ethan
allen homestead history
onion river land company
What
was the Onion River Land Company?
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| The land-holding company, formed in 1773, bought land at the mouth of the Winooski (Onion) River, in the intervale, and around the Winooski Falls from its New York owner, Edward Burling. The company purchased only New Hampshire Grant Lands, and owned a total of 65,000 acres in about 15 to 20 towns which constituted major land speculation at that time. The company was dissolved in May 1787; Ethan received 1400 acres of the intervale land in the settlement. | ||
