September
What historic events happened in September?

September 4, 1922
WLAK, Vermont's first radio station, began broadcasting in Bellows Falls. Charles Doe, the announcer, was on the air six hours a day, with weather, farming tips, and piano and gramophone music.

September 8, 1910
Nineteen-year-old George Schmitt of Rutland became the first Vermonter to make an engine-powered airplane flight.


September 9, 1951
The change to dial telephones from those which were hand cranked began in Burlington, Vermont.

September 15, 1910
Charles Willard flew an airplane for six minutes in St. Johnsbury. The plane was brought by train from Boston to the Caledonia County Fairgrounds.
Read more about Charles Willard's flight over St. Johnsbury in the St. Johnsbury Caledonian from 1910.


September 21, 1938
A terrible hurricane caused the deaths of five Vermonters and cost more than twelve million dollars in damage.