On U.S. 44 at Fitts Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 44.
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
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
On Canterbury Road (Connecticut Route 169) at U.S. 6, on the right when traveling south on Canterbury Road.
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
On Connecticut Route 169 at U.S. 6, on the right when traveling north on Connecticut Route 169.
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
On Canterbury Road (Route 169) at Winding Road, on the right when traveling south on Canterbury Road.
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
On Pomfret Road (Connecticut Route 169) at Providence Road (U.S. 6), on the left when traveling south on Pomfret Road.
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
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 ˝ acres of the adjacent land
from Governor Belcher at Ł5.0.0 per acre.
In 1740, here he came . . . — — Map (db m124379) HM
On S Canterbury Road (Connecticut Route 169) at Westminster Road ( Route 14), on the right when traveling north on S Canterbury Road.
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
Near Westminster Road (Connecticut Route 44) at Municipal Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near Westminster Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Municipal Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Phoenixville Road (Connecticut Route 198) north of N Bear Hill Road, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Phoenixville Road at Chaplin Street, on the left when traveling north on Phoenixville Road.
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
On Phoenixville Road at Chaplin Street, on the left when traveling north on Phoenixville Road.
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
On Eastford Road (Connecticut Route 198) at Old Colony Road, on the left when traveling north on Eastford Road.
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
On Eastford Road (Connecticut Route 198) at Old Colony Road, on the right when traveling south on Eastford Road.
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
On Crystal Pond Road at Crystal Pond Road when traveling west on Crystal Pond Road.
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
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 97) south of W Old Route 6, on the left when traveling south.
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
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 97) south of W Old Rt 6, on the left when traveling south.
“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
On Broad Street at Main Street ( Route 12), on the right when traveling south on Broad Street.
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
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 12) at Academy Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
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
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 12) at Broad Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
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
On Connecticut Route 12 at Broad Street, on the right when traveling north on Connecticut Route 12.
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
On Babcock Avenue at Community Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Babcock Avenue.
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
On Babcock Avenue at Community Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Babcock Avenue.
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
On Railroad Avenue (Connecticut Route 14A) at Babcock Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Railroad Avenue.
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
On Hampton Road (Route 97), on the left when traveling south.
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
On Kings Highway (County Route 44) at Grosvenor Road on Kings Highway.
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
On Deerfield Road (Connecticut Route 97) at Pomfret Street (U.S. 44), on the left when traveling west on Deerfield Road.
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
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
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
On Pomfret Street (Route 44), on the right when traveling north.
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
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
On School Street (U.S. 44) at Providence Street, on the right when traveling south on School Street.
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
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
On Huntington Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Pinch Street, on the left when traveling east on Huntington Road.
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
On Huntington Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Devotion Road, on the right when traveling east on Huntington Road.
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
On Huntington Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Devotion Road, on the right when traveling east on Huntington Road.
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
On Plainfield Pike (U.S. 14A) at Providence Road, on the right when traveling east on Plainfield Pike.
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
On Plainfield Pike (Connecticut Route 14A) at Providence Road, on the right when traveling east on Plainfield Pike.
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
On Plainfield Pike (Route 14A) at Providence Road, on the right when traveling east on Plainfield Pike.
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
On Plainfield Pike (Connecticut Route 14A) near Providence Road, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Plainfield Pike (Route 14A) at Sterling Hill Road, on the left when traveling east on Plainfield Pike.
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
On Thompson Road (Connecticut Route 193) at Thomson Hill Road (Route 200), on the left when traveling north on Thompson Road.
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
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
On Riverside Drive at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
On Riverside Drive at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
On Riverside Drive at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
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
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
On Buckley Hwy (Route 190) at Town Hall Road, on the right when traveling east on Buckley Hwy.
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
On Buckley Hwy (Route 190) at Town Hall Road, on the right when traveling east on Buckley Hwy.
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
On Town Hall Road, on the left when traveling west.
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
On Buckley Hwy (Connecticut Route 190) at Town Hall Road, on the right when traveling east on Buckley Hwy.
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
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
On Headquarters Road at Trail 1 Road, on the left when traveling north on Headquarters Road.
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
On Headquarters Road at Trail 1 Road, on the left when traveling north on Headquarters Road.
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
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 138) at Shetucket Turnpike ( Route 165), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
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
On Huntington Road (Connecticut Route 14) at Devotion Road, on the right when traveling east on Huntington Road.
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
On Norwich Worcester Turnpike (County Route 169) at Academy Road, on the left when traveling north on Norwich Worcester Turnpike.
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
On Route 169 at Route 197, on the right when traveling north on Route 169.
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
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
On Route 169 at Old Hall Road, on the left when traveling north on Route 169.
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
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
On County Route 197 at Route 198, on the right when traveling west on County Route 197.
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
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
On Norwich Worcester Turnpike (Route 169) at Academy Road, on the right when traveling north on Norwich Worcester Turnpike.
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
On Connecticut Route 169, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Stone Bridge Road at Route 169 on Stone Bridge Road.
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
