The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-24

which DR.. RayiBooth is chairman. We
believe that the personnel Of tn s com
mttee Is such to inspire the conf
deuce OF every member OF this associa-
ton and OF the entire community. and
that the matter can be left to the com
mittoe In the fill assurance that the
result will be a memorial in every way
worthy Of the subject and the spot
Your historical committee recon.
mends that the thanks OF the associ-
ton be rendered to Mrs Squler for her
generosity and to DR.. Vincent Raw
Booth Tor his efficient and untiring
service.
The Ethan Allen House.
Another site to which your Hlstor.
ical Comm ttee has given attention is
that OF the house In which Ethan Allen
resided during several years. This
house stood upon land which Is now in
cluded in the Mccullough plot in the
old cemetery Because II has already
become a tradition. concerning which
som doubt is EXPIRE sed, your historic,
al committee has been at considerable
labor and pain TO verify the statement
! that Ethan Allen did actually reside
here. The evidence IS uncontcstable;
1t was accepted by that great student
OF our history, Hi'and Hail. as we'll IS
! by the elder Isaac Jennings, author of
Memorials of a Century" by Zadock
Thompson. in his Hi tory OF Yer
mont and by Daniel Ch pman, LID.
in his Life OF Col Seth Warner" It
is also accepted by our latest historian
/ Mr.. Crockett II was felt that some
Of the local patriotic societies might
! like to undertake to erect this marker,
and the chairman Of this comm ttee
was instructed to bring the matter to
the attention of the American Legion.
! This has been done, but without result
to date.
A satisfactory marker for this site
would be a rough hewn granite rock
with a plain bronze tablet set in the
face Of II. This could be done for a
very small sum OF money which might
/ be provided by this association, even,
! if II could not be readily raised other
wise. At all events, steps should be
taken Ivy the association looking to
/ the early marking OF this S te, and
your historical committee respectfully
recommends the appointment OF spe'
cial committee of not less than three
nor more than five members to Consid-
or the whole matter and make report,
with estimates of cost and proposals
/ for meeting same. to the next annual
meeting.
other Markers Proposed.
Your Historical Committee, has also
taken some steps toward the mark ng
Of three other sites of great historic
importance We refer to the site OF
the first log house built by the pioneer
settler, Samuel Robinson, the site of
the first Norton pottery, started in
1893. and the United States Pottery,
the fame of which has practically cir
cled the globe, and the products Of
which are so much sought after by
collectors in tn s and other lands
/ 1t needs no argument to demonstrate
the des rability OF marking these spots
1t is a reproach to the community that
no memorial has been erected to the
pioneer setter OF the town, who played
such a distinguished part in the strug.
gle from which Vermont emerged as
an independent and sovereign state
Your comm ttee has brought this mat.
ter to the attention Of prominent de-
scendants of CAPTAIN Samuel Robinson
in the hope that they will take the mi
tiative in tn memorial, In Ike man.
ner, we have invited the local Mer,
chants Assoc alton to undertake the
work Of marking the two pottery sites
already named While no reply has
yet been received, it is to be hoped
that the suggestion win be acted upon
1t would seem to be fitting that the
most famous Industrial enterprise in
our history should be marked through
the efforts of a body like the Mer
chants Associat on. 1t is to the in
terest of every merchant in town that
there should be as many places to at
tract and hold the interest of visitors
as possible.
There are. OF course. a number of
other sites that ought TO be properly
and permanently marked with simple
and enduring markers In not a few
in ltances simple boulders properly in.
scribed, would answer every purpose
quite admirably What the town Of
Deerheld, Mass has done in this way
provides for us a splendid object les
son The house in which Baum died
now marked with rapidly deteriorat.
ing wooden sign should be so Marked
similarly something of the sort should
be done at the Breckenridge farm,
where. it has been well said, the State
of Vermont was born. The site of
the home of Seth Warner. destroyed in
1858. and the residence of the various
Governors of the State who resided in
this town, including that of our first
vice president, Governor Hiland Hall,
ought to be similarly marked. 1t is
to be hoped that a number of these
places can be marked during the next
year or so.
Your Historical Committee through
its chairman, brought to the attention
OF the local chapter of the D. A. r.,