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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18QN_bellows-falls_Town-of-Rockingham-VT.html
The Village of Bellows Falls, within the Town of Rockingham, has served as a river and overland crossroad for commerce and travel by foot, stagecoach, riverboat, train, truck and automobile.
With wood, brick, iron, steel, and stone, generation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18QL_waypoint-center_Town-of-Rockingham-VT.html
The Bellows Falls Waypoint Center stands in an old railyard which once served the Boston and Maine Railroad. Once the railroads came through, in 1849, the area was built up with many storage buildings used by local businesses for receiving deliver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18Q5_family-home-of-john-humphrey-noyes_Putney-VT.html
Eldest son of a Putney family, John Noyes (1811-1886) became deeply religious after a revival meeting in 1831. Convinced that Christ's Second Coming had occurred in 70 A.D. and that all people could now be free of sin, he became a "Perfectionist."…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15NR_brigham-young-birthplace_Whitingham-VT.html
The leader of the Mormon pioneers, Brigham Young, was born up the steep hill to the south on June 1, 1801. He eventually led his people from Illinois to Utah where he founded Salt Lake City in 1847 and 500 communities throughout the west. Young be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14XX_jemima-tute_Vernon-VT.html
Famed as the "Fair Captive", her faith and courage survived the slaying of two husbands by Indians and—after an attack on nearby Fort Bridgman in 1755—her own forced hardship march to Canada. One of her seven children perished and the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWDN_fort-bridgman-marker_Vernon-VT.html
Fort BridgmanThe first white settlementIn Vernon, Vt.Built in 1737,The scene of many Indian massacresSacked and burned by the IndiansFor the third timeJune 27, 1755,After having slainCaleb HoweAnd taken captive fourteen personsAmong whom were his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJO7_crafts-inn_Wilmington-VT.html
This Property Has BeenPlaced On TheNational Register Of Historic PlacesBy The United StatesDepartment Of The Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFLO_naulahka_Brattleboro-VT.html
After marriage to the American, Caroline Balestier, and after visiting her home, famed British writer built isolated "Naulahka". Here he wrote the "Jungle Books" and other stories, and two daughters were born. In 1896 the Kiplings returned to Engl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFFQ_scott-bridge_Townshend-VT.html
This 277' bridge, built in 1870 by Harrison Chamberlain, consists of two king post trusses and a 166' Town lattice truss. The latter was the longest wooden span in Vermont. In 1981 a concrete pier was constructed to provide support. An earlier att…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFFP_clarina-howard-nichols_Townshend-VT.html
Clarina Howard Nichols Born in West Townsend 1810, Clarina Howard became an early advocate of women's rights. After a divorce in 1843 she married George Nichols. As editor of the Windham County Democrat she strongly advocated women's property ri…