Fort Ranger was a historical picket fort located near Rutland, Vermont, United States. The fort was constructed prior to May 1779.[1] Fort Ranger served as the headquarters for the Vermont state force during the American Revolutionary War.[2] Thomas Chittenden ordered Captain Thomas Sawyer to command Fort Ranger and scout for any British incursion from the north or near Lake Champlaign.[1]
After the war, Fort Ranger was used for community gatherings.[3] In 1903, a marble fountain was placed at the site of Fort Ranger by the Daughters of the American Revolution.[4] Nothing remains of the site of Fort Ranger today.[5]
References
- ^ a b Kinney 2024, p. 74.
- ^ Hall 1868, p. 285.
- ^ Kinney 2024, p. 76.
- ^ Kinney 2024, p. 80.
- ^ Kinney 2024, p. 89.
Sources
- Hall, Hiland (1868). The History of Vermont: From Its Discovery to Its Admission Into the Union in 1791. Albany, New York: Joel Munsell.
- Kinney, Joseph E. (2024). "The Cruel Indifference of Time: The Evolving Public Memory of the Eighteenth-Century Fortifications of Rutland County, Vermont" (PDF). Vermont History. 92 (2). Vermont Historical Society. ISSN 0042-4161.
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