On Main Street (U.S. 5) 0.1 miles south of Bank Street, on the right when traveling south.
James Wilson, a Bradford farmer and self-taught engraver, in early 1800’s made and sold the first geographical globes in the U.S. Adm. Chas. Clark, born here in 1843, was Captain of the “Oregon”, which sailed around the Cape Horn to . . . — — Map (db m65832) HM
Located 100 yards beyond this marker is the site where James Wilson had his home and workshop. Between 1808 and 1810 Wilson made and sold the first terrestrial and celestial globes in North America. Born in Londonderry, N.H., in 1763, Wilson was a . . . — — Map (db m87995) HM
On South Main Street (Vermont Route 25B) at Main Street (U.S. 5), on the right when traveling east on South Main Street.
BRADFORD CITIZENS
With the "Boys In Blue" During The Civil War
1861 - 1865
Abbot, Albert C. ·
Abbott, Ephraim C. ·
Andros, Charles W. ·
Andross, Dudley K. ·
Andross, Leonard A. ·
Andross, Noble C. ·
Argy, William ·
Argy, . . . — — Map (db m158919) WM
On South Main Street (U.S. 25B) at Main Street (U.S. 5), on the right when traveling east on South Main Street.
This tablet erected to the 35 Bradford citizens who served their country in the Spanish-American War 1898.
Spanish-American War Vets
Capt. Charles E. Clark U.S. Navy
Capt. Harry B. Chamberlain U.S. Army
Lieut. George C. Day U.S. Navy . . . — — Map (db m158910) WM
On South Main Street (Vermont Route 25B) at Main Street (U.S. 5), on the right when traveling east on South Main Street.
1917 Bradford 1918
Erects This Tablet
To Those Who Gave Their
Services And Lives In The
World War
Avery, Harold C. ·
Barrett, Norman W. ·
Bowles, Nelson C. ·
Bradley, Roy H. P. ·
Brooks, Conrad E. ·
Brooks, Eber D. · . . . — — Map (db m158916) WM
On North Main Street (U.S. 5) at Wrights Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
Albert F. Colburn commissioned George P. Loveland & Co to construct this high-style Queen Anne house in 1891 on land subdivided from the estate of Deacon Oliver Hardy. Colburn was the proprietor and treasurer of Wait's River Paper Company, . . . — — Map (db m107642) HM
On South Main Street at Lower Plain on South Main Street.
Born Bradford, Vermont August 10, 1843 Died Long Beach California Oct. 1. 1922
Entered Annapolis Naval Academy Sept. 29, 1860 With Farragut Battle Mobile Bay Aug 5, 1864 Race of U.S.S. Oregon from California to Florida Mar. 16-May 26, 1898 . . . — — Map (db m65831) HM WM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Ira Day (1777-1853) was one of the earliest settlers of South Barre. A prominent tavern and storekeeper, he was the town’s first postmaster (1801), operated a grist mill on Stevens Branch, and served as a director of the Bank of Montpelier. In 1803, . . . — — Map (db m220475) HM
On Vermont Route 65 at Stone Road, on the right when traveling west on Vermont Route 65.
Since 1820, eight versions of the Floating Bridge have spanned Sunset Lake, each serving as a unique gateway to Brookfield Village. Previous versions of the bridge were constructed with a variety of materials, including massive timbers, 50-gallon . . . — — Map (db m95451) HM
On Middlebrook Road at Bear Notch Road, on the left when traveling north on Middlebrook Road.
Revolutionary War patriot and author of the popular ode "The American Hero," written in celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Nathaniel Niles was an original settler of Fairlee, then founder of West Fairlee, and first minister of this church. He . . . — — Map (db m65091) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 5) 0.1 miles north of School Street, on the right when traveling north.
Samuel Morey, resident of Orford and later Fairlee, successfully operated a steamboat on the Conn. River in 1793. Making over 4000 experiments, this early scientist patented an internal combustion engine in 1826 to anticipate the age of the motor . . . — — Map (db m32118) HM
On Camp Farnsworth Road (Vermont Route 113) 0.1 miles north of Mud Point Road, on the right when traveling north.
In 1909 Charles “Chelebe” and Charlotte “Madama” Farnsworth established Camp Hanoum for young women to experience the outdoors, gain confidence, skills, and strength in rural Vermont. Meaning “gracious lady,” . . . — — Map (db m141188) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 5) 0.2 miles north of Oxbow Road, on the right when traveling north.
