1 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Ashford, Warrenville — Ashford —

This area, part of the Wabbaquasset Indian country, was deeded to Captain James Fitch of Norwich in 1684 by Owaneco, sachem of the Mohegans. An earlier one having failed to act, a new committee was appointed by the General Assembly in May, 1710 to . . . — — Map (db m93606) HM

2 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Ashford, Warrenville — Ashford Veterans Memorial —

In Memory of Robert W. Hoyt SPC U.S. Army killed in action December 11, 2004 Operation Iraqi Freedom Erected by the people of Ashford to perpetuate the memory of George Campert Captain U.S.A.A.F. and Lawrence W. Cushman, SM1/C U.S. . . . — — Map (db m123008) WM

3 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Ashford, Warrenville — Constitution Oak —

In commemoration of the Connecticut Constitutional Convention of 1902 Delegate. Thomas K. Fitts marked 1953 — — Map (db m102024) HM

4 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn — Brooklyn —

Formerly Mortlake, first settled 1703, made a town on 2nd Thursday of May, 1786. Home of General Israel Putnam prior to and after the Revolution. Town landmarks include: Meeting House on the Green, built 1771 by First Ecclesiastical . . . — — Map (db m93440) HM

5 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn — Brooklyn Civil War Monument —

Erected to the memory of all the brave men of Brooklyn who fought on land or sea for the preservation of the Union — — Map (db m123946) WM

6 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn — Israel Putnam —

In the field behind this stone after the close of the French and Indian Wars, returning from many expeditions to Ticonderoga, Fort Edward, Quebec, Montreal, Havana, Detroit, and New Orleans, lived Col. Israel Putnam. Here with his wife . . . — — Map (db m93633) HM

7 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn — Israel Putnam Monument —

Sacred be this monument to the memory of Israel Putnam, Esq. Senior Major General in the Armies of the United States of America, who was born at Salem, in the Province of Massachusetts, on the 7th day of January, A.D. 1718 And . . . — — Map (db m123942) HM WM

8 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn — World War I Memorial — Brooklyn, Connecticut —

In Honor of the Men of Brooklyn, Connecticut Who Served in the World War 1917 - 1919 Elbra L. Baker •Ethan E. Baker • Fred Balcom • Frederick J. Beeney • ★ George C. Beeney • Cleon Bell • Matthias L. Vernier • Theophile . . . — — Map (db m187772) WM

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9 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Brooklyn, Pomfret Center — Israel Putnam's First Home —

400 Feet due East of this tablet was the site of the first home of Israel Putnam in the Colony of Connecticut In 1739, he bought 514 ½ acres of the adjacent land from Governor Belcher at £5.0.0 per acre. In 1740, here he came . . . — — Map (db m124379) HM

10 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Canterbury — Canterbury —

Originally part of Plainfield the town was incorporated in October, 1703. The town area includes the original Quinebaug Plantation of Major James Fitch, son of the Reverend James Fitch of Saybrook Fort, a first settler of Norwich in 1659. Major . . . — — Map (db m301999) HM

11 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Canterbury — Canterbury Veterans Monuments —

Dedicated to the Honor and Sacrifice Of the Men and Women of Canterbury Who Served Our Country In All Wars French and Indian War 1755 – 1760 Hezekiah Boswell★ · Amos Fassett★ · Jabez Hyde★ · John Searle★ · James . . . — — Map (db m140566) WM

12 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Canterbury — First Congregational Church Parsonage —

Col. Simon & Martha Lathrop David & Mary Nevins, Sr. circa 1746 First Congregational Church Parsonage 1842 - 1975 — — Map (db m140491) HM

13 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Canterbury — Prudence Crandall School —

In This House Prudence Crandall Held a School For Negro Girls 1833 — — Map (db m140493) HM

14 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Canterbury — World War II Commemorative Tree —

World War II Commemorative Tree This Eisenhower Green Ash Was Propagated On His Boyhood Farm In Denison, Texas. Dedicated To All Who Served In World War II — — Map (db m140495) HM

15 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Chaplin, Mansfield Center — Chaplin —

