Vermont State Information

Resources

• Vermont Historical Society
• Official Vermont State Page
• Vermont Secretary of State Website
• Vermont Division For Historic Preservation

• Old Town Hall, Addison, VT
• Mailing Address: 3968 VT Route 22A, Addison, VT 05491
• Phone: 802-759-2380
• Contact: Irwin Clark, co-president
• There is no established museum; visitors by appointment

• VT Route 22A & Crown Point Road, Bridport, VT (Large white building)
• Mailing Address: 3177 Crown Point Road, Bridport, VT 05734
• Email: msunderland@gmavt.net msunderland@gmavt.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-758-2654
• Contact: Margaret Sunderland, historian
• The Ephraim Gray house was built about 1812. The society's collection includes artifacts, photographs, and manuscripts reflecting life in Bridport from 1800 to the present. Genealogical files are available at the town clerk's office, Monday - Friday.   Visitors by appointment, handicap accessible.

• Howden Hall Community Center, 19 West Street, Bristol, VT
• Mailing Address: 19 West Street, Bristol, VT 05443
• Email: lscoffin@gmavt.net lscoffin@gmavt.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-453-3439
• Contact: Sylvia Coffin, president
• At various times a church, a store, and a school, Howden Hall has been restored for a variety of community uses. The historical society displays collections including photographs, maps, postcards, posters, and newspapers. Visitors by appointment. Free. Handicap accessible.

• Cornwall Town Hall, 2629 VT Route 30, Cornwall, VT
• Mailing Address: c/o Town Hall, 2629 VT Route 30, Cornwall, VT 05753
• Email: ctall@shoreham.net ctall@shoreham.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-462-2775
• Contact: Cy Day Tall, president
• The society has a growing collection of artifacts and archives in its office in the Cornwall
• town hall. Historical property records and genealogical information are available at the town clerk's office (Sue Johnson, town clerk, 802-462-2775, cornwallvt@shoreham.net cornwallvt@shoreham.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). Visitors by appointment.

• Sarah Partridge Community House, 431 East Main Street, East Middlebury, VT
• Mailing Address: PO Box 2, East Middlebury, VT 05740
• Email: lkmuller@comcast.net lkmuller@comcast.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Contact: Lorrie Muller, treasurer
• The society has a small collection, mostly ephemera, in the Sarah Partridge Community House. Meetings are held four times per year. Visitors by appointment.

• Mailing Address: 1217 Sand Road, Ferrisburgh, VT 05456
• E-mail: cmlangwo@verizon.net cmlangwo@verizon.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-877-3217
• Contact: Charles Langworthy, president
• The society does not have a building, but has collections of hardware, tools, paper, histories, and photographs located with its members. Visitors by appointment.

• 1 Park Street, Middlebury, VT
• Mailing Address: 1 Park Street, Middlebury, VT 05753
• Website: www.henrysheldonmuseum.org
• Email: info@henrysheldonmuseum.org info@henrysheldonmuseum.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-388-2117
• Contact: Mary Epright, collections manager
• The museum offers tours, exhibits, and programs aimed at facilitating an understanding of regional Vermont history through sharing with the community a wealth of objects and written materials that document the history of Middlebury, Addison County, and Vermont.   It also has a gallery, a shop, and gardens.
• Hours and Admission:
  • Museum: June - October 7: Tues–Sat., 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00 pm - 5:00pm; fall/winter/spring: Tues–Sat., 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Research Center: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Thursday, 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm;   1st Saturday, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, or by appointment. Admission fee.

• 18th Century Farmhouse & 19th Century Barn Museum, 88 Quaker Street, Lincoln, VT
• Mailing Address: 88 Quaker Street, Lincoln, VT 05443
• Email: larrymasterson@gmavt.net larrymasterson@gmavt.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-453-3371
• Contact: Larry Masterson, treasurer
• The society has a collection of local artifacts in a restored 18th-century farmhouse and a 19th-century barn in a meticulously landscaped setting. Exhibits change annually. Activities include opening day festivities in May, a harvest festival in late September, and a pumpkin-carving contest in October.
• Hours and Admission: Memorial Day - October: 2nd and 4th Sunday, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, or by appointment.

• Mailing Address: 280 Monkton Ridge, North Ferrisburgh, VT, 05473
• Phone: 802-482-2277
• Contact: Gill Coates, president.
• The society does not own a building, but there is a small collection. Meetings are the third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Monkton town hall. Current projects include gravestone transcription of all the stones in Monkton and preservation of the East Monkton Church.
• Visitors by appointment.

• Mailing Address: 89 North Street, New Haven, VT 05472
• Phone: 802-453-3947
• Contact: Betty Bell, president
• There is no established museum. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm at the New Haven Congregational Church.
• Call for hours and admission.

Orwell Free Library, Main Street, VT Route 73, Orwell, VT

• Mailing Address: PO Box 85, Orwell, VT 05760
• Website: www.historic-orwell-vermont.com
• Phone: 802-948-2049
• Contact: Steve Buxton, president
• The society's collection of Orwell history from the Revolutionary War through World War II to the present day is housed at the library.
• Hours: Tuesday and Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am - noon.

• Town Hall, Maple Street, Salisbury, VT 05769
• Mailing Address: 62 Misty Lane, Salisbury, VT 05769
• Email: fbrush@hotmail.com fbrush@hotmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-352-4506
• Contact: Fletcher Brush, president
• There is no museum at this time. Plans are to rebuild an eighteenth-century settler's cabin near the site of Ann Story's cabin. Meetings take place at the Salisbury town hall.
• Visitors by appointment.

