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VT Bennington Museum,Bennington,VT
VT Whitingham, VT. (Town Hill) is the BRIGHAM YOUNG
MONUMENT. VT
VT Billings Farm, Woodstock, VT
VT Black gorilla holding a VW, Brandon, VT
VT Calvin Coolidge birth place, Plymouth,VT
VT Catamount Statue, Bennington, VT
VT Chester A Arthur birth place, Fairfield,VT
VT Floating Bridge, Brookfield, VT
VT Giant pig statue in drag, Burlington, VT
VT Giant metal winged monkeys, Burlington, VT
VT Gorilla holding a car up, Leicester, VT
VT Hubbardton Battlefield and museum, East Hubbardton,VT
VT Hyde Log Cabin, Grand Isle,VT
VT, 19' Ladderback Chair, Bennington,VT
VT Mountain Lion(Catamount) statue in Bennington, VT
VT, The Nose, VT
VT Conestoga Wagon, Pittsford, VT
VT Seth Warner Monument, Bennington, VT
VT, The Chin,VT
VT, The Forehead, VT
VT, The Adams Apple, VT
VT The Mouth, VT
VT The wooden rocking horse , Winchendon, MA
VT The Stockade, Pittsfield, VT
VT The world's largest granite quarry & amazing headstones to those who died,Barre,VT
VT Vermont Marble Exhibit, Proctor, VT
VT Vermont Raptor Center,Woodstock, VT
VT, Worlds Largest Bee, 800 pounds, in Jerry Costello's back yard, W. Dover, VT
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VT The Shelburne Museum(a must!), Shelburn,VT
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VT Rokeby, Ferrisburgh, VT More Info
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| Burlington
- University of Vermont - Converse Hall is haunted by a former student who committed
suicide there. Cuttingsville - Bowman House - haunted by an unidentified woman. Waterbury - Old Stagecoach Inn - Room 2 is haunted by Margaret Spencer who died there. Stowe - Emily's covered bridge - haunted and has appeared in several newspapers over the years. Brattleboro - The Country Club - Workers describe hearing voices above the dinning area of the country club. None of the waitresses like to close alone. Reports of footsteps walking overhead and other various sounds. To date, do not beleive any paranormal studies have been done. No one claims to know who the ghost or ghosts are. Streamwood - St. John's parking lot - lights,shadows,moans....of boy killed in car accident Winooski - Winooski High School - In the 1960's 5 students were killed in a crash comming back from Canada. A mass wake was held n the school's gym. Janitors now report strange sightings. Burlington - The University of Vermont - has another ghost residing in the Farm on Spear Street. West Salisbury - The Shard Villa Mansion - It currently has an attached retirement home on the back. The main house is still maintained much like it was when it's original owner/builder Columbus Smith and family lived there during the Victorian Era. Columbus and Harriet Smith's two children died untimely deaths. It is said that the mansion is haunted by the ghost of Columbus Smith. Occasionally a human shaped indentation will appear on the bed in his bedroom. Care takers once witnessed pieces of a silver tea service being flung one by one off a sideboard. A baby has been heard crying in the night. A caregiver was driving into work one morning and saw a lady in a red dress in one of the upstairs windows. Later on that morning, this same caregiver was asked by an elderly resident who the young lady in the red dress standing at the foot of her bed was? Another employee was sitting on a couch in the livingroom during a night shift when she claims Columbus Smith appeared dressed in formal attire including top hat. Many staff members have heard their names called thru the mansion. Colchester - St. Michael's College - There are a couple of places on campus that seem to have ghostly visitors. 1) The theater supposedly is haunted by a nun who assists actors. There have also been incidents reported during performances of props disappearing with no explanation. 2) The mens' first year dormitory also an evil presence. in the 60s or 70s, young men were holding some sort of occult meetings One of the men insisted that he needed to close the "portal" before they left, but by that time security was there and they tossed them off campus. the door to the attic is padlocked shut. However, lights go on in the attic and footsteps are heard in the middle of the night by the residents on the top floor. The image of the pentagram still exists on the floor despite attempts to replace the wood. Brattleboro- Madam Cheries- Shelburne -Wake Robin . Burlington Burlington-The Champlain Mill- Castleton-Castleton State College- Goddard College- Stowe- Emily's bridge- Northfield-Norwich University- |
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| Home to four generations of the Robinson family, Rokeby, built in 1793, is significant for its role in the Underground
Railroad and for the many letters, account books, and diaries kept by the family while
they lived in the house that document the first two generations' involvement in the
antislavery cause. A National Historic Landmark, Rokeby was constructed by Thomas
(1761-1851) and Jemima (1761-1846) Robinson, Quakers who were active members of the
Vermont and Ferrisburg Anti-Slavery Societies. Their son Rowland Thomas Robinson
(1796-1879) made abolition the cause of his life and sheltered fugitive slaves at Rokeby.
Hundreds of letters written to Rowland Thomas between 1830 and 1865 are now located at the
Sheldon Museum Archive and Research Center in Middlebury, Vermont. With abolition as the
most common theme, these letters were written by local and regional antislavery activists,
as well as national figures such as Lucretia Mott, William Lloyd Garrison, and Issac T.
Hopper. These letters show Rowland Thomas' involvement in the Underground Railroad and are
proof that he harbored fugitive slaves at Rokeby, negotiated freedom papers for former
slaves from their masters in the South, and helped freedmen find employment. Family
letters not only validate Rokeby as a stop, they add to our knowledge, correcting and
sharpening our understanding of the Underground Railroad and providing insight into how
"the legend outgrew the reality." Now a museum, Rokeby is fully furnished with
Robinson family belongings, including furniture, clothing, dishes, books, art, and other
artifacts. Rokeby is located in Ferrisburg, Vermont on US Route 7 at the corner of Robinson Road just north of Ferrisburg. It is open to the public. |
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