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Originally Posted by TheTimeTraveler
Interesting observation, and likely very true.
I have read that in 1900 Vermont was 95% open land and 5% wooded, and today it is 5% open land, and 95% wooded. I imagine much of the same is true in New Hampshire.
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NH was about 75% open in 1840; lots of pasture with over 600,000 sheep. When the wool market disappeared due to overseas competition, woodlands reappeared.