Mount Independence

Historical marker location:

497 Mount Independence Road, Orwell, Vermont

( Marker can be reached from Mount Independence Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1976

Bastion of the Revolution.

Vermont was the first state to establish a state park: In 1900, Vermont established the first state park in the United States, known as the Mt. Tom State Park. The park is located in Woodstock, Vermont.