Mechanicsville was a village center in the Town of Mount Holly, which was chartered in 1792. The village prospered with the growth of water-powered manufacturing, that included sawmills, gristmills, wheelwrights, furniture shops, and the A.P. Chase . . . — — Map (db m78153) HM
Killed in Battle
Capt. Geo. B. Davenport, May 5, 1864
Capt. Chas. J. Ormsbee, May 5, 1864
Lieut. Hiram Bailey, June 3, 1864
Sergt. Ezra P. West, June 29, 1862
Corp. Chas. A. Ford, April 2, 1865
Hadley P. Ford, May 16, 1864
John . . . — — Map (db m136383) WM
Established in 1915, the program served Vermonters with mental retardation and developmental disabilities continuously until 1993. Founded as the Brandon State School for Feebleminded Children, the name was changed to Brandon State School in 1929 . . . — — Map (db m76003) HM
Ironworking began at Forest Dale in 1810 using local ore. By 1823 a blast furnace was producing pig iron and a variety of ornamental iron. The Green Mountain Iron Company acquired the facility in 1854 to produce parlor stoves. The furnace was . . . — — Map (db m78178) HM
The ‘little giant’ of national politics, born in Brandon in 1813, later moved to Middlebury to learn cabinet making. Returning to Brandon, he attended the Academy. Moving to Illinois in 1833, his career merged with the stream of American politics, . . . — — Map (db m76006) HM
(side 1)
Teacher Lawyer Orator Statesman
United States Senator from Illinois 1847 to 1861
Democratic candidate for President of United States
against Abraham Lincoln. Loyal supporter of Lincoln and
the Union in the early days . . . — — Map (db m136876) HM
In Memory of
Thomas Davenport
1802-1851
The inventor of the electric motor
Near this spot stood the building where he developed his invention
This tablet is placed here by Allied Electrical Associations in America, in recognition of the . . . — — Map (db m246139) HM
On this site Castleton State College, Vermont’s first college and the eighteenth oldest in the nation, was first established as the Rutland County Grammar School, chartered by the General Assembly of the Republic of Vermont on October 15, 1787. The . . . — — Map (db m78184) HM
Conflict – Site of Fort Warren 1777 – 1779 Erected under the auspices of Ann Story Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1904 — — Map (db m105476) HM
Directly east is the elevation of Fort Warren, built in 1779 for defense of the northern frontier. The road from the north was route of American retreat before Burgoyne, protected by Col. Seth Warner’s rearguard action at the Battle of Hubbardton, . . . — — Map (db m78183) HM
American portrait and landscape painter, James Hope excelled at capturing the beauty of mid-19th century Vermont. He is best known for his five large paintings of the Civil War Battle of Antietam in Maryland done from sketches made while serving as . . . — — Map (db m95452) HM
Marking The Meeting Place of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold on their Historic March to Fort Ticonderoga May 9, 1775 Dedicated 1941 Vermont Sesquicentennial — — Map (db m105475) HM
Castleton Medical College was the first such college in Vermont. This structure, built in 1821, was originally located on Main Street west of the present town library. In 1864 a leading citizen presented the building to Harriet Haskell, Principal . . . — — Map (db m78198) HM
Drilling the first modern oil well in the United States on August 27, 1859 at Titusville, Penna., Drake struck oil at 69 feet and launched one of the world’s great industries. On a farm on Drake Road, near this spot, he lived as a boy and attended . . . — — Map (db m78199) HM
In 1843, John Cain erected a slate pencil mill along Sucker Brook. Benjamin and James Adams bought the mill in 1853, and began mass-producing slate pencils as the Adams Manufacturing Co. Soon, after acquiring more land and business partners, the . . . — — Map (db m97291) HM
The Center Rutland Depot is a classic example of an early 1900's rail station. Built at the junction of the Delaware and Hudson and Rutland Railroads, the depot served the area's passenger and freight customers until the late 1950's. — — Map (db m77980) HM
James Mead, Rutland's first settler, arrived at these falls on the Otter Creek in 1769. The next year he and his family were given shelter by members of the Caughnawaga tribe while they finished their log cabin. Mead built saw and grist mills on the . . . — — Map (db m77440) HM
The last of a dozen mills that dotted Mill River during the 18th & 19th century. Kingsley Grist Mill stands just upstream of the 1870 Town lattice truss covered bridge.
