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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCPC_third-brigade-encampment-1776_Orwell-VT.html
" . . . our Men is clearing the Encamping Ground over the Lake."- Sgt. Timothy Tuttle, July 23, 1776
In July 1776 Northern Army commander Gen. Horatio Gates organized regiments at Mount Independence and Ticonderoga into four brigades. Each brig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBP5_officers-quarters-1776_Orwell-VT.html
" . . . some of the officers have good framed houses." - Dr. Lewis Beebe, September 30, 1776
This fifteen-foot square, well-defined stone foundation may be the remains of quarters for one or more American officers in the Second Brigade, a unit …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBOR_burial-site_Orwell-VT.html
" . . . this Day there was two men Buried from our Regt." - Lt. Jonathan Burton, October 4, 1776
This small stone, engraved "N. Richardson of Staddard Eng died 1760," may mark the only identified grave on Mount Independence. Research has yet to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBOO_fort-ticonderoga-and-mount-defiance_Orwell-VT.html
" . . . a perfect mousetrap." - Col. Alexander Scammell,September 21, 1777From here are seen nearly all the powerful forces of nature that made this spot on Lake Champlain the Gibraltar of the North as well as its Achilles heel during the America…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA4Q_larrabees-point_Shoreham-VT.html
John Larrabee established the first regular ferry here under a grant from the Vermont Legislature when the only business at the site was his tavern. In 1823, the year that the Champlain Canal opened, Larrabee and Samuel Holley built a store and a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5WX_mount-independence_Orwell-VT.html
Fortification was begun in June of 1776, and the name Mount Independence was bestowed following the Declaration of Independence. Lieut. Col. Jeduthan Baldwin was the chief construction engineer. Here the exhausted American Army, Northern Departmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5VS_military-road_Orwell-VT.html
Military Roadfrom MountIndependence toHubbardton1777Marked by HandsCove ChapterD.A.R. 1933
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5VQ_mt-independence-military-road_Orwell-VT.html
After Ethan Allen seized Fort Ticonderoga, the Americans built Fort Mt. Independence, northwest from here on the Lake. Following Burgoyne's invasion, Gen. St Clair evacuated the Forts, retreating across these hills to Hubbardton. Vermont Historic …