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Glastenbury is a town in bennington county, vermont, united states. The town was unincorporated by an act of the state legislature in 1937, and is now essentially a ghost town.
Mostly lost at the turn of the century, glastenbury mountain, located just outside of bennington, is no stranger to tales of legend and creepy stories. It’s a ghost town in vermont you’ve possibly never even heard of despite it being right in your backyard.
The town of glastenbury was charted in 1761 by land grabbing benning wentworth, governor of new hampshire.
A creepy ghost town in vermont, glastenbury is the stuff nightmares are made of when manhunts turn up nothing, we often turn to folklore. However, the original stories are usually founded on a shred of truth, so it makes you wonder about the truth behind the ghost town of glastenbury in vermont.
The site of a ghost town which was lost at the turn of the century, mysterious glastenbury mountain is located just outside of bennington, vermont. The vast wilderness is host to many legends, among them tales of a “man-eating” rock and several bigfoot sightings.
A lively and amusing history of the former mountain community of glastenbury in southern vermont.
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Glastenbury and its neighboring township somerset were both once moderately thriving logging and industrial towns, but began declining toward the late 19th century, and are now essentially ghost towns, unincorporated by an act of the vermont general assembly in 1937.
This excerpt from the a chapter on the towns of bennington county, vermont details the growth of glastenbury. Glastenbury vermont is small mountain town that once reached the size of a small town with around 250 citizens at its peak. As of the 2000 census, there were 16 people, 6 households, and 4 families still residing in the town.
The deming catalog of vermont officers for 1851 states that a henry and matteson known for building a tavern in shaftsbury which is now a historical site.
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In glastenbury alone, 10,000 bushels of charcoal were burned for smelting iron ore in 1820.
Apr 1, 2008 founded by a famously scheming new hampshire governor, glastenbury struggled for over a century to break triple digits in population.
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Jan 31, 2019 deerfield river railroad, courtesy of the vermont historical society, resch published glastenbury: the history of a vermont ghost town,.
History[edit] glastenbury was first chartered in 1761 by new hampshire governor benning wentworth, but settlers did not begin trickling.
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Founded by a famously scheming new hampshire governor, glastenbury struggled for over a century to break triple digits in population. A small charcoal-making industry briefly flourished after the civil war, yet by 1920 glastenbury counted fewer than twenty inhabitants.
A small charcoal-making industry briefly flourished after the civil war, yet by 1920 glastenbury counted fewer than twenty inhabitants. The end came officially in 1937, when the state, following a spirited debate, formally disincorporated the town. Yet glastenbury's legacy lives on in tyler resch's lively and amusing history.
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Glastenbury was mostly uninhabited by european settlers before the 1700s. In 1761, new hampshire’s governor chartered the town, and by 1791 six families lived in the tiny community. It became a logging town in about 1870, and as many as 240 people called it home.
That’s where tyler resch’s invaluable book glastenbury, history of a vermont ghost town, emerged beaconlike in the darkness. The town of glastenbury was charted in 1761 by land grabbing benning wentworth, governor of new hampshire.
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