Salmon Brook in Granby in Hartford County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
Granby
Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 26, 2016
1. Granby Marker
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Granby. .
Granby. Settled as the Salmon Brook section of Simsbury early in the 18th century, and established as a separate ecclesiastical society in 1736, Granby became a separate town in 1786. From the beginning, farming was the main endeavor of the populace; first subsistence farming then raising fruits of the orchard, tobacco growing, and dairy farming until agriculture waned in the 1950s. Industry, producing shoes, horse-drawn carriages, wool cards, and forest products, developed along streams where water tumbled over the rock ledges common to Granby terrain. On July 4, 1825, in Granby at the Connecticut-Massachusetts border, Connecticut's Governor Wolcott commenced construction of the Farmington Canal (1825-1849) by turning the first spadeful of earth. Settled by emigrants from Windsor, Granby, like Simsbury, was the 18th century frontier for the mother town against Indians and their French allies.
(Continued on other side). One early citizen, Daniel Hayes, was kidnapped by local Indians and taken to Canada, whence he escaped to return home to live nearly a half century longer. Granby sons and daughters in the 20th century have gone on to become prominent attorneys, president of a major life insurance company, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and Librarian of the State of Connecticut. Our sons have fought and some of them have died in each of the country's wars from the Indian conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries to Vietnam. In the Civil War, volunteers from Granby included free blacks fighting for the freedom of their southern brothers. Many of Granby's young men were among those in the Connecticut 16th Militia Regiment who suffered and died in the infamous Confederate prison stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. Granby citizens participated in the westward movement of the 19th century, founding the town of Worthington, Ohio, now a suburb of Columbus.
Erected by the Town of Granby the Salmon Brook Historical Society and the Connecticut Historical Commission 1980.
Granby
Settled as the Salmon Brook section of Simsbury early in the 18th century, and established as a separate ecclesiastical society in 1736, Granby became a separate town in 1786. From the beginning, farming was the main endeavor of the populace; first subsistence farming then raising fruits of the orchard, tobacco growing, and dairy farming until agriculture waned in the 1950s. Industry, producing shoes, horse-drawn carriages, wool cards, and forest products, developed along streams where water tumbled over the rock ledges common to Granby terrain. On July 4, 1825, in Granby at the Connecticut-Massachusetts border, Connecticut's Governor Wolcott commenced construction of the Farmington Canal (1825-1849) by turning the first spadeful of earth. Settled by emigrants from Windsor, Granby, like Simsbury, was the 18th century frontier for the mother town against Indians and their French allies.
(Continued on other side)
One early citizen, Daniel Hayes, was kidnapped by local Indians and taken to Canada, whence he escaped to return home to live nearly a half century longer. Granby sons and daughters in the 20th century have gone on to become prominent attorneys, president of a major life insurance company, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and Librarian of the State of Connecticut. Our
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sons have fought and some of them have died in each of the country's wars from the Indian conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries to Vietnam. In the Civil War, volunteers from Granby included free blacks fighting for the freedom of their southern brothers. Many of Granby's young men were among those in the Connecticut 16th Militia Regiment who suffered and died in the infamous Confederate prison stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. Granby citizens participated in the westward movement of the 19th century, founding the town of Worthington, Ohio, now a suburb of Columbus.
Erected by the Town of Granby
the Salmon Brook Historical Society
and the Connecticut Historical Commission
1980
Location. 41° 56.758′ N, 72° 47.446′ W. Marker is in Granby, Connecticut, in Hartford County. It is in Salmon Brook. Marker is at the intersection of Salmon Brook Street (Connecticut Route 10) and Meadow Gate Road, on the left when traveling south on Salmon Brook Street. Located on the grounds of the Salmon Brook Historical Society. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Granby CT 06035, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker
Also see . . . 1. Town of Granby, Connecticut. (Submitted on September 4, 2016, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.) 2. Granby, Connecticut on Wikipedia. (Submitted on September 4, 2016, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 26, 2016
3. Granby Marker
Photographed By Michael Herrick, August 26, 2016
4. Granby Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2016, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 532 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 4, 2016, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
