October
What historic events happened in October?
October 5, 1829
Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, was born in Fairfield, Vermont. Arthur was vice-president under President Garfield. When James Garfield was assassinated in 1881 Chester Arthur became president. Arthur was said to have owned a huge wardrobe of more than sixty suits of clothes.
October 7, 1827
Abby Maria Hemenway, the compiler of the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, was born in Ludlow. Hemenway had been a schoolteacher, but decided to ask "a reliable person in every town in Vermont" to write down all he or she could about the town's history. She worked for thirty years and finally published four thick volumes.
October 14, 1795
Ethan Allen's brother Ira offered to pay the University of Vermont 1,000 pounds sterling if it would change its name to Allen University.
October 15, 1787
Rutland County Grammar School was founded. Students went to a grammar school before they went to college. The Rutland County Grammar School later became Castleton University, now part of Vermont State University.
October 19, 1864
A small group of Confederate soldiers brought the Civil War home to Vermont by raiding St. Albans and robbing three banks. After killing one man and wounding others, they escaped into Canada.
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Vermont Historical Society. "October." Vermont History Explorer. Accessed December 5, 2024. https://vermonthistoryexplorer.org/october