| Samuel Hopkins |
Pittsford, VT |
in 1790 received the first U.S. Patent (signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson) for making potash. |
| Emma Willard |
Middlebury, VT |
opened the first women's seminary. |
| John Copper |
Windsor, VT |
in 1817 invented the rotary pump. |
| Samuel Reed Hall |
Concord Corners, VT |
wrote the first manual for teachers (Lectures on School Keeping) First normal school in America - introduced blackboard. |
| Samuel Morey |
Fairlee, VT |
in 1826 invented the first paddle wheel steamer. Morey is also credited with inventing the internal combustion engine. |
| Thaddeus Fairbanks |
St. Johnsbury, VT |
invented the iron plow, the platform scale, the process for artificial refrigeration. The amazing Mr. Fairbanks received 32 patents during his lifetime. |
| Thomas Davenport |
Brandon, VT |
invented the electric motor, electric railway, the printing press, and had the original idea for the telegraph Editor of the first electric journal. |
| Windsor Armory |
Windsor, VT |
was the first volume manufacturer of rifles utilizing interchangeable parts. |
| Gardner S. Blodgett |
Burlington, VT |
invented the cast iron cooking oven in 1848. |
| Orvis |
Manchester, VT |
invented the open reel for fly fishing. |
| "Snowfake" Bentley |
Jericho, VT |
invented micro-photography and photographed more than 5,00 patterns of snowflakes. |
| Gilbert's Pasture |
Pomfret, VT |
was the site of the Nation's first commercially operated rope tow. The field is now the site of Suicide Six Ski Area. |
| Jake Burton Carpenter |
Londonderry, VT |
began making snowboards in Londonderry in 1977. Snowboarding is now an international sport. |
| IBM |
Essex Junction, VT |
has produced dozens of innovations, including; the first world-wide high volume production of silicon memory chips for computers, the world's first advanced x-ray mask facility, the first world-wide high volume production of DRAMs and high speed copper interconnect logic semiconductor chips.. |
