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Vermont Ghost Towns
- Thread starter Charles B
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CHIMNEY POINT TAVERN, Addison County, Vermont
Jacobus de Warm of Albany, New York, established a short-lived outpost here in 1690. In 1730 the French rebuilt it, renaming it Fort de Pieux. By 1759 it was deserted. 250 years later, only cellar holes and rubble are said to remain. Also located here is the Chimney Point Tavern, an 18th Century tavern that today acts as the interpretive center for the site. It is located just off SH 17, eight miles southwest of Addison, at the south end of Lake Champlain, where the Champlain Bridge crosses to New York
Jacobus de Warm of Albany, New York, established a short-lived outpost here in 1690. In 1730 the French rebuilt it, renaming it Fort de Pieux. By 1759 it was deserted. 250 years later, only cellar holes and rubble are said to remain. Also located here is the Chimney Point Tavern, an 18th Century tavern that today acts as the interpretive center for the site. It is located just off SH 17, eight miles southwest of Addison, at the south end of Lake Champlain, where the Champlain Bridge crosses to New York
FORT STE. ANNE, Grand County, Vermont
This old French fort was located on West Shore Road, three miles north of the village of Isle la Motte, on Isle La Motte (island), in the northwest corner of Lake Champlain. It was built in 1666 for protection against the Mohawk Indians. A small settlement grew up around the fort, and in 1670 the fort and town were burned by the Mohawks.
This old French fort was located on West Shore Road, three miles north of the village of Isle la Motte, on Isle La Motte (island), in the northwest corner of Lake Champlain. It was built in 1666 for protection against the Mohawk Indians. A small settlement grew up around the fort, and in 1670 the fort and town were burned by the Mohawks.
GLASTENBURY, Bennington County Vermont
All that remains of this old agricultural/charcoal town on the Appalachian Trail, ten AIR miles northeast of Bennington, are cellar holes and rubble. The town was chartered in 1761, and it grew slowly, with only 53 folks living here in 1840. It grew slowly, and in 1880 reached its peak of 241 people. By the 1930s it had faded and was classified as a ghost town. In 1980, the census showed 3 people, and in the 1990 census 0.
Because the altitude was a little higher than surrounding towns, the buckwheat, corn, oats, potatoes and rye didn
All that remains of this old agricultural/charcoal town on the Appalachian Trail, ten AIR miles northeast of Bennington, are cellar holes and rubble. The town was chartered in 1761, and it grew slowly, with only 53 folks living here in 1840. It grew slowly, and in 1880 reached its peak of 241 people. By the 1930s it had faded and was classified as a ghost town. In 1980, the census showed 3 people, and in the 1990 census 0.
Because the altitude was a little higher than surrounding towns, the buckwheat, corn, oats, potatoes and rye didn
PLYMOUTH FIVE CORNERS, Windsor County, Vermont
Located near Plymouth, this little agricultural village was the focus of Vermont's 1850s era gold rush. In 1855, a returning California gold miner panned for and found gold in Reading Pound Brook. It wasn't a lot, and despite his secrecy, Reading Pound, Broad and Buffalo brooks were overrun with people looking for quick riches. The small rush around Plymouth Five Corners only lasted four years. But what years they were. The tiny community grew, had a gold mill and crusher as well as a couple hotels, and a wandering butcher. By 1860 the nation's focus shifted to the increased tensions between the North and South, and Vermont gold was forgotten. By 1884 it was just
Located near Plymouth, this little agricultural village was the focus of Vermont's 1850s era gold rush. In 1855, a returning California gold miner panned for and found gold in Reading Pound Brook. It wasn't a lot, and despite his secrecy, Reading Pound, Broad and Buffalo brooks were overrun with people looking for quick riches. The small rush around Plymouth Five Corners only lasted four years. But what years they were. The tiny community grew, had a gold mill and crusher as well as a couple hotels, and a wandering butcher. By 1860 the nation's focus shifted to the increased tensions between the North and South, and Vermont gold was forgotten. By 1884 it was just
H.Charles Beil said:
Wheelock,Vermont
The town is named for Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Through an old provision of the college, any full-time resident of Wheelock who is accepted as an undergraduate at Dartmouth may attend the school free of tuition.[5] Between the 1890s and 2013, nine Wheelock Scholars attended Dartmouth College, including Ozias D. Mathewson (class of 1890), Harland Deos (class of 1939), Winston Shorey (class of 1940), Neil Barber (class of 1942), Arthur Bailey Jr. (class of 1956), Maura Nolan (class of 198
, George Hill (class of 2005), and Noah Manning (class of 2017).Standing in the center of the village for many years was the old brick hotel, known as the Caledonia Spring House. In 1893, Myron D. Park, who served four years as a Wheelock selectman, sold the Caledonia Spring House to Marshall Way. The hotel was the site of a notorious murder on May 20, 1896, when owner Marshall Way killed his 44-year-old wife, Ellen Sheldon Way, in the dooryard. According to the St. Johnsbury Caledonian of May 22, 1896, "The little town of Wheelock was thrown into a state of wild excitement last Wednesday evening when the cry went around that Marshall Way had killed his wife. It was a terrible shock to the people of the quiet town, and it may be many days before they recover sufficiently to converse to any length upon another subject."
After the murder, the Caledonia Spring House was sold to Alden J. Rennie, owner of several mills in Sutton, Sheffield, and Wheelock. The building was dismantled during the 1990s after falling into disrepair.
SuperRandomJelly
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Just visited this place at its new privately owned location. Fascinating! Also, I've heard a much different version of the murder....