On Main Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
This Plaque Is Erected
In Memory Of
Attilio R. “Pop” Frassinelli
Lieutenant Governor
State of Connecticut
1967 – 1971
For His Many Contributions
to the
Town of Stafford — — Map (db m111937) HM
On River Road (Connecticut Route 32) near Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
This is the home of the famous mineral springs where the Indians met to drink the iron and sulphur waters to make them “lively” and to which the future President John Adams came for his health in 1771. Later the elite of the Nation gathered here for . . . — — Map (db m111917) HM
On West Main Street (Connecticut Route 32) at West Street, on the right when traveling north on West Main Street.
( left monument )
Dedicated to the Memory of All the Veterans from Stafford Who So Gallantly Served Their Country During the Conflicts of the 20th Century
World War I 04-06-1917 — 11-11-1918
( 259 names are listed )
World . . . — — Map (db m111939) WM
On Spring Street at Hyde Park Road, on the right when traveling south on Spring Street.
One Nation Indivisible
With Liberty And Justice
For All
1861
1865
The Gift Of Colonel Charles Warren
To The Town Of His Nativity — — Map (db m111936) WM
On West Main Street (Connecticut Route 32) at West Street, on the right when traveling north on West Main Street.
Stafford
Wall of Honor
20th Century
Killed In Action
WWI
Bousquet, W. · Cunningham, M. · Needham, C. · Roberts, C. · Strazza, A. · Swift, E.
WWII
Carocari, A. · Cooley, J. · Hajosy, F. · Hipsky, A. · Klecak, F. · Panciera, J. · . . . — — Map (db m111941) WM
On Old Stafford Road at Dunn Hill Road, on the left when traveling north on Old Stafford Road.
1715 Tolland 2015
300th Anniversary
Our Founders
On its 300th anniversary in 2015, the town of Tolland honored these 59 pioneers, who, on May 9, 1713, first petitioned the colony to create our beloved town. Tolland was granted a charter on . . . — — Map (db m111913) HM
On Old Post Road at Tolland Green, on the right when traveling west on Old Post Road.
Tolland
Formerly a part of Windsor and named after Tolland in England, was settled in 1713 and granted a charter in 1715. The first homes were built in 1713 on a highway at Grant's Hill, so called from ancestors of President Ulysses S. Grant. . . . — — Map (db m111914) HM
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
( right plaque )
Roster of Men From . . . — — 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 Park Place east of Elm Street, on the left when traveling west.
These granite markers are a tribute to the courageous men and women who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and all members of the US Armed Forces who keep our borders safe at home and abroad
Operation Enduring Freedom . . . — — Map (db m230438) WM
On Court Street at East Main Street (Connecticut Route 74), on the left when traveling south on Court Street. Reported unreadable.
The American Mill was originally the site of a saw and grist mill owned by Rufus West and Horace Vinton. In 1846, Phineas Talcott purchased the site, and in 1847, he and Nelson Kingsbury organized the American Mills Company and constructed a new . . . — — Map (db m230439) HM
On W. Main Street at Park Street, on the right when traveling west on W. Main Street.
Through the generosity of Rosetta Pitkat, a life-long resident of Rockville, This statue of Dr. Henry D. Cogswell was commissioned by the Rockville Downtown Association. The Statue, originally cast of zinc alloy in 1883, was replicated by LeFevre . . . — — Map (db m111843) HM
On Grove Street at E. Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Grove Street.
Fitch Mill, Belding Silk Mills & Dart's Stone Mill
In the late 1700s, the terrain at this corner was a wilderness, with ancient hemlocks growing on steep ledges overhanging the river. The Hockanum River tumbled out of Snipsic Lake, and down a . . . — — Map (db m111816) HM
On Tower Road near Summit Road, on the right when traveling north.
( inscribed on the four arched panels on the center column )
City of Rockville · Town of Vernon
War Veterans · Army · Justice
War Veterans · Navy · Freedom
War Veterans · Marine Corps · Democracy — — Map (db m111845) WM
On Hyde Avenue (Connecticut Route 30) at East Street, on the right when traveling west on Hyde Avenue.
In grateful memory
of
★ General ★ Lafayette ★
whose love of liberty brought him to American shores and dedicate his life and fortune to the cause of the colonies, the Sabra Trumbull Chapter, Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m230443) HM WM
On Hyde Avenue (Connecticut Route 30) at East Street, on the right when traveling west on Hyde Avenue.
On Sept. 4, 1824, General Lafayette was received at King's Tavern by the 1st Co., Governor's Horse Guard and escorted to East Hartford. — — Map (db m230442) HM
On W. Main Street at Elm Street, on the left when traveling east on W. Main Street.
First settled by families from East Windsor in 1716 and originally a part of East Windsor and Bolton, the Town of Vernon was incorporated in 1808 by division of the Town of Bolton. In 1889 the City of Rockville, named from the Rock Mill, was . . . — — Map (db m111842) HM
On Tolland Turnpike (Connecticut Route 74/320) at Willington Hill Road (Connecticut Route 320), on the right when traveling east on Tolland Turnpike.
This tablet commemorates
the founding of the
Baptist Church of Willington
by
Reverend Hubbel Loomis
A.D. 1828
Erected by the
Federated Churches of Willington
to perpetuate its own motto:- . . . — — Map (db m230459) HM
Near Connecticut Route 74 at Connecticut Route 320.
1727–1727. This edifice originally a Meeting House was donated by the Wilington Ecclesiastical Society to the Town of Willington for the use of the public and to perpetuate the memory of the forefathers and foremothers who with . . . — — Map (db m1623) HM
On Jared Sparks Road, 0.1 miles north of Tolland Turnpike (Route 74), on the left when traveling north.
This monument
is erected by the citizens
of the
Town of Willington, Connecticut
in sacred memory and appreciation
of those brave men who went forth
in response to the call of our
country to fight for its freedom
and peace. . . . — — Map (db m101966) WM
On Connecticut Route 74 at Connecticut Route 320, on the right when traveling west on State Route 74.
In 1720 a party of eight men, originally from England, bought sixteen thousand acres in this region and called it Wellington. One of these, Roger Wolcott, subsequently became governor of Connecticut (1750–1754).
After a century of farming . . . — — Map (db m1622) HM