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Rutland

Vermont, United States
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Rutland, city, seat (1784) of Rutland county, south-central Vermont, U.S. It lies between the Green Mountains and the Taconic Range on Otter Creek. In 1759 the site was an outpost on the military road built by the British general Sir Jeffrey Amherst across Vermont, connecting forts on Lake Champlain with the Connecticut River valley. Chartered in 1761, the settlement was named for Rutland, Massachusetts. The first settlers, New England Yankees, arrived in 1770. During the...

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