A report on White River Junction, Vermont

White River Junction in 1889
Lillian Gish in Way Down East
North Main Street c. 1908
White River Junction in 1915

Unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, United States.

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Vermont

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State in the New England region of the United States.

State in the New England region of the United States.

The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777
A circa 1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys
The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier
1791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union
Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed.
Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers
Population density of Vermont
Mount Mansfield
Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4079 ft).
Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby
Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals.
Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont
The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont
A proportional representation of Vermont exports, 2020
Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington
Lake Champlain
Autumn in Vermont
Stowe Resort Village
The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont
The University of Vermont
Old Mill, the oldest building of the university
Vermont welcome sign in Addison on Route 17 just over the New York border over the Champlain Bridge
Amtrak station in White River Junction
The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon
The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier
Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters. Marlboro voters meet in this building.
Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010

I-89.svg Interstate 89 runs a northwest–southeast path through Vermont, beginning in White River Junction and heading northwest to serve the cities of Montpelier, Burlington, and St. Albans en route to the Canada–U.S. border. I-89 intersects I-91 in White River Junction and has a short spur route, Interstate 189, just outside of Burlington.

Connecticut River

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Longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for 406 mi through four states.

Longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for 406 mi through four states.

View of Springfield on the Connecticut River by Alvan Fisher (Brooklyn Museum)
View of the City of Hartford, Connecticut by William Havell
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow (1836) by Thomas Cole
The Memorial Bridge across the Connecticut River at Springfield, Massachusetts, the river's largest city
The Windsor Locks Canal Company at Enfield Falls, the Connecticut River's first major barrier to navigation
The Oxbow, Connecticut River, circa 1910
Downtown Hartford, Connecticut, during the 1936 flood
The Connecticut Lakes, the source of the Connecticut River, near the border of New Hampshire and Quebec
Great Falls (Bellows Falls) at high flow under the Vilas Bridge, taken from the end of Bridge St on the Vermont side, looking upriver
Satellite image of the Connecticut River depositing silt into Long Island Sound
Drift boat fishing guide working the river near Colebrook, New Hampshire
Harbor seal in the Connecticut River, below the Holyoke Dam, following the shad run
Riverbank restoration project in Fairlee, Vermont
Near First Connecticut Lake
Near Colebrook, New Hampshire
Looking north from the French King Bridge at the Erving-Gill town line in western Massachusetts
Mist upstream of the Bissell Bridge between Windsor and South Windsor, CT
Founders Bridge in Hartford, with a view of the Bulkeley Bridge upstream
The river near its mouth

The region along the river upstream and downstream from Lebanon, New Hampshire, and White River Junction, Vermont, is known as the "Upper Valley".

Lebanon, New Hampshire

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City in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

City in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.

Crafts Avenue in 1912
Fountain in downtown Lebanon, New Hampshire
Lebanon Public Library, one of many Carnegie libraries in New Hampshire
Old Town Hall in 1918
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Bank Street {{circa|1910}}
Stage
War memorial
War memorial
Plaque
Fountain

Together with Hanover, New Hampshire, and White River Junction, Vermont, Lebanon is at the center of a Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing nearly 30 towns along the upper Connecticut River valley.

Hartford, Vermont

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Town in Windsor County in the U.S. state of Vermont.

Town in Windsor County in the U.S. state of Vermont.

The town is composed of five unincorporated villages: Hartford, Quechee, West Hartford, White River Junction and Wilder.

Rutland (city), Vermont

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Seat of Rutland County, Vermont, United States.

Seat of Rutland County, Vermont, United States.

Merchants' Row in 1907
Lithograph of Rutland from 1885 by L. R. Burleigh with list of landmarks
The Berwick House in 1907
Rutland Amtrak Station
The Bus, downtown Rutland
Ethnic Festival in 2008
Rutland High School
At the Vermont State Fair, Rutland, 1941, by Jack Delano

It is, however, signed on I-91 at exit 6 northbound in Rockingham and appears on auxiliary signs at exit 10 southbound near White River Junction.

The former post office building

White River Junction Historic District

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The former post office building

White River Junction Historic District is a historic district in the unincorporated village of White River Junction, within the town of Hartford, Vermont.

Woodstock Railway

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Intrastate railroad in southeastern Vermont.

Intrastate railroad in southeastern Vermont.

It ran from White River Junction, Vermont to Woodstock, Vermont, a distance of approximately 14 mi.

1879 map

Central Vermont Railway

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Railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec.

Railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec.

1879 map
1887 map with connections
New England Limited Express at South Royalton in 1909
CV locomotives
Central Vermont Railway engine in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1968
Central Vermont Railway Station in St. Albans

It connected Montreal, Quebec, with New London, Connecticut, using a route along the shores of Lake Champlain, through the Green Mountains and along the Connecticut River valley, as well as Montreal to Boston, Massachusetts, through a connection with the Boston and Maine Railroad at White River Junction, Vermont.

Brattleboro, Vermont

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Town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.

Town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.

Brattleboro Retreat treats mental health disorders and drug addiction; established as Vermont Asylum for the Insane in 1834
Lithograph of Brattleboro from 1886 by L.R. Burleigh with a list of landmarks
Whetstone Falls near the intersection of Whetstone Brook and Connecticut River, 1907
Brooks House, built in 1871 and originally a resort hotel, is the largest commercial building in Brattleboro.
New England Youth Theatre
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, formerly Union Station
The Jeremiah Beal Museum of the Brattleboro Historical Society
Harris Hill Ski Jump
United States Navy Seabees Bridge over the Connecticut River
Amtrak train in Brattleboro
Downtown Brattleboro, as seen from a walking trail just across the Connecticut River, in New Hampshire. There are many miles of scenic trails in and around the town.

Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Vermont (HCRS) provides Brattleboro, and the rest of Windham and Windsor Counties, with outpatient services for mental health, substance abuse and developmental disabilities. The agency is headquartered in Springfield and also has other satellite offices in Bellows Falls, Windsor and White River Junction.

The front window of the Center for Cartoon Studies in the former Colodny’s Surprise Department Store.

Center for Cartoon Studies

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The front window of the Center for Cartoon Studies in the former Colodny’s Surprise Department Store.
Former White River Junction Post Office and future CCS main building

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is a two-year institution focusing on sequential art, specifically comics and graphic novels Located in the village of White River Junction, in the town of Hartford, Vermont, the Center offers a Master of Fine Arts degree, both one and two-year certificate programs, as well as summer programs, and is "the only college-level training program of its kind in the United States."