Kingsley's Mill, the only mill ever designed and built by nationally known . . . — — Map (db m74431) HM
John Porter Bowman and Laurel Hall
John Bowman was born in 1816 in his grandparents’ tavern at Pierce’s Corner, VT. At 15 he began working in tanneries in Rutland and New York. In the 1840s he opened Tannery Crossing in Cuttingsville and, . . . — — Map (db m199457) HM
Mother, wife, writer, humanitarian, and civil rights activist, Pearl Buck was the first American woman to receive the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes for literature. A visionary, she worked to cross political and cultural barriers to further . . . — — Map (db m95455) HM
At the original settlement in East Poultney, Horace Greeley, founder of the "New York Tribune", worked on the "Northern Spectator", 1826-1830. George Jones, co-founder of the "N.Y. Times", also came from here. — — Map (db m78256) HM
Jeffrey Brace was born in West Africa with the name Boyrereau Brinch. At sixteen he was captured by European slave traders, shipped to Barbados, sold to a ship's captain, and eventually arrived in New England. Some years later, while still enslaved, . . . — — Map (db m60663) HM
To our country's defenders of Poultney,VT. Erected in grateful memory of their heroic service by Mrs. Josephine L. Lewis in memory of her husband Col. Judson A. Lewis. — — Map (db m60775) HM
This area of Vermont is known for its high quality slate; the first quarry was opened on Scotch Hill in 1839 by Alonson Allen & Caleb Ranney. Allen began the first manufacture of roofing slate in Vermont in 1848. By 1869 there were seventeen . . . — — Map (db m78200) HM
Matthew Lyon, Irish-born leading grantee, built grist, saw and paper mills here, 1783, and a forge above. He ran first store, inn, and newspaper. As Congressman from Vermont he was jailed under the Sedition Law and later elected from Kentucky and . . . — — Map (db m78211) HM
Ralph Kehoe
1928 -1989
Athlete, War Hero,
Coach and Teacher
First Four Letter UVM Athlete
1973 UVM Hall of Fame
Korean War Silver and Bronze [S]tars, Purple Heart
1954 – 58 FHHS coach and teacher
1956 – 57 state and . . . — — Map (db m109317) HM WM
Dedicated to those
who have served
their country
in time of need
“. . . and they shall beat their swords
into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, neither shall
they . . . — — Map (db m109316) WM
Honor Roll
Ebenezer Bull • William P. Cain • Michele Fumarola
George N. Greene • William H. Griffith • Charles E. Ingalls
Harold S. Metcalf • Carl W. Mooney • Gordon W. Preston
Harley R. Streeter • Emil Trombley • Joseph Vinci • George . . . — — Map (db m109315) WM
Ruth Stone (1915-2011) purchased this property in 1956, and for the next 55 years it provided inspiration for her writing and a haven for the many students and colleagues she welcomed. She published her first book of poetry in 1959, the same year . . . — — Map (db m135842) HM
Here on July 7, 1777 a successful rearguard action by Colonel Seth Warner’s Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire troops ended British pursuit under Generals Frazer and Reldesel. Thus, General St. Claire’s American army, retreating from Fort . . . — — Map (db m74470) HM
On July 5 and 6, 1777, American forces withdrew from Mount Independence and
Fort Ticonderoga as the British pursued. They traveled over the military road built in the fall of 1776 to connect Mount Independence with sites on the
Connecticut . . . — — Map (db m201705) HM
Directly in front of you stands the majestic Mount Zion. From its summit the whole battlefield can be seen and it may have served as a lookout for Tory and Indian scouts who were surveying the area for the British shortly before the battle. The . . . — — Map (db m11408) HM
After the British attacked Monument Hill, the Americans withdrew to
a position behind a log fence on the east side of the Castleton Road.
