The Site of Unimaginatively Named Cities:

nbsp;		The Site of Unimaginative City Names: Vermont City, South Dakota "Loyalton, Dakota Territory was growing steadily in 1885. It appears that Loyalton was later called Vermont City." -- Loyalton, South Dakota History Book Who is to blame "In 1885, Albert joined a group of comrades from the War of 1861 to settle a Vermont Colony in the Dakota Territory. "Pa" Fletcher, as he is known in our family, and his son, Azem, traveled along the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad with the 'colonists' and settled in Edmunds County, Dakota Territory. A settlement known originally as Vermont City and later as Loyalton became their home." -- Fletcher descendant