/ downtownbrattleboro 230 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301 Setting the Historical Scene
Situated where the Connecticut and West Rivers meet on lands had been used by Abenaki tribe prior to arrival of European settlers in early 1700s
In mid-1700s the Abenaki sided with the French in the French and Indian Wars
In 1724 Lt. Governor William Dummer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony built Fort Dummer as protection against the Abenaki
War ended in 1725 with the driving north to Quebec of the Abenaki
In 1728 the fort was converted into a trading post for commerce with friendly Abenaki who had remained behind
War broke out again in 1744 and lasted until 1748
Troops manned the fort until 1750
Three years later the area around the fort became a New Hampshire grant and was charted on the day after Christmas 1753 - the first “town” in Vermont
It was named Brattleborough after Col. William Brattle, Jr. of Boston (who never set foot in his namesake municipality!)
A Town Takes Root…
Once hostilities ceased the trade out of Fort Dummer set the stage for increased commercial and residential development
In 1771 the first store in Vermont’s opened in Brattleboro
In 1784 a post office was established
The first Vermont bridge over the Connecticut River to New Hampshire was built in 1804
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