Major Cross-State Route to the Connecticut River
From this point, where the Winans launched their steamer ‘Vermont’ in 1808, travelers drive eastward on Route US 2, cutting through the Green Mountain Range at Bolton to the Capitol at Montpelier, to Barre - "granite center of the world" - and to St. Johnsbury, "maple sugar city."
Unlike newer markers, this one isn't dated, but it is easy to tell how long it has been here. US 2 used to be the ONLY direct route to Montpelier. Since the late Fifties/early Sixties, most people use I-89.