State Seal Pine Tree

State Seal Pine Tree is a Vermont historical marker in Arlington, Bennington County.

Bennington County · North of Route 313 & West of 7, Arlington

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This ancient tree was already a monarch of the forest in 1778. Visible then from the Arlington home of Thomas Chittenden, first Governor of Vermont, it is believed to have inspired Ira Allen in designing Vermonts Great Seal. Note the similarity between the tree and its stylized portrayal in Seal atop this marker.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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