Editing Pomfret, Vermont (section)

==History==
The town was named after the [[Earl of Pomfret]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25204|title=Profile for Pomfret, Vermont|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=May 10, 2010}}</ref> Pomfret was chartered in 1761 by [[Benning Wentworth]], who was the governor of [[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]. The first settler (1770) was Bartholomew Durkee, who came from [[Pomfret, Connecticut]]. Pomfret was called "New Pomfret" at first because most of the people who settled there came from the town in [[Connecticut]].

One of the earliest [[ski tow]]s in the United States was established at South Pomfret in 1934, and became known as [[Suicide Six]]. Now called Saskadena Six,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.saskadenasix.com/the-mountain/our-new-name|title=Our New Name }}</ref> it has developed into a small ski resort with a moderate-size lodge, a quad chairlift installed in 2017, and large snowmaking capabilities.

In 1976, then-cardinal [[Karol Wojtyla]] visited North Pomfret during the summer for a vacation. He later became [[Pope John Paul II]] and was canonized a saint.<ref>{{Cite book |work=Vermont Catholic  |title = Young Cardinal Wojtyla visited Vermont, later named pope, saint |publisher =Diocese of Burlington, Vermont  |date = 2015 |location = Burlington |pages =38–39 }}</ref>