John Deere learned the blacksmith trade here as an apprentice in the shop of Capt. Benjamin Lawrence from 1821 to 1825. The shop was located below this spot on Mill Street, in what is known as "Frog Hollow." In 1836 Deere moved to Grand Detour, Illinois, where, in 1837, he built the world's first steel moldboard plow.

Photo: Kevin Craft

Photo: Kevin Craft

Photo: Cosmos Mariner

Middlebury, Vermont · USA