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Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Markers

More than 340 green and gold markers placed by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation and its predecessors (such as the Vermont Historic Sites Commission and the Vermont Board of Historic Sites) that are associated with an event, person, or architecture significant to local Vermont or national history.
 
By Kevin Craft, August 28, 2016
Wideview of Hathorne School Marker
1 ► Vermont, Addison County, Bridport — Hathorne School — Bridport District Schoolhouse #1 —
Erected c. 1864, this one-room schoolhouse served hundreds of children in Bridport for nearly a century. Originally founded as the first district school in Bridport, it later became known as Hathorne School, reflecting the name of a nearby . . . — — Map (db m96475) HM
2 ► Vermont, Addison County, Cornwall, Bread Loaf — William Slade / The Gag Rule — 1786–1857 / 1836–1844 —
William Slade was one of Vermont’s great public servants and an ardent abolitionist. Born when Vermont was an independent republic, he died just before the Civil War. A graduate of Middlebury College admitted to the bar in 1810, Slade was a . . . — — Map (db m135841) HM
3 ► Vermont, Addison County, Ferrisburgh — "Rokeby" — Home of Rowland E. Robinson Writer of Vermont Folklore —
Here in 1833, Rowland E. Robinson was born of Quaker parentage. He became a popular illustrator and interpreter of nature and Yankee dialect. "Rokeby" was a station on the "Underground R.R." Here are the blind author’s memorabilia. Open to the . . . — — Map (db m75967) HM
4 ► Vermont, Addison County, Ferrisburgh — The Great Convention —
Frederick Douglass delivered a fiery abolitionist speech here in July 1843. Born in slavery in Maryland, Douglass freed himself by escaping to the north, where he became a tireless crusader for African American freedom and equality. He was among . . . — — Map (db m95449) HM
5 ► Vermont, Addison County, Granville — The Corner School — Granville School District #10 —
The one-room Corner School, established here at “Codfish Corners,” operated from 1871 to 1951 for grades 1 through 8. Previously, G.V. Wilson’s blacksmith shop (1860-69) and the I.H. Archer Store (1869-74) stood at this site. Granville once had 10 . . . — — Map (db m196206) HM
6 ► Vermont, Addison County, Middlebury — Birthplace of Ray Fisher —
Born in Middlebury on October 4, 1887, Ray Lyle Fisher grew up on farms along Otter Creek and Creek Road. Ray starred in baseball and football at Middlebury High School and Middlebury College before joining the New York Yankees in 1910. He pitched . . . — — Map (db m294651) HM
7 ► Vermont, Addison County, Middlebury — Court Square —
From 1796 to 1814 Court Square was the site of the first Addison County Courthouse, which also served as the seat of the Vermont Legislature (1800, 1806), and home of Middlebury’s first female academy (1800). Here in June 1804 a New York . . . — — Map (db m294654) HM
8 ► Vermont, Addison County, Middlebury — Emma Willard — Pioneer educator gave women first college training here —
Emma Hart came to Middlebury in 1807 to take charge of the Female Academy. After her marriage to Dr. John Willard, the town’s first physician, she gave the earliest collegiate instruction for women in America at a Seminary in her home, during the . . . — — Map (db m294655) HM
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9 ► Vermont, Addison County, Middlebury — Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions —
On July 13-14, 1843, in the Addison County Courthouse, Frederick Douglass and other prominent abolitionists of the New England Anti-Slavery Society launched their six-month 100 Conventions tour to generate anti-slavery sentiment in Vermont, New . . . — — Map (db m273540) HM
10 ► Vermont, Addison County, Middlebury — John Deere — Inventor of "The Plow that Broke the Plains" —
John Deere learned the blacksmith trade here as an apprentice in the shop of Capt. Benjamin Lawrence from 1821 to 1825. The shop was located below this spot on Mill Street, in what is known as "Frog Hollow". In 1836 Deere removed to Grand Detour, . . . — — Map (db m294657) HM
11 ► Vermont, Addison County, Orwell — Mt. Independence Military Road — Route to Hubbardton, 1777 — Reported permanently removed
After Ethan Allen seized Fort Ticonderoga, the Americans built Fort Mt. Independence, northwest from here on the Lake. Following Burgoyne’s invasion, Gen. St Clair evacuated the Forts, retreating across these hills to Hubbardton. Vermont . . . — — Map (db m9232) HM
12 ► Vermont, Addison County, Orwell — Mt. Independence Military Road — Route to Hubbardton - 1777 —
This vital American military road to the south of here was built on the September 7, 1776, orders of Gen. Horatio Gates to connect Mount Independence, a new Revolutionary War fortification on Lake Champlain, to Hubbardton, Rutland, and Fort No. 4 . . . — — Map (db m97307) HM
