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  • Vt. towns finally settle colonial map boundaries

    04/25/2010 12:24:27 PM PDT · by JoeProBono · 5 replies · 588+ views
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    ST. GEORGE, Vt. (AP) -- A Colonial-era boundary dispute between two Vermont towns that were never exactly sure where one ended and the other began is finally going to be settled. But it was old maps, not GPS or Google Earth, that ultimately found the common ground for the towns of St. George and neighboring Shelburne. The process has pointed up the art of trying to read the minds of the original surveyors and land granters to establish where the lines were drawn. "It's a matter of 'let's get this defined,'" said Phil Gingraw, chairman of the St. George Select...