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Vermont - US 7 Follows Historic Route

Bennington County · Center Street Near Town Clerk, Pownal

Pownal was the site of one of the state’s oldest white settlement’s when Dutch settlers lived here for a short time after 1724. Up this valley came the pioneers from Connecticut including Ethan Allen, who led the dauntless Green Mountain Boys & Thomas Chittenden the first Governor of Vermont.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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