13 ► Vermont, Addison County, Ripton — Robert Frost — 1874 - 1963 —
A distinguished American poet by recognition and a Vermonter by preference, Robert Frost was Poet Laureate of Vermont and for many years “First Citizen” of the Town of Ripton. He was long associated with the Middlebury College School of . . . — — Map (db m37171) HM
14 ► Vermont, Addison County, Shoreham — Levi P. Morton — Statesman and Banker lived early years in Vermont —
Levi Parsons Morton, son of a minister, was born on this site, May 16, 1824, and for 8 years lived in Shoreham. He became a New York City banker, Member of Congress, Minister to France, Vice-President under President Harrison, and Governor of New . . . — — Map (db m95458) HM
15 ► Vermont, Addison County, Shoreham — Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge —
This Howe truss Railroad Bridge is one of only two covered railroad bridges left in Vermont. It was built in 1897 on the 15.6 mile Addison Branch connecting the Rutland Railroad at Leicester Junction with the Delaware and Hudson at Ticonderoga, New . . . — — Map (db m85416) HM
16 ► Vermont, Addison County, Vergennes — Macdonough Shipyard —
Below the Otter Creek Falls was the site of Thomas Macdonough's shipyard, where the U.S.S. Saratoga was built in 40 days and other ships launched that defeated the British at the Battle of Plattsburgh, 1814. — — Map (db m75977) HM WM
17 ► Vermont, Addison County, Vergennes — Stephen Bates — Vermont’s Earliest Known Black Sheriff and Chief of Police —
Stephen Bates (1842-1907) was born enslaved on the Shirley Plantation in Virginia. He escaped in 1862 and after the Civil War came north to Vergennes with U.S. Congressman Frederick E. Woodbridge. Bates was first elected Sheriff in 1879 and served . . . — — Map (db m195671) HM
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18 ► Vermont, Addison County, Weybridge, Bread Loaf — Silas Wright — 1795-1847 —
Born at Amherst, Mass., Silas Wright came to Weybridge as an infant and grew up here. Graduated from Middlebury College in 1815, he studied Law at Sandy Hill, N.Y.; began Law practice at Canton, N.Y. in 1819, and entered politics there. A Brigadier . . . — — Map (db m77967) HM
19 ► Vermont, Addison County, Weybridge, Bread Loaf — The U.S. Government Morgan Horse Farm —
The U.S. Government established a Morgan horse breeding program in 1905 at the University of Vermont to study and refine the Morgan horse as a superior cavalry mount. That program moved here in 1907 when Joseph Battell donated this farm to the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m77965) HM
20 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Arlington — Norman Rockwell — 1894-1978 —
This renowned American painter and illustrator lived in Arlington from 1939 to 1953. Moving into this house in 1943, Rockwell employed neighbors as models to create memorable images for calendars, advertisements, and magazines. Iconic pictures like . . . — — Map (db m97290) HM
21 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Arlington — State Seal Pine Tree —
This ancient tree was already a monarch of the forest in 1778. Visible then from the Arlington home of Thomas Chittenden, first Governor of Vermont, it is believed to have inspired Ira Allen in designing Vermont's Great Seal. Note a similarity . . . — — Map (db m90228) HM
22 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Arlington — Chittenden Home —
Oldest frame building one block east, built by Jehiel Hawley, 1764, was home of Thomas Chittenden, Vermont’s first Governor. Legend says the western vista, with its great pine, became the State Seal in 1779. Ethan and Ira Allen lived nearby. — — Map (db m78249) HM
23 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Arlington — Dorothy Canfield Fisher — (1879-1958) —
Known for her depiction of rural life in Vermont, Fisher was a popular novelist and proponent of education. She introduced the Montessori teaching method to American readers and helped found the Adult Education Association in the U.S. Born in . . . — — Map (db m78248) HM
24 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Bennington — Vermont is a State I Love —
“I could not look upon the peaks of Ascutney, Eillington, Mansfield, and Equinox without being moved in a way that no other scene could move me. It was here that I first saw the light of day; here i received my bride; here my dead lie . . . — — Map (db m77057) HM
25 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Bennington, North Bennington — Park-McCullough House —
Built as a summer cottage in 1865 for lawyer-entrepreneur-philanthropist Trenor Park and his wife Laura, the mansion was financed with a fortune amassed in California in the aftermath of the California Gold Rush. It was designed by the New York . . . — — Map (db m94423) HM
