Williston, Vermont, USA
1825 Williston

There was only one village in the town. There were a good many taverns, a natural result of the geographical situation of the town on the old turnpike road, and as the center of a number of stage lines. Among the more prominent taverns were: one kept by Isaac FRENCH at what was called the Four Corners, in the western part of the town ; one kept on the opposite side of the street on the south side of the turnpike, by Calvin MORSE, the building still standing. These were both old fashioned, and managed to obtain their share of transient patronage. There were two taverns at the west end of the village, one kept by Epaphras HULL and the other by Mr. Arnold. Linus ATWATER had one in the center of the village. The site of the Methodist Church was then occupied by a large tavern kept by Benjamin GOING, and afterward by David FRENCH and others. It was called the Eagle Hall. Isaac MORTON kept a tavern on the road to Hinesburg, in the southwest part of the town. There were a number of distilleries, most of the merchants being interested in them and taking grain for their distilleries in payment of debts. John BRADLEY and afterward John WASHBURN operated a "still" on the site of the house now occupied by William MILLER. Another one stood in the west part of the town, on the east side of Muddy Brook. John and William BRADLEY had one in the northwest part of the town, and one of the ISHAMs ran a cider-brandy distillery in the southwest corner of the town. There was one tannery here then, the one formerly owned by Luther LOOMIS, but in 1825 in the hands of John and Harry BRADLEY. Willard MOORE operated a saw-mill at the east end of the village, afterwards owned by Hiram WINSLOW and others. Another one stood on Muddy Brook near the town line. At a later day Samuel BROWNELL built and operated a saw-mill in the northwest part of the town on Winooski River. At this time the carding-mill of Caleb B. SMITH, before mentioned, was running at the east end of the village below the saw-mill.

History of Chittenden County, Vermont With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers
Edited By W. S. Rann, Syracuse, N. Y.
D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1886



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