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Bayley-Hazen Military Road -- 1776-1779 -- Began Just North at Wells River
Newbury, VT
Conceived, planned, laid out and financed by Newbury founder, Gen. Jacob Bayley 1726-1815, who on November 24, 1775, presented his plan...
Bradford -- Home of Maker of First Globes and Birthplace of Adm. Clark
Bradford, VT
Home of Maker of First Globes and Birthplace of Adm. Clark Home of Maker of First Globes and Birthplace of Adm. Clark James Wilson, a...
Bradford -- James Wilson, Globe Maker
Bradford, VT
100 yards behind this marker is the site where James Wilson had his home and workshop.
Camp Farnsworth
Thetford, VT
In 1909 Charles “Chelebe” and Charlotte “Madama” Farnsworth established Camp Hanoum for young women to experience the outdoors, gain...
Davenport Birthplace
Williamstown, VT
Thomas Davenport was born on the West Hill in 1802 and worked in a blacksmith shop by the Village stream.
Furnace Flat
Strafford, VT
In this area, what may have been the first use of hot blast to smelt copper adjacent to a mine in the United States took place.
Hooker Family House
Bradford, VT
Albert F. Colburn commissioned George P. Loveland & Co to construct this high-style Queen Anne house in 1891 on land subdivided from the...
Jacob Bayley -- Founder of Newbury and Revolutionary War General
Newbury, VT
Founder of Newbury and Revolutionary General Veteran of the Indian Wars, Bayley led a migration of settlers from Newbury Mass.
Jonathan Peckham Miller
Randolph, VT
Jonathan Peckham Miller was born in Randolph and educated at Orange County Grammar School close to this spot.
Justin Morgan Log Cabin Home Site / The Morgan Horse
Brookfield / Randolph town line, VT
In 1788 Justin Morgan and his family moved from Springfield, MA, to Vermont, living in a log cabin once located on the opposite side of...
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Homestead
Strafford, VT
Justin Smith Morrill 1810-1898 Born in Strafford Village, Justin S. Morrill was the son of a blacksmith.
Major Ira Day
Williamstown, VT
Hosteler and Turnpike Investor Ira Day (1777-1853) was one of the earliest settlers of South Barre.
Nathaniel Niles -- 1741-1828
West Fairlee, VT
Revolutionary War patriot and author of the popular ode The American Hero, written in celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Nathaniel...
Old City and Old City Falls
Strafford, VT
Strafford was granted its charter on August 12, 1761.
Randolph -- Home of Justin Morgan
Randolph, VT
In 1791, Schoolmaster Justin Morgan brought into Vermont the colt that was to bear his name and to make them both famous.
Randolph State Normal School -- 1867-1911
Randolph, VT
Near this site stood the first Public School in Vermont for special training of teachers.
Samuel Morey -- Pioneer Inventor of Steam and Gas Engines lived here
Fairlee, VT
Samuel Morey, resident of Orford and later Fairlee, successfully operated a steamboat on the Conn.
Site of 1780 Raid
Tunbridge, VT
On the Tunbridge hilltop, across the meadow, three hundred Indians, led by the British in the waning years of the Revolutionary War, laid...
Strafford Village
Strafford, VT
The Town of Strafford received its charter on August 12, 1761.
The Floating Bridge
Brookfield, VT
Since 1820, eight versions of the Floating Bridge have spanned Sunset Lake, each serving as a unique gateway to Brookfield Village.
Thetford Academy
Thetford, VT
On this site stood the original Thetford Academy.
Town of Williamstown
Williamstown, VT
Williamstown was established in 1780 by Elijah Paine and was formally chartered one year later on August 9, 1781.
Tunbridge World's Fair
Tunbridge, VT
This fair, founded in 1867 and held by the Union Agricultural Society on this site since 1875, was named The World's Fair' by Lt....