As the battle continued, American Colonel
Seth Warner, his men, and others near the
Castleton Road . . . — — Map (db m201955) HM
Directly ahead, through the gap in the hills, ran the Military Road which connected the American garrison at Mount Independence on Lake Champlain with sites on the Connecticut River. American forces used this road as their escape route during . . . — — Map (db m202032) HM
Most of the battle waged back and forth in this field until the Americans were finally forced across the Castleton Road to the east. They took up a position there behind a log and stone fence. After some heavy fighting, Colonel Hale’s 2nd New . . . — — Map (db m202036) HM
The Americans took up
a position behind the
high log and stone fence
across the Castleton
Road to the east, being
forced there by the
British. After heavy
fighting, remnants of
the 2nd New Hampshire
Regiment moved back
across the road, . . . — — Map (db m201993) HM
The only battle fought in Vermont during the Revolution Right side of Monument: This monument erected by citizens of Hubbardton and vicinity July 7, 1859 Back of Monument: Hubbardton Battle fought on this ground July 7, 1777 Bottom of . . . — — Map (db m9230) WM
American Colonel
Ebenezer Francis, his
11th Massachusetts
Regiment, and selected
units from other
regiments encamped
along this hilltop the
night of July 6. Colonel
Seth Warner and his
Green Mountain Boys
made camp to the left,
down the . . . — — Map (db m201746) HM
Colonel Ebenezer Francis and his 11th Continental Regiment from Massachusetts encamped along this hilltop on the night of July 6th. To the left, down the hill toward the Selleck cabin, were Seth Warner and his Green Mountain Boys; to the right was . . . — — Map (db m202031) HM
Vermont is a state of bumpy back roads that lead to wonderful discoveries. Sometimes, a perfect swimming hole, other times a field of rare wildflowers. Hubbardton is such a discovery, a small rural town with a lot of heart and many beautiful . . . — — Map (db m201668) HM
John and Sarah Selleck built their cabin near the Castleton Road when they moved to Hubbardton from Connecticut in 1775. Like many other families, they had come here to farm and raise their families away from the crowding and turmoil in the coastal . . . — — Map (db m202034) HM
In 1775 John and Sarah
Selleck, who moved
to Hubbardton from
Connecticut, built their
cabin here near the
Castleton Road. They
wanted a farm to raise
their family away from
the crowded coastal
area. In the fall of 1776,
the newly built . . . — — Map (db m201992) HM
The only battle fought on Vermont soil during the American Revolution took place on these fields. Viewed as a rear guard action, this battle was important because it slowed the progress of the British and German pursuers long enough for the main . . . — — Map (db m202033) HM
Starting here, follow the path to your right to the top of Monument Hill. A series of signs identify battle landmarks and explain the battle action that unfolded here. Enjoy exploring!
On July 5 and 6, 1777, the Northern American Army . . . — — Map (db m201688) HM
A meetinghouse or town hall has existed on this site since about 1800. The land was donated to the town of Ira in 1797 by Thomas and Benoni Collins for the purpose of constructing a meetinghouse and school. Thomas Collins purchased the land after it . . . — — Map (db m150440) HM
1861 • Civil War • 1865
Lawson E Barber · John L Batchelder · Charles P Bateman · John T Bour
Oliver E Brewster · George Brown · William Coole · Cornelius P Curtis
Henry T Davis · Albert Fish · Henry Flagg · James H Fowler · James S Fox . . . — — Map (db m229680) WM
Long Trail Lodge was built on the south side of Sherburne Pass in 1923 as a gift to the Green Mountain Club by Mortimer Proctor, former club president and later governor of Vermont. The rustic-style clubhouse, built of timber and stone from the . . . — — Map (db m304080) HM
Southward appears the summit of Mt. Killington, once called Pisgah, on which Rev. Samuel Peters claimed he christened the wilderness with the name "Verd-mont" in 1763. Most historians give credit to Dr. Thomas Young’s letter "to the inhabitants of . . . — — Map (db m78175) HM
Born in Rutland, Ripley enlisted in the 9th Vermont in 1862 and fought at Harper’s Ferry, Chaffin’s Farm and Second Fair Oaks. As brigade commander of the Army of the James, the general led the first Union troops into the Confederate capitol of . . . — — Map (db m103338) HM
Near this location lived "Captain John" Vincent, a member of the Caughnawaga tribe. An admirer of General George Washington, Captain John became a firm friend of the Colonies. He accompanied Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery to guide American . . . — — Map (db m78176) HM
Near this site Albert W. Gray manufactured his horse power treadmills, which he invented and patented in 1844 and 1856. He also invented a corn sheller, patented in 1836, and a machine for making wrought iron nails.
