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