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Gazetteer of Vermont
by John Hayward
pub: Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 
     114 Washington Street, Boston - 1849
source: Library of Congress


         Pg 37
         
         BURKE
         
         CALEDONIA Co. A mountain 3,500 feet in height 
       divides this town from Victory, on the east. 
       Branches of Passumpsic River pass through it, 
       and afford a good water power. This is a place 
       of some manufactures, particularly of oil stones. 
       This stone (novaculite) is found in an island 
       in Memphremagog Lake. The stones are brought in 
       their rough state, and their quality is said to 
       equal those from Turkey. The soil of the town is 
       good, and abounds with hard wood and evergreens.
       
         Boundaries. North-east by Newark and East Haven, 
       south-east by Victory, south by Langdon. and Kirby, 
       and west by Sutton.
	 
         First Settlers. The settlement of this town was
       commenced about the year 1790, by LEMUEL and IRA
       WALTER, SETH SPENCER, and others, from Connecticut
       and the south part of this State. The town was or-
       ganized Dec. 5, 1796.
       
         Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 2,358 bushels; 
       Indian corn, 2,891 bushels; potatoes, 49,620 bushels; 
       hay, 2,931 tons; maple sugar, 42,050 pounds; wool, 
       7,475 pounds.
       
         Distances. Twenty miles north-east from Danville, 
       and fifty north-east from Montpelier.
       
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