Beautiful Lake Bomoseen
by Castleton State College History Students (Author), Dennis Shramek (Editor), Jr. Holman D. Jordan (Introduction)
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 1567150748
- ISBN 13
- 9781567150742
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Castleton VT: Castleton State College, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. light wear to the book, page edges spotted, else clean and unmarked. Scarce. First printing, no others noted. Bomoseen is the largest lake completely within the borders of Vermont. It is the principal vacation lake of central Vermont but has a long and storied history told in this volume. Millions of years ago, clays that accumulated on the ocean floor compressed into shale. When the ocean floor uplifted to form the Taconic Mountains, heat and pressure metamorphosed the shale into much harder slate. Lake Bomoseen nestles in a valley surrounded by some of the lower hills on the western side of the range. The Taconics are the slate-producing region of Vermont, and the area's history parallels the rise and fall of Vermont's slate industry.Bomoseen State Park has several quarry holes and adjacent colorful slate rubble piles. These quarries provided slate for the West Castleton Railroad and Slate Company, a complex of sixty to seventy buildings that stood between Glen Lake and Lake Bomoseen. Several slate buildings and foundations remain in the park, and a self-guided Slate History Trail brochure is available at the contact station.In the 1920s, literary critic Alexander Woollcott owned Neshobe Island, which served as a retreat and playground for members of the famed Algonquin Round Table. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.
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- The Book Shed (US)
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- Title
- Beautiful Lake Bomoseen
- Author
- Castleton State College History Students (Author), Dennis Shramek (Editor), Jr. Holman D. Jordan (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1567150748
- ISBN 13
- 9781567150742
- Publisher
- Castleton State College
- Place of Publication
- Castleton VT
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vermont;
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