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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM276F_railroad-station_VT.html
The North Bennington Railroad Station was constructed in 1880, replacing an earlier wood frame station located on the same site.
For over half a century, the depot served as the gateway to the village.
Beginning in the 1930's, with the gradual d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S28_park-mccullough-house_VT.html
Built as a summer cottage in 1865 for lawyer-entrepreneur-philanthropist Trenor Park and his wife Laura, the mansion was financed with a fortune amassed in California in the aftermath of the California Gold Rush. It was designed by the New York ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GKY_henry-covered-bridge_Concord-VT.html
This quiet spot was once a major river crossing. Traffic between southwestern Vermont and New York State crossed here, until the railroad was built in 1852, troops marched from Manchester, Vermont to the Battle of Bennington in 1777, and teams and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJS_birthplace-of-vermont_Atwater-VT.html
Near this site
stood the homestead of
Lieut. James Breakenridge
after years of peaceable possession his farm was claimed by New York land speculators - A sheriff and over three hundred men came from Albany to evict him from his home - Aided by men…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13NZ_home-where-lt-colonel-baum-died_Shaftsbury-VT.html
A few feet east of this marker stood the house, removed about 1870, in which Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum died. Commander of the enemy forces, he was mortally wounded in the battle of Bennington and died two days later, August 18,1777.He was …