First Missile Site East of the Mississippi - Alburgh - Vermont Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Marker Text:

MISSILE SITE
First intercontinental ballistic missile site
east of the Mississippi River.
Built 1960-1962 by the U.S. Air Force.

The marker, placed by the New York-Vermont Interstate Commission, is on the property of a Vermont Welcome Center; the actual site, which is now the Alburgh Town Highway Garage, is roughly 600 yards beyond the sign at the end of Missile Base Road.

This facility held an Atlas F and was manned by the 556th Strategic Missile Squadron under the 380th Strategic Air Wing, stationed at nearby Plattsburgh Air Force Base, which itself is no longer operational.

Marker Name: Missle Site Location: Alburgh

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