by administrator | Nov 26, 2010 | Town Histories
Town Facts: Granted to Ebenezer Crafts in 1791 First called Minden, then changed in 1790 to Craftsbury to honor Ebenezer Crafts Four settlements: Craftsbury village, East Craftsbury, Mill Village and Craftsbury Common Town History From the Vermont Historical...
by administrator | Nov 26, 2010 | Town Histories
Town Facts: Charter granted: to Maj. Elias Buel and 59 others First settlers: Samuel Cobb and son Tisdale Cobb, 1800 First public roads: 1805 Named after Coventry, Connecticut, Buel’s hometown Name was officially Orleans from Nov. 1841 to November 1843, in hope that...
by administrator | Nov 26, 2010 | Town Histories
Town Facts: First grant of land: 1780 Chartered: 1780, to Hon. Abraham Whipple, his shipmates and others. First survey: 1794 First trees felled: 1802 First crops planted: potatoes, 1802 First settler: Abner Allyn First family to move into town: Andrew McGaffey, 1803...
by administrator | Nov 26, 2010 | Town Histories
Town Facts: Granted to Daniel and Timothy Brown in 1790 The first grog shop in Orleans county is said to have been kept in Brownington, near where Wm. Baxter built his large house – upon the same farm upon which Major Smith set out the great orchard. Brownington...
by administrator | Nov 26, 2010 | Town Histories
Town Facts: Barton Granted: 1781, to William Barton and his associates, including Ira Allen and John Paul Jones First settler: Asa Kimball, 1795 Town government organized: 1798 (Reorganized in 1800 because legality of the government was questioned) Barton Village...
