Bennington
Bennington Battle Monument
Bennington, VT
On August 16, 1777, British forces sent by General Burgoyne to seize supplies at Bennington were turned back by New Englanders under...
Birthplace of William Griffith Wilson, 1895-1971: Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Dorset, VT
Bill Wilson was born November 26, 1895, in a room behind the bar at the Wilson House Hotel.
Chiselville
Sunderland, VT
Named for the fine quality chisels and edge tools manufactured on site, the small village of Chiselville lies southwest of this 1870 Town...
Chittenden Home
Arlington, VT
Oldest frame building one block east, built by Jehiel Hawley, 1764, was home of Thomas Chittenden, Vermonts first Governor.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher -- (1879-1958)
Arlington, VT
Known for her depiction of rural life in Vermont, Fisher was a popular novelist and proponent of education.
Dorset -- Here New Hampshire Grants First Voted Independence
Dorset, VT
At Cephas Kents Tavern on the West Road, four Conventions were held, 1775-76, where finally the vote to form a separate District was...
Early Eighteenth Century Settlement
Pownal, VT
This site commemorates the gateway of Vermonts earliest Dutch settlement, the Rensselaerwyck Manor settlement.
Fenton Pottery Site -- 1801-1810
Dorset, VT
Jonathon Fenton established a pottery and kiln near this site in 1801.
First Marble Quarry -- Oldest Quarry in U.S., 1785
Dorset, VT
Isaac Underhill and Reuben Bloomer opened the first marble quarry here in 1785.
Governor Jonas Galusha Homestead
Shaftsbury, VT
Jonas Galusha, born in Norwich, CT in 1753, moved his family to Shaftsbury in 1775.
Lincoln's "Hildene" -- Summer Home of Son of Civil War President
Manchester, VT
Eastward on the hillside can be seen the Manchester estate of Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of President and Mary Lincoln.
Lt. Col. Robert Cochran -- Revolutionary Hero Settled Here, 1769
Rupert, VT
Revolutionary hero settle here, condemned to death by the N.Y. Assembly, Col. Cochran fought the Yorkers for Vermont Land Grants.
Norman Rockwell
Arlington (West Arlington), VT
This renowned American painter and illustrator lived in Arlington from 1939 to 1953.
Park Mc Cullough House
Bennington, VT
Built as a summer cottage in 1865 for lawyer-entrepreneur-philanthropist Trenor Park and his wife Laura, the mansion was financed with a...
Pownal -- Two Presidents Taught Here
Pownal, VT
Here two Presidents taught school at the beginning of their careers.
Remember Baker
Arlington, VT
Prior to Vermont becoming a state, settlers holding land titles from New Hampshire conflicted with New York authorities who claimed the...
Seth Warner
Bennington, VT
Revolutionary War Hero Seth Warner came to Bennington in 1763, followed later by his cousins Ethan Allen and Remember Baker in an area...
Shaftsbury: The Birthplace, 1805, of Jacob Merritt Howard
Shaftsbury, VT
Moving west, Howard became Senator from Michigan and wrote resolutions adopted by Convention at Jackson, July 6, 1854, on which The...
State Seal Pine Tree
Arlington, VT
This ancient tree was already a monarch of the forest in 1778.
Sunderland -- Allen families lived here
Sunderland, VT
Allen families lived here Ira Allen lived on this site by the Batten Kill and as Treasurer and Surveyor-General his Office helped shape...
The "Corkscrew" Railroad
Bennington, VT
When wealthy North Bennington resident Trenor Park purchased the Bennington-Rutland Railroad, he found that the railroad barons of the...
The Dorset Field Club -- Oldest Continually Operated Golf Course in the U.S.
Dorset, VT
On September 12, 1886 a group of golfers, principally from Troy and New York City, who summered in Dorset, laid out a nine hole golf...
The Old Mill
Shaftsbury, VT
In 1817, Silas Hawes patented his metal carpenter’s square, created by welding up-and-down saws at right angles.
The Revolutionary War
Manchester, VT
Ethan Allen crossed Lake Champlain to capture Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775 for America's First Victory.
Vermont - US 7 Follows Historic Route
Pownal, VT
Pownal was the site of one of the state’s oldest white settlement’s when Dutch settlers lived here for a short time after 1724.
Vermont -- Molly Stark Trail and Historic Old Bennington
Bennington, VT
State Highway 9 traverses scenic Hogback Mt. to the Connecticut River Valley.
Vermont Is A State I Love
Bennington, VT
I could not look upon the peaks of Ascutney, Killington, Mansfield, and Equinox without being moved in a way that no other scene could...
Vermont Veteran's Home
Bennington, VT
In 1884, the State General Assembly authorized an initial $10,000 appropriation to establish a soldiers’ home to care for disabled...