This community grew up around the local Congregational Church for which the will of its namesake, Deacon Benjamin Chaplin, provided in 1795. By the date of its incorporation as a town in 1822 the new settlement was supported by a number of small . . . — — Map (db m285634) HM

16 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Chaplin, Mansfield Center — Chaplin Veterans Memorial —

To Honor the Men of Chaplin Who Answered Their Country’s Call and In Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice 1775   Revolutionary War   9   1783 1812   War   of   1812   1814 1848   War   with   Mexico   1   1848 1861   . . . — — Map (db m286957) WM

17 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Chaplin, Mansfield Center — Chaplin World War II Roll of Honor —

Roll of Honor World War II 1941   —   1945 A. Aho · A. Adams · E. Antolik · J.P. Antolik · Joe Antolik · E.E. Belek · P. Bolotin · E. Butler · O. Carlson · D. Chappell · M.G. Chappell · S. Chappell, Jr. · E. Cole · H.D. Delorme · J.V. Drake · . . . — — Map (db m286959) WM

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18 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Eastford — Eastford —

Ancient Nipmuck Indian territory. The Old Connecticut Path, an Indian trail from Massachusetts used by early colonists, crossed the region. The families of John and Sarah Perry and of William Ward, Senior, first settled this area in 1710, when it . . . — — Map (db m115833) HM

19 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Eastford — Eastford Veterans Memorial —

Dedicated to Eastford Military Veterans In recognition of an appreciation For their service to the United States of America. This monument funded by the family of Charles S. Bowen, Sr., native son, veteran, and patriot. Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m122612) WM

20 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Eastford — John Perry —

In Memory of John Perry Eastford’s first settler 1710 Erected by Eastford Historical Society 1977 — — Map (db m122916) HM

21 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Eastford — Nathaniel Lyon Birthplace —

Birthplace Brig. General Nathaniel Lyon First Union General Killed in Civil War Aug. 10, 1861 — — Map (db m126541) HM

22 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Eastford, Woodstock Valley — Kenyonville, Connecticut —

Originally Kibbe's Village, Kenyonville dates back to 1843 when Joseph Kenyon purchased the Valley Woolen Mill from Chauncey Kibbe for $950. Born in Huddersfield, England in 1805, Kenyon studied woolen manufacturing processes and then came to . . . — — Map (db m266087) HM

23 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Hampton — Hampton —

The Town of Hampton, incorporated 1786, was formed from parts of Windham, Pomfret, Canterbury, Mansfield, and Brooklyn. Through its length runs the Nipmuck Trail, used by Nipmuck and Mohegan Indians before the arrival of white migrants, . . . — — Map (db m285649) HM

24 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Hampton — Hampton Veterans Memorial —

“Dedicated in Honor of the Citizens of Hampton who served, and in the Memory of Those who made the Supreme Sacrifice” erected by Leslie L. Jewett Post #106 American Legion and Friends 1990 World War I 1917 - 1918 Court Babcock · . . . — — Map (db m286956) HM

25 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Killingly, Danielson — Christopher Lee Hoskins —

In Memoriam Christopher Lee Hoskins SPC., U.S. Army Killingly resident killed while serving his country Ramadi, Iraq, June 21, 2005 “The roots of a soldier are nurtured by the soil of family, friends, community Until . . . — — Map (db m111925) WM

26 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Killingly, Danielson — Killingly —

Front Settled in 1700 and incorporated in 1708, Killingly was the forty-second town established in Connecticut. In 1653, the second John Winthrop obtained a grant of a large tract of land formerly held by the Quinebaug Indian tribe and . . . — — Map (db m93380) HM

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27 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Killingly, Danielson — Killingly Civil War Monument —

Erected A.D. 1878, by the Women’s Monument Association and Town of Killingly, in Honor of the Soldiers and Sailors who served in the War of 1861 for the Preservation of the Union. — — Map (db m102070) WM

28 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Killingly, Danielson — Killingly World War II Monument —

Roll of Honor in tribute to Anderson, Edward E. • Barriere, Alphonse • Berube, Joseph E. • Bishop, Joseph L.• Bolduc, Alfred N. • Buteau, Norman • Calouri, Ernest • Carroll, Bryan A. • Chandlier, Kenneth H. • Comtois, Joseph A.• Corcoran, . . . — — Map (db m102038) WM

