Historical Markers and War Memorials in South Royalton, Vermont
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Tunbridge is in Orange County
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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
To terrorize the valley from Tunbridge to Royalton, nearly 300 Indians led by a British officer fell on these defenseless frontier settlements, killing 4, taking 26 prisoners, & reducing Royalton to ashes. The captives hauled back to Canada were . . . — — Map (db m58273) HM
Dedicated to the memory of
Sgt. Carlton Alan Clark
August 24, 1983 — August 6, 2006
2nd Brigade Troop Battalion 2nd Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division Air Assault US Army
Sgt. Clark was killed in action on August 6, 2006 in . . . — — Map (db m198717) WM
Born in 1874, Jessie LaFountain attended Burlington Business College and worked as a government reporter at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester/Essex, Vermont. In 1898 she married Frederick H. Bigwood and shortly thereafter entered the office of V.A. . . . — — Map (db m73938) HM
Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born near here on December 23, 1805. A visitor's center and a 38˝ foot tall monument, considered the world's largest polished granite shaft, commemorates his life and is . . . — — Map (db m37198) HM
The farmhouse on this site, dating from the late-18th century, was purchased by Irene and Robert Slater in 1934, along with a barn and 145 acres of land. During the Great Depression, like many Vermont farmers, the Slaters took in tourists to . . . — — Map (db m85971) HM