26 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Bennington, Old Bennington — Bennington Battle Monument —
On August 16, 1777, British forces sent by Gen'l Burgoyne to seize supplies at Bennington were turned back by New Englanders under Gen'l John Stark and Vermont's Col. Seth Warner. This 306 foot commemorative shaft planned 100 years later, was . . . — — Map (db m13600) HM
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27 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Bennington, Old Bennington — Seth Warner — Revolutionary War Hero —
Seth Warner came to Bennington in 1763, followed later by his cousins Ethan Allen and Remember Baker in an area known as the New Hampshire grants. In 1770, as the leaders of the Green Mountain Boys, the men joined forces against the threat of New . . . — — Map (db m303968) HM
28 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Bennington, Old Bennington — The "Corkscrew" Railroad —
When wealthy North Bennington resident Trenor Park purchased the Bennington-Rutland Railroad, he found that the railroad "barons" of the Troy and Boston Railroad refused him access to the New York lines. Rather than fight this monopoly, Park built a . . . — — Map (db m36902) HM
29 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Bennington, Old Bennington — Vermont — Molly Stark Trail and Historic Old Bennington —
State Highway 9 traverses scenic Hogback Mt. to the Connecticut River Valley. Old Bennington, site of the Battle Monument and Historical Museum, was the meeting place of the Green Mountain Boys. It was the first town chartered by Governor Benning . . . — — Map (db m94427) HM
30 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Bennington, Vermont Veterans' Home — Vermont Veterans' Home —
In 1884, the State General Assembly authorized an initial $10,000 appropriation to establish a soldiers’ home to care for disabled veterans of the Civil War. The former country estate of Seth B. Hunt, erected in 1860, was chosen. The Soldiers’ . . . — — Map (db m108851) HM
31 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Dorset — Dorset — Here New Hampshire Grants First Voted Independence —
. . . — — Map (db m78213) HM
32 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Dorset — Fenton Pottery Site — 1801-1810 —
Jonathon Fenton established a pottery and kiln near this site in 1801. He first made redware from clay found along the banks of the Mettowee River. He then became the first potter in Vermont to make salt-glazed stoneware. In 1810 he moved his . . . — — Map (db m78224) HM
33 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Dorset — First Marble Quarry — Oldest Quarry in U.S., 1785 —
Here, near Mt. Aeolus, Isaac Underhill opened the first marble quarry in 1785. Dorset quarries were most active in early 1800's when small slabs were used for hearths, doorsills and headstones. With better transportation and saws, larger blocks . . . — — Map (db m78226) HM
34 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Dorset — Harmon's Mint — East Rupert —
On the site at Hagar Brook stood the small clapboarded mint-house in which Reuben Harmon, Jr. coined copper for the Republic of Vermont, 1785-1788. When the Federal Government was instituted in 1789, Vermont abandoned minting. This rare currency of . . . — — Map (db m73639) HM
35 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Dorset, East Dorset — Birthplace of William Griffith Wilson — 1895-1971 — Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous —
Bill Wilson was born November 26, 1895, in a room behind the bar at the Wilson House Hotel. From age 11 until entering the Army, he lived at the Griffith House across the church yard from his birthplace. Bill W. wrote the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" . . . — — Map (db m94430) HM
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36 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Manchester, Manchester Center — Fred Nicklewhite — 1892-1996 —
Falcomb Knuche "Fred" Nicklewhite was born on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas and moved with his family in 1898 to Vermont. Trained as a master tailor. Nicklewhite spent summers working at the Equinox Hotel in Manchester and winters . . . — — Map (db m268185) HM
37 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Manchester, Manchester Center — Lincoln’s "Hildene" — Summer Home of Son of Civil War President —
Eastward on the hillside can be seen the Manchester estate of Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. He became fond of Vermont, and for over twenty years made this his summer home. He died here July 25, . . . — — Map (db m95552) HM
38 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Manchester, Manchester Center — The Revolutionary War —
Ethan Allen crossed Lake Champlain to capture Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775 for "America's First Victory." Allen's expedition passed through here on May 5, 1775. Nathan Beman from Manchester guided the expedition into the fort; John Roberts of . . . — — Map (db m78237) HM
