Huntington Gorge - Richmond - Vermont Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Site of Richmond’s first grist mill and electric generating plant

By 1802, John Preston had built a grist mill here at Richmond’s best water-power site. It was operated continuously for a century, last of all by the Robinson family. The Richmond Light and Power Co. converted the mill in 1903 to generate the village’s first electricity. Other 19th-Century mills here included cider, wool carding and cloth dressing, woodturning, and underclothing.

The opposite side of the marker is truly sad:

Deaths at the Huntington Gorge:

Eighteen people drowned here between 1950 and 1994. Most were swimmers caught by treacherous and deceptive currents that pulled them over the falls or sucked them down to the bottom of pools. Among those who drowned:

Marjorie, age 21, 1950	Robert, age 25, 1972	Carathray, age 24, 1976
William, age 16, 1961	Dennis, age 19, 1973	Scott, age 18, 1985
Brian, age 20, 1969	Rosemary, age 22, 1975	Kevin, age 21, 1992
Robert, age 19, 1969	Michael, age 21, 1976	Gary, age 35, 1992
Daniel, age 19, 1969	Carol, age 21, 1976	Cathy, age 36, 1994
Robert, age 21, 1971	Charles, age 24, 1976	Peter, age 32, 1994

Five more have died here since the marker was erected, including a State Police diver who was attempting to recover a victim. The most recent death was in 2015. See also this Citizen Memorial.

Marker Name: Huntington Gorge Location: Richmond

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