Vermont -- Gateway to Green Mt. State
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White River Junction, a natural transportation center, is where highways, rivers and railways converge. In 1759 the rapids at the confluence of the White and Conn. Rivers nearly brought death to Robert Rogers and 3 Rangers. Vermonts first train ran from the Junction to Bethel in 1848.
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