{"id":386150,"date":"2025-11-27T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:49:00","slug":"the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 – The Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
On a recent cool, cloudy morning on the Millstone Hill trails in Barre, a couple of dozen people gather around our history hike leader, Scott McLaughlin.\u00a0 We are standing, he tells us, on the Barre Pluton, an \u201cigneous intrusion\u201d from the Devonian era (380 million years ago, give or take) that is four miles long, two miles wide, and ten miles deep. That bedrock of Barre Gray, the premier sculpture-and-monument-grade granite in the world, is the reason for Barre\u2019s existence as we know it today. McLaughlin, who holds a doctorate in archaeology from Binghamton University (SUNY), is the executive director<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a recent cool, cloudy morning on the Millstone Hill trails in Barre, a couple of dozen people gather around our history hike leader, Scott McLaughlin.\u00a0 We are standing, he tells us, on the Barre Pluton, an \u201cigneous intrusion\u201d from the Devonian era (380 million years ago, give or take) that is four miles long,… Read MoreThe Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 – The Bridge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":386151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","content-type":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum-news"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 - The Bridge - The Product of Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 - The Bridge - The Product of Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On a recent cool, cloudy morning on the Millstone Hill trails in Barre, a couple of dozen people gather around our history hike leader, Scott McLaughlin.\u00a0 We are standing, he tells us, on the Barre Pluton, an \u201cigneous intrusion\u201d from the Devonian era (380 million years ago, give or take) that is four miles long,… Read MoreThe Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 – The Bridge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Product of Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-27T13:49:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thebridgevt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TWISI-granitemuseum.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TPODadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robbie Harold\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TPODadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd\"},\"headline\":\"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 – The Bridge\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-27T13:49:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":118,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Museum News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 - The Bridge - The Product of Design\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-27T13:49:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png\",\"width\":682,\"height\":492},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 – The Bridge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Product of Design\",\"description\":\"Product Development Design Studio\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Product of Design\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/www.theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/www.theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1\",\"width\":150,\"height\":43,\"caption\":\"The Product of Design\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theproductofdesign.com\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd\",\"name\":\"TPODadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TPODadmin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tpod.co\\\/site\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebridgevt.org\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 - The Bridge - The Product of Design","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 - The Bridge - The Product of Design","og_description":"On a recent cool, cloudy morning on the Millstone Hill trails in Barre, a couple of dozen people gather around our history hike leader, Scott McLaughlin.\u00a0 We are standing, he tells us, on the Barre Pluton, an \u201cigneous intrusion\u201d from the Devonian era (380 million years ago, give or take) that is four miles long,… Read MoreThe Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 – The Bridge","og_url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/","og_site_name":"The Product of Design","article_published_time":"2025-11-27T13:49:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/thebridgevt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TWISI-granitemuseum.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"TPODadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Robbie Harold","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/"},"author":{"name":"TPODadmin","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd"},"headline":"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 – The Bridge","datePublished":"2025-11-27T13:49:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/"},"wordCount":118,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png","articleSection":["Museum News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/","name":"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 - The Bridge - The Product of Design","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png","datePublished":"2025-11-27T13:49:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png","width":682,"height":492},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone-the-bridge\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Way I See It: Vermont Granite Museum, Part 1: History Carved in Stone\u00a0 – The Bridge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/","name":"The Product of Design","description":"Product Development Design Studio","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#organization","name":"The Product of Design","url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tPOD_logo.png?fit=150%2C43&ssl=1","width":150,"height":43,"caption":"The Product of Design"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/10e000e236c3b85f26a286d96403e2cd","name":"TPODadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9da046d87f74a01c2e8d6ce7d16e652499472ae7d0ee82daa1c8d9f4988ce16a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TPODadmin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/tpod.co\/site"],"url":"https:\/\/thebridgevt.org\/2025\/11\/the-way-i-see-it-vermont-granite-museum-part-1-history-carved-in-stone\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TWISI-granitemuseum-0mioGB.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}