"Rokeby"

Historical marker location:

4334 US Route 7, Ferrisburgh, Vermont

( Marker is on U.S. 7, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1949

Home of Rowland E. Robinson<br>Writer of Vermont Folklore.

Vermont was home to the first African American college graduate: In 1823, Alexander Twilight became the first African American college graduate in the United States. He earned his degree from Middlebury College in Vermont.