29 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Plainfield, Plainfield Village — Plainfield Veterans Memorial —

In Memoriam Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in Defense of Freedom World War I Raoul L. Moquin★ Ernest Godreau★ Albert T. Potvin★ Joseph A. Vanasse★ Armand C. Salvas★ John R. Monsees★ . . . — — Map (db m140726) WM

30 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Plainfield, Plainfield Village — Plainfield Veterans Monument —

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31 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Plainfield, Plainfield Village — Plainfield World War II Monument —

They Gave Their Lives That Freedom Shall Prevail Wilfred Allard · Aime G. Bernier · John R. Bernier · Deziel Chabot · Joseph Dufrense · Marie A. Fournier · Robert L. Hopkins · Joseph Jaskot · Emile Labreque · Walter P. Lathrop · Arthur . . . — — Map (db m140771) WM

32 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Plainfield, Plainfield Village — St. John s Parish World War I Monument —

Rev. R.P. Morrissey, Pastor We the Members of St. John’s Parish Plainfield, Connecticut Dedicate this Monument to our Heroes of the World War 1917 — 1918 Cleophas Allard · Ovila Allard · Joseph Belanger · Narcisse Boisvert · . . . — — Map (db m140727) WM

33 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Abington Congregational Meeting House —

Abington Congregational Meeting House Built 1751 Placed on National Register of Historic Places September 19, 1977 by United States Department of Interior — — Map (db m123852) HM

34 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Abington Meeting House — Qui Transtulit Sustinet —

Abington Meeting House Erected 1751 Oldest Now Standing In Connecticut — — Map (db m123851) HM

35 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Clark Memorial Chapel —

George Newhall Clark Memorial Chapel Completed 1908 Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of The Interior — — Map (db m122710) HM

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36 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — In Honor of the Men of Pomfret —

In Honor of The Men of Pomfret Who served their Country in its struggles for Liberty, Justice and Humanity 1775 Revolutionary War 1783 1812 War of 1812 1814 1848 War with Mexico 1848 1961 Civil War 1865 1898 Spanish . . . — — Map (db m133602) WM

37 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Pomfret —

The Town began as the “Mashamoquet Purchase,” 15,100 acres brought by twelve proprietors in 1686 from James Fitch of Norwich, who had acquired it from the Indian sachem, Owaneco. In 1713 the Town was incorporated and named for Pontefract in . . . — — Map (db m1621) HM

38 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Putnam and The Wolf —

Following her tracks through one day and night in the early snow of December 1742 to the Connecticut River and back, the early settlers of this region here discovered the den of the She Wolf that had for years devastated their flocks and had so . . . — — Map (db m115835) HM

39 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Pomfret, Pomfret Center — Putnam Wolf Den —

2 miles southwest Putnam Wolf Den Scene of famous traditional exploit of Israel Putnam — — Map (db m111922) HM

40 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Putnam — Cargill Falls Mill —

On this site, Benjamin Cargill operated a grist mill originally built in 1730, adding a distillery and other shops in 1760. The Pomfret Manufacturing Company later built the Pomfret Cotton Mills to produce textile products in 1807; it is the . . . — — Map (db m126039) HM

41 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Putnam — Morse Mansion —

This circa 1868 2 1/2-story Victorian Italianate villa-style home was built by textile magnate George Morse overlooking the Quinebaug River in sight of three of his mills. With the addition of wings, this building has been integrated into the . . . — — Map (db m126032) HM

42 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Putnam — Putnam —

Originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, Putnam was incorporated in 1855, carved out of Killingly, Pomfret, and Thompson and named in honor of General Israel Putnam of Revolutionary War fame. Some of the early settlers led the . . . — — Map (db m280614) HM

43 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Putnam — Putnam Civil War Statue —

To the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Putnam and vicinity who fought for the preservation of the Union 1861 — 1865 — — Map (db m123813) WM

44 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Putnam — The Flood of 1955 — The rebirth of Putnam — Putnam River Trail —

