Grand Isle, Vermont, USA (Middle Hero)
1849 - Grand Isle

Grand Isle Co. The soil of the town is very fertile ; it produces fine crops of grain, and an abundance of fruit and cider. Marble, limestone, rock crystals, &c., are found here, and Grand Isle contains the only water mill in the county. This is a fine place for fishing and fowling.

Boundaries. It is bounded on all sides by Lake Champlain, except the south, where it is bounded by South Hero.

First Settlers. The settlement of the township was commenced about the year 1783, by Alexander Gordon, William Hazen, and Lamberton Allen, emigrants from New Hampshire, and the southern parts of this State. For some years after the settlement commenced, many circumstances tended to prevent its progress.

First Minister: The Rev. Asa Lyon, a Congregationalist, preached here many years previous to his death, which occurred in 1840.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 2,953 bushels; Indian corn, 2,187 bushels; potatoes, 19,968 bushels; hay, 2,061 tons ; maple sugar, 9,893 pounds ; wool, 12,504 pounds.

Distances. Fifty miles north-west from Montpelier, and eighteen north by west from Burlington.

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

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