• Stone Schoolhouse Museum, VT Route 22A, Shoreham, VT
• Mailing Address: 91 Doolittle Road, Shoreham, VT 05770
• Website: www.steve-world.com/ShorehamHS/SHShome.htm
• Email: gdbirdsall@yahoo.com gdbirdsall@yahoo.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-897-2572
• Contact: Dale Birdsall, president.
• A former stone schoolhouse (1839) has photographs, documents, arrowheads, and extensive genealogical files pertaining to the Shoreham area. There are also locally made sleighs, a barn loom, and other large objects at Newton Academy on School Street.
• Visitors year-round by appointment.

• Mailing Address: 2174 Big Hollow Road, Starksboro, VT 05487
• Website: www.starksborohistoricalsociety.org
• Email: ruthbee@gmavt.net ruthbee@gmavt.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-453-3469
• Contact: Ruth Beecher, secretary.
• This society, formed in 2005, does not have a museum. The society meets the 4th Thursday of every other month at 7:00 p.m. at the town hall.
• Call or email for hours and admission.

• Mailing Address: 2970 Lime Kiln Road, New Haven, VT 05472
• Email: ninam@together.net ninam@together.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Phone: 802-877-3070
• Contact: Nina Bacon, president.
• The society collects the history of the Vergennes area, and has recently joined with the Ferrisburgh Historical Society.

Basic Facts

• The Vermont region was explored and claimed for France by Samuel de Champlain in 1609
• First French settlement was established at Fort Ste. Anne in 1666.
• The first English settlers moved into the area in 1724
• England gained control of the area in 1763 after the French and Indian Wars.
• In 1777 Vermont adopted its first constitution, abolishing slavery and providing for universal male suffrage without property qualifications.

Famous Vermonters

Contributed by Fawn

• Sherman Adams governor, East Dover
• Chester Alan Arthur U.S. president, Fairfield
• Orson Bean actor, Burlington
• Calvin Coolidge U.S. president, Plymouth
• Thomas Davenport inventor, Williamstown
• John Deere inventor, Rutland
• George Dewey admiral, Montpelier
• John Dewey philosopher, educator, Burlington
• Stephen A. Douglas politician, Brandon
• James Fisk financial speculator, Bennington
• Wilbur Fisk clergyman, educator,
• Ralph E. Flanders senator, Barnet
• Horace A. Tabor silver king, Holland
• Justin Morrill politician, Strafford
• Richard Morris Hunt architect, Brattleboro
• William Morris Hunt painter, Bratleboro
• Elisha Graves Otis inventor, Halifax
• Moses Pendleton choreographer
• Patty Sheehan golfer, Middlebury
• Joseph Smith religious leader, Sharon
• Ernest Thompson actor, writer
• Rudy Vallee singer, band leader, Island Pond
• Henry Wells pioneer entrepreneur, Thetford
• Brigham Young religious leader, Whitingham

State Flag

State Bird Hermit Thrush

State Seal

Sugar Maple State Tree

Famous People From Vermont

• Chester A. Arthur president;
• Orson Bean actor;
• Calvin Coolidge president;
• George Dewey admiral;
• John Dewey philosopher and educator;
• Stephen A. Douglas politician;
• Carlton Fisk baseball player;
• James Fisk financial speculator;
• Willbur Fisk clergyman and educator;
• Richard Morris Hunt architect;
• William Morris Hunt painter;
• Elisha Otis inventor;
• Moses Pendleton choreographer;
• Joseph Smith religious leader;
• Ernest Thompson actor and writer;
• Rudy Vallee singer and band leader;
• Henry Wells pioneer entrepreneur (Wells Fargo & Co.);
• Brigham Young religious leader.

Death Records

Death Records From the Chicago City Directory - Transcribed and Donated by Kim Torp

All of these individuals were living in Chicago in 1843 and were listed in the 1843 City Directory (which was updated in 1896 with their death dates)  The format is name, occupation and perhaps whose employment they were in or the  address they worked at, the residential address or who they boarded with

Fullerton, Alexander Nathaniel, attorney at law, res 90 Dearborn [died, Chester, Vt, September 23, 1880, aged 76].

Loomis, Henry, lumber merchant, cor West Water and Randolph [died,  Burlington, Vt., December 18, 1886, aged 68.]

Balestier, Joseph Neree, lawyer, died, Brattleboro, Vt., September 15, 1888, aged 74½

Dyer, Clarence H., coal, died, Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 10, 1894, a. 54.

Gilman, Marcus D., grocer, died, Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 5, 1889

Richmond, Thomas, d., Woodstock, Vt, Apr. 20, 1892. a. 94-4-12.

North American Review - July 1815

Deaths...

In Vermont - In Plattsburgh, Andrew Toy, a soldier, killed accidentally while playing with bayonets with one of his comrades.

In Waltham, near Middlebury, Isaac Hobbs, aged 73, was murdered by his son-in-law, Selab Hickox. It is said that a family quarrel had long existed; on the day of his death, Mr. Hobbs was at the house of Hickox, a contest arose, he was ordered out of the house, was followed by Hickox, and beaten by him with a club, so that he died. A jury of inquest pronounced a verdict of wilful murder. Hickox has been arrested. -- Contributed by Kim Torp

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North American Review - May 1815

General Jacob Bailey, a revolutionary officer, aged 89.

General John Nixon, aged 90. He commanded the first brigade of the Massachusetts line, in the war of Independence and was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill. -- Contributed by Kim Torp

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