Editing Glover, Vermont (section)

==History==
In 1802, the town decided to construct one school at the Parker settlement. Operating expenses were limited to $20 for that year.<ref name=c170201/>

In the most cataclysmic natural catastrophe affecting Orleans County in post-Columbian times, the banks of Glover's Long Pond gave way on June 6, 1810, and flooded the Barton River valley. The hero of the day was laborer Spencer Chamberlain who ran ahead of the flood to warn people at the mill. The wayward pond was forever after known as "[[Runaway Pond]]".

By 1851, there were 450 grammar school students. In 2017, the number of students at that level had dropped to about 100.<ref name=c170201/>

From about the 1820s to the 1930s, there was a settlement, Slab City, near the outlet from Shadow Lake, whose economy was dependent on the logging, and three sawmills in the area. The settlement also contained a [[lime kiln]], butter tub factory, a cider mill, a one-room schoolhouse, a post office, a church, and other allied businesses.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Connie | last=Ashe | title=Info about Glover's "Slab City" sought | newspaper=the chronicle | location=[[Barton, Vermont]] | pages= 16B | date=January 9, 2013 }}</ref> In 1836, a suit against the height of the water retained in a dam to power the sawmills was successful. The suit was motivated in large part by the Runaway Pond catastrophe. The end of the dam power marked the beginning of the end for Slab City.<ref name=c170201>{{Cite news | first=Tena | last=Starr | title=The fascinating story of a lost way of life | newspaper=the chronicle | location=[[Barton, Vermont]] | pages=1B, 16B | date=February 1, 2017}}</ref>

The unincorporated village of West Glover had a municipal septic system which failed in 2008.<ref>{{cite book | author = Braithwaite, Chris |title = Quilts soften mood at crowded Town Meeting | publisher = the Chronicle | date = March 5, 2008}}</ref> This was replaced in 2012. It connected to the main sewage line in Glover village, which in turns was connected to the wastewater treatment facility in adjacent [[Barton (village), Vermont|Barton]]. This was funded by [[USDA Rural Development]] Agency.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Wastewater treatment facility is upgraded | newspaper=the chronicle | location=[[Barton, Vermont]] | pages= 23 | date=February 27, 2013 }}</ref>