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COLCHESTER , a township of Chittenden See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

VERMONT

Vermont, U.S.A., on See also:

Lake See also:

Champlain, immediately N.E. of See also:

BURLINGTON

Burlington, from which it is separated by the Winooski See also:

RIVER

river. Pop. (1900) 5352; (1910) 6450. It is served by the Central Vermont railway. The See also:

SURFACE

surface is generally gently See also:

ROLLING

rolling, and in places along the See also:

banks of the Winooski or See also:

ONION (Fr. oignon, Lat. unio, liberally unity, oneness, applied to a large pearl and to a species of onion)

Onion river, the See also:

SHORE

shore of the lake, and in the valleys, it is very picturesque. At Mallett's See also:

BAY

Bay, an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of Lake Champlain, 2 M. See also:

long and 12 m. wide, severallarge private See also:

SCHOOLS

schools hold summer sessions. 'hie See also:

SOIL

soil is varied, much of it being See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good meadow See also:

LAND

land or well adapted to the growing of See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit. The township has two villages: Colchester Centre, a small, quiet See also:

settlement, and Winooski (pop. in 1900, 3783) on the Winooski river. This stream furnishes good See also:

WATER

water See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and the See also:

VILLAGE

village has manufactories of See also:

cotton and woollen goods, See also:

LUMBER

lumber, woodenware, See also:

gold and See also:

SILVER

silver plated See also:

WARE

ware, carriages, wagons and screens. Within the See also:

TOWN

town-See also:

SHIP

ship there is a See also:

UNITED

United States military See also:

RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation, Fort Ethan See also:

Allen. The village was founded in 1772 by Ira Allen and for many years it was known as " Allen's Settlement "; but later it was called Winooski Falls, and in 1866 it was incorporated as the Village of Winooski.

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