Then, Again: Vermont’s turn as the nation’s beauty spot

An etching of a hiker clinging to Mount Mansfield’s “Rock of Terror” helped readers imagine the feeling of the sublime one might experience on the mountain.(“Then Again” is Mark Bushnell’s column about Vermont history.)
It was 1872 and Vermont was ready for its close-up. For more than a year, Americans had been receiving a new national journal that offered reports on the nation’s beauty spots. Now it was Vermont’s turn.
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