For over 50 years the shop, . . . — — Map (db m60664) HM
During construction of what became the Rutland Railroad, two important events occurred in Mount Holly. In 1848, a construction crew discovered the tusk and tooth of a woolly mammoth in the nearby wetland. These are on display in the Community . . . — — Map (db m104493) HM
dedicated by the citizens of Pawlet
to those of their number who offered their lives
in the Great War of Nations 1914- 1918
(four names)
they gave the last full measure of devotion
(sixty three names)
(one nurse)
(two Student Army Training . . . — — Map (db m134476) WM
Pawlet Town Hall was built cooperatively by the town and local merchant Marcellus Wheeler, to be the seat of town government and to provide commercial space. Prominent features of this Victorian-era building are the Italianate-style cupola, . . . — — Map (db m136965) HM
1781 – Pittsfield, Vermont -1981
Dedicated To All Who Served Our Country
World War I
Annis, Mabelle L. •
Forsha, Edmund R. •
Gomo, Elmer C. •
Gomo, Frank •
Grandy, William C. •
Holland, Thomas H. •
Kantor, . . . — — Map (db m157061) WM
Erected in 1780
Stood on this ground
Caleb Houghton
Born Bolton Ms. 1760
Member of Capt. Saffords Co.
Maj. Allen's Detach.
Stationed at this fort
was killed by an Indian
half a mile south
July 15, 1780.
His remains were moved . . . — — Map (db m136551) HM
One of four covered bridges in the town of Pittsford, this 139’ Town lattice truss bridge was built in 1842 by Asa Nourse. During the 1927 flood the bridge floated off its abutments and ended up in a field over a mile down stream. During the winter . . . — — Map (db m61393) HM
A sawmill was built in 1798 by Pittsford's Woodruff family about 275 feet to the north on Sugar Hollow Brook, a Furnace Brook tributary. The mill was replaced and a dam built c.1870 by the Norse family. An ice house was added, with ice cut from the . . . — — Map (db m97284) HM
Side 1 In 1791, Israel Keith built an iron blast furnace two miles east of here, adjacent to what is now Furnace Brook. Materials for the smelting process included iron ore, manganese, and charcoal from Chittenden, with limestone flux from . . . — — Map (db m103340) HM
The Colonial revival building, designed by Scopes & Feustmann of Saranac Lake, NY, was constructed and endowed by Redfield Proctor and his family as a private pay institution for the treatment of Tuberculosis. Completed in 1907, the center building . . . — — Map (db m76008) HM
Village of Pittsford Mills
This area of Pittsford was originally known as
Pittsford Mills. Development began in the late 18th
century with two waterfalls on Furnace Brook
supplying power for gristmills, sawmills, and an oil
mill. The . . . — — Map (db m277945) HM
About 400 million years ago in this region, layers of sediment, accumulated in ocean waters, were
subjected to intense pressure and heat during tectonic and mountain building action causing a
metamorphism of minerals collectively known as . . . — — Map (db m229704) HM
Slate was first discovered in 1839 and later worked by Col. Alonson Allen at the Scotch Hill Quarry near Fair Haven in 1848. The Hooker brothers opened the Poultney Eureka Quarry in 1851. At the peak in the 1890's there were more than 80 quarries . . . — — Map (db m229714) HM
One of the first Methodist churches erected in Vermont, the Old Stone Church was built ca. 1822 with limestone from Whitehall, NY, and marble quarried in Tinmouth, VT. The church, set high atop Stone Church Hill, created a town center and prompted . . . — — Map (db m233726) HM
Otter Creek was a passageway for Native Americans traveling across what is now Vermont from the Connecticut River to Lake Champlain. They called the falls here “The Great Falls” which at 123’ are the highest in Vermont. John Sutherland, . . . — — Map (db m77971) HM
Dedicated to those who served our country in time of conflict
We cherish their sacrifice loyalty and honor
A list of 20 names follows from World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Operation Iraqi Freedom — — Map (db m106413) WM
The earliest marble was quarried by the Humphrey brothers in 1836. They were followed by successive marble companies. In 1870 Redfield Proctor took over in receivership and brought the Vermont Marble Company to world prominence. Building contracts . . . — — Map (db m77969) HM
William G. Wilson, known as "Bill W.," co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous, which has affected millions of lives. Born in Dorset, he moved to Rutland in childhood, and credited his upbringing here with instilling the traits that determined his . . . — — Map (db m229847) HM
DOMESTIC STRIFE MARKED THE VIETNAM ERA
Involvement of the United States in Vietnam began as early as 1950, when President Truman sent
advisors to assist the French government. At that time, France was seeking to re-establish its
colonial . . . — — Map (db m229761) HM WM
FROM JOHN RENO'S STRUGGLE CAME A SOLDIER CARVED IN STONE
The stone sculpture that lies at the center of this memorial replaces the original
that occupied the same spot from 2000 to 2017. Deterioration of the earlier
sculpture resulted in . . . — — Map (db m229758) HM WM
During eight hours on the evening of June 27, 1962, Christo and Jeanne-Claude closed the Rue Visconti with 89 oil barrels. The art barricade was 13.7 x 13.2 x 2.7 feet (4.2 x4x0.5 meters). It obstructed most of the traffic of the Paris Left Bank. . . . — — Map (db m229764) HM
Andrea Mead Lawrence, a Rutland native and America's only Olympic skier to win two gold medals
in one year, at 19, was also a renowned environmental advocate. Sports Illustrated ranks her as Vermont's No. 1 athlete ever, and Olympic . . . — — Map (db m229845) HM
Ann Story was a pioneer and Rutland settler, a widowed mother of five, and a Revolutionary War spy and hero.