39 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Manchester, Manchester Center — The Southern Vermont Arts Center —
Begun in the 1920s as an informal artists' group for the exhibition of painting and sculpture, the Southern Vermont Arts Center has grown to become a leading Vermont institution devoted to performance, exhibition and studio art. It acquired the . . . — — Map (db m78227) HM
40 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Pawlet, Dorset — The Dorset Field Club — Oldest Continually Operated Golf Course in the United States —
Marker Front: On September 12, 1886 a group of golfers, principally from Troy and New York City, who summered in Dorset, laid out a nine hole golf course, then known as The Dorset Golf Links on this present site. The Club's first president . . . — — Map (db m77585) HM
41 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Pownal, North Pownal — Early Eighteenth Century Settlement —
This site commemorates the gateway of Vermont’s earliest Dutch settlement, the Rensselaerwyck Manor settlement. The Diel Homestead, built by Bastion Diel in the early 1700s, is considered the second earliest dwelling in Pownal. The property’s large . . . — — Map (db m157547) HM
42 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Pownal, North Pownal — Pownal — Two Presidents Taught Here —
Here two Presidents taught school at the beginning of their careers. Chester A. Arthur, a graduate of Union College, educated Pownal youth in 1851. Later while an undergraduate at Williams College, James A. Garfield did likewise. When Garfield was . . . — — Map (db m78255) HM
43 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Pownal, Pownal Center — Vermont U.S. 7 follows historic route —
Pownal was the site of one of the state’s oldest white settlement’s when Dutch settlers lived here for a short time after 1724. Up this valley came the pioneers from Connecticut including Ethan Allen, who led the dauntless Green Mountain Boys & . . . — — Map (db m150438) HM
44 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Rupert, West Rupert — Lt. Col. Robert Cochran — Revolutionary Hero Settled Here, 1769 —
Condemned to death by the N.Y. Assembly, Col. Cochran fought the Yorkers for Vermont land grants. Joining the Green Mt. Boys, he was with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga and Seth Warner at Crown Point. Later he commanded Continental forces in the Mohawk . . . — — Map (db m77947) HM
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45 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Shaftsbury — Governor Jonas Galusha Homestead —
Jonas Galusha, born in Norwich, CT in 1753, moved his family to Shaftsbury in 1775. During the Revolutionary War he served with Seth Warner's Green Mountain Boys and was at the Battle of Hubbardton and a Captain during the Battle of Bennington. A . . . — — Map (db m27799) HM
46 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Shaftsbury — Shaftsbury — The Birthplace, 1805, of Jacob Merritt Howard —
Moving west, Howard became Senator from Michigan, & wrote resolutions adopted by Convention at Jackson, July 6, 1854, on which The Republican Party was founded. He was also the sole author of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. His birthplace . . . — — Map (db m90226) HM
47 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Shaftsbury, South Shaftsbury — The Old Mill —
In 1817, Silas Hawes patented his metal carpenter's square, created by welding up-and-down saws at right angles. Hawes and Stephen Whipple, blacksmiths by trade, formed Eagle Square Company to produce the carpenter's square. To meet demand, in . . . — — Map (db m303975) HM
48 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Sunderland — Sunderland — Allen families lived here —
Ira Allen lived on this site by the Batten Kill and as Treasurer and Surveyor-General his "Office" helped shape the destiny of the Republic of Vermont. Here Ethan's family lived; here he dictated his freethinking "Oracles of Reason" in 1782. To his . . . — — Map (db m78238) HM
49 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Sunderland, Arlington — Chiselville —
Named for the fine quality chisels and edge tools manufactured on site, the small village of Chiselville lies southwest of this 1870 Town lattice truss covered bridge. In 1853, a group of entrepreneurs led by Norman R. Douglass of Shaftsbury . . . — — Map (db m103815) HM
50 ► Vermont, Bennington County, Winhall, South Londonderry — Scott Nearing / Helen Knothe Nearing — (August 6, 1883 - August 24, 1983) / (February 23, 1904 - September 17, 1995) —
Prominent economist, socialist, teacher, writer and scholar, Scott and his wife Helen Knothe, lived in Winhall from 1932 to 1952. During the Great Depression they moved from New York City to begin a new life in Vermont. Here in their homestead, . . . — — Map (db m103814) HM
