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472:by Glenn M. Andres and Curtis B. Johnson)".
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117:was a high school in the town of
88:Benjamin Hinman Steele (founding)
440:"Barton, Vermont - Town History"
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476:. Barton, Vermont. pp. 1B.
227:Rev. William Chadwick 1963-1966
751:Former high schools in Vermont
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203:C.H. Willey - March 1893
182:Battle of Fredericksburg
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357:Young, Darlene (1998).
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230:Raymond Mason 1966-1967
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