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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H8M_vermont-marble-company_Proctor-VT.html
The earliest marble was quarried by the Humphrey brothers in 1836. They were followed by successive marble companies. In 1870 Redfield Proctor took over in receivership and brought the Vermont Marble Company to world prominence. Building contracts…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GUP_meads-falls_Rutland-VT.html
James Mead, Rutland's first settler, arrived at these falls on the Otter Creek in 1769. The next year he and his family were given shelter by members of the Caughnawaga tribe while they finished their log cabin. Mead built saw and grist mills on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSW_the-vermont-sanatorium_Pittsford-VT.html
The Colonial revival building, designed by Scopes & Feustmann of Saranac Lake, NY, was constructed and endowed by Redfield Proctor and his family as a private pay institution for the treatment of Tuberculosis. Completed in 1907, the center buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSV_stephen-a-douglas_Brandon-VT.html
The ?little giant? of national politics, born in Brandon in 1813, later moved to Middlebury to learn cabinet making. Returning to Brandon, he attended the Academy. Moving to Illinois in 1833, his career merged with the stream of American politics,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSS_brandon-training-school_Silver-Spring-VT.html
Established in 1915, the program served Vermonters with mental retardation and developmental disabilities continuously until 1993. Founded as the Brandon State School for Feebleminded Children, the name was changed to Brandon State School in 1929 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXO_battle-of-hubbardton_Castleton-VT.html
Here on July 7, 1777 a successful rearguard action by Colonel Seth Warner's Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire troops ended British pursuit under Generals Frazer and Reldesel. Thus, General St. Claire's American army, retreating from Fort T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EWO_kingsley-grist-mill_Clarendon-VT.html
The last of a dozen mills that dotted Mill River during the 18th and 19th century. Kingsley Grist Mill stands just upstream of the 1870 Town lattice truss covered bridge.Kingsley's Mill, the only mill ever designed and built by nationally known Ve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15PZ_hammond-covered-bridge_Pittsford-VT.html
One of four covered bridges in the town of Pittsford, this 139' Town lattice truss bridge was built in 1842 by Asa Nourse. During the 1927 flood the bridge floated off its abutments and ended up in a field over a mile down stream. During the winte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15E3_thomas-morgan-house_Middletown-Springs-VT.html
Near this site in 1784 Thomas Morgan built the first frame house in what is now Middletown Springs.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15BV_middletown-springs-war-memorial_Middletown-Springs-VT.html
Plaque on Front of Monument: Middletown's Roll of Honor 1861 - 18651st VT Reg't.- Whitmore, Sylvanus L.2nd VT Reg't.- Bateman, John S.·Cole, Obadiah·Perham, Merritt·Perry, Andrew J.7th VT Reg't.- Buxton, Samuel·Griswold…
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