Editing Dummerston, Vermont (section)

==History==
[[File:View of East Dummerston, VT.jpg|thumb|left|East Dummerston in 1913]]
Dummerston was part of the [[Equivalent Lands]]—several large sections of land given to settlers in the early eighteenth century. It lies on a [[tract (land)|tract]] given to the [[Connecticut Colony]] about 1715 by the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] as compensation for land mistakenly awarded by the latter to its settlers. In 1716, the town was auctioned to a [[consortium]] (which included [[William Dummer]], lieutenant governor of Massachusetts), and named Dummerston. On December 26, 1753, the town was chartered as a [[New Hampshire grants|New Hampshire grant]] and renamed [[Fulham]] by Governor [[Benning Wentworth]]. But when the grant was renegotiated, it reverted to Dummerston.<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge  | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n838 792]–795| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref>

The many brooks and streams flowing into the [[West River (Vermont)|West River]] provided the area with water power. Dummerston had five gristmills, five sawmills, one slate manufacturer, and one shop for making rakes. Raising sheep across the many hills was an important occupation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newenglandtowns.org/vermont/dummerston.html|title=DUMMERSTON, VERMONT • Historic New England|website=newenglandtowns.org}}</ref> By 1859, the town had a population of 1,645. The [[Vermont Valley Railroad]] passed through Dummerston.<ref name="Coolidge"/>

A house built in Dummerston in 1892, ''[[Naulakha (house)|Naulakha]]'', was home to author [[Rudyard Kipling]]. This is where he wrote several of his novels, including ''[[The Jungle Books]]'' and ''[[Captains Courageous]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/dummerston.html|title=Dummerston, Vermont, New England USA|date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>

There was a covered bridge that was built in 1812, and it moved to [[Old Sturbridge Village]] in 1946.