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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UCO_morrisville-depot-historical_Morristown-VT.html
Built c. 1872 by the St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad, a division of the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad, this depot served as an important stop linking Portland, Maine and the Great Lakes for nearly a century. The original portion of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LXD_smugglers-notch_Stowe-VT.html
The southern gateway to Mount Mansfield and Smugglers Notch is via Route 100, once a plank road, the bed for Mt. Mansfield Electric Rail Road, and one of the earliest concrete roads. From the village of Stowe, Route 108 meanders past the base of M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GYI_reverend-george-s-brown_Wolcott-VT.html
Reverend Brown was the first African American Methodist minister in Vermont. He was born in Newport, RI and became a Methodist minister in Kingsbury, NY in 1833. He made a living by building stone walls; many of which are still standing today. Bro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GXO_julian-scott_Johnson-VT.html
Julian Scott, Vermont most renowned Civil War artist, was born in this Johnson house in 1846. At the start of the Civil War, when only 15, he enlisted as a fifer in the Third Vermont Regiment. Scott was awarded a Medal of Honor — for rescui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ES9_george-washington-henderson_Eden-VT.html
Born in Virginia in 1850, Henderson was employed as a servant by Henry Carpenter, adjutant in the Eighth Vermont Regiment in the Civil War. In 1865 he accompanied Carpenter to his home in Belvidere and began "to learn his letters." After study wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15LY_cambridge-junction-bridge_Cambridge-VT.html
This bridge was built in 1887 by George W. Holmes in order to access an important railroad junction and the surrounding village of Cambridge Junction. The Burr Arch structure has a clear span of 135 feet, making it one of the longest spans of its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOT_fisher-bridge_Wolcott-VT.html
This bridge, spanning the Lamoille River on the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County R. R., is the last railroad covered bridge still in regular use in Vermont and one of the very few left in the U.S. Built in 1908, it is the only remaining with full-l…
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