Historical Marker
World War Memorial
Historical marker location:
290 Ferry Road, Charlotte, Vermont
( Memorial is at the intersection of Ferry Road and Greenbush Road, in the median on Ferry Road.)
1918.
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.