From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2007.1.70100
"Road To Pittsford", No. 55 Pittsford, Vermont The town was named for William Pitt.Pittsford was first settled as a frontier town in 1769, about 60 miles north of Bennington. It is the location of two historical picket forts used by the militia during the American Revolutionary War: Fort Mott (built in 1777), and Fort Vengeance (built from 1780 to 1781), about a mile north.