On August 19 1955, the Quinebaug River, fueled by rain from Hurricane Diana, overflowed its banks and flooded Putnam. Unlike earlier floods of the 1880s and 1930s, the flood of 1955 caused extensive damage. As the river carved a new channel . . . — — Map (db m126037) HM

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45 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Putnam — World War Memorial Bridge —

Dedicated to those who served in World War I — — Map (db m133604) WM

46 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Scotland — Samuel Huntington Birthplace —

Birthplace Of Samuel Huntington 1731 – 1796. Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence — — Map (db m140565) HM

47 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Scotland — Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route — Eastern Connecticut —

Eastern Connecticut French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and thousands of French ground and naval forces arrived in Newport in July of 1780 to assist the Americans in the War for Independence. After wintering in . . . — — Map (db m190106) HM

48 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Scotland, Baltic — Scotland —

Scotland In 1700 Isaac Magune purchased several hundred acres of hilly terrain in the town of Windham and soon named it after his native land. By 1726 about eighty families of English Puritan, Scotch, and Huguenot descent had settled in the area. . . . — — Map (db m140368) HM

49 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Scotland, Baltic — Scotland Vietnam War Monument —

1964 – 1975 Dedicated in Honor of Those Citizens of Scotland who Served During the Viet Nam War Era Arnott, Raymond J. · Bard, Alphy C. · ★Barden, III, Andrew J. · ★Bergeron, Robert S. · Bernier, Gerard M. · Calderwood, . . . — — Map (db m140369) WM

50 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Sterling — Honor Roll Saint Joseph’s Church —

Honor Roll Saint Joseph’s Church Sterling and Oneco, Connecticut Horace Adams · Gerard Boucher · Albert Brunsdon · Donald Burton · Francis Burton · Francis Bushey · Arthur Carr · George Carr · Edward B. Carroll · Edward J. Carroll · James . . . — — Map (db m140772) WM

51 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Sterling — Sterling —

Originally part of the long narrow area called Voluntown, this northern section separated and obtained town privileges from the Connecticut General Assembly on the second Thursday of May, 1794. The name given was that of a temporary resident, Dr. . . . — — Map (db m140730) HM

52 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Sterling — Sterling Veterans Memorial Park —

Dedicated this 21st day of May 1989 to the Honor of All Sterling Veterans who Served Their Country in War and Peace the Following Men Paid the Supreme Sacrifice PFC Harry T. Sayles 1891 – 1918 France   U.S. Army PFC Jeffrey J. Peloquin 1924 . . . — — Map (db m140729) WM

53 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Sterling — United States Finishing Company World War I Memorial —

The United States Finishing Company Sterling Branch In Honor of the Men Who Responded to Their Country’s Call in the Great World War, 1917 – 1918 Harold H. Barber · Earle W. Barr · Earle W. Belknap · George Carr · Frank Chamberland · George . . . — — Map (db m140773) WM

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54 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Sterling, Moosup — Rochambeau Encampment —

In this Vicinity French Troops Under Rochambeau Enroute from Yorktown Encamped During November 1782 Erected by the State and Deborah Avery Putnam Chap. D.A.R. Cooperating — — Map (db m140728) HM WM

55 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson — Thompson —

The territory which the Nipmuc Indians called “Quinnatisset”, now included in the town of Thompson, was settled in 1693. The first settler, Richard Evans of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, purchased 200 acres in the vicinity of Quinnatisset . . . — — Map (db m273485) HM

56 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson — Thompson Civil and Spanish War Memorial —

Dedicated by the Town of Thompson to its Soldiers of The Civil and Spanish Wars *** Names not transcribed *** — — Map (db m127278) WM

57 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, Mechanicsville — Thompson Revolutionary War Memorial —

In Memoriam Soldiers of The Revolutionary War Who rest in this yard William Alton · Issachar Bates · Aaron Bixby · Bryant Brown · Gardner Bartholomew · Elijah Carpenter · Jonathan Copeland · Capt. Stephen Crosby · Elijah Crosby · Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m127076) HM WM

58 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale — Enduring Freedom Iraq Freedom —

