Under the southwestern “hook” of Vermont, where the Taconic Mountains give way to the historic Champlain Valley lies the picturesque town of Fair Haven. Known as the “Slate Center of the Nation”, and Vermont’s Western Gateway, Fair Haven chartered and settled in 1779. Fair Haven prospered as a mill town, with numerous works developed on the falls of the Castleton River by Colonel Matthew Lyon.
In the mid-1800’s, the first slate quarries were opened, beginning an industry that has continued to thrive until today.