John Dewey

Historical marker location:

186 South Willard Street, Burlington, Vermont

( Marker is on South Willard Street (U.S. 7) 0.1 miles south of Main Street (U.S. 2), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2004

Philosopher and Pioneer in Modern Education.

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.