Dedicated to those men and women who served our country in times of peace and war Enduring Freedom Iraq Freedom — — Map (db m195571) WM

59 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale — Operation Desert Storm — The Persian Gulf — Iraq • Iran • Kuwait • Saudi Arabia —

We fight not to enslave but to set a country free and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live T. Paine 1739 — 1809 The Persian Gulf Operation Desert Storm — — Map (db m195570) WM

60 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale — Oscar Walfrid Swanson —

In Memory of Oscar Walfrid Swanson Private 316th Infantry 79th Division U.S.A. Killed in Action Near Verdun, Sept. 26, 1918 — — Map (db m195566) WM

61 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale — Thompson KIA Memorial —

In Remembrance to the Men of Thompson Killed In Action in Defense of Our Country World War I William Adams · Eldi Morin · Forest E. Young · William Broughton · Oscar W. Swanson World War II Theodore Angelo · Paul Auger · Frank Bednarz · . . . — — Map (db m195563) WM

62 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale — Thompson Veterans Monument —

In Dedication To the Men and Women of the Town of Thompson who Served Their Country with Honor from The Revolutionary War to Vietnam July 4, 1976 — — Map (db m195561) WM

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63 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale — Thompson War Memorial —

War Memorial Town of Thompson   1968 Men & Women who Served in the Armed Forces World War II — Korean — Vietnam The Following made the Supreme Sacrifice World War II ★Paul Auger · ★James E. Waldron · ★Thenasi Celia · . . . — — Map (db m195567) WM

64 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale — Thompson World War I Monument —

To the Men of Thompson Who Offered Their Lives in the Service of Their Country in the Great War for World Wide Liberty 1917 — 1919 — — Map (db m195562) WM

65 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale — V.F.W. Post 10088 Veterans Memorial —

Dedicated November 18, 1968 V.F.W. Post 10088 In Dedication to All Veterans — — Map (db m195569) WM

66 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, Quinebaug — Eben S. Stevens —

In grateful memory of Eben S. Stevens The father of our village 1846 - 1924 — — Map (db m195548) HM

67 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Thompson, Quinebaug — St. Stephen’s Church 9/11 Memorial —

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68 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — Site of the first Meetinghouse in Union —

Site of the first Meetinghouse in Union 1741 – 1844 Pastors Ebenezer Wyman 1738 – 1746 Caleb Hitchcock 1749 – 1758 Ezra Horton 1759 – 1788 David Avery 1796 – 1799 Nehemiah Beardsley 1824 – 1831 1908 — — Map (db m123201) HM

69 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — The Town Pound —

Hitching Post # 3 Animal control was a topic of government interest in Union early on. At a town meeting on December 25, 1738 Alexander McNall, (Union’s first settler) was chosen fence viewer and Amos Stickney and W. Robert Paul were continued . . . — — Map (db m123871) HM

70 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — Union —

Union Incorporated 1734 This was the last town to be settled east of the Connecticut River, because of its rough terrain and poor soil. In 1633 John Oldham, an adventurer from Massachusetts, obtained from the Indians here specimens of black lead . . . — — Map (db m113802) HM

71 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — Union Civil War Memorial —

Dedicated in grateful memory, to the mothers who gave their sons, to the soldiers who gave their lives and to those who daring to die, survived the War Of The Rebellion 1861 – 1865 Roster of men From Union . . . — — Map (db m113801) WM

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72 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — 302 — Union Green Historic District —

Union Green Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m222813) HM

73 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — Union Veterans Memorial —

Dedicated to the Sons and Daughters of Union Whose Sacrifices Have Contributed to the Freedom We Enjoy Today ( left stone ) World War I Robert R. Miller · Andrew Rizner · Lewis E. Scranton · Frederick Horsman · Leroy P. Porter · Paul . . . — — Map (db m113799) WM

74 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Union, Stafford Springs — Union’s 250th Birthday Time Capsule —

Buried 8-18-1984 by Union Historical Society Uncover 8-19-2034 This was the stepping stone to The Center School C. 1844 Plaque gift of Gertrude and Maurice Chappell — — Map (db m123874) HM