After moving to Salisbury, she supported the Green Mountain Boys, providing food, advice and information.
Fearless in the face of . . . — — Map (db m136573) HM
Dr. Charles Caverly identified the first polio epidemic in the world, in Rutland County in 1894. Sporadic cases of paralysis and related symptoms began to appear around the world in the mid-1800s, but they were not typically connected, and a . . . — — Map (db m304072) HM
George Schmitt of Rutland, along with his brother, Charles, built and flew the state's first glider near here in 1909. Schmitt learned to fly in the company of Curtis, Wright and Baldwin. He was the second person to fly in Vermont. Schmitt set . . . — — Map (db m78002) HM
Governor Israel Smith was buried at the West Street
Cemetery. Smith served in the state legislature
and as a delegate to the Vermont Constitutional
Convention, which ratified the US Constitution.
When Vermont became a state in 1791, he . . . — — Map (db m141495) HM
Site of the first Meeting House erected 1784 by inhabitants of East Parish, now Grace Congregational UCC in Rutland and formally organized in 1788. Property deeded to church by Major William Barr. Also
Site of the first burying ground deeded to . . . — — Map (db m246179) HM
Historic West Street Cemetery was first used in 1810, with the interment of Governor Israel Smith. This city cemetery replaced the North Main Street Cemetery, which dated to the 1780s. With the establishment of the Evergreen Cemetery in 1861, West . . . — — Map (db m133952) HM
In 1857, John Howe reorganized the Brandon Iron
and Car Wheel Co. as the Howe Scale Company
upon buying the 1856 scale patents of Frank Strong
and Thomas Ross. Howe's durable and accurate
ball-bearing platform scale weighed everything
from . . . — — Map (db m299430) HM
On March 1, 1914, the Italian American Club of Rutland was founded as a mutual aid society by approximately forty southern Italian immigrants. Their mission included teaching local Italian immigrants English and assisting them to become American . . . — — Map (db m95448) HM
John Deere was born February, 7th, 1804 the third son of William Rinold Deere and Sarah Yates Deere. It is presumed that Sarah gave birth to John at home; over William Deere’s Rutland tailor shop located on the east side of Main St. across from the . . . — — Map (db m77993) HM
Julia Dorr, who lived in Rutland during childhood and from 1857 until her death, was one of Vermont's most famous and best loved poets. She published hundreds of popular poems, sonnets, and prose works, which reflect a keen sense of observation and . . . — — Map (db m78001) HM
Rutland resident Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr was a prolific author, her career lasting into her 80s and spanning the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century. Her form was diverse, ranging from poetry and nonfiction to novels, . . . — — Map (db m229903) HM
Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book while living in southern Vermont in 1893 and 1894. Originally a series of short stories published in magazines, the stories were combined into a book in 1894.
The Jungle Book, a beloved story for . . . — — Map (db m229820) HM
The Korean War left an enormous legacy that has changed the very course of the world. The struggle not only saved the southern half of the Korean peninsula from Communist rule, but also set it on the road toward Democracy. * * * * * * * * * * This . . . — — Map (db m105754) WM
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