Vermont -- Connecticut Valley Route

Vermont -- Connecticut Valley Route is a Vermont historical marker in Guilford, Windham County.

Windham County · Route 5, right at town line with Massachusetts, Guilford

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On this former wilderness trail to Canada, the pioneers built old Fort Dummer in 1724 below Brattleboro, then the frontiers most advanced outpost. Guilford, then the largest town in Vermont, was the scene of bitter strife between the Yorkers and the Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen.

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

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

Vermont -- Connecticut Valley Route

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