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- Title
A Riverton Retreat: Royal Charter to State Forest.
- Authors
Parker, Sylvia
- Abstract
The article presents an examination into the history of a tract of land in Riverton, Vermont from its original allotment in 1785 to the present. Details are given describing the various names of the property including its titles as Erhardt Cottage, Mountain View, and the Hay House. Accounts are also given highlighting famous owners of the site, including the composer Béla Bartók and the entrepreneur family of Justus and Fannie Doane Erhardt. Conclusions are offered noting its contemporary preservation as a state forest.
- Subjects
RIVERTON (Vt.); VERMONT; DWELLINGS; ERHARDT, Fannie Doane; ERHARDT, Justus; BARTOK, Bela, 1881-1945; PARKS
- Publication
Vermont History, 2010, Vol 78, Issue 1, p95
- ISSN
0042-4161
- Publication type
Article