Historical Marker
The Norton House
Historical marker location:
30 West Main Street, Wilmington, Vermont
( Marker is on West Main Street (Vermont Route 9) 0.1 miles west of North Main Street (Vermont Route 100), on the right when traveling east.)
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.