Conceived, planned, laid out & financed by Newbury founder, Gen. Jacob Bayley 1726–1815, who on Nov. 24, 1775, presented his plan to Gen. George Washington for a shorter military route to Canada. On Washington's orders, Bayley began road in spring . . . — — Map (db m87961) HM
Near Main Street (U.S. 5) 0.2 miles north of Oxbow Road, on the right when traveling north.
To the memory of Col. THOMAS JOHNSON an early settler of this state and a brave and efficient officer in the Revolutionary war. His duties as a civil and military officer were performed with unblemished integrity. In private life a faithful friend . . . — — Map (db m89735) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 5) 0.6 miles north of Oxbow Road, on the right when traveling north.
One of the first settlers of Newbury, 1762, Influential in organizing the town and state; Revolutionary officer; Aid to General Lincoln at Ticonderoga, 1777, A prisoner in Canada 1781, Elected representative ten times. This marks the location of . . . — — Map (db m87960) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 5) north of Oxbow Road, on the left when traveling north.
Born on March 19, 1871, Charles Ross Taggart, "The Man From Vermont", grew up in Topsham, VT and in 1907 moved his family to this house which he named Elmbank. Beginning in 1895, Taggart, a humorist and musician, traveled all over the U.S., . . . — — Map (db m87964) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 5) south of Chapel Street, on the right when traveling south.
{East side} Patriot A pioneer of strong unselfish purpose A patriot of uncompromising fidelity A soldier unstained by personal ambition A citizen ever devoted to the public good {South side} Soldier French and Indian war . . . — — Map (db m88114) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 5) at Chapel Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Veteran of the Indian Wars, Bayley led a migration of settlers from Newbury, Mass to the rich lands of the Coos here at the Great ox-Bow. A staunch patriot, he bitterly opposed the "Haldimand Negotiations" carried on with Canada by Ethan & Ira . . . — — Map (db m87994) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 5) 0.1 miles north of Oxbow Road, on the left when traveling north.
The old court house with jail connected for Gloucester County New York, which became Orange County Vermont. It was used for a meeting house until 1788. The Legislature of 1787 met in this building. A few rods northerly stood the log fort of . . . — — Map (db m48618) HM
On East Bethel Road, on the right when traveling north.
Jonathan Peckham Miller was born in Randolph and educated at Orange County Grammar School close to this spot. When he fought in the Greek Revolution for freedom from the Turks in the 1820s, he was known internationally as “the American Daredevil.” . . . — — Map (db m95450) HM
On Neighbor Road west of Curtis Road (Local Highway 52), on the right when traveling west.
In 1788 Justin Morgan and his family moved from Springfield, MA, to Vermont, living in a log cabin once located on the opposite side of Neighbor Road in the Town of Randolph. Most famous for the horse breed that bears his name, Morgan was a farmer, . . . — — Map (db m159592) HM
On Main Street 0.1 miles south of Route 66, on the left when traveling south.
In 1791, Schoolmaster Justin Morgan brought into Vermont the colt that was to bear his name and to make them both famous. This Morgan horse which Justin Morgan took as payment of a debt, became the ancestor of one of the greatest breeds of horses . . . — — Map (db m79946) HM
On Main Street at Route 66, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Near this site stood the first Public School in Vermont for special training of teachers. It burned in 1893; rebuilt at a cost of $12,000 in 1894. Many of the 1623 graduates had long and distinguished careers in the educational professions. Four . . . — — Map (db m79924) HM
On South Randolph Road, on the left when traveling south.
Centuries ago this area was part of the town square
The Main Street Road wound its way north of the church and
grade school, met up with the South Randolph Road & Granger Street.
Granger Street was between this building and the cemetery.
The . . . — — Map (db m313088) HM
On Mine Road 0.1 miles north of Copperas Road, on the right when traveling north.
In the 1790s a body of ore was discovered here, leading to the production of copperas from 1809 - 1880s and the intermittent production of copper from 1832 - 1958. The mine site covered 850 acres, and over three million tons of ore were extracted . . . — — Map (db m64920) HM
On Justin Morrill Memorial Highway 0.8 miles north of Alger Brook Road, on the right when traveling north.
Justin Smith Morrill 1810-1898
Born in Strafford Village, Justin S. Morrill was the son of a blacksmith. He entered politics in 1854 serving in the United States Congress for a total of nearly 44 years. As a member of the House of . . . — — Map (db m104075) HM
On Old City Falls Branch 0.9 miles north of Justin Morrill Memorial Highway, on the left when traveling north.
Strafford was granted its charter on August 12, 1761. Land near here was chosen for the town's first settlement by its earliest pioneers, Ezekiel Parish and Frederick Smith. Both men with their families established homesteads in this vicinity by . . . — — Map (db m107647) HM
On Justin Morrill Memorial Highway at Brook Road on Justin Morrill Memorial Highway.
