Vermont Place Names: Footprints of History
- Author: Esther Munroe Swift
- SKU: 1756
- ISBN: 0828902917
- Our Price:
$72.50
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Description:
Vermont Place Names: Footprints of History. By Esther Munroe Swift. 736pp, 18 maps. Index; smyth sewn and hard cover. 1996 (1977)
"A required purchase for libraries and Vermont genealogists" -- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Esther Swift's immensely popular history of every conceivable place-name in Vermont has served well an entire generation of researchers. Not only is the history of each place-name given, Mrs. Swift gives you a capsule history of the town, village or settlement involved.
Mrs. Swift demonstrates a clear and incisive grasp of the geography and history of Vermont; the infringing New Hampshire and New York patents are covered in separate appendices; and in sum this book is well-researched, well written, and well received. Another must-have tool for Vermont.