51 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Barnet — Ben's Mill —
This water-powered mill on the Stevens River was built in 1872 by Alexander Jack. It originally housed a patented woolen print and dye works. In 1893, James Judkins retooled it as a wagon and woodworking shop. Judkins’ Shop was later run by sons . . . — — Map (db m136055) HM
52 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Barnet — Henry Stevens / Henry Stevens, Jr. —
Henry Stevens Born in Barnet on December 13, 1791, and educated at Peacham Academy, Henry Stevens was at various times a farmer, innkeeper, mill owner, legislator, postmaster, temperance leader, stage line proprietor, and operator of the . . . — — Map (db m77691) HM
53 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Barnet — Moore Round Barn —
Local builder Fred “Silo” Quimby built this round barn, considered a great curiosity, in 1900 for farmer James R. Moore. Popularized by Midwest agricultural colleges in the 1890s, round barns were considered more economical to build and . . . — — Map (db m136060) HM
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54 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Barnet — The Comerford Development at Fifteen Mile Falls —
The Connecticut River, starting at the International Boundary, flows 380 miles to the Atlantic Ocean. In its course the river falls 1640 feet. In 1928, the New England Power Association started a two-year project to build one of the largest . . . — — Map (db m74467) HM
55 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Danville — Greenbank's Hollow — A Forgotten Village —
On this site, in 1849, Benjamin Greenbank converted an existing small mill into a 5-story woolen factory. As many as 45 people worked here to produce up to 700 yards of cloth a day. Greenbank's Hollow, as it became known, included a company store, . . . — — Map (db m61392) HM
56 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Danville — Thaddeus Stevens —
Born crippled and poor in Danville in 1792, Stevens was schooled by his mother, Sally Morrill Stevens, and at nearby Caledonia County Grammar School, graduating from Dartmouth College in 1814. He became a brilliant lawyer, committed to racial . . . — — Map (db m20664) HM
57 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, East Burke — Mountain View Farm —
This farm was established in 1883 by Elmer A. Darling (1848-1931), a native of East Burke who became part owner/manager of the world famous Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City. After the hotel closed in 1908, Mr. Darling retired to the life of a . . . — — Map (db m75981) HM
58 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Hardwick — Camp Wapanacki —
Dr. Merle Frampton established Camp Wapanacki here in 1938. It was the first camp in the country dedicated to children with blindness and visual impairments. Dr. Frampton and his wife, Iris, managed Wapanacki until 1942, when operations were . . . — — Map (db m136061) HM
59 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Lyndon, Lyndonville — Site of Lyndon's First Town Meeting — July 4, 1791 —
Founded in 1780, the Town of Lyndon was home to 59 residents at the time of the 1790 census. In June 1791 the inhabitants and freeholders were invited to the first town meeting, held here at the home of Daniel Reniff. On July 4, Elder Philemon . . . — — Map (db m177610) HM
60 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Lyndonville — Theodore N. Vail — Pioneer in Creating the Telephone Industry —
bought a farmhouse on this site in 1883. Continually enlarged by Vail, it became his permanent residence and office. Conferences held here culminated in the creation of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company with Vail its president, who . . . — — Map (db m75108) HM
61 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Peacham — Caledonia County Grammar School —
Caledonia County was set out from Orange County in 1792. Peacham chose to provide a County grammar school rather than a courthouse. The Caledonia County Grammar School (Peacham Academy) was chartered in 1795, the third County grammar school in . . . — — Map (db m77694) HM
62 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Ryegate — James Whitehill Stone House — 1808 —
In the style of a Scottish stone croft (farmhouse), this house was erected by James Whitehill, a prosperous farmer and one of a large number of immigrants from Inchinnan Parish, Scotland, who settled Ryegate under the sponsorship of the Scotch . . . — — Map (db m77692) HM
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63 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, St. Johnsbury — Northeastern Speedway —
