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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229E_the-bixby-memorial-free-library_Vergennes-VT.html
Erected to the memory of
William G. Bixby
who generously bequeathed the fund
which made this building possible for
the benefit of the citizens of the
City of Vergennes
Dedicated October 1, 1912
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226K_northern-terminal-of-the-crown-point-military-road_Addison-VT.html
Near this spot
on the shore of the lake was the
Northern Terminal of the
Crown Point Military Road
built by
Gen. Amherst, in 1759
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OC3_early-life-along-otter-creek-in-vergennes_Vergennes-VT.html
The Wilderness
Shhh. Imagine Otter Creek 300 years ago when it was pristine wilderness. The river teems with fish, herons, ducks and other waterfowl. Deer and moose tracks dot the river's edge. Downed trees, trampled shrubs, and mounds of mud, br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OC2_commerce-at-the-crossroads_Vergennes-VT.html
Intersection of Rivers and Roads
Imagine traveling hundreds of miles in an ox-drawn wagon along muddy, rock-strewn, deeply rutted roads through the wilderness. In search of new homesteads, early settlers followed the same routes you took to get…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OC1_the-vergennes-pump-house_Vergennes-VT.html
In Need of Water
Fire was the scourge of downtowns all across America in the nineteenth century. Buildings were destroyed by fire time and time again. Water often had to be transported from nearby rivers. Firefighting efforts were frequently in v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTH_chimney-point_Addison-VT.html
This strategic point on Lake Champlain was occupied by Native Americans for thousands of years. In 1690 Jacobus deWarm build a small stone fort here. The French build a wooden stockade in 1731, erecting Fort St. Frederic across the lake in 1734. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LPU_dar-john-strong-mansion_Addison-VT.html
General John Strong was a Revolutionary War patriot and a prominent early citizen of Addison County. He served as a judge, state legislator and represented Addison at the State Convention, which adopted the Constitution of the United States and ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSY_benedict-arnold_Panton-VT.html
Near this spot on the afternoon of October 13, 1776 in the first important naval engagement of the War for IndependenceBENEDICT ARNOLDafter a battle in which he had displayed great boldness, gallantry and sagacity ran ashore and burned the remnant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FS3_macdonough-shipyard_Vergennes-VT.html
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.