Then Again: The town Mount Mansfield divided

The original charter owners of the town of Mansfield had no idea that a mountain (today’s Mount Mansfield) ran through the middle of it. Photo by Mark Bushnell
Editor’s note: “Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.
Ira Allen could almost smell the money. He had recently moved to the Hampshire Grants (what is today Vermont) from his home state of Connecticut and joined the family business, land speculation. Working with his older brothers, inclu