The 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first African-American regiment formed after the Emancipation Proclamation, included dozens of Vermonters, 20 enlisted in Rutland, many born in Rutland County.
The regiment helped debunk military beliefs . . . — — Map (db m229886) HM WM
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
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
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
America's biggest and longest blood drive,
began here in 2003.
The GOLM, which bred community spirit, collaboration and goodwill in its early years at The Paramount Theatre, grew into a multi-site event that helped save thousands of lives. . . . — — Map (db m229896) 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
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
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
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
who was awarded the Medal of Honor Colonel Merritt A. Edson for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty as Commanding Officer of the First Marine Raider Battalion, with the First Parachute Battalion . . . — — Map (db m105751) HM
Rutland native Martin Henry Freeman was a ground-breaking African American educator and abolitionist. Born May 11, 1826, Freeman was tutored by East Parish Congregational Church's Rev. William Mitchell, and was among the first African Americans . . . — — Map (db m229879) HM
Martin Freeman, born in Rutland, became the first black college president in the United States and was a member of the second East Parish Congregational Church which stood on this site. He was prepared by Pastor William Mitchell for Middlebury . . . — — Map (db m77981) HM
Approximately four rods from the west wall of this armory stood the "OLD STATE HOUSE" demolished in 1912, in which Vermont legislative sessions were held at intervals from 1784 to 1804 inclusive, county court from 1784 to 1793 and in 1791 the first . . . — — Map (db m77992) HM
When Rutland became the Shiretown in 1784, the old gambrel-roofed Tavern on this site served as Court House and State House for the Legislatures of 1784 and 1786 and the first session of the U.S. District Court of 1791. Nearby stood a whipping . . . — — Map (db m109335) HM
Redfield Proctor was a business and military leader, locally and nationally. A lawyer, he enlisted in the Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War. He mustered out as a colonel from the 15th Vermont Infantry after the Battle of Gettysburg. . . . — — Map (db m304077) HM
Wallingford native Paul Harris founded Rotary, one of the world’s most successful humanitarian organizations. After college and law school, Harris settled in Chicago. Longing for the kind of camaraderie he enjoyed in Rutland County, he started the . . . — — Map (db m246428) HM
Rutland Jewish Center
has been placed on the
National Register
Of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m304074) HM
This monument is dedicated to
the memory of
the Veterans who served
in the following wars
Revolutionary War
(16 names)
War of 1812
(5 names)
Mexican War
(1 name)
Civil War
(19 names) — — Map (db m133953) WM
A Tribute to the Men and Women of Rutland who served in the World War In Memoriam Berta Barrett • Thomas Bashaw • Nicholas Belifore • Henry T. Bolduc • Harold Brown • Benjamin Carter • Frederic P. Clement, Jr. • Grant H. Cutler • John Dougherty • . . . — — Map (db m105756) 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
Thousands of immigrants from Ireland, Italy and across Europe helped make this region an epicenter of the marble Industry. Quarries drew workers and artists to Rutland County starting in the late 1700s. By the late 1800s, Vermont Marble Company . . . — — Map (db m229878) HM
Rutland Journalist Tom Fagan, with help from comic book authors and illustrators, made the Rutland Halloween parade into an international phenomenon featured in more than two dozen comic books worldwide. DC's Batman was an early parade favorite, . . . — — Map (db m304073) HM
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
DON BODETTE WAS 'POINT MAN' FOR RUTLAND AREA VIETNAM VETERANS
"Together then, together now," was the idea that drove Don Bodette, the Rutland man whose experiences in Vietnam and whose commitment to veterans shaped the national . . . — — Map (db m229757) HM WM
In 2006 the Rutland arts community came together for the first community art project in the
City. Here is one of the examples of the project.
Why Trains?
When you think of Rutland's history… you think railroad. The arts community . . . — — Map (db m229909) HM
