1.0deepredpondhttps://deepredpond.orgdeepredhttps://deepredpond.org/index.php/author/deepred/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xM5JSwYPLm"><a href="https://deepredpond.org/index.php/2016/03/15/fifties-sixties-vermont-crossroads/">The fifties, the sixties. Vermont at the crossroads.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://deepredpond.org/index.php/2016/03/15/fifties-sixties-vermont-crossroads/embed/#?secret=xM5JSwYPLm" width="600" height="338" title="“The fifties, the sixties. Vermont at the crossroads.” — deepredpond" data-secret="xM5JSwYPLm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://deepredpond.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> The fifties and early sixties can be best summed up as the end of the milk can, the demise of the short line railroads (the Montpelier and Wells River in 55′, the Rutland Railroad in 62′) and the twilight of the nearly hundred year run of the “Grand old Party”.  The state that never voted for Roosevelt and … Read More »