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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22B2_highgate-falls-lenticular-truss-bridge_Highgate-VT.html
Built in 1887 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., this structure is one of the few surviving examples of a bridge type popular in the 1880s and 1890s. The parabolic or lenticular truss, developed by William Douglas of Binghamton, NY, used less metal th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MG4_camp-holbrook_Saint-Albans-City-VT.html
This site, the former Henry Seymour farm, became a Civil War camp named in honor of Vermont's second Civil War Governor, Frederick Holbrook. Over 1000 men of the 5th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment camped on this land and were mustered in to F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5A_birthplace-of-larry-gardner_Enosburg-VT.html
Larry Gardner was born in the house at 14 School Street on May 13, 1886. After leading Enosburg Falls High School to the 1905 state baseball championship and starring at the University of Vermont for three seasons, Gardner joined the Boston Red So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GG5_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/HM1F2C_saxes-mills_Highgate-VT.html
Here in 1786 John Saxe, (Johannes Sachse) a Loyalist from Rhinebeck, N.Y, built the area's first gristmill. His sons added a sawmill, potashery, general store, post office, and tavern. They incorporated the town of Highgate in this house in 1805, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWR_fenian-raids_Sheldon-VT.html
After Civil War, two attempts of Irish patriots to invade Canada and set up a free Irish republic were repulsed between Franklin and Cook's Corners. Fenians gathered in St. Albans, marched via Sheldon to the border but were stopped by Canadian arm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWJ_birthplace-of-larry-gardner_Enosburg-VT.html
Larry Gardner was born in the house at 14 School Street on May 13, 1886. After leading Enosburg Falls High School to the 1905 state baseball championship and starring at the University of Vermont for three seasons, Gardner joined the Boston Red So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM189R_consuelo-northrop-bailey_Fairfield-VT.html
Born in Fairfield in 1899 at her family farm, Consuelo Northrop attended grade school in Sheldon and high school in St. Albans. In 1921 she graduated from the University of Vermont. Later she entered Boston University Law School, graduating in 192…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1638_st-albans-raid_St-Albans-VT.html
The Civil War entered Vermont, October 19, 1864, when 22 Confederates spread terror from the north, robbed three banks and shot up the town. Stealing horses, they fled back into Canada. There, after trial, they were freed and the banks partially r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZZ_missisquoi-village-and-mission_Swanton-VT.html
The ancient Missisquoi / Mazipskoik Abenaki village was the region's focal point into the 1760's. In 1744, Jesuits built a cabin which served into the 1790's as the first longterm Christian mission in Vermont. Speculators took much of the Abenaki …