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Vermont Historical Society. "Green Mountaineer - Transportation." Vermont History Explorer. http://vermonthistory.org/index.php/houghtoncivilwarimages/category/59.html (accessed July 23, 2014).
Vermonters have travelled the state using many different types of transportation including:
Boats

Steam Travel on Lake Champlain (PDF 1.2MB)
The Black Snake Affair and the Price of Statehood (PDF 1.7MB)

Trains

A Train Wreck, A Song, and a Memory (PDF 1.8MB)
Riddles in Morse Code (PDF .5MB)

Bicycles

Spinning Their Wheels (PDF 1.8MB)
Cycling Crossword (PDF .7MB)

Horse-drawn vehicles

Snow Rollers (PDF .5MB)
Bridges To the Past (PDF .4MB)

And even hot air balloons!

The Disappearing Balloonist of Hyde Park (PDF .5MB)

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