History and description of New EnglandVermont . the westerlypart of the village. This insti-tution was chartered in 1818,by the name of the CastletonMedical A-cademy, which waschanged, in 1822, to the Ver-mont Academy of Medicine,and again, in 1841, to its pres-ent name. It is justly noted forhaving educated some of themost distinguished men of themedical profession now prac-tising in different parts of the country. There are ten school districts,and three post-offices — Castleton, AVest Castleton, and Hydeville. TheRutland and Washington, and Saratoga and Washington Railroadspass through Cast
History and description of New EnglandVermont . the westerlypart of the village. This insti-tution was chartered in 1818,by the name of the CastletonMedical A-cademy, which waschanged, in 1822, to the Ver-mont Academy of Medicine,and again, in 1841, to its pres-ent name. It is justly noted forhaving educated some of themost distinguished men of themedical profession now prac-tising in different parts of the country. There are ten school districts,and three post-offices — Castleton, AVest Castleton, and Hydeville. TheRutland and Washington, and Saratoga and Washington Railroadspass through Castleton. Population, 3,016 ; valuation, $1,056,399. Cavendish, Windsor county, about sixty miles from Montpelier, wasgranted by the governor of New Hampshire, October 12, 1761, andafterwards regranted by the governor of New York, June 16, settlement was commenced in the north part, in June, 1769, byCaptain John Coffein, at whose hospitable dwelling the Revolutionarysoldiers received refreshments while passing from Charlcstown, N. H.,. Castleton Medical College. 776 HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLAND. to the military posts on Lake Champlain, nearly the whole distancf^being at that time a wilderness. On the farm now the residence ofJames Smith, in the northwesterly part of the town, twenty miles from |Charlestown, w^as another stopping place, called the Twenty milesencampment. In 1771, Noadiah Russell and Thomas Gilbert joinedCaptain Coffcin in the settlement, and shared with him in his wantsand privations,— struggling hard for sev(>ral years for a scanty and pre-carious subsistence. The grinding of a single grist of corn was knownto have cost sixty miles of travel. Captain Coffein lived to see thetown settled and organized, and always took an active part in itspublic concerns. The first settlers came principally from Westford,Mass. There is a monument in this town, erected to commemorate oneof the events of the old French and Indian wars. The Indians, on oneof
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