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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OYH_indian-stones_Reading-VT.html
Side ACommemorate event in early history of Vermont. Captured by Abnakis for ransom at Fort No. 4, Johnson family, Miriam Willard, Peter Labaree, and Ebenezer Farnsworth camped here 30 August 1754 enroute to Montréal. The next day a daughte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OYF_bomber-crash-on-hawks-mountain-crew-of-b-29a-44-62228-crashed-perkinsville-vermont-15-june-1947_Weathersfield-VT.html
Bomber Crash on Hawks MountainAt 12:17 AM on June 15, 1947 a U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber strayed off course and crashed on nearby Hawks Mountain during a severe storm. All twelve crewmembers perished. Assigned to the 43rd …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4D_james-hartness-precision-valley-inventors_VT.html
Newly arrived in Springfield in 1889 to work at the Jones and Lamson Machine Company, James Hartness soon rose to President. A natural leader, he played a vital role in the creation of "Precision Valley". Internationally respected in the machine t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M44_helen-hartness-flanders_VT.html
Born in Springfield, Vermont in 1890, daughter of Governor James Hartness and wife of U.S. Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Helen Hartness Flanders became an internationally recognized ballad collector and authority on folk music. Among her many endeavo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M40_wagon-wheels-farm_Royalton-VT.html
The farmhouse on this site, dating from the late-18th century, was purchased by Irene and Robert Slater in 1934, along with a barn and 145 acres of land. During the Great Depression, like many Vermont farmers, the Slaters took in tourists to suppl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1INR_town-of-norwich_Norwich-VT.html
Marker Front:Forged by the determination and skills of early settlers, Norwich's legacy survives in its Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival buildings. With commercial, residential, and public buildings clustered near its green, Norwich remains an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IL4_theron-boyd-house_Hartford-VT.html
Marker Front:This Federal style house, built in 1786, has undergone little alteration and is one the finest houses from this period in Vermont. It was built by William Burtch, whose father came to Hartford, VT, from Stonington, CT about 1766. Burt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKJ_taftsville-covered-bridge_Woodstock-VT.html
The Taftsville Covered Bridge is a rare example of early vernacular wooden truss covered bridges in the United States. All evidence indicates the builder, a longtime Taftsville resident named Solomon Emmons III, used no existing patented bridge tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HDJ_vermont-gold-rush_Plymouth-VT.html
In 1826 gold nuggets were first discovered in Newfane and Somerset, Vt. In 1851, ?49er Matthew Kennedy discovered gold in Buffalo Brook at Plymouth. By 1855, a "gold rush" was underway here and in Bridgewater, Vt. Prospectors staked thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HDH_revolutionary-war-campground-on-the-crown-point-road_Plymouth-VT.html
This lakeside meadow was a 1777 campground for Rindge NH troops en route to Mount Independence and Fort Ticonderoga to fight Burgoyne's invading British army. The 1776 Crown Point Road linking Fort No. 4 on the Connecticut River to Lake Champlain …