Early Settlers & Allen R. Foley

Early Settlers & Allen R. Foley is a Vermont historical marker in Norwich, Windsor County.

U.S. Route 10A East, near Ledyard Bridge, Norwich

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Site of a log hut where the Hutchinson and Messenger Families were the first to winter in Norwich in 1765. Erected by the Norwich Historical Society in memory of Professor Allen Rich Foley, Vermont Legislator and Historian 1898-1978.

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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Historical maps covering this location

1760 · New Engelland, New York, New Yersey und Pensilvania (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1781 · An Accurate map of New Hampshire in New England, from a late survey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1795 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Map of the White Mountains, And Vicinity. N.H. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Vermont, 1795, covering the location of Early Settlers & Allen R. Foley, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont, 1795, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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