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Middlebury College Receives 11000 Acres For Campus And Park
The Army of acres near Middlebury Vermont is granted through Joseph Battell will as 3990 acres offered for a national park with reversion to the college if not accepted. Battell previously added 25000 acres, totaling about 41000 acres for the college mountain campus. The land aims to preserve primeval forest while some parts may see scientific forestry. Battell opposed automobiles and ran a horse friendly campaign from a Breadloaf inn hotel later used as a summer English school by the college.
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Green Mountain Range
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Paul Lwight Moody
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Morgen Horse Farm
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