Aerial view of Dorset Photo by Lorianna Weathers Photography
DORSET
Dorset was chartered in 1761 .
In 1776 , the idea of Vermont as an independent republic was born in Cephas Kent ’ s tavern here .
The first commercial marble quarry in America opened in Dorset in 1785 . Dorset stone was used for the New York Public Library and for buildings in Washington , DC .
Dorset Theater Festival offers first-rate productions June to September .
Ellen Stimson ’ s Mud Season is about how she bought and ran the Dorset Union Store and lived to write ( and laugh ) about it .
EAST ARLINGTON
Home to a state-of-the-art recording studio with an in-house Grammy ® Winning Engineer , several art studios at Old Mill Road Recording .
Old Mill Road Media ’ s magazine offices are also here and turn out Stratton Magazine , Vermont Magazine , Berkshire Magazine , Manchester Life , the Vermont News Guide and more .
At East Arlington ’ s heart is a Gristmill , built in 1764 by Remember Baker , who was first cousins with Ethan Allen and Seth Warner (“ The Green Mountain Boys ”).
East Arlington ’ s Kelly Stand Road ( closed in winter ) is the gateway to the Green Mountain National Forest .
Head north toward Sunderland and Manchester through the Chiselville covered bridge .
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