The Cook County herald., 1905-10-14
MONUMENT IN GREEN MOUNTAIN CEMETERY.

MONUMENT IN GREEN NOUN
Vermont's one state holiday, Ben
nington battle day, which falls on Aug.
l6, was this year marked by the gath
ering in Burlington of more distin-
guished men than have for some years
tain state. On that day there was ded-
fcated on the farm at one time owned
by Gen. Ethan Allen of revolutionary
fame a tower in memory of the hero
of Ticonderoga.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, secretary of
Ethan Allen was present as the official
of President Roosevelt,
and other prominent men in attend
ance were Vice President Fairbanks,
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy Darling,
United States Senator Redfield Proc
tor, formerly United States Senator G.
F. Edmunds, Cows. Bell of Vermont
and McLane of New Hampshire, and
James D. Hancock, president general
of the National Society, Sons of the
American Revolution.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks, wife of
the Vice President, represented the
National Society, Daughters of the
American Revolution, of which she is
a past president, and prominent Yer
monters from all parts of the state
swelled the attendance.
fo Sol1
been erected contains about 300 acres
and is located within the limits of the
city of Burlington, about three miles
from the City Hall. Before the time
of the revolution it was owned by
stanch Tory, who on account of his
disloyalty to the then embryo state of
Vermont was forced to leave the coun-
try. His estate was subsequently con-
flscated by the state of Vermont and
the property turned over to the land
commissioner of the state. BY him it
was sold to Gen. Ethan Allen, and he
was living upon it at the time of his
death in February, 1889. The farm
then became the property of Gov. Van
Ness and was known as the Van Ness
farm for half a century.
In 1902 the farm was purchased by
Mayor w. ]. Van Patten of Burlington,
who rendered to- the Vermont Society,"
Sons of the American Revolution, a
rocky ridge known as "Indian rock"
rising some 200 feet above the rest of
the farm, with about Is acres of ad-
joining land, upon condition that an
observation tower of stone should be
the Vermont hero and patriot.
The society accepted the offer and
raised the needed funds among it's
members. It is massive structure,
"a feet square at the base and 40 feet
in height, and will remind travelled
visitors of the monument to Sir Will
liam Wallace, the Scottish patriot, on
Abbey Craig, at Sterling, Scotland.
The tower commands a wide piano.
rama, comprising the full sweep of the
Adirondacks; Lake Champlain from
Cumberland Head on the north to the
-Four Brothers and Juniper islands and
Split Rock mountain on the south; the
valley of the Winooski, winding
through fertile intervales, and the
Green mountain range on the east,
presenting views of unsurpassed
beauty toward every point of the COM
object from the lake and all the sur.
rounding region.
The name Indian Rock has been CIV
en- to the spot by reason Of the legend,
which is said to be we'll established,
that it was the point Of outlook for the
Indians for long ages before the white
man came to this country. The nat
ural picturesqueness of the location is
enhanced by the rugged rocks which
comprise the bluff, and which give a
wildness to the whole scene which one
would hardly expect to find so near
the city.
The date selected for the dedication
Of the tower was the 12Sth anniversary
of the battle of Bennington. The cere-
monies comprised an imposing mill
tary parade, consisting of larger
body of regular cavalry, artillery and
infantry than has been seen in Yer
mont by any one now living, and the
National Guard of Vermont, composed
of II companies; an oration by Vice
President Fairbanks; a poem written
for the occasion by Vermont's gifted
poet, Mrs. Julia c. R. Dorr, an histor.
ical address BY the Hon. Robert D.
Benedict OF New York, presentation OF