75 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Voluntown, Glasgo — "CCC Worker" —

This statue honors the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps who from 1933 to 1942, through the construction of trails, roads, bridges and buildings helped create access to our state parks and forests. The legacy of their natural resource . . . — — Map (db m265487) HM

76 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Voluntown, Glasgo — To Honor the Men of Camp Lonergan —

To Honor The Men Of Camp Lonergan Company 179 Established 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps 1933-1942 Created By President Franklin D. Roosevelt Renewing The Country's Natural Resources And Challenging The Human Spirit Of A Nation . . . — — Map (db m265482) HM

77 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Voluntown, Glasgo — Voluntown —

Upon these lands settled volunteers who had fought in the Narragansett Indian Warre 1675-76. In October, 1696 Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich and Sergeant John Frink of Stonington petitioned the General Court "that they with the rest of . . . — — Map (db m140774) HM

78 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Voluntown, Glasgo — Voluntown Veterans Memorial —

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79 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Windham, Scotland — Scotland World War II Monument —

1941   1945 Dedicated In Honor of Citizens of Scotland Who Served in World War II And in Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice ★Edward L. Racicot · ★Thomas G. Passarello · ★Edward E. Roberts · ★Thomas . . . — — Map (db m140370) WM

80 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Henry C. Bowen House —

Henry C. Bowen House has been designated a National Historic Landmark This building possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1992 National Park Service United States . . . — — Map (db m141607) HM

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81 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — North Woodstock Village Corners — Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986) —

The intersection of two turnpikes brought about the growth of this settlement known for many years as Village Corners. The Norwich and Woodstock Turnpike began in 1801 to carry traffic northward to the Massachusetts line. About 1827 . . . — — Map (db m123732) HM

82 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Plaine Hill — Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986) —

Front John Eliot and Daniel Gookin visited “Wabquisset” in 1674 to preach to upward of one hundred and fifty Indians. Soon after, King Philip''s war broke out and by August 1675, Captain Nathaniel Thomas of Providence . . . — — Map (db m123515) HM

83 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Pulpit Rock Road — Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986) —

Just south of here, Pulpit Rock Road joins Old Hall Road briefly and then turns west as a mostly unpaved road. Not far beyond the turn stands Pulpit Rock. This part of the road formed a small segment of the Connecticut path, which was part of . . . — — Map (db m123727) HM

84 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Quasset School —

1748 – 1943 Moved to present site 1954 Built 1854 America’s oldest schoolhouse in regular use “Sacred to the beginning of America Education” — — Map (db m123514) HM

85 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Red-White School — Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986) —

In 1690, Woodstock appointed its first school master and built a school in 1704. The first school to serve this, The "West Parish" was constructed in 1734. Tradition says that a red school house formerly stood on this site. About 1873 . . . — — Map (db m122557) HM

86 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — The Woodstock Academy — Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986) —

Front In 1801, The town of Woodstock gave land "on the common north of The Meeting House” for the first simple Academy building, founded by The Reverend Eliphalet Lyman, John McClellan, and others of the first ecclesiastical . . . — — Map (db m123798) HM

87 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Town of Woodstock War Memorial I —

In honor of those who served their Country in its struggles for liberty, justice and humanity 1775 Revolutionary War 1783 1812 War of 1812 1814 1846 War with Mexico 1848 1861 Civil War 1865 1898 Spanish America War . . . — — Map (db m123854) WM

88 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Town of Woodstock War Memorials —

. . . — — Map (db m123877) WM

89 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock — Woodstock —

Near this place, in 1636, Thomas Hooker and his party may have passed by way of the Connecticut Path, going to settle what is now Hartford. In 1674 John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, . . . — — Map (db m123401) HM

90 ► Connecticut, Northeastern Region, Woodstock, South Woodstock — South Woodstock — Woodstock Tercentenary (1686 - 1986) —

Front The industry of northeastern Connecticut had its earliest beginnings in this area, Soon after arriving in 1686 the early settlers built a sawmill on a small brook running into the “Great Lake.” Later several . . . — — Map (db m123797) HM

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