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Writings on Old Roads |
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On this page we offer access to writings on Vermont's old roads.
Most are by Attorney Paul Gillies, who practices law in Montpelier, and as
made old roads issue his specialty. |
How to Find Ancient Roads by Paul Gillies (2005)
This simple 4-page leaflet discusses in a general way the methods used to
research old town roads. Published by the Vermont Institute for Government
in 2005. For a free download
click here (it is a small
PDF file). (Paul Gillies is a Vermont Attorney who has
developed an expertise on road issues in Vermont. He has written
several monographs on road issues. He is a partner in the Montpelier firm of
Tarrant, Marks and Gillies) |
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Ruminations by Paul Gillies. (ca. 2003) A nice non-legal
8-page article in which Gillies summarizes the problems of Vermont's
"sleeping roads".
Click
here to download this small PDF file. |
Planning for Ancient Highways (2006) Vermont League of Cities and
Towns. A 14-page document with an excellent explanation of what the
Ancient Roads law means and a timeline chart.
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Victoria Weber's Bethel ancient roads report. Ms Weber describes the
process of researching the old roads in her Windsor County town. |
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Huntington's Use of
Scanning to Speed up Study of Old Town Records |
