Fort Ethan Allen (Colchester, VT)

This historic image at Fort Ethan Allen is of the U.S. Artillery Camp. There are five large teepee-like tents across the center of the image. The tents have doorways that face a large group of horses and donkeys pulling wagons or just standing. A cannon can be seen towards the center of the line, and the group of horses seems to be roped off parallel to the tents. Three men can be seen sitting down in the foreground with a large blanket of canvas in front of them. There is a large hay pile to the left of the men. A hill rises up in the background that is wooded in the middle and clear-cut on the sides. The season is most likely summer. Paul Bierman writes on 2011-12-21 that this is a scene from Underhill where the Federal Underhill Artillery Range was located. It was associated with the Fort.

The historic photograph gives a bird's eye view of Fort Ethan Allen. There is a tall brick smokestack in the foreground of the image. There are several brick buildings around a central green space with an American flag on the left side of the photograph. Two people are visible on a dirt road. Sidewalks run through the green space surrounding the buildings. It looks like summer. 
 

 




This is a colored postcard of Fort Ethan Allen from the Water Tower. Mountains are pictured in the background of the image. Brick and wooden-frame buildings are pictured in the foreground of the image. A dirt road is located on the far right side of the image. The dirt road wraps around the background of the photograph. Leafy conifers and deciduous trees dot the landscape in the background. There is an impressive brick building pictured toward the back center of the photograph. All rights reserved; (c) Shelbubrne Museum, Shelburne Vermont, www.shelburnemuseum.org. Contact Rights and Reproductions at 
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1907 - 1915
This image shows a large group of men with horses partaking in a firing drill at Fort Ethan Allen. The men and horses are scattered in a large flat open field. There are a few men on foot operating small cannons supported by two wagon wheels. A few deciduous trees are visible on the left through the smoke of the cannons. The writing on the photograph reads, "Firing Drill, Fort Ethan, VT." 
 

This is black and white postcard of the Guard Mount at Fort Ethan Allen in Burlington. The image shows lines of men in uniform assembled out on a grassy lawn. In the background is a line of deciduous trees. Behind the trees is a line of very large houses, many with multiple chimneys and wrap around porches. All rights reserved; (c) Shelbubrne Museum, Shelburne Vermont, www.shelburnemuseum.org. Contact Rights and Reproductions at photos@shelburnemuseum.org

 
This photograph documents three men haying at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester. In the foreground the men stand atop a wagon filled with hay. The wagon is being pulled by a team of four horses, and can be seen crossing the railroad tracks and a dirt road. To the right of the wagon, rolling fields lead back to the river in the background, while to the right a row of utility poles and trees are visible. Utility poles also can be seen running behind the wagon, as well as a large deciduous tree. Mountains are visible in the background. Season summer, photograph courtesy of Nancy Hayes. 

 

 The historic photograph shows an overview of a valley with open fields and wooded areas in summer. There are barns, houses, tents and an encampment along one of several roads in the valley. The Green Mountains are visible in the distance. This is summer. A title at the bottom of the photograph reads, "The Artillery Range, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt." Esther Munroe Swift writes on 2005-2-9: Note: Fort Ethan Allen was in Colchester, not Jericho, and for most of the years 1902 until 1959 had its own post office with that name. Paul Bierman writes on 2011-12-21 that this is a scene from Underhill where the Federal Underhill Artillery Range was located. It was associated with the Fort. The Mountains in the distance clearly indicate this is not Colchester. 

 

This photograph documents the Water Tower at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester. In the foreground a dirt road and railroad tracks can be seen cutting across the bottom of the photograph and the foot of a small hill. On top of the hill an earthen footpath leads up to the water tower, which is a five story stone structure, with window turrets, an observation deck, and a wind vein. Besides the tower the field above the hill is cleared of vegetation and development, with only a few deciduous trees visible in the background. Season summer, photograph courtesy of Nancy Hayes.

This photograph is of the Water Tower at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester. In the middle of the image is the Water Tower which is a five story round stone structure with a pointed peak roof. There are three windows down the side of the tower. The entrance way can be seen on the right of the tower. The top of the tower has three windows. Surrounding the tower is two blue warehouse type buildings. In the foreground of the photo is the corner of a white building. with a tall chimney. To the left of the tower, there is a freight trailer parked. Power lines run to the right of the tower. To the right of the tower is a green storage box. In the background of the image you can see a growth of trees, both deciduous trees and leafy trees. The picture was taken in the winter and snow covers the ground and road. Compared to the original, there has been many changes. In the first photo, the tower is surrounded by trees with no buildings in sight. Now, the tower is surrounded by warehouse type buildings, power lines, and freights. The trees are only seen in the background of the

image. 

1918-06-25

This image depicts a Naturalization of Aliens ceremony at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester on June 25, 1918. The 310th Calvary is taking part in this ceremony. In the foreground of the image there is a gazebo with a group of older men looking down at the 310th Calvary. There is a band dressed up in uniform playing in front of the gazebo. Behind the gazebo is a group of men and women watching the ceremony from afar. They are standing under giant deciduous trees that line the path and road. On the far left there is another group of onlookers behind a fence. All of the onlookers are watching four standing men in the center; two of which have flags. Surrounding the men with the flags are hundreds of men in military uniform who are standing is a semicircle formation. In the background there is a grove of deciduous trees along with multiple military structures. 

 

This picture shows the Gazebo in the middle of an open field at Fort Ethan Allen. There is a flag pole in the center of the photo. Trees line the left side of the photo. In the background you can see many buildings that line the road. There is a large deciduous tree to the right of the gazebo. It is winter and the ground is covered in snow. Three deciduous trees are in a line to the left of the gazebo. This picture differs greatly from the original in that there are no people in the picture. The area is bare in the new picture. in the original picture there is a fence that is behind the people. That fence no longer is there. The trees are different. in that there were several more developed trees there, now there are young trees. The buildings in the background cannot be seen in the original.