Fairlee is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 988 at the 2020 census. It includes the village of Ely. Fairlee is home to Lake Morey, which claims to have the longest i
Fairlee, VT, from the northeast
Fairlee from Morey Mountain c. 1907
Lake Morey, VT, from the southwest
Samuel Morey was an American inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.
Fairlee, Vermont
…Richard W. Mallary, US congressman Samuel Morey, inventor George W. Morrison, US congressman…
1909 illustration by A. C. Gow which appeared as the frontispiece in a 1915 biography
The Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge in Orford, NH
US Patent X306 (Force from Water with Assist of Steam) issued in November 1800