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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCT_sheldon-vermont_Sheldon-VT.html
On their retreat to Canada after an attack on St. Albans, a 22-man Confederate detachment rode into Sheldon near dark. Crossing a covered bridge which stood on the site, they set it on fire, but alert village citizens saved the bridge. In great ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOV3_joseph-smith-monument_Royalton-VT.html
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 38½ foot tall monument, considered the world's largest polished granite shaft, commemorates his life a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOUE_robert-frost_Ripton-VT.html
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 English an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOV_chester-a-arthur_Fairfield-VT.html
Research indicates Chester Alan Arthur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, on October 5, 1829. When he was less than a year old his parents moved to a new parsonage built at this site. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Union College, he became a la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOU_chester-a-arthur_Fairfield-VT.html
Although the exact location is debated, Chester A. Arthur was born on Oct. 5, 1829 in Fairfield. He became a New York lawyer and politician and was elected Vice-President in 1880. Upon the assasination of James Garfield, Arthur became president on…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMONZ_the-corkscrew-railroad_Bennington-VT.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJ4_hiram-powers_Woodstock-VT.html
Hiram Powers, one of the most famous nineteenth century sculptors, was born in 1805 in a farmhouse that stood on this hillside. Although he went west with his family at a young age, and took up residence in Florence, Italy, in 1837, Powers always …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLIJ_woodstock_Woodstock-VT.html
Marker Front:Was chartered by New Hampshire Royal Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761. It was named the Shire Town of Windsor County in 1786 and quickly became a prosperous manufacturing and commercial center. The town has been home to George Perki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLIH_vermont_Hartford-VT.html
White River Junction, a natural transportation center, is where highways, rivers and railways converge. In 1759 the rapids at the confluence of the White and Conn. Rivers nearly brought death to Robert Rogers and 3 Rangers. Vermont's first train r…