Born April 14, 1810, Senator Morrill served 43 years in the Congress. He won unique fame as author of the Morrill Acts, signed by Abraham Lincoln, 1862. These established our land-grant colleges and universities, securing and broadening higher . . . — — Map (db m65008) HM
On Justin Morrill Memorial Highway at Brooks Road on Justin Morrill Memorial Highway.
The Town of Strafford received its charter on August 12, 1761. By the 1790s the area surrounding the Common, known as Strafford Village, became the town center with a mill dam and mill, several homes, an inn, and a store. The Strafford Village . . . — — Map (db m100958) HM
On Vermont Route 132 at Furnace Flats Road, on the left when traveling east on Vermont Route 132.
In this area, what may have been the first use of hot blast to smelt copper adjacent to a mine in the United States took place. During the winter of 1833-1834, Isaac Tyson, Jr., invented a hot-blast system for smelting copper. Assisted by smelting . . . — — Map (db m94486) HM
On Academy Road, on the right when traveling north.
On this site stood the original Thetford Academy. Co-educational from the start, it was founded in 1819 by Thetford citizens led by Rev. Asa Burton and Judge Simeon Short. The academic building with belfry and separate doors for boys and girls . . . — — Map (db m136062) HM
On Vermont Route 110 at Potash Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Vermont Route 110.
This fair, founded in 1867 and held by the Union Agricultural Society on this site since 1875, was named "The World's Fair' by Lt. Governor Burnham Martin. The annual celebration reflects accomplishments of farmers and families by reinforcing their . . . — — Map (db m85974) HM
On Vermont Route 110 2.4 miles north of Route 14, on the right when traveling south.
On the Tunbridge hilltop, across the meadow, three hundred Indians, led by the British in the wanning years of the Revolutionary War, laid in wait the night of Oct. 15, 1780. As dawn approached on the 16th, they began their pillaging, reducing . . . — — Map (db m73916) HM
On Vermont Route 110 at School Lane, on the left when traveling south on Vermont Route 110.
( north face )
S. C. Smith Post No. 57 G.A.R.
Julius Lazelle · J. A. Dickey · C. O. Slack · F. V. Jefferds · L. D. Parkhurst · E. W. Whitcomb · A. R. Nelson · C. S. George · A. F. Bohonon · D. P. Smith · C. H. Smith · T. F. S. Thurber · . . . — — Map (db m157923) WM
On Vermont Route 110 at Firehouse Lane, on the right when traveling south on Vermont Route 110.
Washington Vermont
To All Those Who Served In The Armed Forces
World War I
Baker Robert · Beede Clarence · Bigelow Harold · Bradbury William · Burnham Guy ★ · Calef Allan · Chaples Edward · Clough Arthur · Compo Alexander · Corrigan . . . — — Map (db m157938) WM
On Railroad Street (U.S. 302) at the Wells River, on the right when traveling east on Railroad Street.
At this point began the so called Hazen Road, running northerly 54 miles to Hazen's Notch in Westfield. Recommended to General Washington by General Jacob Bayley, built by General Bayley, as far as Cabot in 1776. Completed by General Moses Hazen . . . — — Map (db m280408) HM
On Railroad Street (U.S. 302) near the Wells River, on the right when traveling east.
They gave their lives in order to
protect our freedoms
Albert Bailey
Donald Bidwell
Frank Farnsworth
Robert Flanders
Leon LaMarre
Wells River, Vermont — — Map (db m280415) WM
On Brook Street (Vermont Route 64) at Route 14, on the right when traveling west on Brook Street.
Thomas Davenport was born on the West Hill in 1802 and worked in a blacksmith shop by the village stream. Later, in Brandon, invented the first commutator, and, in 1837, patented the first electric motor. — — Map (db m86037) HM
On Vermont Route 14 at Brook Street ( Route 64), on the right when traveling south on Vermont Route 14.
Born on the West Hill July 9, 1802. Died at the age of 49, July 6 1851, in Salisbury, VT. Buried in Brandon. Near this tablet stood the blacksmith shop where he learned his trade. He invented and made the first ELECTRIC MOTOR in Brandon, Vermont . . . — — Map (db m86038) HM
On Vermont Route 14, on the right when traveling south.
Williamstown was established in 1780 by Elijah Paine and was formally chartered one year later on August 9, 1781. The first settlers lived on West Hill, along present-day Stone Road. By the mid-1800s, development had shifted from the two hills into . . . — — Map (db m103775) HM
