Vermont -- Connecticut Valley Route
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On this former wilderness trail to Canada, the pioneers built old Fort Dummer in 1724 below Brattleboro, then the frontiers most advanced outpost. Guilford, then the largest town in Vermont, was the scene of bitter strife between the Yorkers and the Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen.
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