From collection Jake Gillison Collection
LB2016.15.1701
Silver Maple Lodge at Fairlee, Vermont Fairlee is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 988 at the 2020 census. Fairlee is home to Lake Morey, which claims to have the longest ice skating trail in the United States. History One of the New Hampshire grants, Fairlee was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on September 9, 1761 and awarded to Josiah Channey, Joseph Hubbard and 62 others. It was first settled in 1766. On February 25, 1797, the western half of the grant was set off as West Fairlee. The population was 575 by 1859, when it had several sawmills, a gristmill, and an establishment for lead pipe and pumps. The Fairlee Railroad Depot was built in 1848 by the Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, it is the oldest surviving railroad structure along the Connecticut River. Wikipedia contributors, "Fairlee, Vermont," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairlee,_Vermont&oldid=1150180456 (accessed July 14, 2023).