Opened on July 18, 1959 as Vermont’s first organized auto racing track under the guidance of the Northeastern Racing Association, the State’s first motor sports sanctioning body. By instituting formal point and purse structures and focusing on . . . — — Map (db m65865) HM
64 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, St. Johnsbury — First American Platform Scale — Reported permanently removed
After experimenting with new types of farm equipment, plows, and stoves, Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale here in 1830. With his brothers Erastus and Joseph, he founded the company which still bears their name. Many St. Johnsbury . . . — — Map (db m74468) HM
65 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, St. Johnsbury — First American Platform Scale —
After experimenting with new types of farm equipment, plows and stoves, Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale here in 1830. With his brothers Erastus and Joseph, he founded the company which still bears their name. Many St. Johnsbury . . . — — Map (db m77603) HM
66 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, St. Johnsbury — St. Johnsbury Trade School —
Vermont's first and for many years only four year vocational school opened on Western Avenue on September 3, 1918. Needing skilled workers during World War I, Fairbanks, Morse & Co. started an all-day co-operative school where young men could learn . . . — — Map (db m77584) HM
67 ► Vermont, Caledonia County, Wheelock, Lyndonville — Wheelock — The Dartmouth College Land Grant —
When Eleazer Wheelock founded Dartmouth in 1769, he sought land grants to support the new college. In 1785 the Vermont legislature chartered and named a town of 23,000 acres for Wheelock. In the early 1800's substantial support for financially . . . — — Map (db m87807) HM
68 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Bolton, Colbyville — The Long Trail —
“Footpath in the Wilderness” extends length of state. This 261 – mile hiker’s trail, built by the Green Mountain club during the years 1910-29, extends along the mountain summits from the Mass. State line to the Canadian border. Convenient shelters . . . — — Map (db m151129) HM
69 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington — 2nd Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment —
On June 24, 1861, the first Vermont soldiers who enlisted for service in the Civil War for three years left Burlington for Washington by rail. Four days earlier, the 866 officers and men from across the state had been mustered into the Union Army . . . — — Map (db m75584) HM
70 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington — Battery Park — Scene of British Attack in War of 1812 —
Here in June 1813, a Vermonter, Lieut. Churchill, and men built a parapet and set up a battery. On Aug. 3 a British gunboat and 2 sloops, 1½ miles offshore, began a cannonade. This attack was repulsed in 20 minutes by the American Battery and . . . — — Map (db m75582) HM
71 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington — Captain John Lonergan — 1837 - 1902 — Hero of Gettysburg —
In this park on July 22, 1863, Vermont's only ethnic Civil War unit was welcomed home from the battle of Gettysburg. Lonergan commanded Co. A, 13th VT Regiment - the Irish Company - and he received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the battle. . . . — — Map (db m88639) HM
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72 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington — First International Ice Hockey Game — Premier Match International De Hockey Sur Glace —
First International Ice Hockey Game In February 1886 the Burlington Coasting Club hosted a week-long Carnival of Winter Sports. In addition to parades and concerts, activities included coasting (bobsledding), ice skating, and snowshoe races. . . . — — Map (db m151137) HM
73 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington — Little Italy —
Beginning in the early 1900s, the area directly to the east housed numerous emigrants. Many moved here from Italy with hopes to build better lives. Some worked in the lumber mills and railroad yards that bordered the lake. In the process, they . . . — — Map (db m75562) HM
74 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington — Revolutionary War Patriots —
The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) was our nation's fight for independence from Great Britain to establish a new country with a government based on equality, justice, and humanity. Patriots from all corners of what would become the State of . . . — — Map (db m261849) HM WM
75 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Centennial — Burial Place of General Ethan Allen — Born 1738 – Died 1789 —
The mortal remains of Ethan Allen, Vermont leader, fighter, writer and philosopher, lie in this cemetery beneath the marble statue, but his spirit is in Vermont now. — — Map (db m51646) HM
