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PianistInformal4967 t1_jd7b7on wrote

When I first moved to the state, I bought local history books from the general store tourist stops and I wasn’t disappointed. Some really crazy history! I recommend browsing those.

One history I learned that might be of interest to you is that Boston thanksgiving celebrations have always been dependent on Vermont farmers’ turkeys- and that meant literally walking to Boston with flocks of turkeys. It would take Vermont farmers 2 weeks to a month, and they would lose some along the way, or trade some as they went, or collected more. They would sleep rough; there were no fridge tractor trailers back then or people couldn’t afford the earlier cruder options, and flocks were too big to put on horse cart. Boggles the mind that they would walk all the way there!

I don’t know maybe that could be a side quest or something ;)

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