historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F2C_saxes-mills_Highgate-VT.html
Here in 1786 John Saxe, (Johannes Sachse) a Loyalist from Rhinebeck, N.Y, built the area's first gristmill. His sons added a sawmill, potashery, general store, post office, and tavern. They incorporated the town of Highgate in this house in 1805, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZZ_missisquoi-village-and-mission_Swanton-VT.html
The ancient Missisquoi / Mazipskoik Abenaki village was the region's focal point into the 1760's. In 1744, Jesuits built a cabin which served into the 1790's as the first longterm Christian mission in Vermont. Speculators took much of the Abenaki …