76 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Centennial — Centennial Field —
Named to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the University of Vermont’s first graduating class, Centennial Field has been the home of UVM athletics since 1906. The three ballparks that have stood on this site have hosted semi-professional and . . . — — Map (db m307277) HM
77 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, New North End — Ethan Allen — Park is Site of Farm Owned by Hero of Ticonderoga —
Putting behind him the martial deeds of a hero, Ethan came here in 1787 to till the soil as a peaceful farmer. On Feb. 12, 1789, he died here after a trip across the ice to South Hero. Memorial Tower was built on Indian Rock, traditional Algonquin . . . — — Map (db m75585) HM
78 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, New North End — The Black Snake Affair —
In 1808, the Federal government, reacting to unfair British policies, passed an Embargo Act, forbidding trade with Great Britain. The Champlain Valley relied on trade with British Canada and the Act was unpopular and significant smuggling . . . — — Map (db m98393) HM
79 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Old North End — Athletic Park —
Located on the streetcar line between Burlington and Winooski, Athletic Park was the home of the University of Vermont's baseball and football teams and track-and-field events from 1887 until Centennial Field opened in 1906. It was also where . . . — — Map (db m75483) HM
80 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Old North End — Champlain Glass Company —
The Champlain Glass Company, established in 1827, was the first manufacturing enterprise in Burlington. The company, located between N. Champlain and Park (Water) streets, produced and shipped window glass locally and to the west by the Erie . . . — — Map (db m261847) HM
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81 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Old North End — Church Street Marketplace —
In 1962 architecture student Bill Truex experienced the transformation of Stroget, Copenhagen's main shopping area from traffic-snarled nightmare to successful pedestrian mall. Seven years later, while on the Burlington Planning Commission, Truex . . . — — Map (db m89110) HM
82 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Old North End — First Unitarian Universalist Society Meeting House —
Designed by noted architect Peter Banner of Boston, the Federal-style Meeting House was built in 1816 for the First Congregational Society (Unitarian) and is the oldest surviving place of worship in Burlington. Banner's design features a projecting . . . — — Map (db m97755) HM
83 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Old North End — Mary Martha Fletcher — (1830-1885) —
Mary Fletcher, born in Jericho, Vt., moved here with her family at age 20. Following her father’s death, the family established Fletcher Free Library (1873). Mary Fletcher continued her parents’ benefactions. She founded Mary Fletcher Hospital . . . — — Map (db m75501) HM
84 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Old North End — 2022 — Pate-King House / Guidebooks for Black Americans —
Pate-King House. The Pate-King family lived here for 67 years, opening their home as a hotel and apartment. Cleta Pate (1874-1957) was born in the Philippines, where she married Buffalo Soldier William King. In 1910, the family moved to . . . — — Map (db m261846) HM
85 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, South End — Andrew Harris 1814-1841 — First African American Graduate of the University of Vermont, 1838 — Abolitionist & Advocate of Black Equality —
"We consider it criminal in the sight of God and man, longer silently to submit to our indignities, or suffer them to be transmitted to posterity." Andrew Harris was one of the first African Americans to earn a college degree. The antislavery . . . — — Map (db m97754) HM
86 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, South End — Church Street Marketplace —
In 1962 architecture student Bill Truex experienced the transformation of Stroget, Copenhagen's main shopping area from traffic-snarled nightmare to successful pedestrian mall. Seven years later, while on the Burlington Planning Commission, Truex . . . — — Map (db m89112) HM
87 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, South End — General William Wells / Dr. H. Nelson Jackson — (1837-1892) / (1872-1955) —
General William Wells (1837-1892) In 1861 William Wells joined the First Vermont Cavalry as a Private and rose to the rank of Brevet Major-General. Promoted more times than any other Vermonter during the American Civil War, he participated in . . . — — Map (db m75549) HM
88 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, South End — Grace Goodhue Coolidge —
