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 Vernon Historical Marker - Vernon, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 52.029 W 072° 26.959
18T E 711687 N 4638172
The Vernon Historical Marker is located on the Vernon Central Park at the intersection of Park Place, W. Main Street, and Elm Street in Vernon, CT.
Waymark Code: WM1736C
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2022
Views: 1
A two sided historical marker gives the history of Vernon, CT. The marker is inscribed:
{Seal of the State of Connecticut}
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
VERNON
First settled by families from East Windsor
in 1716 and originally a part of East Windsor
and Bolton, the Town of Vernon was incorporated
in 1808 by division of the Town of Bolton. In
1889 the City of Rockville, named from the Rock
Mill, was incorporated within the Town of Vernon.
Founded on the eve of the Industrial Revolution
and endowed with an abundance of water power,
Vernon developed into a major center for the
manufacture of textiles. Peter Dobson built
a cotton-spinning mill at Talcottville in 1809.
Power looms were first employed here by the
Rock Mill in 1821. In 1841 the New England
Company began the manufacture of fine woolens
which accelerated the development of the
woolen industry here. Beginning in the
mid-nineteenth century, immigrants provided
the skilled labor force necessary for the
further development of the textile industry.
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{Seal of the State of Connecticut}
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
VERNON
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Between 1892 and 1904 cloth from Rockville’s
mills achieved national and international
recognition, winning awards in 1892 from the
World's Columbian Exposition, at the Paris
Exposition in 1900, and being chosen for
the inaugural suits of Presidents William McKinley
in 1897 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1905.
Central Park, the site of this plaque, was
laid out in 1878 and marked the commercial
and governmental center of the Town. The
Memorial Building was erected in 1889 and
dedicated to the 336 soldiers of Vernon who
gave their lives in the Civil War, 1861-1865.
The years following the Second World War have
brought residential expansion into previously
rural Vernon, the permanent closing of the
woolen mills in 1952, and the consolidation
of the city and town governments
into the Town of Vernon on April 1, 1965.
Erected by the Town of Vernon
the Vernon Historical Society
and the Connecticut Historical Commission
1981
Marker Name: Vernon
Marker Type: Urban
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1981
Additional Information: Not listed
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