History of Rutland, Vermont / History of towns in United States

Country: United States
State: Vermont
County: Rutland
City: Rutland
Population: 16,495 (2010)
Density: 2,147.8/sq mi (829.3/km2)
It began on Otter Creek in the early 19th century as a small hamlet called Mill Village in Rutland, the surrounding town named by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761 after John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland. In the early 19th century, small high-quality marble deposits were discovered in Rutland, and in the 1830s a large deposit of nearly solid marble was found in what is now West Rutland. By the 1840s, small firms had begun excavations, but marble quarries proved profitable only after the railroad arrived in 1851. At the same time, the famous quarries of Carrara in Tuscany, Italy, grew largely unworkable because of their extreme depth, allowing Rutland to become one of the world's leading marble producers.
This fueled enough growth and investment that in 1886 the center of town incorporated as Rutland village. Most of the town was split off as West Rutland and Proctor, which contained the bulk of the marble quarries. Rutland City was incorporated as Vermont's third city on November 18, 1892. The new city's first mayor was John A. Mead, who served only one term in 1893.
In 1894, the nation's first polio outbreak was identified in the Rutland area. 132 people from the Rutland area were affected. Seven died. 110 others suffered some paralysis for life. 55 were from the city itself.
In 1903, a Rutland City ordinance restricting the carrying of firearms led to the Vermont Supreme Court's decision in State v. Rosenthal, thereby establishing protection for the carrying of firearms without permit or license, what has become known as "Vermont Carry". Nonetheless, Rutland had a similar ordinance in place as late as 1998, at which point it was challenged and eventually removed.
The closing of the marble quarries in the area in the 1980s and 1990s led to a loss of jobs in the area.
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[@carrollpaul6104]

Great presentation..

[@JohnStark72]

I remember when what is now the downtown shopping center & Wal Mart was the rail yard & roundhouse. Back then, Wales Street was paved with cobblestones and trolley rails ran down the center of it.

[@carynmartin6053]

fantastic!

[@lindawoody8501]

I have never visited as I live on the West Coast. My ancestors lived in both Mendon and Rutland in the 19th Century and moved to California in their last few years.

[@marytrepanier7148]

awesome work

[@Scribe8472]

They show the Community College of Vermont as "Commercial Electrical Contractors" and that's incorrect.

[@abbynormal206]

great then and now photos

[@Scribe8472]

The Community College of Vermont (CCV) was labeled as an electrical company, otherwise a very nice job.

[@youngchopin1413]

this is amazing

[@MrReymoclif714]

Walmart parking lot was 20 railroad tracks wide!!!! Everywhere railroad tracks!!! HoweScale.

[@timgillam4199]

Commercial Electrical Contractors? That's CCV, a B&W photo and a color photo. It used to be a stewarts

[@consumerwatch7479]

Rutland VT is a beautiful city

[@avenueb]

I went there recently and saw they built a big ugly walmart strip mall across from the town where everyone shops

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