Shelburne, Vermont, USA
1849 - Shelburne

Chittenden Co. Shelburne is finely watered by La Piatt River, a pond covering 600 acres, and by the waters of Lake Champlain.

Shelburne Bay sets into the town, about four miles from the north-west, and affords the town a good harbor, and a depot of the interior trade on the beautiful Champlain.

The soil of the town is strong, fertile, and generally well improved.

A part of this town was annexed to St. George in 1848.

Boundaries. North by Burlington, east by St. George, south by Charlotte, and west by Lake Champlain.

First Settlers. A small settlement Was made in this town previous to the revolutionary war. The earliest settlers were two Germans, by the name of Logan and Pottier, who commenced upon two points of hind extending into Lake Champlain, which still bear the names 'Pottier's Point,' and 'Logan's Point.' The first settlers were employed principally in getting out lumber for the Canada market, and tradition says that Pottier and Logan were murdered for their money, near the north end of Lake Champlain, by a party of soldiers sent out from Montreal to protect them from the Indians, on their return after having sold a raft of lumber.

First Ministers. The principal religious denominations are Episcopalians and Methodists. The Methodist Church is the most numerous, and has a neat chapel, built in 1831, and parsonage at the centre of the town. There was a small Episcopal parish here, under the charge of the Rev. Bethuel Chittenden, soon after the town was settled.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,768 bushels ; Indian corn, 5,854 bushels ; potatoes, 25,281 bushels ; hay, 2,158 tons; maple sugar, 1,220 pounds; wool, 36,677 pounds.

Distances. Thirty-three miles west by north from Montpelier, and seven south from Burlington.

The great Southern Railroad from Boston to Burlington passes this way.

A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

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