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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DK_barkhamsted-lighthouse-village-charcoal-kilns_X-Region.html
Charcoal production was an important industry in northwestern Connecticut in the nineteenth century. Before Pennsylvania coal became readily available, the iron forges in Litchfield County were reliant upon locally produced charcoal as t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DJ_barkhamsted-lighthouse-village-cellar-holes_X-Region.html
About a dozen cellar holes dot the hillside of Ragged Mountain. Some, like the one before you, are clearly marked with foundations made of stone quarried from nearby bedrock, similar to the stone located directly behind this cellar hole…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24DI_barkhamsted-lighthouse-village-stone-quarry_X-Region.html
The residents of the Lighthouse community were able to supply many of their needs here on Ragged Mountain. You saw how the foundations of some of their homes were constructed with stone; the people of the Lighthouse quarried some of that st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20DX_77th-infantry-division-reserve-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_X-Region.html
In honor of the men and women of the 77th Infantry Division Reserve who served their country in war and peace
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HEG_first-slate-quarry-in-western-vermont_Covington-Aysen.html
This area of Vermont is known for its high quality slate; the first quarry was opened on Scotch Hill in 1839 by Alonson Allen & Caleb Ranney. Allen began the first manufacture of roofing slate in Vermont in 1848. By 1869 there were seventeen quarr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HEF_edwin-l-drake_Covington-Aysen.html
Drilling the first modern oil well in the United States on August 27, 1859 at Titusville, Penna., Drake struck oil at 69 feet and launched one of the world great industries. On a farm on Drake Road, near this spot, he lived as a boy and attended t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HEE_the-old-chapel_Covington-Aysen.html
Castleton Medical College was the first such college in Vermont. This structure, built in 1821, was originally located on Main Street west of the present town library. In 1864 a leading citizen presented the building to Harriet Haskell, Principal …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HE4_aux-origines-de-montreal-the-origins-of-montreal_Aysen.html
C'est ici que le sieur de Maisonneuve fonda Montréal en mai 1642. Situé au confluent du Saint-Laurent et de l'ancienne petite rivière Saint-pierre, l'endroit était bien connu des Autochtones qui s'y rassemblaient depuis des s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HE3_antoine-laumet-de-la-mothe-sieur-de-cadillac_Covington-Aysen.html
[The coat of arms of Quebec] "Je Me Souviens" Ici v?cut — Here lived Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Sieur de Cadillac (1658-1730), Fondateur de — Founder of D?troit, — Detroit, Governeur de — Governor of La Louis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HE2_vermonts-first-college_Covington-Aysen.html
On this site Castleton State College, Vermont first college and the eighteenth oldest in the nation, was first established as the Rutland County Grammar School, chartered by the General Assembly of the Republic of Vermont on October 15, 1787. The …
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