A New History of Old Windsor, Connecticut
Author: Daniel Howard
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 428
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Author: Daniel Howard
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 428
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Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-28
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780266855255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from A New History of Old Windsor, Connecticut If we are to date the history of Ancient Windsor from the time when it was first visited by Europeans we must start with the year 1614. In that year Adriaen Block, a Dutch sea cap tain, one of the little band that had recently begun the settle ment of New York, started out to explore the northern shore of Long Island Sound. He discovered the Connecticut River, which he named the Fresh River, and sailed up it as far as Windsor where he saw an Indian Village at a point which he recorded as in 41 degrees and 48 minutes north latitude. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Daniel 1864-1967 Howard
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781022885813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis meticulously researched history tells the story of one of America's oldest and most intriguing towns. From its early colonial origins to its crucial role in the Revolutionary War and beyond, Old Windsor has been a center of industry and innovation in New England for centuries. With vivid detail and engaging storytelling, Howard brings the town's rich history to life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Henry Reed Stiles
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 988
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christine Ermenc
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Published: 2020-05
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ISBN-13: 9780578677811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1810, nine-year-old Annie Howard and her mother move to Windsor, Connecticut to live with her grandparents after the deaths of her father and baby brother. Mastering unfamiliar household routines, growing friendships, and the love of her family help Annie find her place in this new world. Annie's Home is based on a true story.
Author: Claire Lobdell for Wood Memorial Library & Museum
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467125237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSouth Windsor owes its location to the Connecticut River, whose periodic floods created fertile lowlands that nourished livestock and crops. Tobacco became a mainstay of South Windsor's agricultural life in the early to mid-19th centuries, with mills on the Scantic and Podunk Rivers, tributaries of the Connecticut. Well into the 20th century, South Windor's children still attended some of the one- and two-room schoolhouses around town until the post-World War II baby boom and influx of new residents necessitated new buildings.
Author: Daniel Howard
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Published: 1997-05-01
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780832857010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Leslie Matthews Stansfield
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738513232
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransportation has always played an important role in Windsor Locks, a Connecticut River town in the north central part of the state named for the canal locks built here in 1829. Expansion continued after the arrival of the railroad in the late 1860s; today, the town is an aviation center with an international airport and an important air museum. Windsor Locks explores the one-hundred-fifty-year-old town through vintage images and lively narrative, into which are woven stories of the past drawn from interviews with longtime residents. Interesting historical details include New England's first Christmas tree, created on a local farm when, in the German custom, a Hessian soldier decorated a tree; and the first female governor to be elected in her own right, Ella Grasso, born and raised here.
Author: Beth Caruso
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Published: 2015-10-29
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780692567036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlice, a young woman prone to intuitive insights and loyalty to the only family she has ever known, leaves England for the rigid colony of the Massachusetts Bay in 1635 in hopes of reuniting with them again. Finally settling in Windsor, Connecticut, she encounters the rich American wilderness and its inhabitants, her own healing abilities, and the blinding fears of Puritan leaders which collide and set the stage for America's first witch hanging, her own, on May 26, 1647. This event and Alice's ties to her beloved family are catalysts that influence Connecticut's Governor John Winthrop Jr. to halt witchcraft hangings in much later years. Paradoxically, these same ties and the memory of the incidents that led to her accusation become a secret and destructive force behind Cotton Mather's written commentary on the Salem witch trials of 1692, provoking further witchcraft hysteria in Massachusetts forty-five years after her death. The author uses extensive historical research combined with literary inventions, to bring forth a shocking and passionate narrative theory explaining this tragic and important episode in American history.
Author: Edward Rodolphus Lambert
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Published: 1838
Total Pages: 264
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