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Cultural Resources
Round Pond State ParkSouth Hero Vermont
Overview• Introduction• Landon Family• Agriculture• Transportation• GIS Map• Mineral Spring &
Tourism• Conclusion
Introduction
Town History
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South Hero Grand Isle
• Settlement• Commerce• Municipal
Development– Establishment of
Taxes
• Population Trends
*1900 - R.R. Island Line was being built in South Hero
Family History
• Genealogical Records
• Deed Records• Map Records• Biographical
Information
Landon Family
Bird Landon21 June 1786Litchfield, CT
Alson Landon18 April 1789Litchfield, CT
Anne Landon24 July 1791Litchfield, CT
Susan Landon28 May 1798
South Hero, VT
Buel Landon30 April 1800
South Hero, VT
William Landon16 January 1806South Hero, VT
Julia Landon15 September 1808
South Hero, VT
John Sachet Landon11 February 1813
South Hero, VT
Thaddeus Landon - Anne Marsh Baldwin1 December, 1766 - no date
Litchfield, CT - unknownMarried approx 1785
Thaddeus Landon (1766 - 1846)
•Born in Litchfield Connecticut
•Settled in South Hero c. 1795
•Lived in SW part of town
•Large and prosperous land owner and farmer
•Active in town affairs and offices, Selectman 1817-1819, oversee poor 1821
•Had a large family, numerous descendants and residents of South Hero
John S. Landon (1813 - 1907)
•Born in South Hero
•Son of Thaddeus Landon
•Settled on father’s farm, one of larges in town (300 acres)
•Held many town offices
•Represented South Hero in Vermont Legislature (1854-1856)
•Served as First Director for The Sand Bar Bridge Company
Agriculture
• Sheep– Merino Sheep
• Dairy Cows• Apple Orchards• Fencing
– Stacked Wood– Barbed Wire
• Buckthorn• Ross 4 Point
Fencing
Map
Transportation
• Railroad
• Sand Bar Bridge– Sand Bar Bridge
Company
Mineral Spring & Tourism
• Mineral Springs– Pond– Run Off– Sulphur Water– Iodine Spring
• Tourism– Camping– Contentment
Farm
Archaeology
• Meeting with John Crock Friday 26 March– Discussing the use
of the GIS Model Mapping for Archaeological Sensitivity
– Other area sites
Conclusion
• Next Step:– Report Draft– GIS Mapping– Photography
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