This is Vermont: Vergennes Traditional Cache
Hidden : 3/20/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is Vermont: Vergennes

This cache is part of the Vermont 251 Plus 4 Geocaching Club, an attempt to bring caches to each and every town, city and gore in the state of Vermont!


Winter sunrise over the Otter Creek falls in Vergennes

Vergennes Facts

 County: Addison
Chartered: October 23, 1788 (Vermont Charter)
City Incorporated: October 23, 1788
Area: 1,600 Acres = 2.5 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 255* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): 73°07''W 44°56'N
Altitude: 203 feet ASL Population (US Census, 2000): 2,741 [ Population Rank: 65* ]
Population Density (persons per square mile): 1,096.4 [ Density Rank: 3* ]

*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Colchester's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.


The only one of Vermont's cities not to have been first chartered as a town or independant village. It is the smallest city in Vermont, and the third oldest in the US (only Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut are older).

It is named for Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes. Reluctant to to make any overt moves that might involve her in another war with England, France agreed to aid the colonists behind the scenes, principally through the considerable efforts of Benjamin Franklin. At the direction of Louis XVI, Gravier established a fictional company through which the Americans received nearly 80% of their military supplies. It was also Gravier who negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that formally brought the Revolutionary War to a close.

Here, Thomas MacDonough built and armed the fleet that would defeat the British on Lake Champlain. The Monkton Iron Company (which was at the time the largest iron works in the colonies) manufactured the fittings for MacDonough's fleet, as well as most of the cannon shot used by the army in the north. The ore used was mined in nearby Monkton.

About the cache


The cache is located in MacIntosh Memorial Park on Comfort Hill. Here you'll find the headstone of Donald MacIntosh, the first settler in Vergennes. Follow the path into the woods from the trail head as it will lead you to the cache. There is minimal parking along the roadside near the park. You may also find a spot to park down the street near the intersection of High St. and Comfort Hill St.

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