Every Lake
Vermont
Fourteen years as an independent republic before it ever joined the Union.
Vermont in relief
The land itself, cut in six steps of birch from the lowlands to the high ground — the cities starred, the summit and rise on the title block. No counties, no roads: just the shape of Vermont.
About Vermont
Vermont is a long wedge, wide at the Massachusetts line and narrowing to the Canadian border at the 45th parallel. The Connecticut River draws the entire eastern edge, and Lake Champlain fills much of the west with the Champlain Valley farmland between. The Green Mountains run the whole length of the state like a backbone, splitting it into two halves that historically had more to do with the valleys on either side than with each other. Fourteen counties, most of them straddling the ridge, and a landscape that is about three-quarters forest.
Vermont declared independence in 1777 and governed itself for fourteen years — its own coinage, its own postal service — before joining as the 14th state on March 4, 1791, the first admitted after the original thirteen. Montpelier, the smallest state capital in the country by population, sits on the Winooski where the roads through the mountains meet. The board hangs on its two long north-south runs: I-89 through the middle and I-91 up the river, with Route 100 threading the ski towns between them.
- Six layers of birch — the land in elevation steps
- The summit and total rise on the title block
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A double rule engraved around the edge
- Every county line and the state border
- The interstates with their shields — 6 on this board
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A mile ruler engraved around the frame
