There's No Attraction In The World Quite Like The Vermont Country Store

The Vermont Country Store is more than just a store… It’s an experience.

It is well known as a place where you can find unique items, everyday needs, a family business, where to find delicious foods and a wonderful selection of Vermont made products.

We're not the only ones who love visits to the Vermont Country Store...

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Visits and press such as Martha Stewart to CBS have come to the store - and the Orton Brothers went teach Martha a thing or two in the kitchen making Maple Mountain Crunch Cake on the Martha Stewart Show!

Some may say it’s a museum.

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And the best part is that all the exhibits are for sale!

Now that's a lot of liquid gold!

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From hard to find items, old fashioned games, Vermont products, clothing, candy and good old fashioned customer service, you’ll find it here.

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You'll always be greeted with a smile.

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In fact, where else will you find “The Vermont Country Store 100% Guarantee?”

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In the words of proprietor Lyman Orton… “My commitment to finding you practical, hard to find merchandise and to superior customer service remains absolutely unshakable. Everything you see in our catalogs, in our on-line store, and in our retail stores is 100% guaranteed to work like we say it will.

If you don't find this so, or are dissatisfied for any reason at all, you can return or exchange your product with no hassles or fuss. We've done business in this straight forward way ever since 1946.

Sincerely,

Lyman Orton, Prop.”

The Vermont Country Store was founded by Vrest and Mildred Ellen Orton in 1946 as the first restored rural country store in the nation in Weston, Vermont.

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Pictured are Vrest and Mildred Orton in 1951.

Their origins lie in the Orton family’s long Vermont history.

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In 1897, Gardner Lyman Orton, the 8th generation of Ortons in the United States, opened a general store with his father-in-law Melvin Teachout in Calais, Vermont. Gardner's wife Leila gave birth to their eldest son Vrest that same year. Pictured is the interior of the store in 1946.

The Vermont Country Store is still operated by the Orton family today.

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Pictured are Gardner, Lyman, Cabot and Eliot Orton in 2010.

The Vermont Country Store in Weston store has the distinction of being America’s first restored and fully operational country store and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.