Vermont

Historical marker location:

75 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont

( Marker can be reached from Main Street (Vermont Route 9) 0.1 miles west of Convent Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1949

Molly Stark Trail and Historic Old Bennington.

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.