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The town of Hardwick was first settled in 1793, by Asa Warner. He came along the Bayley-Hazen Military Road, built by Continental Army forces during the American Revolutionary War as a potential route for an attack on the British Province of Quebec. The road was never used militarily, but opened remote northern Vermont for settlement.
The town of Peacham was first settled in 1776, partly as a consequence of the construction of the Bayley-Hazen Military Road during the American Revolutionary War.In the Peacham Corner area that became the town center, that road, now the major north–south route through the town, skirted around a hill on which the early town center was laid out.
The Bayley–Hazen Military Road was a military road that was originally planned to run from Newbury, Vermont, to St. John's, Quebec, not far from Montreal.The southern 54 miles (87 km), running from Newbury to Hazen's Notch near the Canada–United States border, were constructed between 1776 and 1779 during the American Revolutionary War.
Skip to main content. ... There have been five fatal crashes and seven fatalities at the stop sign controlled four-way intersection located on Hazen Road and SR-85. Maricopa Road and SR-347 (North ...
The Josiah and Lydia Shedd Farmstead is a historic farm property at 1721 Bayley-Hazen Road in Peacham, Vermont. Established in 1816, the property evokes a typical 19th-century Vermont hill farm. Its oldest surviving buildings, the main house and two barns, survive from the second quarter of the 19th century.
The former Elkins Tavern, now a private residence, is located south of Peacham's main village, on the east side of Bayley-Hazen Road, a side loop off South Main Street that was once the principal route through the area. The road was built during the American Revolutionary War, and retains much of its original character. The house stands on the ...
Hazen's Notch was named after Moses Hazen, who in 1779 led the construction of the Bayley Hazen Military Road. The road was planned to extend from Newbury, Vermont , to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu , Quebec , not far from Montreal , to facilitate an invasion of Canada during the American Revolutionary War ; it had reached this point when ...
Elmer Clayton, Mansfield Township's road supervisor, testified that the gutters on Hazen Road had been dug out recently near the area of the train accident and this material—dirt, gravel and stones—had been pushed to the center of the road to build up the crown in anticipation of laying macadam. Clayton surmised that this loose debris had ...