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Vermont -- Molly Stark Trail and Historic Old Bennington

Vermont -- Molly Stark Trail and Historic Old Bennington is a Vermont historical marker in Bennington, Bennington County.

75 Main Street at the Bennington Museum, Bennington

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State Highway 9 traverses scenic Hogback Mt. to the Connecticut River Valley. Old Bennington, site of the Battle Monument and Historical Museum, was the meeting place of the Green Mountain Boys. It was the first town chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth of N.H. in 1749.

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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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1740 · 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1756 · A map of the eastern part of the province of New York with part of New Jersey, & c (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)

43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering the location of Vermont -- Molly Stark Trail and Historic Old Bennington, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, 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

Vermont -- Molly Stark Trail and Historic Old Bennington

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