
	home.att.net /~local_history/Rutland-Co-VT.htm (2113 words)

	City of Rutland, Vermont -- Rutland City Clerk Rodney D. Pulsifer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The original township of Rutland was chartered on 7 September 1761 and remained intact under one local government for over a century.
		This left Rutland Town, which surrounds the city limits, as the only section which remained under the original government.
		The Rutland City Clerk's office stores and protects in our vaults all the original vital records of births, deaths, marriages and civil unions that occur within Rutland City.
	rutland.govoffice.com /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={D0A4D01D-5919-4903-AAE4-0CC130FF2E49} (327 words)

	Pittsfield, Rutland County
		The History of Rutland county, Vermont; Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military., by
		History of Rutland County, Vermont, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, edited by H.P. Smith and W.S. Rann.
		The church ws supplied with different ministers, among whom was the noted Lemuel HAYNES of West Rutland, until 1813, when Rev. Justin PARSONS moved into Pittsfield, and was installed pastor over said church, and remained their minister until about the year 1831, when his relationship with the church was dissolved.
	home.att.net /~family-history/Pittsfield-VT.htm (2700 words)

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