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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/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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HE1_fort-warren_Covington-Aysen.html
Directly east is the elevation of Fort Warren, built in 1779 for defense of the northern frontier. The road from the north was route of American retreat before Burgoyne, protected by Col. Seth Warner rearguard action at the Battle of Hubbardton, J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HDY_jacques-marquette-s-j_Covington-Aysen.html
(French text appears above English text)
N? en France le 10 Juin, 1637.
D?couvrit le Missippi, avec
Louis Jolliet, le 17 Juin 1673.
Mourut dans l'Etat du Michigan
le 18 mai 1675. Visita cette
seigneurie en mai 1668.
Born in France, 10th June, 163…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HDW_forest-dale-ironworks_Covington-VT.html
Ironworking began at Forest Dale in 1810 using local ore. By 1823 a blast furnace was producing pig iron and a variety of ornamental iron. The Green Mountain Iron Company acquired the facility in 1854 to produce parlor stoves. The furnace was refi…
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 …