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==History== The site that would eventually become Ferrisburgh was originally called Varenbrug, or 'Fern Bridge' by Dutch explorers from the colony of [[New Amsterdam]].<ref>The Vermont Encyclopedia, p. 121</ref> The Dutch operated a trading post at the site, doing business with French [[voyageurs]] and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] merchants until it was abandoned during the course of the [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]] in 1673. The English burned the old Dutch trading post, and did not settle the area, which eventually became a meeting site for diverse peoples. The [[Abenaki]] and [[Iroquois]] nations maintained friendly relations at the site in the absence of European power.<ref>''The Western Abenakis of Vermont'', Collin G. Calloway, Norman: Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, p.92-4</ref> The site would not be contested militarily again until the [[American Revolution]], where it saw ancillary action leading up to the [[Battle of Hubbardton]]. Ferrisburgh was named for Benjamin Ferris, who applied for a charter in 1762.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n124 125]}}</ref> Although the [[Rokeby Museum]] tells the story of Ferrisburgh's long history in the [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] movement and the [[Underground Railroad]], Ferrisburgh sent many of its sons off to war during the [[American Civil War]]. Ferrisburghers made up roughly 10% of the "[[Vermont Brigade|Old Brigade]]."<ref name="Gottfried, Bradley M. 2002">Gottfried, Bradley M., Brigades of Gettysburg, Da Capo Press, 2002, {{ISBN|0-306-81175-8}}.</ref> Many wives and sisters from Ferrisburgh joined their husbands and brothers on the front lines as [[camp followers]]. Ferrisburgh women found themselves involved in rear guard action during the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], as Confederate soldiers stormed [[Big Round Top]]. As Confederate [[Picket (military)|pickets]] fired upon Union positions, Vermont women from Ferrisburgh were in the line of fire. Laura Fitzgerald, an Irish immigrant to Ferrisburgh, fired a musket towards the Confederate lines, causing the snipers to scatter.<ref name="Gottfried, Bradley M. 2002"/> From 1917 to 1924, an [[art colony]] was formed in the town of Ferrisburgh, mostly consisting of dissident [[Middlebury College]] and [[University of Vermont]] faculty of arts members who disapproved of their respective administrations lack of funding for "degenerate arts," associated with [[dadaism]] including photography of sculpture-making, portraiture of nude sculptors, portraiture of photography of still life, and post-revisionist allegorical thoughtscapes.<ref>Steve Shipp, American Art Colonies, 1850-1930: A Historical Guide to America's Original Art Colonies and their Artists, pp. 21-25.</ref> The art colony went by several lengthy and increasingly bizarre names, and is colloquially known as the Ferrisburgh Art Colony. Artists and provocateurs from around the greater [[New England]] region came to the colony to express appreciation for the more esoteric arts, as well as to hold more than one rally in support of radical politics.<ref>Ferrisburgh Beacon, November 7, 1922, "Artists Cheer New Italian Prime Minister."</ref>
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