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A full range of winter weather on Camel’s Hump

February 26, 2020by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

At 4081 feet in elevation, Camel’s Hump is not the extreme challenge of climbing Everest or Denali.  In elevation it does not even compare with most mountains in the western […]

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mountains, Vermont, Wilderness

A visit to Vermont’s Mt. Ethan Allen

August 16, 2019by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

The Green Mountains are Vermont’s most iconic images which dominate the vistas almost everywhere in the state.  The second most iconic image is that of Green Mountain Boy Colonel Ethan […]

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Reconsidering Two Colorful Revolutionary Reputations

January 25, 2017by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Today, I am going to speak about two of our more colorful, but controversial revolutionary leaders. One is well known and one is not. Both of them entered the Revolutionary […]

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American Revolution, History, Liberty and Freedom, Vermont

Finding solace

January 8, 2017by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Solo hiking but not alone Entering Phen Basin in the day’s last softening light Into a mature mountain forest amid the golden hour’s enveloping calm Rising ridges visible on the […]

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Poetry, Vermont, Wilderness

Revolutionary Reputations Revisited

October 8, 2016by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

A lecture  on Analyzing Revolutionary Reputations Many instances, contemporary participants and later historians differ in their views of the reputations of key Revolutionary War figures.  This lecture examines the pre […]

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American Revolution, Vermont

Self Discovery in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom

January 10, 2016by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

On the surface it is a simple, oft told story about family, enjoying outdoor sports, baseball and coming of age. However, Howard Frank Mosher’s new novel, God’s Kingdom provokes deeper […]

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Liberty and Freedom, Vermont, Wilderness

On the Edge

December 31, 2015by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Skirting the jagged forest boundary Moving in and out of krummholtz and trees Avoiding numerous stumps and deadfall Closer to the edge finds more delight Seeking the best way between […]

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Poetry, Vermont

Experiencing Quintessential Vermont Wilderness

December 29, 2015by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Vermont is best known for maple sugar, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and quixotic politicians. Lesser known are the state’s secluded wilderness areas. One of Vermont’s most obscure and seldom […]

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Vermont, Wilderness

Vermont’s French Vestiges

October 14, 2015by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Book Review: The French Occupation of the Champlain Valley From 1609 to 1759 by Guy Omeron Coolidge (Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, 1979, reprinted from 1938 proceedings of the Vermont […]

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Moses Robinson – Under Appreciated American Founder

September 4, 2015by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Book Review Moses Robinson and The Founding of Vermont Robert A. Mello Barre and Montpelier: Vermont Historical Society, 2014. Most historians emphasize Ethan and Ira Allen’s role in the founding […]

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  • General Israel Putnam – Reputation Revisited
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