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Old 01-04-2020, 04:08 PM   #145
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Wow, those are amazing pictures! NH did not have many trees in those days.
I am not sure about New Hampshire, but I have been told that Vermont in 1900 was 95% free of trees and 5% wooded.

Today, Vermont is 95% trees and 5% cleared.

This may have been true in many of the New England States.

In any event, that 1906 photograph is very interesting!
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