Charter House

Historical marker location:

27 North Pleasant Street, Middlebury, Vermont

( Marker is at the intersection of North Pleasant Street (U.S. 7) and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Pleasant Street.)

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Vermont was the birthplace of the snowmobile: In 1922, a Vermont man named Carl Eliason built the first snowmobile, which he called a "snow machine." The snow machine was made from a Model T Ford engine and had a track instead of wheels. The invention was later refined and became the basis for the modern snowmobile.