On Oct. 4, 1905, at 2:30 p.m. in front of the bay window in the parlor of this house, Grace Goodhue married Calvin Coolidge of Plymouth Notch, VT. Calvin Coolidge became President of the United States and Grace served as First Lady from 1923-1929. . . . — — Map (db m75591) HM
89 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, South End — Green Mountain Club —
The Green Mountain Club was born at a meeting of Vermont hiking enthusiasts in the Van Ness House hotel, which stood on this site from 1870 until it burned in 1951. The club's mission is to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life . . . — — Map (db m200490) HM
90 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, South End — John Dewey — Philosopher and Pioneer in Modern Education —
Born here on Oct. 20, 1859, John Dewey attended local schools and in 1879 graduated from the University of Vermont. Dewey was world-renowned as a philosopher and author of many books. Ideas drawn from his educational doctrines profoundly influenced . . . — — Map (db m75558) HM
91 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, South End — Vermont / Steamer "Vermont" — Major Cross-State Route to the Connecticut River / Launched here in 1808 —
Vermont. Major Cross-State Route to the Connecticut River. From this point, where the Winans launched their steamer "Vermont" in 1808, travelers drive eastward on Route US 2, cutting through the Green Mountain Range at Bolton to . . . — — Map (db m75561) HM
92 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Charlotte — The Charlotte Whale — The Vermont State Fossil —
In 1849 an 11,000 year old Beluga Whale was found north of this site in what had been the Champlain Sea. Resident J.G. Thorp collected the bones, and naturalist Zadock Thompson assembled the skeleton now displayed in the Perkins Museum of Geology . . . — — Map (db m75963) HM
93 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Colchester — First Special Service Force —
The First Special Service Force was formed in July 1942 as the only joint U.S.-Canadian unit in World War II. Many Vermonters volunteered to serve. Led by U.S. Army Col. Robert T. Frederick, the Force trained rigorously in Montana, Virginia, and . . . — — Map (db m261839) HM
94 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Colchester, Colchester Village — Buffalo Soldiers At Fort Ethan Allen — 1909-1913 —
In July 1909, the 10th U.S. Cavalry arrived at Fort Ethan Allen for a four-year assignment. Nicknamed the "Buffalo Soldiers" during the American Indian Wars, the 10th Cavalry was one of the first peacetime all-black regiments established in the . . . — — Map (db m104074) HM
95 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Colchester, Colchester Village — Ray W. Collins —
A descendant of one of Burlington’s original settlers, Ray Williston Collins was born on this farm on February 11, 1887. After graduating from Burlington High School and the University of Vermont, Collins joined the Boston Red Sox in 1909 and soon . . . — — Map (db m86646) HM
96 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Essex, Essex Junction — Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Ethan Allen — 1909-1913 —
In July 1909, the 10th U.S. Cavalry arrived at Fort Ethan Allen for a four-year assignment. Nicknamed the “Buffalo Soldiers” during the American Indian Wars, the 10th Cavalry was one of the first peacetime all-black regiments . . . — — Map (db m104492) HM
97 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Hinesburg — Early Black Settlers —
On this hill from 1795 to 1865 thrived an African American farming community. The first settlers at the bottom of this road in 1798, from MA, were Samuel Peters, Hannah Lensemen & husband Prince Peters. Prince served in Captain Silas Pierce's MA . . . — — Map (db m304252) HM
98 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Jericho — Chittenden Mills —
Named for Thomas Chittenden, first governor of Vermont and great-great grandfather of Frank Howe. Frank and his father Lucian rebuilt this mill in 1885 changing from grinding with millstones to the new gradual reduction roller process. Grain was . . . — — Map (db m97753) HM
99 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Jericho, Jericho Center — "Snowflake" Bentley — Jericho's world famous snowflake authority —
For fifty years Wilson A. Bentley, a farmer and self taught scientist, developed his technique of photomicrography to reveal to the world the grandeur and mystery of the snowflake — its universal hexagonal shape and its infinite number of . . . — — Map (db m74314) HM
100 ► Vermont, Chittenden County, Milton — Catamount Stadium —
The 1960s through the 1980s were an exciting time for racing fans in Chittenden County. In 1964, a plan was made to build a paved 1/3-mile NASCAR-sanctioned oval track in Milton. The newly built I-89 allowed easy access for traveling racers and . . . — — Map (db m121198) HM

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